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A Novel Peptide Derived from Sea Buckthorn Leaves: Enzymatic Preparation, Dual Inhibitory Activity Against
Xuwei Qin1, Yuchong Peng1, Yingqi Huang1
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northern University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China.
Abstract:
Sea buckthorn leaves are a relatively underutilised component of sea buckthorn processed products; however, various studies have indicated that they possess hypoglycaemic potential. Under alkaline solubilisation and acid-precipitation conditions, the extraction yield of sea buckthorn leaf protein (SLP) reached 19.33%. Trypsin was selected as the hydrolysing enzyme to extract SLPPs-T, with half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50) against α-glucosidase and DPP-IV of 0.1361 ± 0.017 mg/mL and 0.1286 ± 0.012 mg/mL, respectively. UV spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, circular dichroism spectroscopy and particle size analysis indicated that the secondary and microstructures of SLP underwent changes following its hydrolysis to SLPPs-T; following separation, purification, sequence identification and computer screening, two novel peptides, PM-8 and VG-11, were obtained; molecular docking, solid-phase synthesis and in vitro experiments confirmed that VG-11 exhibited superior inhibitory activity, with half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50) against α-glucosidase and DPP-IV of 0.3885 ± 0.015 mM and 0.2611 ± 0.021 mM, respectively. In summary, this study explored the potential of sea buckthorn leaf protein as a natural hypoglycaemic product through a combination of computational modelling and experimental methods, thereby significantly enhancing the value of sea buckthorn resources.
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