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Peptide-based Identification of Functional Motifs and their Binding Partners
Published on: June 30, 2013
Identification of angiogenesis-inhibiting peptides from Chan Su
Fengyan Xia1, Fei Gao1, Huili Yao2
1Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311300, China; The State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311300, China.
Abstract:
Chan Su is a traditional medicine prepared from toxic secretions from the auricular and skin glands of Chinese toads. Previous studies show that active components in Chan Su can inhibit the proliferation of tumor cells. To study the effect of Chan Su peptides on angiogenesis, fresh Chan Su was collected and its component peptides were isolated by an extraction and precipitation method. A high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fingerprint of the Chan Su component peptides revealed that there were more than 18 peptide component peaks. We demonstrate that Chan Su peptides inhibit angiogenesis in vitro by inhibiting human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) proliferation and tube formation in a dose-dependent manner. Western blots indicated that Chan Su peptides inhibited the protein expression of VEGF165 and Ras, leading us to conclude that Chan Su peptide components exert anti-angiogenic effects by suppressing the VEGF165-VEGFR2-Ras signalling pathway. Finally, we identified the partial amino acid sequences of seven Chan Su peptides using the shotgun proteomics method.
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