Angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity and antihypertensive effect of fermented milk

Milk was fermented with a total of 25 lactic acid bacteria to assay in vitro inhibitory activity towards angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE). The tested strains belonged to Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei, Lacobacillus helveticus, Lactobacillus jensenii, Lactobacillus reuteri, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis, Lactococcus. raffinolactis and Leuconostoc mesenteroides ssp. cremoris. The ACE inhibitory potencies of theses strains varied and seven of them showing the highest ACE inhibitory activity were selected for further studies. The development of ACE inhibitory activity during fermentation correlated with degree of hydrolysis. Modification of fermentation conditions or pH control did not affect the ACE inhibitory activity. ACE inhibitory compounds from Lb. jensenii fermented milk were isolated by reversed phase HPLC and identified by MS-analysis and amino acid sequencing. The active compounds were peptides from β-casein. The milk fermented with Lb. jensenii caused a transient reduction of blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats.     

三斑海马蛋白肽ACE抑制活性的研究

本文通过三斑海马酶解液的制备、ACE抑制活性肽的分离和体外消化模型的建立研究了三斑海马蛋白肽的ACE抑制活性。利用碱性蛋白酶制备得到具有ACE抑制活性的三斑海马酶解液,经葡聚糖凝胶层析分离纯化后,得到具有较高ACE抑制活性的组分(其IC50为0.91 mg/m L);通过对该组分的氨基酸组成和体外消化模型分析,发现该组分中疏水性氨基酸的含量为50.48%,消化酶作用后,显著提高ACE抑制活性,经判断,该组分中的蛋白肽为前体型抑制剂。      

In vitro study on digestion of peptides in Emmental cheese: analytical evaluation and influence on angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitory peptides

A simple in vitro protocol simulating gastrointestinal digestion of proteins and peptides to investigate the effect of digestive enzymes on the biological activity of peptides present in dairy products was developed. This protocol consisted in a 30 min incubation with pepsin followed by a 4 h incubation with trypsin or pancreatin. It was applied to an Emmental cheese water-soluble extract (WSE) and to a casein solution (as a control). Sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) allowed to monitor the digestion of proteins. Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) allowed to monitor the conversion of proteins and peptides into peptides and amino acids: it is proposed to use the mean retention time corresponding to the overall retention time distribution of molecules to assess the effect of digestive enzymes. The biological activity focused in this study was the angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity. Digestion of Emmental WSE induced an increase of the ACE inhibition as compared to undigested WSE while a 10 kDa ultrafiltered WSE lost a part of its ACE inhibitory activity after digestion process. These results strongly suggest that digestive enzymes diminished the ACE inhibition by the peptides present in Emmental cheese WSE, while the digestion of peptides of high molecular weight would generate new ACE inhibitory peptides.     

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitory activity of proteolytic digests of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) flour

Defatted raw and roasted peanut flour were hydrolyzed with alcalase or sequentially with pepsin and pancreatin, and then the hydrolyzates were fractionated by RP-HPLC and tested for hypotensive potential. This research revealed that proteolytic peanut digests have an inhibitory effect on the activity of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE). Three fractions from the hydrophobic end of the chromatogram of each hydrolyzate were the most potent for inhibiting ACE activity in comparison to seven other fractions. These potentially potent fractions were then assayed for IC₅₀. Fractions from the alcalase digestion of raw peanut exhibited IC₅₀ values of 8.7-122 μg/ml, and those from roasted flour exhibited values of 12-235 μg/ml. IC₅₀ values of 7.9-65.9 μg/ml, and 11-36 μg/ml for raw and roasted peanut, respectively, from the pepsin-pancreatin system were observed. These values compare to the IC₅₀ value of 0.36 μg/ml of a known commercial ACE inhibitor (pGlu-Trp-Pro-Arg-Pro-Gln-Ile-Pro-Pro).     

醋蛋多肽血管紧张素转化酶抑制活性的稳定性研究

研究了温度、pH、金属离子、食盐及食品中常见糖类和防腐剂对醋蛋多肽血管紧张素转化酶(ACE)抑制活性的影响。结果表明:醋蛋多肽的ACE抑制活性对热不稳定,对pH稳定;当金属离子浓度达到5mmol/L时,醋蛋多肽的ACE抑制活性有较明显的下降,其影响大小顺序为K+>Zn2+>Cu2+>Ca2+>Mg2+;食盐能降低醋蛋多肽的ACE抑制活性;在实验浓度范围内,葡萄糖、蔗糖、乳糖、苯甲酸和山梨酸对醋蛋多肽ACE抑制活性影响不大。     

Fractionation of angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitory activity from pea and whey protein in vitro gastrointestinal digests

In vitro gastrointestinal digestion of pea and whey protein produced high angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity with IC₅₀ values of 0.070 and 0.041 mg protein ml^?1 respectively. Ultrafiltration/centrifugation using a membrane with a molecular weight cut‐off of 3000 Da decreased the IC₅₀ value to 0.055 mg protein ml^?1 for pea permeate and 0.014 mg protein ml^?1 for whey permeate. Further fractionation by reverse phase HPLC gave IC₅₀ values as low as 0.016 mg protein ml^?1 for pea and 0.003 mg protein ml^?1 for whey. Consequently, these purification steps enriched the ACE inhibitory activity of the pea digest more than four times and that of the whey digest more than 13 times. HPLC profiles after digestion and ultrafiltration indicate that high ACE inhibitory activity is due to short and more hydrophobic peptides. The results also suggest that potent ACE inhibitory peptides were present alongside low active peptides in whey hydrolysate, while all peptides had more or less the same ACE inhibitory activity in pea hydrolysate. In addition, the hydrolysates and enriched fractions will resist in vivo gastrointestinal digestion after oral administration. Hence these ACE inhibitory peptides, as part of functional foods, can play significant roles in the prevention and treatment of hypertension. Copyright © 2004 Society of Chemical Industry     

Angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory activity of chickpea and pea protein hydrolysates

ACE inhibitory activity was studied for different hydrolysates obtained from protein concentrates of chickpea (kabuli and desi) and yellow pea (Golden) using in vitro gastrointestinal simulation, alcalase/flavourzyme, and papain. Protein/peptide profiles studied by SDS–PAGE and SE-HPLC, showed a rich composition of the hydrolysates in small peptides having MWs under 4 kDa. Papain hydrolysed yellow pea proteins showed the highest ACE inhibitory activity. In addition, chickpea desi proteins hydrolysed by in vitro gastrointestinal simulation showed higher ACE inhibition (IC₅₀ of 140 ± 1 μg/ml) compared to its digests obtained by alcalase/flavourzyme (IC₅₀ of 228 ± 3 μg/ml) or papain (IC₅₀ of 180 ± 1 μg/ml) and to chickpea kabuli hydrolysed by gastrointestinal simulation (IC₅₀ of 229 ± 1 μg/ml). The results demonstrate that enzymatic hydrolysates of chickpea and pea proteins contain bioactive ACE inhibitory peptides; furthermore, the type of enzyme used for hydrolysis affects the ACE inhibitory activity.     

Yeasts from Colombian Kumis as source of peptides with Angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity in milk

This study investigated the possibility of using yeast strains in fermented milks to obtain products with high Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity and low bitter taste. Ninety-three yeast strains isolated from Colombian Kumis in different geographic regions were molecularly identified, and their milk fermentation performances were determined. Molecular identification evidenced that Galactomyces geotrichum, Pichia kudriavzevii, Clavispora lusitaniae and Candida tropicalis, were the dominant species. Eighteen out of 93 strains produced fermented milk with ACE-inhibitory (ACEI) activity values ranging from 8.69 to 88.19%. Digestion of fermented milk samples by pepsin and pancreatin demonstrated an increase in ACEI activity, with C. lusitaniae KL4A as the best producer of ACEI peptides. Moreover, sensory analysis of the products containing the major ACE-inhibitory activity pointed out that P. kudriavzevii KL84A and Kluyveromyces marxianus KL26A could be selected as potential adjunct starter cultures in Kumis, since they made a considerable contribution to the ACE inhibitory activity and produced fermented milk without bitter taste. In this study we observed that Colombian Kumis can be an excellent vehicle for the isolation of yeasts with a potential to enhance bioactive peptides produced during milk fermentation.     

The impact of fermentation and in vitro digestion on the formation of angiotensin-I-converting enzyme inhibitory activity from pea and whey protein

Pea and whey protein were fermented by Lactobacillus helveticus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae in monoculture and in combination at 28 and 37 degrees C in order to release angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides. The fermentation products were subjected to in vitro gastrointestinal digestion, and the digests of nonfermented samples served as controls. After fermentation, the ACE inhibitory activity (%) increased by 18 to 30% for all treatments, except for the fermentations of whey protein with Saccharomyces cerevisiae at 28 degrees C, where no significant change was observed. After digestion, however, both fermented and nonfermented samples reached maximum ACE inhibitory activity. The whey digests tended to have lower (50%) inhibitory concentrations (IC50; 0.14 to 0.07 mg/ml), hence, higher ACE inhibitory activity, than the pea digests (0.23 to 0.11 mg/ml). The nonfermented whey protein digest showed the highest ACE inhibitory activity of all. For pea protein, the nonfermented sample had the lowest IC50 value. These results suggest that in vitro gastrointestinal digestion was the predominant factor controlling the formation of ACE inhibitory activity, hence, indicating its importance in the bioavailability of ACE inhibitory peptides.     

Angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory activity and insulin secretion stimulative activity of fermented fish sauce

Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides, Ala-Pro, Lys-Pro, and Arg-Pro, were isolated from fermented fish sauce. Five other proline-containing dipeptides having weak ACE inhibitory activity were also isolated from the fermented fish sauce. Orally administered Lys-Pro showed a tendency to lower the blood pressure of spontaneously hypertensive rats. As fermented anchovy sauce also stimulated insulin secretion by cultured RINm5F insulinoma cells, the sauce may be useful as a source of biologically active substances.     

Effect of enzyme type and hydrolysis conditions on the in vitro angiotensin I‐converting enzyme inhibitory activity and ash content of hydrolysed whey protein isolate

Removal of salts from protein hydrolysate mixture on large scale is very difficult and relatively inefficient. Selecting practical proteinase system and hydrolysis conditions for the production of whey protein isolate (WPI) enzymatic hydrolysates with high angiotensin I‐converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity and low ash content is very useful. The effect of alcalase, neutrase, trypsin and their combined system, i.e. alcalase‐neutrase and trypsin‐neutrase, under two different hydrolysis conditions, i.e. pH‐controlled and pH‐spontaneous drop, on the formation of ACE‐inhibitory peptides and the characteristics of WPI hydrolysate was investigated. Results showed that the ACE‐inhibitory activity of WPI hydrolysate obtained with alcalase was significantly higher than that of its trypsin or neutrase hydrolysate obtained at the same hydrolysis time by both pH‐controlled and pH‐spontaneous drop method (P < 0.05). The WPI hydrolysate obtained after 3 h incubation with alcalase plus 2 h with neutrase under pH‐spontaneous drop condition possessed the highest ACE‐inhibitory activity of 54.30% and the lowest ash content of 2.95%. This is practical as a functional ingredient in the food industry because of its high ACE‐inhibitory capability, commercial availability in large supply of alcalase and neutrase and no needing for additional desalting process.     

Purification and hypotensive activity of rapeseed protein-derived renin and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitory peptides

Rapeseed protein isolate (RPI) was hydrolyzed with Alcalase followed by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) purification of bioactive peptides. The rapeseed protein hydrolysate (RPH) obtained after 4 h digestion with Alcalase had a degree of hydrolysis (DH) of ～11%. Gel permeation chromatography separation showed high contents of low molecular weight peptides in the RPH when compared to the RPI. After preparative and analytical RP-HPLC separations, three peptides (LY, TF and RALP) were purified and amino acid sequence determined by tandem mass spectrometry. LY (IC₅₀, 0.11 mM) was the most potent (p < 0.05) against ACE activity when compared to TF (IC₅₀, 0.81 mM) and RALP (IC₅₀, 0.65 mM). However, RALP (IC₅₀, 0.97 mM) was the most potent (p < 0.05) against renin activity when compared to LY (IC₅₀, 1.87 mM) and TF (IC₅₀, 3.1 mM). Single oral administration (30 mg/kg body weight) to spontaneously hypertensive rats showed LY and RALP to be the more effective hypotensive agents with maximum blood pressure reduction of ?26 and 16 mmHg, respectively when compared to TF (?12 mmHg). The results suggest that the higher number of hydrophobic amino acid residues LY and RALP contributed to their higher in vitro and in vivo activities when compared to TF.     

Angiotensin converting enzyme-inhibitory activity of peptides isolated from Manchego cheese. Stability under simulated gastrointestinal digestion

In this study, several peptides, which had previously been identified in active HPLC fractions from Manchego cheese, were synthesised and their angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitory activities were measured. From 11 peptides, which were selected based on their structures, only two, VRYL and KKYNVPQL, showed considerable ACE-inhibitory activity with IC₅₀ values of 24.1 and 77.1 μ , respectively. Subsequently, the impact of the gastrointestinal digestion on ACE-inhibitory activity was evaluated. Some of the peptides selected were resistant to the incubation with pepsin followed by hydrolysis with a pancreatic extract. The ACE-inhibitory activity after simulated digestion did not change drastically except for peptide _s2-CN f(195-204) (TQPKTNAIPY) that exhibited an activity 6 times greater after simulated digestion. In contrast, after simulated digestion, the activities of peptides VRYL and KKYNVPQL decreased. The peptides not hydrolysed by gastrointestinal enzymes and peptide VRYL, which was only partly hydrolysed, were incubated with ACE and were found to be true inhibitors of the enzyme and to have a competitive inhibition pattern.     

血管紧张素转化酶抑制肽稳定性研究

高血压是心血管疾病最重要的且可治疗的危险因素之一,控制高血压是降低心脑血管疾病的发病率、致残率和死亡率的有效措施。血管紧张素转化酶通过影响肾素-血管紧张素系统和激肽释放酶-激肽系统实现对人体血压调节。文章综述了血管紧张素转化酶抑制肽的总体研究趋势、物理化学及酶稳定性的研究现状,并对其值得进一步研究内容进行展望,旨在为血管紧张素转化酶抑制肽的研究与开发提供思路。     

具有血管紧张素转化酶抑制活性的益生菌筛选鉴定及其发酵特性的研究

目的 筛选具有血管紧张素转化酶(ACE)抑制作用的微生物, 提供适用于降高血压发酵产品的菌株。方法 从7种发酵食品中分离菌株后, 利用体外ACE酶抑制率法筛选ACE抑制率大于80%的菌株, 再通过耐盐和耐NaNO2实验, 筛选出目的菌, 并对其进行生物学特性测定和分子生物学鉴定。结果 从发酵食品中分离得到98株菌中, 筛选出F2和D2两个目的菌, F2和D2的ACE酶抑制率分别为83.13%和98.00%, 且均能耐受6%的NaCl及100 mg/kg的NaNO2。结论 筛选出的F2菌株为地衣芽孢杆菌, 对金黄色葡萄球菌抑菌效果显著; D2为球形芽孢杆菌, 具有脂肪酶活性; 且F2和D2菌均具有蛋白酶活性。     

Antioxidant and angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitory activity of Bambusae caulis in Liquamen

Bambusae caulis in Liquamen (BCL) is a nutritious liquid that can be extracted from heat-treated bamboo stems. It is also an important herbal medicine in Asia. In this study, antioxidant and angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity of BCL were investigated. BCL significantly quenched DPPH and peroxyl radicals measured by electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy, while IC₅₀ values were 79.85 and 28.85 μg/ml, respectively. The ability of BCL to inhibit the oxidative damage of DNA was assessed in vitro by measuring the conversion of supercoiled pBR322 plasmid DNA to the open circular form. It was found that BCL significantly protected hydroxyl radical-induced DNA damage in a dose-dependant manner, while also inhibiting apoptosis in hydrogen peroxide-induced PC-12 cells and angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) activity. These findings suggest that BCL may be a beneficial ingredient in functional foods and/or pharmaceuticals.     

热处理对过氧自由基氧化米糠蛋白体外胰蛋白酶消化性质及消化产物抗氧化性的影响

选用不同浓度的2,2’-盐酸脒基丙烷(2,2’-azobis (2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride,AAPH)在有氧条件下热降解生成的过氧自由基氧化米糠蛋白,再通过95℃水浴处理氧化米糠蛋白,研究热处理对过氧自由基氧化米糠蛋白体外胰蛋白酶消化性质及消化产物抗氧化性的影响。结果表明:随着AAPH浓度的增加,过氧自由基氧化米糠蛋白体外胰蛋白酶消化率、初始消化速率、消化产物分子质量分布在500～1 500 u的肽含量、消化产物清除ABTS~+·、·OH、O~-_2·能力和还原能力均先上升后下降,消化产物清除DPPH·能力和金属螯合能力先不变后下降;而热处理后,氧化米糠蛋白体外胰蛋白酶消化产物金属螯合能力先上升后下降,ABTS~+·清除能力和还原能力先不变后下降。同未热处理相比,热处理显著提高了相同氧化程度下米糠蛋白体外胰蛋白酶消化率、初始消化速率以及消化产物抗氧化性。表明过氧自由基氧化会改变米糠蛋白体外胰蛋白酶的消化性质,而热处理可以改善相同氧化程度下米糠蛋白体外胰蛋白酶的消化率和消化产物的抗氧化性。     

Angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory activity of enzymatic hydrolysates of goat milk protein fractions

Casein and whey protein fractions from goat milk were hydrolysed by subtilisin and trypsin, individually and in combination, to release angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitory peptides. Selected hydrolysates were fractionated by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and further characterised. The highest ACE-inhibitory activity was obtained from the casein fraction hydrolysed by the combination of enzymes. SEC presented 4 fractions with fraction F2 (<2.3 kDa) containing the highest concentration of peptides and the highest activity. F2 contained a number of peptides not previously identified from caprine caseins but with structural similarity to other ACE-inhibitory peptides. The most active fraction in relation to protein content was F4 with IC₅₀ between 9.3 and 5.1 μg mL⁻¹. This fraction contained a compound tentatively identified as WY, an active dipeptide not previously reported from caseins. The high inhibitory capacity of these fractions points towards the advantage of implementing a membrane process to concentrate the most active peptides.     

HPLC法测定珠蛋白肽对血管紧张素转化酶的抑制活性研究

研究测定珠蛋白肽对血管紧张素转化酶抑制活性的高效液相色谱分析方法.以马尿酰-组胺酰-亮氨酸为底物,血管紧张素转化酶为催化剂,反应产物马尿酸为检测指标,以未加珠蛋白肽的反应为空白对照.最佳色谱条件为:色谱柱Zorbax SB-C18,柱温25 ℃,流动相为乙腈/水=25/75(V/V,其中含0.05%三氟乙酸),流速1.0 mL/min,检测波长为228 nm,进样量10 μL.马尿酸浓度为0.005～1 mmol/L, 线性相关系数为0.999 8,最低检测浓度为1 μmol/L, 回收率在96.66%～101.34%之间,相对标准偏差为1.34%.该方法操作简单、时间短、准确性和精密度高,利于对珠蛋白肽生产进行质量控制.