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Lipid Peroxidation Products Influence Calpain-1 Functionality In Vitro by Covalent Binding
Chaoyu Zhai1,2, Steven M Lonergan3, Elisabeth J Huff-Lonergan3
1Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States.
Abstract:
The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effects of lipid peroxidation products, malondialdehyde (MDA), hexenal, and 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE), on calpain-1 function, and liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) identification of adducts on calpain-1. Calpain-1 activity slightly increased after incubation with 100 μM MDA but not with 500 and 1000 μM MDA. However, calpain-1 activity was lowered by hexenal and HNE at 100, 500, and 1000 μM. No difference in calpain-1 autolysis was observed between the control and 1000 μM MDA. However, 1000 μM hexenal and HNE treatments slowed the calpain-1 autolysis. Adducts of MDA were detected on glutamine, arginine, lysine, histidine, and asparagine residues via Schiff base formation, while HNE adducts were detected on histidine, lysine, glutamine, and asparagine residues via Michael addition. These results are the first to demonstrate that lipid peroxidation products can impact calpain-1 activity in a concentration-dependent manner and may impact the development of meat tenderness postmortem.
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