Cotabarren Juliana, Ozón Brenda, Claver Santiago, Garcia-Pardo Javier, Obregón Walter David
Centro de Investigación de Proteínas Vegetales (CIPROVE), Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Buenos Aires B1900, Argentina.
Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.
Pharmaceutics. 2021 Jul 27;13(8):1153. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13081153.
is a xerophilous deciduous tree present in most arid forests of southern South America, which is commonly used in traditional medicine. The seeds of this tree have been previously investigated for their singular chemical composition, but their protein content has been poorly investigated. Herein, we report the isolation, purification, and characterization of a set of thermostable peptides derived from seeds (GdAPs) with strong antioxidant and anticoagulant activities. The most potent antioxidant peptides showed a half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC) of 35.5 ± 0.3 µg/mL determined by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). They also caused a dose-dependent prolongation of the aPTT clotting time with an IC value of ~82 µg/mL. Interestingly, MALDI-TOF/MS analysis showed the presence of three major peptides with low molecular weights of 2257.199 Da, 2717.165 Da, and 5422.002 Da. The derived amino-acid sequence of GdAPs revealed their unique structural features, exhibiting homology with various proteins present in the genome of . All in all, our data suggest a direct applicability of GdAPs for pharmaceutical purposes.
是一种生长在南美洲南部大多数干旱森林中的旱生落叶树,常用于传统医学。此前已对该树的种子进行过奇异化学成分的研究,但其蛋白质含量的研究较少。在此,我们报告了一组从种子中分离、纯化和表征的具有强抗氧化和抗凝血活性的热稳定肽(GdAPs)。通过1,1-二苯基-2-苦基肼(DPPH)测定,最有效的抗氧化肽的半数抑制浓度(IC)为35.5±0.3μg/mL。它们还导致活化部分凝血活酶时间(aPTT)凝血时间呈剂量依赖性延长,IC值约为82μg/mL。有趣的是,基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱(MALDI-TOF/MS)分析显示存在三种低分子量的主要肽,分子量分别为2257.199Da、2717.165Da和5422.002Da。GdAPs的推导氨基酸序列揭示了它们独特的结构特征,与该基因组中存在的各种蛋白质具有同源性。总而言之,我们的数据表明GdAPs在制药方面具有直接应用价值。