Thesis--PlanA (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references.

To investigate mechanisms responsible for the turnover of endogenous muscle protein, lysosomotropic proteinase inhibitors have been employed to elucidate the relative contributions of lysosomal and non-lysosomal degradation pathways functioning under varying nutritional states and for different classes of intracellular proteins. Proteolysis in cultured bovine aortic smooth muscle cells was measured as the percentage of ³H-phenylalanine released per hour from pre-labelled cellular proteins. To reduce background radioactivity, the intracellular ³H-phenylalanine pool was depleted by serial extraction at 37°C, effecting equilibration between the intracellular pool and the phenylalanine-free medium. Reutilization of labelled amino acids during subsequent incubation periods was minimized by the presence of excess non-labelled phenylalanine in the medium. ³H-phenylalanine was released at a constant rate of 1,5 % per hour for at least 4 h, from cells pre-labelled for 16 h ('long-lived' proteins). Leupeptin, an inhibitor of thiol proteinases including cathepsin 8, inhibited degradation by 12 %, whereas the general lysosomal inhibitors chloroquine and NH₄Cl inhibited degradation by 30 %, presumably the contribution by the lysosomal pathway. In the case of 'short-lived' proteins (pre-labelled for 1 hour), the initial degradation rate was 6,5% per hour, which rapidly declined, reaching the basal rate of 1,5 % after 4 h. Chloroquine and NH₄Cl reduced proteolysis by only 12-15% and leupeptin had no significant inhibition, consistent with the view that the majority of short-lived proteins a degraded by non-lysosomal pathways. Proteolysis rates of 'abnormal' proteins containing the arginine-analogue, canavanine, were found to be significantly elevated (80 %) over controls. Leupeptin had no significant inhibition, and chloroquine and NH₄Cl only reduced degradation by 12-16 %, showing that the rapid removal of 'abnormal' intracellular proteins proceeds mainly via extra-lysosomal mechanisms. Incubation of the cells under nutritional step-down conditions, increased the average degradation rate of long-lived proteins to 3% per hour, and chloroquine and NH₄Cl inhibited degradation by 55-60 %, indicating that the accelerated proteolytic condition is due to increased activity of the lysosomes. Nutritional deprivation did not increase the rate of degradation of short-lived proteins. The results were clarified by the parallel use of the well-characterized LDL degradation system in this cell type, known to occur almost exclusively via lysosomes. This allowed the effectiveness of lysosomotropic inhibitors to be tested. Chloroquine inhibited LDL degradation by over 90 % and NH₄Cl inhibited by 80-95 % in all cases. Other proteinase inhibitors such as chymostatin, pepstatin and the chloromethyl ketones were also tested, and of these chymostatin seemed to be the most valuable because of its additivity to the effect of chloroquine, indicating its selective inhibition of non-lysosomal degradative mechanisms. Incubations of smooth muscle cells under anoxic conditions or with metabolic inhibitors such as fluoride, azide and cyanide, resulted in an inhibition of protein degradation which was greater than, and partially additive to, the effect of chloroquine, i.e. both lysosomal and non-lysosomal degradation pathways have some energy-dependence. The degradation of long-lived proteins appeared to be more sensitive to temperature than that of short-lived proteins, further indicating the activity of distinct proteolytic mechanisms for these two classes of intracellular proteins. Preliminary studies have indicated a role for Ca⁺⁺ in the regulation of proteolysis, since degradation rates were increased by elevated levels of Ca⁺⁺ in the extracellular medium. Inhibition of this increased proteolysis by leupeptin has indicated a role for a thiol proteinase, possibly Ca⁺⁺-activated neutral proteinase. In similar studies with cultured L8 skeletal muscle cells, an average proteolysis rate of 1,2 % per hour was found, which was increased by 50 % under nutritional step-down conditions. Once again, the lysosomal pathway was found to account for only about one-third of basal protein degradation but fully accounted for the increased proteolysis under nutrient deprivation. The degradation characteristics of intracellular smooth and skeletal muscle cell proteins was examined using double isotope labelling. It was found that large molecular weight proteins and glycoproteins tended to be degraded more rapidly than small proteins and non-glycoproteins. In smooth muscle cells, these correlations were markedly reduced or absent under the accelerated proteolysis associated with nutrient deprivation, possibly confirming the increased activity of the non-selective autophagic lysosomal pathway under these conditions. A similar loss of correlations was not so clearly seen for skeletal muscle cell proteins.

Whey Protein Concentrate (WPC) is used as a functional ingredient in many food products. To increase the applicability of WPC as well as other food proteins, it is often necessary to enhance the functional properties of the protein. Various protein modification techniques can be used for this purpose; this includes chemical, physical and enzymatic modification. In present study acid hydrolysis, a chemical modification, was investigated as a means to improve functionality of WPC, emulsifying, foaming and gelatin. Most of the previous work on WPC has been directed at enzymatic hydrolysis. / Dispersions of WPC (8%) in organic acids (0.5 N, 1 N and 1.5 N acetic acid, citric acid phosphoric acid and mixture of these acids) were subjected to acid hydrolysis (6, 18 and 48 h) and the effects of this modification on functional properties was assessed. The degrees of hydrolysis were measured and freeze-dried hydrolysates were evaluated for their foam capacity and stability, emulsifying activity and stability index and toughness. Highest foam capacity was found in the hydrolysate obtained using 0.5 N acetic acid (6 h hydrolysis, foaming capacity of 140%); acid hydrolysis increased foam stability, in general. In addition, acid hydrolysis did not affect emulsifying activity index but gave higher emulsifying stability index and toughness of prepared gels. / Results of PAGE indicated that acidic modification led to progressive decrease in the $ alpha$-lactalbumin and BSA. $ alpha$-lactalbumin was found to be the most sensitive protein with significant degradation after 6 h hydrolysis. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

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Submitted in complete fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Food Science and Technology), Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2016. / Bambara groundnut (Vigna substerranea) is an indigenous legume of African origin which is currently experiencing a low level utilisation. It is tolerant to drought and can grow under poor soil conditions in which other lucrative crops such as groundnut cannot grow. Bambara is a good source of protein comparable to that of cowpea and slightly lower than soya bean. In order to assess the potential use of bambara protein as a functional ingredient in food systems and as an important ingredient for the formulation of therapeutic product, the knowledge of its protein composition, structure and functionality becomes important. The main goal of this thesis was to determine the composition and bioactive properties of bambara protein and its hydrolysates. Specifically, a comparative study was carried out on the protein content, yield and functional properties of protein concentrates prepared from three different bambara landraces using different extraction methods (Salt solubilisation and Acid precipitation). There was no significant difference in protein content, yield and functional properties of the landraces. However, the method of extraction had an influence on their physicochemical and functional properties. Acid precipitation produced bambara protein concentrates with high protein content and yield (79% and 52% respectively) when compared to salt solubilisation (protein content - 57% and yield - 25%). Protein concentrates prepared through salt solubilisation method exhibited better functional properties in terms of water absorption capacity, oil absorption capacity, foaming capacity, foaming stability and emulsion activities when compared to concentrates obtained through acid precipitation. Furthermore, the composition of bambara proteins produced through isoelectric precipitation was determined. SDS PAGE revealed four major bands; a broad band at 55 kDa which was analysed to be vicilin, two medium bands at 62 kDa and 80 kDa and a high molecular weight (HMW) protein at 141 kDa. Further investigation of bambara protein revealed vicilin (55 kDa) with two sub units as the major protein in bambara and this was also confirmed by the proteomic map. The proteomic map revealed acidic amino acids as the major protein of bambara which is characteristic of vicilin, the map also showed that there were differences in the number of spots across the landraces with 77 spots matching each other. Circular dichroism spectroscopy exhibited reductions in α-helix, and β-pleated sheet conformations as pH varies. In addition, the tertiary structures as observed from the near-UV CD spectra were also influenced by shifts in pH conditions. Differential scanning calorimetry thermograms showed two endothermic peaks at around 67 and 81oC respectively. These can be attributed to thermal denaturation of vicilin and the HMW protein. Subsequent studies used isolates from red bambara since the composition of the landraces were similar. Bambara protein isolate was subjected to enzymatic hydrolysis using three proteases (alcalase, pepsin and trypsin) to produce various bambara protein hydrolysates (BPHs). BPHs were investigated for antioxidant and antihypertensive activities. The in vitro structural and functional characteristics of bambara protein and its enzymatic protein hydrolysate revealed that bambara groundnut possessed antioxidant properties against a variety of physiologically relevant free radicals. High surface hydrophobicity and the molecular size of the peptide seem to be important for scavenging of hydroxyl radicals, ferric reducing power and metal chelation. BPHs and peptide fractions were able to scavenge DPPH radicals with greater affinity for smaller size. Less than 1 and 1-3 kDa pepsin fraction was able to scavenge DPPH radical more than glutathione, BPHs and its fractions scavenge ABTS•+ three folds than the isolate. Scavenging of superoxide radicals was generally weak except for 5-10 kDa peptide fractions. All BPHs inhibited linolenic acid oxidation with greater affinity for the lower molecular size peptide. BPHs showed potential antihypertensive properties because of the in vitro inhibition of activities of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and renin inhibition. The molecular size had significant effect on the ACE inhibitory properties with low molecular weight peptide (<1 kDa) fractions exhibiting significantly higher (p<0.05) inhibitory activities. However, enzyme type had synergistic effects on renin inhibition with alcalase hydrolysate showing highest inhibition at 59% when compared to other hydrolysates and their membrane fractions. The fractions with <1 and 1-3 kDa peptides showed a higher potential as antihypertensive and antioxidant peptides. Based on this study, incorporation of bambara protein isolate as an ingredient may be useful for the manufacture of high quality food products. Likewise, the bambara protein hydrolysates, especially the <1 kDa and 1-3 kDa fraction represent a potential source of bioactive peptides in formulating functional foods and nutraceuticals. / D

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 198-219).

Thesis (Ph. D.), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999. / Restricted until June 2000. Bibliography: p. 262-295.

Both liquid and solid wastes from Pacific whiting surimi manufacturing were characterized and value-added products were recovered. A proteinase in surimi wash water (SWW) was determined to be cathepsin L with Mr 54,200 on SDS-substrate gel. Heat treatment and acidification shifted the activity zone to M [subscript r] 39,500. No evidence of calpain, cathepsin B or H activity was found. Cathepsin L from SWW was recovered by ohmic heating (55°C for 3 min), ultrafiltration, and freeze-drying with overall yield of 0.83 g protein/L SWW and 78% recovery of activity. A 5.9 purification fold was achieved by these processes. The recovered enzyme had an optimum activity at pH 4.0 and showed preferable hydrolytic activity towards casein, acid-denatured hemoglobin and myofibrils. β-Mercaptoethanol, dithiothreitol and urea enhanced the enzyme activity. The recovered proteinase showed 18.5% residual activity after 7 wk storage at 4°C. Proteolytic activity in solid waste and digestive organs from Pacific whiting was investigated. Pepsin-like proteinase predominated in solid waste, while trypsin-like proteinase was predominant in viscera. Carboxypeptidase b was found in both viscera and solid waste. Protein hydrolysate was produced from Pacific whiting solid waste (PWSW) using commercial proteinase, Alcalase, under optimum hydrolysis conditions. Enzyme concentration, reaction time and waste/buffer ratio affected the hydrolysis and nitrogen recovery (NR). Correlation between the degree of hydrolysis (DH) and NR was high (R₂=0.978). Freeze-dried hydrolysate contained 79.97% protein and showed similar amino acid composition to PWSW and Pacific whiting muscle but tryptophan was reduced. With different DH (20, 30, 40, 50, 60%), surface hydrophobicity, total and surface sulfhydryl content decreased as the DH increased. The hydrolysate showed a high solubility over a wide pH range. Fat adsorption and fat binding capacity were reduced, while foam expansion was enhanced with an increased DH. Hydrolysate with DH of 30% showed highest emulsifying activity. Low emulsion stability and high foam stability were obtained in all hydrolysates tested. Hydrolysate showed antioxidant activity, but no obvious differences in activity were found with varying DH and hydrolysate concentrations. / Graduation date: 1997

Orientadores: Angela Maria Moraes, Carlos Augusto Pereira / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Quimica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T04:29:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Galesi_AdrianaLagesLima_D.pdf: 1381119 bytes, checksum: 756e8fc5c7c30b40f7e2ebe60c293b63 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Células de inseto têm sido freqüentemente empregadas na obtenção de proteínas recombinantes devido a algumas vantagens em relação às células de mamíferos, e a linhagem Drosophila melanogaster Schneider 2 é um dos sistemas de expressão utilizados para este propósito. Entretanto, a literatura é escassa em relação ao metabolismo e ao cultivo destas células, o que motivou o desenvolvimento deste trabalho. O objetivo deste estudo foi determinar, através da técnica estatística de planejamento fatorial de experimentos, um meio de cultura adequado ao crescimento da linhagem Drosophila melanogaster Schneider 2 transfectada para expressão da glicoproteína do vírus da raiva (GPV) e avaliar seu comportamento nos diferentes meios formulados. Para tal, no meio basal TC100, foram estudados os efeitos dos suplementos glicose, glutamina, concentrado protéico de soro de leite, yeastolate (extrato de levedura), hidrolisado de soja, lactoalbumina hidrolisada, emulsão lipídica e Pluronic F68 sobre o crescimento e a viabilidade celular, na tentativa de reduzir o percentual de soro fetal bovino do meio de cultura. A combinação de diferentes suplementos permitiu que o soro fetal bovino fosse eliminado do meio de cultura, principalmente em decorrência da adição de yeastolate, e, em várias das formulações desenvolvidas, a densidade de células foi bastante superior àquela obtida empregando o meio basal TC100 suplementado com 10% de soro fetal bovino. O meio de cultura que resultou no melhor desempenho celular foi formulado com o meio TC100 suplementado com 10 g/L de glicose e 3,5 g/L de glutamina (concentrações finais), 3 g/L de yeastolate, 1% (v/v) de emulsão lipídica e 0,1 % (m/v) de Pluronic F68. Inicialmente, os ensaios realizados em biorreator não reproduziram o crescimento celular obtido em menor escala. Porém, com o aumento da concentração de Pluronic F68 para 0,6%, tal limitação foi contornada. Glicose não foi o substrato limitante nos meios formulados e lactato foi produzido em pequenas quantidades. Apesar de produzido em elevadas concentrações, o amônio não influenciou o crescimento celular. A dosagem da glicoproteína mostrou que as células não perderam sua capacidade de expressão após a adaptação em diferentes meios de cultura e que a produção de GPV no meio formulado é superior à verificada com os meios comerciais SF900 II e TC100 suplementado com 10% de soro fetal bovino / Abstract: Insect cells have been intensively employed to obtain recombinant proteins due to some advantages over mammalian cells, and the Drosophila melanogaster Schneider 2 cell line is one of the expression systems used for this purpose. Nevertheless, literature is scarce with regard to metabolism and culture of these cells, what motivated the development of this work. The aim of this study was to establish an adequate culture medium to cultivate Drosophila melanogaster Schneider 2 cells transfected for the expression of the rabies virus glycoprotein (GPV), and to evaluate their behaviour in different formulated media. For this, the factorial design strategy was employed. The effects of glucose, glutamine, whey protein concentrate, yeastolate, soy hydrolysate, lactoalbumin hydrolysate, lipid emulsion and Pluronic F68 were studied over cell growth and viability, aiming to reduce the fetal bovine serum percentage from the culture medium. Adjusting the concentration of these distinct compounds, serum was eliminated, mainly due to the addition of yeastolate, and cell concentration was higher in several of the developed formulations than that achieved with basal TC100 medium supplemented with 10% of serum. The formulated medium which resulted in best cell performance was composed by TC100 containing 10 g/L of glucose, 3.5 g/L of glutamine, 3 g/L of yeastolate, 1% (v/v) of lipid emulsion and 0.1% (w/v) of Pluronic F68. When in bioreactor, initially the cells did not reproduce the growth behavior observed in smaller scale. However, increasing Pluronic F68 percentage to 0.6%, this limitation was circunvended. Glucose was not the limiting substrate in formulated culture media and lactate was produced in low quantities. Despite ammonium was produced in high concentrations, this compound did not influence cell growth. Glycoprotein quantification shows that cells did not loose their expression capacity after adaptation in the different media, and that glycoprotein production in the formulated medium was higher than that obtained in SF900 II medium and TC100 medium containing 10% of fetal bovine serum / Doutorado / Desenvolvimento de Processos Biotecnologicos / Doutor em Engenharia Química

Orientador: Rosiane Lopes da Cunha / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T01:16:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Kuhn_KatiaRegina_D.pdf: 3588047 bytes, checksum: 56035122a0c4826c829bf99675b3f00c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: A encapsulação de compostos bioativos vem sendo utilizada como uma alternativa para minimizar a degradação destes ingredientes durante o processamento, armazenamento e/ou processo digestivo, permitindo o aumento da vida de prateleira dos alimentos e a liberação controlada destes compostos. Nesse sentido, o objetivo geral deste trabalho foi produzir microgéis a partir da extrusão de emulsões O/A contendo isolado protéico de soro de leite (IPS) e gelana em uma solução gelificante de cloreto de cálcio visando a encapsulação e liberação controlada de óleo e hidrolisado protéico da linhaça. Na primeira parte deste estudo, a influência das condições de homogeneização (pressão e número de passagens) no preparo de emulsões estabilizadas por IPS foi avaliada com o intuito de obter sistemas mais estáveis e com menor oxidação lipídica. Todos os sistemas foram estáveis à cremeação e um aumento da pressão de homogeneização para 800 bar e do número de passagens para até 3 vezes, diminuiu o tamanho médio de gota das emulsões. Condições extremas de homogeneização levaram à formação de agregados protéicos de alta massa molecular (>200 kDa), favorecendo o aumento na viscosidade das emulsões. Com o aumento da pressão, uma distribuição de tamanho de gotas bimodal, indicando que coalescência pode ter ocorrido, e um aumento na formação de produtos primários da oxidação foram observados. Na segunda etapa do trabalho, avaliou-se o potencial do isolado protéico da linhaça (IPL) como agente emulsificante em sistemas puros e mistos com proteínas do soro de leite preparados sob alta pressão de homogeneização. As emulsões estabilizadas por IPL ou IPSIPL mostraram-se cineticamente instáveis e o aumento da concentração de IPL e das condições de homogeneização melhoraram a estabilidade dos sistemas puros, o que foi atribuído à sua maior viscosidade. No entanto, a maior estabilidade foi obtida com a adição de IPS nas emulsões contendo menor concentração de IPL (0,14% m/v) e utilizando condições mais drásticas de homogeneização. Por último, microgéis de IPS e gelana foram produzidos a partir da gelificação iônica de emulsões visando a encapsulação de compostos bioativos da linhaça. Os microgéis foram avaliados quanto à estabilidade, resistência e liberação destes compostos bioativos através da simulação in vitro do processo digestivo. Os resultados mostraram que óleo e hidrolisado protéico da linhaça foram encapsulados e que os microgéis resistiram às condições gástricas, mas foram desintegrados no meio intestinal. Além disso, a adição de hidrolisado diminuiu o tamanho das partículas e parece ter auxiliado na encapsulação do óleo de linhaça. Sendo assim, os microgéis produzidos poderiam ser utilizados para a proteção e liberação controlada dos compostos bioativos encapsulados / Abstract: The encapsulation of bioactive compounds has been used as an alternative to minimize degradation of these ingredients during processing, storage and/or digestive process, allowing increased shelf life of foods and the controlled release of these compounds. In this way, the general purpose of this work was to produce microbeads from extrusion of the O/W emulsions containing whey protein isolate (WPI) and gellan into a gelling solution of calcium chloride aiming the encapsulation and controlled release of oil and protein hydrolysate from flaxseed. In the first part of this study, the influence of homogenization conditions (pressure and number of passes) in the preparation of emulsions stabilized by WPI was assessed in order to obtain more stable systems and decreased lipid oxidation. All the systems were stable to creaming and an increase of homogenization pressure to 80 MPa and the number of passes up to 3 times, decreased the mean droplet size of the emulsions. Extreme homogenization conditions led to the formation of high molecular weight protein aggregates (>200 kDa), favoring the increase in viscosity of the emulsions. Increasing pressure, a bimodal droplets size distribution, indicating droplets coalescence, and an increase in the formation of primary oxidation products were observed. In the second step of the work, the potential of flaxseed protein isolate (FPI) as an emulsifying agent was evaluated in pure systems and mixed with whey proteins prepared under high pressure homogenization. The emulsions stabilized by FPI or WPI-FPI were kinetically unstable and the increase of FPI concentration and homogenization conditions improved the stability of pure systems, which was attributed to its higher viscosity. However, the greatest stability was achieved with the WPI addition in the emulsions containing the lowest FPI concentration (0.14% w/v) and using more drastic homogenization conditions. Finally, WPI-gellan microgels were produced by ionic gelation of the emulsions aiming the encapsulation of bioactive compounds from flaxseed. Microgels were evaluated in relation to stability, resistance and release of these bioactive compounds by simulating in vitro digestion process. The results showed that oil and protein hydrolysate from flaxseed were encapsulated and that microbeads resisted to gastric conditions, but were disintegrated in intestinal medium. Furthermore, the hydrolysate addition decreased the particle size and seems to have contributed for the flaxseed oil encapsulation. Thus, microbeads produced could be used for protection and controlled release of the encapsulated bioactive compounds / Doutorado / Engenharia de Alimentos / Doutora em Engenharia de Alimentos