Journal
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Volume 102, Issue 11, Pages 4542-4550Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.11811
Keywords
zinc-chelating peptide; seafood; digestibility; absorption; cell
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31801554]
- Scientific Research Project of the Education Department in Liaoning Province [LJKZ0521]
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A novel zinc-chelating sea cucumber synthetic peptide (SCSP) was synthesized and shown to promote zinc absorption in vitro, providing a theoretical basis for the design and production of effective zinc chelating peptides to improve zinc bioavailability.
BACKGROUND Zinc absorption in intestinal system could be strongly affected by the gastrointestinal digestion and absorption of zinc-chelating peptides serving as zinc carriers. In this study, a novel zinc-chelating sea cucumber synthetic peptide (SCSP) was synthesized to estimate its gastrointestinal digestion and promotive effect of zinc absorption in vitro. RESULTS Analysis of isothermal titration calorimetry suggested that the binding of SCSP and zinc (N approximate to 1) was exothermic, with relatively weak binding affinity (K = 1.0 x 10(-3) mol L-1). The formation of SCSP-Zn complexes brought morphological changes to the peptides confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), which also indicated 6.88% of the existence of zinc element. In addition, the SCSP-Zn complexes remained stable under simulated human gastrointestinal digestion. In an in vitro study, the SCSP-Zn complex could successfully transport through the intestinal membrane in the model of everted rat gut sacs (nearly 7.5 mu M cm(-2)) as well as Caco-2 cells where the zinc transport reached 0.0014 mg mL(-1) carried by SCSP. Fluorescence staining experiments revealed free zinc accumulation inside the tissues and cells treated with the SCSP-Zn complex. CONCLUSIONS The chelation SCSP-Zn had the promotion ability of zinc absorption in vitro and ex vivo experiments, which suggested a theoretical basis for the design and production of effective zinc chelating peptides as zinc carriers to improve zinc bioavailability. (c) 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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