Journal
MARINE DRUGS
Volume 20, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/md20100626
Keywords
Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); cardiac arterial bulbs; peptide; antioxidant activity; stability
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [82073764]
- Ten-thousand Talents Plan of Zhejiang Province [2019R52026]
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Cardiac arterial bulbs of Skipjack tuna were hydrolyzed using pepsin, resulting in 11 antioxidant peptides. Among them, three peptides (PKK, YEGGD, GPGLM) exhibited the highest antioxidant activity and stability under different conditions. These peptides could be potential candidates for health-promoting products.
Cardiac arterial bulbs of Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) are rich in elastin, and its hydrolysates are high quality raw materials for daily cosmetics. In order to effectively utilizing Skipjack tuna processing byproducts-cardiac arterial bulbs and to prepare peptides with high antioxidant activity, pepsin was selected from six proteases for hydrolyzing proteins, and the best hydrolysis conditions of pepsin were optimized. Using ultrafiltration and chromatographic methods, eleven antioxidant peptides were purified from protein hydrolysate of tuna cardiac arterial bulbs. Four tripeptides (QGD, PKK, GPQ and GLN) were identified as well as seven pentapeptides (GEQSN, GEEGD, YEGGD, GEGER, GEGQR, GPGLM and GDRGD). Three out of them, namely the tripeptide PKK and the pentapeptides YEGGD and GPGLM exhibited the highest radical scavenging activities on 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), hydroxyl, 2,2 '-azino-bis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS) and superoxide anion assays. They also showed to protect plasmid DNA and HepG2 cells against H2O2-induced oxidative stress. Furthermore, they exhibited high stability under temperature ranged from 20-100 degrees C, pH values ranged from 3-11, and they simulated gastrointestinal digestion for 240 min. These results suggest that the prepared eleven antioxidant peptides from cardiac arterial bulbs, especially the three peptides PKK, YEGGD, and GPGLM, could serve as promising candidates in health-promoting products due to their high antioxidant activity and their stability.
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