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Mol Nutr Food Res ; 52(10): 1121-9, 2008 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18655005

RESUMO

Dietary exposure to soy has been associated with reduced breast cancer incidence. Soy isoflavones and protein components, such as protease inhibitors and the lunasin peptide, have been indicated as potential agents reducing carcinogenesis. In this study, the effect of soy-based diets was evaluated in a transgenic mouse model of breast carcinoma, overexpressing the neu oncogene. Neu female mice were fed for 20 wk a soy- and isoflavone-free diet (IFD), 4RF21 laboratory mouse diet, soy-based, thus isoflavone-rich (STD), or AIN-76-based semisynthetic diets with a soy protein isolate (SPI) or an isoflavone-poor soy protein concentrate (IPSP) as protein source. Mice were then sacrificed and tumors removed. Mammary tumor weights were not different in SPI versus IFD and STD fed mice. In contrast, mice fed IPSP showed reduced tumor progression versus IFD and STD groups (p < 0.05). Moreover, IPSP fed mice showed lower bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation into breast tumor cells compared to STD and SPI fed animals (p < 0.02). Lung metastases were detected in 80% of IFD fed mice, in 70% of mice fed STD and SPI, and only in 50% of the IPSP fed animals. These results indicate that a diet containing an isoflavone-poor soy protein concentrate may inhibit breast tumor progression and metastasis development.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/farmacologia , Dieta , Isoflavonas/farmacologia , Neoplasias Mamárias Experimentais/dietoterapia , Proteínas de Soja/farmacologia , Animais , Proliferação de Células , Progressão da Doença , Feminino , Neoplasias Mamárias Experimentais/prevenção & controle , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos
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Chemosphere ; 68(7): 1312-7, 2007 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17328940

RESUMO

The chemical degradation of the herbicide azimsulfuron was investigated in aqueous solutions at different pH values. The hydrolysis rate, determined by HPLC analyses, was pH dependent and was much faster in acidic than in neutral or weakly basic conditions. The metabolites formed at different pH values were compared with standards when possible or isolated and identified using ESI-LC-MS/MS, (1)H NMR and (13)C NMR. The two main products of hydrolysis in mild acidic solution were identified as 2-amino-4,6-dimethoxy-pyrimidine and 2-methyl-4-(2-methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl)-2H-pyrazole-3-sulfonamide, both produced as a result of the sulfonylurea bridge cleavage. Under basic conditions, a new product, a substituted 2-pyrimidinamine, deriving from the contraction of the sulfonylurea bridge, was isolated and completely characterized for the first time.


Assuntos
Herbicidas/química , Pirazóis/química , Sulfonamidas/química , Compostos de Sulfonilureia/química , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Cromatografia Gasosa-Espectrometria de Massas , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Hidrólise , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Estrutura Molecular , Pirimidinas/química , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização por Electrospray
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Nephrol Dial Transplant ; 22(1): 229-34, 2007 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16998212

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Since it has been demonstrated that soy diet can improve endothelial function, in the present study we evaluated the effect of dietary substitution of 25 g of animal proteins with soy proteins on endothelial dysfunction in renal transplant patients. METHODS: In 20 renal transplant patients (55 +/- 11 years, serum creatinine 1.7 +/- 0.6 mg/dl), brachial artery flow mediated dilation (FMD) and endothelium-independent vasodilation (sublingual nitroglycerine, 25 microg) were measured at baseline, after 5 weeks of a soy diet and finally after 5 weeks of soy wash-out. Changes in plasma lipids, markers of oxidative stress (lipid peroxides, LOOH) and inflammation (C-reactive protein), isoflavones (genistein and daidzein), asymmetric dimethyl arginine (ADMA) and L-arginine were also evaluated. RESULTS: At baseline, patients showed a significantly lower FMD as compared with age-matched healthy subjects (3.2 +/- 1.8 vs 6.3 +/- 1.9, respectively; P < 0.001), while response to nitroglycerine was similar. After soy diet, actual protein intake was not changed, cholesterol and lipid peroxides were significantly reduced, and isoflavones were detectable in plasma. Soy diet was associated with a significant improvement in FMD (4.4 +/- 2.0; P = 0.003 vs baseline), while response to nitroglycerine was unchanged. Improvement in FMD was related to L-arginine/ADMA ratio changes, but no significant relation was found to changes in cholesterol, lipid peroxides or genistein and daidzein plasma concentrations. After 5 weeks of soy diet discontinuation, FMD (3.3 +/- 1.7%) returned to baseline values and isoflavones were no longer detectable in plasma. CONCLUSIONS: A soy protein diet for 5 weeks improves endothelial function in renal transplant patients. This effect seems to be strictly dependent on soy intake as it disappears after soy withdrawal and is mediated by an increase in the L-arginine/ADMA ratio, independently of change in lipid profile, oxidative stress or isoflavones.


Assuntos
Transplante de Rim/métodos , Proteínas de Soja/metabolismo , Doenças Vasculares/dietoterapia , Adulto , Idoso , Proteína C-Reativa/metabolismo , Dieta , Endotélio Vascular/embriologia , Endotélio Vascular/metabolismo , Feminino , Humanos , Nefropatias/metabolismo , Peroxidação de Lipídeos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estresse Oxidativo
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Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom ; 20(8): 1305-16, 2006.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16548055

RESUMO

Since recent literature has indicated that white lupin (Lupinus albus) may be a useful source of hypocholesterolemic proteins to be used in functional food formulation, our final goal is the development of a fast and automated high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/ESI-MS/MS) method for the detection and the label-free semi-quantitation of the main lupin globulins in lupin foods and food ingredients. We present here some preliminary results in this direction. As a first step a total protein extract (TPE-WF) from lupin flakes was pre-fractionated by anion-exchange chromatography and each fraction was digested with trypsin and analyzed by HPLC/ESI-MS/MS. Subsequently, the tryptic digest of TPE-WF was directly analyzed by HPLC/ESI-MS/MS without any pre-fractionation. Eventually, in order to test the applicability of the method to real samples, a lupin beverage and two lupin protein isolates were analyzed. Both Mascot and Spectrum Mill MS Proteomics Workbench software were used to identify the protein composition in these samples and Spectrum Mill was used also to test the possibility of developing a label-free semi-quantitation method based on peptide hits. Encouraging results were obtained especially in the detection of the hypocholesterolemic component beta-conglutin.


Assuntos
Análise de Alimentos/métodos , Lupinus/química , Proteínas de Plantas/análise , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Bebidas/análise , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Cromatografia por Troca Iônica , Biologia Computacional , Dissulfetos/química , Indicadores e Reagentes , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Oxirredução , Padrões de Referência , Software , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização por Electrospray , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , Tripsina/química
5.
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom ; 19(23): 3473-81, 2005.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16261643

RESUMO

During a dietary intervention study on 16 renal transplanted patients, in which 25 g/day of animal proteins were replaced with 25 g of soy proteins, the metabolic profile of soy isoflavones in serum was characterized. This paper describes a reliable and fast liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS) method, in negative ion mode, allowing the characterization and simultaneous quantification of several soy isoflavone metabolites. Six metabolites were identified and quantified: daidzein ([M-H](-) at m/z 252.8), dihydrodaidzein (DHD, [M-H](-) at m/z 254.8), equol ([M-H](-) at m/z 240.9), O-desmethylangolensin (O-DMA, [M-H](-) at m/z 256.8), genistein ([M-H](-) at m/z 268.8), and dihydrogenistein (DHG, ([M-H(+)](-) at m/z 270.8). Quantification was assessed using two deuterated internal standards, D(3)-daidzein and D(4)-genistein. This method permitted a limit of quantification (LOQ, S/N = 10) and a limit of detection (LOD, S/N = 3) of 0.05 microM and 0.005 microM for all analytes, except for genistein, where the LOQ and LOD were 0.005 microM and 0.001 microM, respectively. The linearity ranges were from 0.005 to 1.5 microM for genistein, from 0.05 to 1.5 microM for DHG, and from 0.05 to 0.7 microM for the other metabolites. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) were between 0.19% and 13.9% at the LOQ concentration for all metabolites, and between 0.6% and 4.8% at the maximum concentration. On the basis of the results obtained in the dietary intervention study, it was possible to split the patients into five groups characterized by different metabolic pathways.


Assuntos
Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Isoflavonas/sangue , Transplante de Rim , Alimentos de Soja , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização por Electrospray/métodos , Adulto , Idoso , Dietoterapia , Feminino , Humanos , Isoflavonas/farmacocinética , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade
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Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom ; 19(2): 153-61, 2005.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15593266

RESUMO

In a study aimed at elucidation of the possible role of dietary phytoestrogens in the growth of breast cancer, it was necessary to develop a convenient, accurate, and reproducible method for the characterization and quantification of isoflavone metabolites in the serum of MMTV mice that were fed diets containing different amounts of these polyphenols. The analytical method is based on liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry in multiple reaction monitoring mode, using deuterated genistein as internal standard. The identified metabolites were genistein and dihydrodaidzein (DHD); their average concentrations in serum were 0.71 and 0.21 microM, respectively, for animals fed 1.5 mg/day of genistein and 0.7 mg/day of daidzein. This method assured a limit of quantification of 0.04 microM for genistein and 0.08 microM for DHD, and a limit of detection of 0.018 microM for genistein and 0.035 microM for DHD. The coefficient of variation was 8.9% for genistein and lower than 15% for DHD. This study provides the first data indicating the presence of dihydrodaidzein in serum of mice fed diets containing soy proteins.


Assuntos
Genisteína/sangue , Glycine max , Isoflavonas/sangue , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização por Electrospray/métodos , Administração Oral , Animais , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Dieta , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Feminino , Genisteína/farmacocinética , Isoflavonas/farmacocinética , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Sensibilidade e Especificidade
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