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Toxicon ; 141: 73-78, 2018 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29196121

RESUMO

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is the main bacterial cause of dehydrating infant diarrhoea in less-developed countries. Labile toxin (LT) is the major virulent factor of ETEC. Easy diagnostic tests are necessary to reduce the number of cases. Immunological methods have some drawbacks and also have important limitations. For that reason, a Liquid Chromatography coupled to UV detector technique (LC-UV) has been optimize to a rapid identification and quantification of LT from bacteria cultures. It is also important to know optimal conditions for LT and with this purpose several enterotoxigenic E. coli strains have been studied to determine the influence of glucose concentration and different culture media on LT production. LC-UV technique demonstrated to be a good method for LT quantification showing values of 15 ng/mL and 45 ng/mL for limits of detection and quantification respectively. LT quantification revealed that toxin production is directly related to the concentration of glucose added in the broth medium. Tryptic Soy Broth is the most efficient culture medium for E. coli growth and enterotoxin production.


Assuntos
Cromatografia Líquida/métodos , Escherichia coli Enterotoxigênica/fisiologia , Enterotoxinas/análise , Espectrofotometria Ultravioleta/métodos , Meios de Cultura/química , Escherichia coli Enterotoxigênica/metabolismo , Enterotoxinas/biossíntese , Glucose/farmacologia
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Oxid Med Cell Longev ; 2014: 169216, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24987492

RESUMO

Liver steatosis can evolve to steatohepatitis (NASH) through a series of biochemical steps related to oxidative stress in hepatocytes. Antioxidants, such as silybin, have been proposed as a treatment of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and NASH. In this study, we evaluated, in patients with histologically documented NASH, the oxidant/antioxidant status and lipid "fingerprint" in the serum of NASH patients, both in basal conditions and after 12 months of treatment with silybin-based food integrator Realsil (RA). The oxidant/antioxidant status analysis showed the presence of a group of patients with higher basal severity of disease (NAS scores 4.67 ± 2.5) and a second group corresponding to borderline NASH (NAS scores = 3.8 ± 1.5). The chronic treatment with RA changed the NAS score in both groups that reached the statistical significance only in group 2, in which there was also a significant decrease of serum lipid peroxidation. The lipidomic profile showed a lipid composition similar to that of healthy subjects with a restoration of the values of free cholesterol, lysoPC, SM, and PC only in group 2 of patients after treatment with RA. Conclusion. These data suggest that lipidomic and/or oxidative status of serum from patients with NASH could be useful as prognostic markers of response to an antioxidant treatment.


Assuntos
Antioxidantes/uso terapêutico , Biomarcadores/sangue , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos , Metabolômica , Hepatopatia Gordurosa não Alcoólica/sangue , Hepatopatia Gordurosa não Alcoólica/diagnóstico , Estresse Oxidativo , Adulto , Antioxidantes/farmacologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Catalase/sangue , Feminino , Células Hep G2 , Humanos , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos/efeitos dos fármacos , Masculino , Óxido Nítrico/sangue , Hepatopatia Gordurosa não Alcoólica/tratamento farmacológico , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacos , Fosfatidilcolinas/metabolismo , Projetos Piloto , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização e Dessorção a Laser Assistida por Matriz , Superóxido Dismutase/sangue , Substâncias Reativas com Ácido Tiobarbitúrico/metabolismo
3.
Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1822(10): 1509-15, 2012 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22705206

RESUMO

Prion proteins are known as the main agents of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies affecting humans as well as animals. A recombinant ovine prion protein was found to be in vitro able to act as an effective substrate for a microbial isoform of transglutaminase, an enzyme catalyzing the formation of isopeptide bonds inside the proteins. We proved that transglutaminase modifies the structure of the prion protein by leading to the formation of three intra-molecular crosslinks and that the crosslinked protein form is more competent in amyloid formation compared to the unmodified one. In addition, the crosslinked prion protein was shown also to be more resistant to proteinase K digestion. Our findings suggest a possible use of transglutaminase in stabilizing the prion protein three-dimensional structure in order to investigate the molecular basis of the conversion of the protein into its pathological form.


Assuntos
Amiloide/metabolismo , Príons/metabolismo , Transglutaminases/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Endopeptidase K/metabolismo , Cinética , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Doenças Priônicas/metabolismo , Ligação Proteica , Isoformas de Proteínas/metabolismo , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Ovinos
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Mol Nutr Food Res ; 55(2): 229-38, 2011 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20725925

RESUMO

SCOPE: Milk proteins are a source of bioactive peptides. Recent studies have indicated that protein-derived peptides released in buffalo cheese acid whey exert a cytomodulatory effect in human epithelial colon cancer (CaCo2) cells. The aim of the present study was to explain the molecular mechanism involved in the response of CaCo2 cells to oxidative stress in the presence of peptide fractions of buffalo cheese whey, purified and characterized by mass spectrometry. METHODS AND RESULTS: We demonstrated that treatment of CaCo2 treated with H2O2 (H-CaCo2) cells with a partially purified peptide sub-fraction (f3) from buffalo cheese acid whey induced a reduction of mitochondrial superoxide anion with subsequent decrease in heat shock protein 70 and 90 expression. Moreover, we observed a 5-fold decrease in cyclin A expression and cell cycle arrest in G1/G0 phases. These responses were associated with increased activity of alkaline phosphatase and beta-galactosidase, markers of differentiation and senescence respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The structural characterization of the active peptide fraction and the elucidation of the effects induced by its treatment on H-CaCo2 cells in vitro demonstrated an activity of this peptide sub-fraction in the modulation of cell cycle, thus suggesting potential application for the development of nutraceuticals as well as health-promoting functional foods.


Assuntos
Ceramidas/metabolismo , Suplementos Nutricionais , Mucosa Intestinal/metabolismo , Proteínas do Leite/metabolismo , Estresse Oxidativo , Peptídeos/metabolismo , Substâncias Protetoras/metabolismo , Animais , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Búfalos , Células CACO-2 , Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Morte Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Ciclina A/metabolismo , Feminino , Indústria de Processamento de Alimentos/economia , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/metabolismo , Humanos , Resíduos Industriais/economia , Mucosa Intestinal/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas do Leite/química , Proteínas do Leite/isolamento & purificação , Oxidantes/toxicidade , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacos , Peptídeos/química , Peptídeos/isolamento & purificação , Substâncias Protetoras/química , Substâncias Protetoras/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas do Soro do Leite
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J Chromatogr A ; 1217(29): 4834-40, 2010 Jul 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20541767

RESUMO

At present, compared with bovine milk, the characterization of donkey milk caseins is at a relatively early stage progress, and only limited data are related to its genetic polymorphism. In this work, the heterogeneity of donkey caseome was investigated using a proteomic approach, based on one- (PAGE, UTLIEF) and two-dimensional (PAGE-->UTLIEF) electrophoresis, stained with either Coomassie Brilliant Blue or specific polyclonal antibodies, and structural MS analysis. These combined methodologies allowed the contemporary identification of donkey alpha(s1), alpha(s2), beta and kappa-CN with their related heterogeneity due to phosphorylation (alpha(s1), alpha(s2) and beta-CN), glycosylation (kappa-CN) and incorrect splicing of RNA in mRNA (deleted forms of alpha(s1)-CN and beta-CN). The results achieved showed 11 components for kappa-CN, six phosphorylated components for beta and alpha(s1)-CN and three main phosphorylated components for alpha(s2)-CN, each accounting for 10, 11 and 12 P/mole. At this regard, for the first time, the primary structure of the expressed protein corresponding to the only available donkey alpha(s2)-CN cDNA sequence was determined. Furthermore beta-CN was found in homozygous and heterozygous state for the occurrence of a genetic beta-CN variant having a MW value 28 mass units higher than the common beta-CN phenotype.


Assuntos
Caseínas/química , Leite/química , Proteômica , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Bovinos , Eletroforese em Gel Bidimensional , Equidae , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Peso Molecular
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J Pept Sci ; 15(3): 251-8, 2009 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19035578

RESUMO

Bioactive peptides are present in a latent state, encrypted within the amino acid sequence of milk proteins, requiring enzymatic proteolysis for their release. They can be produced by gastrointestinal digestion or food processing, thus they can be present in fermented milks, cheese and also in the by-products of dairy industry such as waste whey. The spectrum of biological activity covered by milk-derived peptides is extremely wide, including antibacterial, immunostimulating, antihypertensive, antithrombotic and opioid actions. However, the characterisation of milk-derived peptides with classical analytical methodologies is severely challenged by the complexity of the milk protein fraction and by the wide dynamic range of relative peptide abundance in both dairy products and by-products. Here we report the characterisation of the peptide fraction released in the whey during the different production stages of Mozzarella di Bufala Campana cheese. The peptide extracts were separated by RP HPLC and analysed by MS in order to identify the peptides produced and to trace the pathway of formation of potential bioactive peptides. The antioxidant properties and the modulatory effect on the cell cycle exerted by the peptide extracts were also studied in CaCo2 cell line. We found that a significant antiproliferative effect on CaCo2 was exerted by Mozzarella di Bufala waste whey peptides.


Assuntos
Queijo , Peptídeos/química , Peptídeos/farmacologia , Animais , Células CACO-2 , Bovinos , Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Humanos , Leite/química , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização por Electrospray , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização e Dessorção a Laser Assistida por Matriz
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