Isolation and Characterization of a Pueraria lobata Protein and Its Self-assembled Nanoparticles Properties
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摘要: 目的:纯化并表征一种葛根水溶性蛋白,将该蛋白通过热诱导的方式构建为蛋白纳米颗粒载体。方法:采用阴离子交换色谱High Q纯化获得葛根蛋白,通过SDS-PAGE和蛋白质N端测序方法鉴定蛋白的分子量和氨基酸序列。采用激光粒度分析仪对蛋白纳米颗粒的粒径、光散射强度和Zeta电位进行研究,采用高效液相色谱法测定纳米载体对药物的装载效率。结果:从葛根中抽提并分离纯化获得一种主要的水溶性蛋白,命名为PP。N-端氨基酸序列测得为DFVYDMCGNVLNGGTYYIL,通过NCBI数据库比对和蛋白酶活性测定确定PP为一种新的胰蛋白酶抑制剂,且PP在pH2~10的环境中及20~50 ℃的温度范围内均具有较好的稳定性。PP溶液(0.1 mg/mL,pH6.0)在100 ℃下加热60 min可以形成分布均匀的纳米颗粒PP-NPs,测定其平均粒径为172.78 nm,Zeta电位为−25.40 mV。PP-NPs能有效装载葛根素及小檗碱,测得的药物装载率分别为33.83%和24.61%。结论:从葛根中纯化获得的主要水溶性蛋白PP能通过热诱导构建蛋白纳米颗粒,该颗粒具有成为药物载体的潜力。Abstract: Objective: To purify and characterize a water-soluble protein from Pueraria lobata and to fabricate its nanoparticles by heating-induced assembly. Methods: Pueraria lobata protein was purified by anion exchange chromatography High Q, and its molecular weight and amino acid sequence were determined by SDS-PAGE and N-terminal sequencing. The particle size, optical dispersion intensity and Zeta potential of protein nanoparticles were measured by laser-scattering particle analyzer. The drug loading efficiency of the nanocarrier was determined by chromatography. Results: A major water-soluble protein, named PP, was purified from Pueraria lobata and sequenced with a N-terminal amino acid sequence of DFVYDMCGNVLNGGTYYIL. PP was identified as a novel trypsin inhibitor by NCBI database searching and rypsin inhibitory assay. PP was also well-stabilized in the pH2~10 and 20~50 °C ranges. After heating PP solution (0.1 mg/mL, pH6.0) for 60 minutes at 100 ℃, homogenous nanoparticles (PP-NPs) were harvested. These PP-NPs had a particle size of 172.78 nm and a Zeta potential of −25.40 mV. The puerarin and berberine were effectively loaded onto PP-NPs, with loading efficiency of 33.83% and 24.61%, respectively. Conclusion: The major water-soluble Pueraria lobata protein PP can be fabricated into protein nanoparticles by heating-induced assembly, indicating a potential as drug carriers.
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Key words:
- Pueraria lobata /
- nanoparticles /
- self-assembly /
- trypsin inhibitor
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表 1 葛根蛋白分子量及N端氨基酸序列比对
Table 1. Molecular weight and N-terminal amino acid sequence alignment of PP
名称 分子量(kDa) N端氨基酸序列 葛根蛋白(PP) 20.73 1 DFVYDMCGNVLNGGTYYIL 19 大豆胰蛋白酶
抑制剂(STI)~20 1 DFVLDNEGNPLENGGTYYIL 20 表 2 葛根蛋白纳米颗粒装载效果
Table 2. Loading effect of PP-NPs
样品 平均粒径
(d.nm)粒子计数率
(kcps)Zeta电位
(mV)包埋率
(%)PP-NPs 172.78±3.89 3018.17±107.33 −25.40±0.71 − PP-NPs包
埋葛根素491.33±17.8* 2546.13±56.04* −18.67±0.55* 33.83±2.71 PP-NPs包
埋小檗碱205.24±4.87* 2423.33±85.47* −14.70±0.87* 24.61±2.19 注:*表示与PP-NPs组比较,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。 -
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