Department of Food Quality and Safety/National R&D Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine Processing, College of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211198, China.
School of Life Science, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000, China.
J Agric Food Chem. 2022 Jun 1;70(21):6540-6551. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c01650. Epub 2022 May 18.
Titanium dioxide (TiO) nanoparticles are utilized within the food industry as an additive to alter food brightness and whiteness. Amphiphilic food ingredients, like proteins, can adsorb on to the surfaces of TiO nanoparticles and form protein coronas that could alter their gastrointestinal fate. At present, our understanding of the factors influencing the formation and properties of protein coronas was limited. In this study, we explored the influence of thermal treatments of proteins on the physicochemical properties of protein coronas formed on TiO nanoparticles. Four plant proteins (glutenin, soy protein isolate, gliadin, and zein) were heat-treated at different temperatures for 30 min. Heat treatment (100 °C) disrupted the structure of the original proteins and changed the structure properties of the protein and formed coronas. Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation results showed that for the heat-sensitive proteins, such as glutenin, a high temperature treatment (100 °C) weakened the binding affinity between the protein and the nanoparticle surfaces. In contrast, for more heat-resistant proteins, such as gliadin, a high-temperature treatment had much less effect. In summary, this study showed that the structural properties of plant proteins affected by heat were an important factor affecting the formation of protein coronas on food nanoparticles.
二氧化钛(TiO)纳米颗粒在食品工业中被用作添加剂,以改变食品的亮度和白度。两亲性食品成分,如蛋白质,可以吸附在 TiO 纳米颗粒的表面上,并形成蛋白质冠,从而改变它们在胃肠道中的命运。目前,我们对影响蛋白质冠形成和性质的因素的理解有限。在这项研究中,我们探讨了蛋白质的热处理对 TiO 纳米颗粒上形成的蛋白质冠的物理化学性质的影响。四种植物蛋白(麦谷蛋白、大豆分离蛋白、麦醇溶蛋白和玉米醇溶蛋白)在不同温度下热处理 30 分钟。热处理(100°C)破坏了原始蛋白质的结构,并改变了蛋白质的结构性质并形成了冠。石英晶体微天平耗散结果表明,对于热敏感蛋白,如麦谷蛋白,高温处理(100°C)会削弱蛋白质与纳米颗粒表面之间的结合亲和力。相比之下,对于更耐热的蛋白质,如麦醇溶蛋白,高温处理的影响要小得多。总之,这项研究表明,受热处理影响的植物蛋白质的结构性质是影响食品纳米颗粒上蛋白质冠形成的重要因素。