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Protein-Tannin Interactions of Tryptic Digests of α- Lactalbumin and Procyanidins
Bei Wang*, Marina Heinonen Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, Food Chemistry, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
* Corresponding Author. Phone: +358-50 4485, E-mail:
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ABSTRACT
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Protein-tannin interactions on a molecular level were investigated by using a model system
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containing peptides of α-lactalbumin and berry tannins (procyanidins). Oxidation of isolated tryptic
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peptide LDQWLCEK (m/z 1034) with procyanidin B2 or procyanidin fraction (PF) isolated from
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aronia juice was monitored by LC-ESI-MS. Procyanidin B2 and PF showed radical scavenging
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activities toward oxidation of the peptide with the peptide also preventing procyanidin B2 from
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degradation. Oxidation enhanced the cleavage of peptide between tryptophan and glutamine.
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Interaction products arising from WLCEK or WLCE residue and degradation product of
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procyanidin B2 were also identified using both size exclusion chromatography and LC-MS.
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Tryptophan and lysine were the amino acids most prone to interact with procyanidin B2. The study
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shows that protein-tannin interaction takes place during oxidation leading to both degradation of the
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parent compounds and formation of interaction products. This may in turn affect the quality of
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protein and tannin containing food.
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KEYWORDS: protein-tannin interaction, procyanidin, aronia, α- lactalbumin, digestion, tryptic,
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protein oxidation, HPLC, LC-MS, SEC, size exclusion, whey protein
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INTRODUCTION
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Proteins are known to bind to polyphenols when present simultaneously such as in dairy foods with
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berry ingredients containing tannins. The consequent formation of soluble and insoluble protein-
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polyphenol interaction products may affect the quality of protein containing food.1 Phenolic
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compounds can complex with proteins through non-covalent forces including hydrogen and
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hydrophobic bonding or irreversibly through covalent bonds.2-6 The stability of the polyphenol-
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protein complexes depends on not one but many reactive groups in the amino acids. The ability of
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the protein to interact with phenolic compounds is related to the protein’s secondary structure. The
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greater extent of hydrogen bonding depends on the increased accessibility of the peptide bond. In
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addition, the carbonyl groups of tertiary amides are better than the carbonyl groups of primary or
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secondary amides as a hydrogen bond acceptor. 7-11
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However, there is rather limited experimental data regarding the structural basis for protein-tannin
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interactions. Our previous interaction experiments between specific isolated tryptic digests of β-
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lactoglobulin (β-Lg) and a dimeric ellagitannin isolated from berries support our hypothesis that
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oxidation of proteins may have a role in protein-tannin interactions as tannins are known to have
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antioxidant properties.12-16 This hypothesis is further investigated in the current study using a model
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system containing peptides isolated from dairy whey proteins and tannins isolated from a
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procyanidin rich berry source (aronia). Ortoquinone is formed by the oxidation of polyphenol,
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which could on one hand undergo Michael addition reaction with nucleophilic groups, or on the
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other hand, build the cross-link by Schiffs base formation.17-19
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Dairy whey proteins (WP) are one of the highly nutritious food ingredients available for
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commercial use not only because they contain high concentration of all the essential amino acids
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compared to any other natural food protein source, but also due to the high content of branched
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chain amino acids that contribute to the structure of food. 20-23 Whey proteins are also highly
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soluble over a wide pH range which enables stabilizing emulsions by creating interfacial films
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between hydrophilic and hydrophobic food components. 24 As well as with other proteins, the amino
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acids in whey proteins, such as α-lactalbumin (ALA) comprising of 20-25% of whey proteins 25 ,
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are succeptible to oxidation. With the molecular weight of 14.2 kDa ALA consists of 123 amino
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acid residues stabilized by four disulfide bonds and a tightly bound Ca2+.
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tryptophan (W, Trp) and lysine (K, Lys) are the amino acids prone to be oxidized by reactive
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oxygen species (ROS).
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oxidation may occur with cysteine, which generates sulfenic acid (RSOH), sulfinic acid (RSO2H),
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sulfonic acid (RSO3H) forms of oxidation products. Hydroxytryptophan and N-formylkynurenine
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are the two oxidation products resulting by oxidation of tryptophan. The oxidation of tryptophan is
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irreversible, while it is reversible for cysteine.
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groups may be formed by lysine, such as amino-adipinicsemialdehyde.
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products of W, C, K in peptides, such as tryptic digests of ALA, could be used as markers to
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monitor both the oxidation of the peptide or protein as well as protein-phenolic interaction.
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The aim of the study was to investigate at a molecular level the antioxidant reactions and protein-
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tannin interactions by applying both LC-ESI-MS and size exclusion chromatography (SEC) to
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investigate oxidation, adduct formation, and binding reactions. A model system containing a
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selected tryptic peptide isolated from α-lactalbumin together with procyanidin B2 and a
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procyanidin fraction isolated from aronia juice was used in the oxidation experiments.
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Cysteine (C, Cys),
Disulfur bonds may form between cysteines and the two-electron
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In addition, the ketone and aldehyde carbonyl 31
Therefore, oxidation
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MATERIALS AND METHODS
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Materials. Chromatographically purified and lyophilized α- Lactalbumin (ALA) from bovine milk
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was purchased from Sigma Aldrich, Inc. (St. Louis, MO, USA). Sequencing grade modified trypsin
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was obtained from Promega Corp. / BioFellows (Madison, WI, USA). Of the reagents used in the 4 ACS Paragon Plus Environment
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analyses ammonium bicarbonate, hydrogen peroxide (30% wt. solution in water) and iron(III)
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chloride (reagent grade, 97%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Steinheim, Germany) whereas
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L(+)-ascorbic acid was a product of Merck (Darmstadt, Germany), PIPES-buffer [piperazine-1,4-
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bis(2-ethanesulfonic acid)] from FlukaBioChemika (Buchs, Switzerland), and Sephadex LH-20
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from GE Healthcare (Sweden). Methanol, acetone and acetonitrile were of HPLC grade and
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purchased from Rathburn (Walkerburn, Scotland). All other chemicals used in the analyses were
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supplied by J.T. Baker (Deventer, The Netherlands) or Sigma-Aldrich (Steinheim, Germany) in
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either HPLC or reagent grade. Water used was always purified first by the Milli-Q system
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(Millipore Corp., Bedford, MA, USA). Procyanidin B2 was a product of Extransynthese (GENAY
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Cedex) and the procyanidin fraction was extracted from aronia juice (Nutrika, Vašazdrava, Serbia).
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Digestion and fractionation of ALA peptides. The in-liquid digestion of ALA was prepared using
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sequencing grade modified trypsin to obtain the cleavage to peptides which were later to be
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separated and collected using preparative HPLC according to the method described by Koivumäki
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et al. (2012) 32.
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Isolation and analysis of procyanidin fractions from aronia juice. The aronia juice procyanidins
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were fractionated in a 300 x 40 mm open glass column packed with Sephadex LH-20 that was first
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swollen in acetone. The procedure was modified from those of Hellström et al. (2007) 33 and Kylli
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et al. (2011) 34. The column was prepared with 30% methanol prior to introducing the aronia juice
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sample (15 mL, including 10% methanol, filtered with 5 µm AcrodiscVersapor 25 mm syringe
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filter). The column was then eluted with 3 x 300 mL of 30% methanol and the first fraction
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containing organic acids and sugars was discarded before collection of procyanidins while
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hydroxycinnamate and anthocyanin fractions remained. The procyanidin fraction was evaporated
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into dryness using vacuum. The dry procyanidin fractions from several repeated fractionation
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procedures were dissolved in 20% methanol, sampled for UHPLC analysis and frozen until use.
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Procyanidins (DP2-10) were analyzed from the isolated aronia juice fraction using a NP-HPLC
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method described by Hellström et al. 2007 33 with minor modifications by Kylli et al. 2011 34. The
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equipment consisted of a Waters 717 plus Autosampler, Waters 515 HPLC Pump, Waters996
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Photodiode Array Detector (PDA).The column was a 5 µm Phenomenex Silica Luna 250 x 4.6 mm
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with
pre-column
Phenomenex
silica,
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x
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mm.
The
eluents
consisted
of
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dichloromethane/methanol/water/acetic acid in ratios of 82:14:2:2 (v/v/v/v, eluent A) and 10:86:2:2
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(v/v/v/v, eluent B). The flow rate used was 1 mL/min, column temperature 35 °C and the gradient
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program is 13.5 % eluent B at 20 minutes, 29.2 % eluent B at 50 minutes then 100 % eluent B from
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55 to 65 minutes.
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The sample was diluted with methanol and filtered with 0.45 µm Acrodisc GHP syringe filters prior
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to analysis. The total procyanidin fraction and the percentual amounts of dimers, oligomers, and
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polymers in the aronia juice were quantified with PDA at 280 nm using procyanidin B2 as the
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standard compound.
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Oxidation of the peptide samples with procyanidin B2 or aronia juice procyanidin fraction
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(PF). The chosen peptide LDQWLCEK (m/z 1034) was prepared into separate oxidation samples
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with and without adding of procyanidin B2 or the aronia juice procyanidin fraction (PF).Regarding
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the nature of the adduct between peptide and the procyanidin B2, the molar ratio of peptide-to-
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tannin was chosen to be 1:1 and 10:1, which were considered the molecular weight of procyanidin
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fraction was the same as procyanidin B2 (m/z 577). After procyanidin B2 or procyanidin fraction
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was added to samples, H2O2-solution (final concentration 1 mM) was added into each sample just
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before the reaction in order to start the oxidation reactions. The samples in triplicates (in duplicates
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for samples with peptide LDQWLCEK and PF) were placed in an oven of +37 °C for 7 days with
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stirring on a magnetic tray. An aliquot of 200 µL of each sample was taken on days 0, 1, 4, and 7
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for analysis of reaction products. The sub samples were collected into Eppendorf tubes and stored at
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Analysis of the oxidation and interaction products by LC–MS. The LC–MS used in the analysis
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of all the oxidation samples was an Agilent 1100 HPLC including a binary pump, a degasser, an
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automated sample manager, a column heating unit and DAD and fluorescence detectors (Agilent
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Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA) all connected to a Bruker Esquire quadrupole ion trap mass
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spectrometer (QIT-MS, from Bremen, Germany) using electrospray ionization (ESI) in both
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positive and negative mode. The column was Waters XBridge BEH130 C18 (3.5 µm, 2.1 x 100 mm)
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together with a pre-column (both by Waters Corp., Wexford, Ireland). Injection volume was always
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10 µL and the column temperature was kept at +30 °C. Flow rate was 350 µL/min and the eluents
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consisted of 0.1% formic acid in water (solvent A) and 0.1% formic acid in acetonitrile (solvent B).
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The diode array detector was set to record at 214 nm and the fluorescence detector was set to 280
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nm (Ex) and 350 nm (Em). The gradient used as well as all the MS-parameters for the positive
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mode was consistent with the method presented by Koivumäki et al. (2012) 32. Only in the negative
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mode the MS-parameters were optimized using peptide LDQWLCEK and procyanidin B2 and were
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set to following: dry temperature +300 °C, dry gas 8.01/min, nebulizer 60.0 psi, capillary 3800 V,
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end plate offset -500, trap drive 102.5, capillary exit -178.5, lens-1 5.0, lens-2 60.0, and octopolerf
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amplitude 137.7 Vpp. For both positive and negative mode the mass spectra were recorded in the
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full-scan mode over the m/z-range of 200-2200 and analyzed by Bruker Daltonics Data Analysis
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software (Bremen, Germany).
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Analysis of the oxidation and interaction products by size exclusion chromatography (SEC).
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Size exclusion chromatography analyses were performed to analyze the oxidation product of
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peptide LDQWLCEK and interaction products between peptide LDQWLCEK and procyanidin B2
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or aronia procyanidin fraction. SEC analyses were operated in room temperature on a Waters
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system including Waters® 717 plus autosampler, 515 HPLC pump coupled with Waters 2475
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and the eluents consisted of 0.1% TFA, 30% acetonitrile in aqueous solution. The diode array
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detector was set to record at 210 nm and 280 nm and the fluorescence detector was set to 280 nm
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(Ex) and 350 nm (Em). The running time of each sample was set as 130 min.
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Statistical data analysis
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Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was carried out by Microsoft Excel 2013. Significance was defined
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as a p value ˂ 0.05.
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
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Identification of procyanidin B2 and isolated aronia juice procyanidin fractions
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The identity of procyanidin B2 standard was verified using both NP-HPLC analysis (Figure 2) and
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LC-MS for further comparisons with the analyses of tannin-peptide interaction products. The
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fragment m/z 578 is the molecular weight of procyanidin B2 and m/z 577 is the form [M-H] - in
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negative mode. The fragment 577 was further identified by MS/MS in negative mode (Figure 3).
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The fragment ions found, m/z 289, m/z 407, m/z 425, and m/z 451, comply with the literature. 35, 36
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A further fragment ion, m/z 1155.1, was identified as the dimer of procyanidin B2. 35, 36
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Aronia proanthocyanidins consist solely of (-)-epicatechin units connected by a C4 to C8 linkage.
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proportions of dimers, oligomers, polymers were 60.8%, 26.5% and 12.7%, respectively (Figure 2).
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The dimers included 4% of procyanidin B2. However, most peaks eluted prior to procyanidin B2,
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which indicates that these dimeric procyanidins isolated from aronia juice may be lower in
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molecular size as compared to the procyanidin B2.
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Oxidative stability of peptide LDQWLCEK with procyanidins
The amount of procyanidins in aronia juice in the present study was 1.1 mg/mL and the relative
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The ALA peptide LDQWLCEK (m/z 1034) with added procyanidin B2 in ratio of 1:1 was the
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significantly most stable as compared to oxidation of the peptide without added procyanidins or to
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peptide-tannin ratios of 10:1 (Figure 4). The higher ratio of the procyanidin resulted in less oxidized
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forms of LDQWLCEK. This is according to previous findings were berry procyanidins also have
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been found to be protective toward protein oxidation, however, as measured by oxidation products
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of tryptophan by HPLC or loss of tryptophan fluorescence in liposomes.
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most of the fragment ions (m/z 1034, 1050, 1098, 1114), representing various oxidized forms of the
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peptide, were significantly lower with procyanidins present than with those without (Figure 4). The
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peptide LDQWLCEK with added procyanidin B2 in ratio of 1:1 retained the highest amount of
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parent peptide at fragment ion m/z 1034 with the lowest amount of peptide oxidation products in
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fragment ions m/z 1050 (+16 amu) and m/z 1066 (+32 amu) formed.
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The oxidation products in fragment ion m/z 1050 are tentatively identified as sulfenic acid (RSOH)
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form derived from cysteine or hydroxytryptophan derived from tryptophan of peptide LDQWLCEK
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with a 16 amu shift based on the assumption that cysteine and tryptophan are among the amino
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acids most prone to oxidation in the peptide LDQWLCEK. The oxidation products in fragment ion
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m/z 1066 are likely to be the sulfinic acid (RSO2H) derived from cysteine or N-formylkynurenine
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derived from tryptophan of peptide LDQWLCEK with a 32 amu shift, or containing both sulfenic
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acid (RSOH) form and hydroxytryptophan, both with a 16 amu shift. Oxidation of sulfur-containing
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amino acids such as methionine in an isolated whey peptide has earlier been shown to yield
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sulfoxide (+16 amu) and sulfone (+32 amu).
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tryptophan is known to lead to formation of a carbonyl compound, formylkynurenine. 29
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Also PF in the ratio of 1:1 enhanced the stability of peptide LDQWLCEK (m/z 1034) toward
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oxidation as monitored by the loss of original peptide and formation of the oxidation products, m/z
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1050 and m/z 1066 (Figure 4). While procyanidin B2 at ratio of 1:1 most effectively prevented fast
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oxidation resulting in oxidation products of m/z 1050 and m/z 1066, the PF at ratio 1:1 performed
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The amounts of
On the other hand, cleavage of the pyrrole ring of
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better in preventing later stage oxidation i.e. inhibiting formation of oxidation products of m/z 1082,
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1098, and 1114 (Figure 4). This result is in accordance with previous studies reporting that when
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monitoring protein oxidation by tryptophan fluorescence the dimeric and trimeric procyanidins of
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lingonberries were more effective than the monomers.
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of the lower DP phenolics have been exhausted by the rapid scavenging activity and interaction
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with peptide LDQWLCEK, that the oligomeric and polymeric procyanidins of aronia juice fraction
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may contribute more hydroxyl groups to the later stage oxidation reactions, thus showing higher
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later stage scavenging activity than the dimeric procyanidin B2. This effect of oligo- and polymeric
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berry procyanidins on the formation of later stage protein oxidation products has not been
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previously reported. Moreover, the higher the degree of polymerization is, the stronger antioxidant
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efficacy it will display due to the increasing electron delocalization of the phenoxyl radical by the
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interflavan linkage. 40-43 These findings are coherent with the study of Von Staszewski et al. (2011)
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with the same total polyphenol concentration. 44 For example, Bartolome et al. (2000) 45 studied the
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interaction between BSA and low molecular weight phenolics and found that the strongest
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interaction (BSA-binding affinity) was with 3, 4-dihydroxy benzoic and cinnamic acid, whereas p-
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hydroxybenzoic acid did not interact with BSA.
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Interaction between peptide LDQWLCEK and procyanidins
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Small molecular size products (1a, 1b) were detected by SEC already on day 0 (before oxidation) in
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the sample containing both parent peptide m/z 1034 and procyanidin B2 (Figure 5). The UV peak
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area of peak 1 displaying interaction between peptide and B2 on Day 7 (1c) was not changed
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compared to that on day 0 (1a), whereas the fluorescence of peak 1 on Day 7 (1d) was significantly
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increased. As the molecular size of this interaction product (peak 1) is smaller than that of either
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procyanidin B2 or peptide LDQWLCEK, it indicates a breakdown product of peptide or its
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interaction product with degraded procyanidin B2. Most likely this breakdown product was due to
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In the present study it may be because
, which revealed that the degree of inhibition of antioxidant activity in each variety varied even
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degradation of the peptide to WLCEK and WLCE residues interacting with breakdown products of
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procyanidin B2. This conclusion is supported by LC-MS results showing that oxidation enhanced
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the cleavage of tryptophan and glutamine resulting in increase of the sodium product of peptide
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WLCEK residue m/z 699 (Figure 6, peak 2). The amount of peptide WLCE residue m/z 547 ([M-
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H]-) increased in the sample with procyanidins B2 as compared to without. This demonstrates that
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the cleavage between tryptophan and glutamine, as well as the cleavage between glutamate and
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lysine were enhanced by adding procyanidin B2 suggesting reaction between tryptophan and
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procyanidin, as well as reaction between lysine and procyanidin B2. Lysine has positive charge near
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neutral pH which makes it possible to react with the aromatic ring of procyanidin B2. The
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hydrophobic effect takes place simultaneously when dispersion interactions happen.
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other hand, the indole moiety of tryptophan is the most likely group to react with procyanidin B2
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based on studies showing that semiquinones or quinones of phenolic compounds may react with the
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heterocyclic nitrogen-atom of tryptophan. 48, 49
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The data shows that procyanidin B2 was degraded due to oxidation (Figures 5 and 6) making the
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degradation products available for interaction reactions. It was also seen that peptide LDQWLCEK
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protected B2 from degradation as more of the procyanidin in the combination sample was still intact
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after 7 days of oxidation (Figure 6, peak 1c) as compared to no presence of peptide (Figure 6b). The
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amount of peptide LDQWLCEK (Figure 6 peak 19) was higher in the sample with procyanidin B2
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on day 7 than without indicating that also the procyanidin may inhibit oxidation of the peptide.
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With the PF from aronia juice no protective effect toward oxidation could be seen as both the PF
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and the peptide were totally consumed in the combination sample (Figure 7). Neither were any
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interaction products observed between PF and the peptide. Interaction between parent peptide ion
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m/z 1034 and procyanidin B2 took place during oxidation also with yielding adducts with higher
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molecular size (Figure 5, peaks 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b). These peaks are likely to be the interaction products
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than the parent compounds. Figure 6 shows that peak 3 and peak 4 are the oxidation products of
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peptide LDQWLCEK, which are m/z 1096 ([M-H]-) (peptide LDQWLCEK+4[O]) and m/z 1080
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([M-H]-) (peptide LDQWLCEK+3[O]) respectively. The peptide and procyanidin B2 were also
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each forming higher molecular products due to oxidation (Figure 5, peak 4). However, these
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reactions did not lead to significant differences in the sample containing both peptides and
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procyanidins.
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Both SEC and LC-MS were used to detect protein-tannin interaction products. LC-ESI-MS proved
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to be an efficient method for detection and characterization of protein-tannin interaction complexes.
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weights ranging from 10000 to 600000 Da was the first choice of method applied to the
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characterization of the protein-tannin interaction adducts. Tryptophan, cysteine, and lysine were the
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most likely groups of ALA peptide LDQWLCEK to be oxidized, whereas oxidized tryptophan and
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lysine were especially prone to interact with procyanidin B2. Peptide LDQWLCEK showed the
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property to prevent procyanidin B2 from oxidation and degradation during the oxidation process. In
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conclusion, the results show that protein-tannin interaction does take place during oxidation.
However, because of the detection limit of mass molecular size (2200 m/z), SEC with a molecular
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Figure 1. Chemical structure of procyanidin B2.
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fraction (PF) isolated from aronia juice. The regions marked dimers, oligomers, and polymers is
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Figure 3. LC-MS profile of procyanidin B2 standard in negative mode showing m/z 577 as the [M-
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H]-form and the fragment ions m/z 289, 407, 425, and 451. Elution of procyanidin B2 is also shown
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Figure 4. Changes of the amounts of peptide LDQWLCEK (m/z 1034) and its oxidation products
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juice in positive mode MS-detection. (a) Amounts of peptide LDQWLCEK (m/z 1034) from day 0
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(c) Amounts of oxidized product of peptide LDQWLCEK (m/z 1066) from day 0 to day 7. (d)
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Amounts of oxidized product of peptide LDQWLCEK (m/z 1082) from day 0 to day 7. (e)
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Amounts of oxidized product of peptide LDQWLCEK (m/z 1098) from day 0 to day 7. (f) Amounts
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of oxidized product of peptide LDQWLCEK (m/z 1114) from day 0 to day 7. The samples of
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peptide LDQWLCEK with and without procyanidin B2 (run in triplicates) are displayed with error
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Figure 5. Size exclusion chromatography chromatogram of peptide LDQWLCEK with and without
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procyanidin B2 on day 0 and day 7 of oxidation as monitored by UV-absorbance (210 nm) and by
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lfuorescence. The circled areas with numbers correspond to the changes during oxidation, and are
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(TIC) of procyanidin B2 on day 0, (b) TIC of procyanidin B2 on day 7, (c) TIC of TIC of peptide
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LDQWLCEK on day 0, (d) TIC of peptide LDQWLCEK on day 7, (e) TIC of peptide
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LDQWLCEK with procyanidin B2 sample on day 0, and (f) TIC of peptide LDQWLCEK with
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procyanidin B2 sample on day 7.
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Figure 7. Size exclusion chromatography chromatogram of peptide LDQWLCEK sample with and
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without procyanidin fraction (PF) isolated from aronia juice on day 0 and day 7 as monitored by
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UV-absorbance (210 nm) and fluorescence.
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