Avaliação comparativa de procedimentos de extração de proteinas em plantas medicinais e fitoterapicos e quantificação de metais associados a essas proteinas / Comparative evaluation of protein extraction procedures in medicinal plants and phytomed and quantitation of associated metals to these proteins

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2008

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This work presents the evaluation of eleven protein extraction procedures using ginkgo biloba (Ginkgo biloba L.), horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) medicinal plants, and also using the phytomedicine Spirulina (Spirulina maxima). The procedures varied since the agitation only until the addition of several steps, such as agitation, maceration, sonication, and centrifugation. This evaluation was made by comparing the total extracted proteins through Bradford and Kjeldhal methods. The more efficient protein extraction procedures were those whose steps were added. The influence of protein extraction procedures was also evaluated in the protein map of horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum). The proteins present in extracts were separated by SDS-PAGE. This separation (for denatured and non-reduced proteins) allowed identifying the more expressive protein band (MM = 33.2 ± 0.9 kDa) independently of the used procedure. When the separation was carried out under reduced and denatured conditions, the more expressive protein band had MM = 23.5 ± 0.5 kDa. This difference in MM was attributed to protein mobility. The horse chestnut proteins extracted by maceration and centrifugation were also separated by twodimensional electrophoresis in order to obtain a more detailed protein profile. Through this separation, the more expressive band was folded in, at least, nine protein bands. These bands were triptically decomposed and analysed by mass spectrometry. Several peptide sequences that repeated in different protein bands were obtained. These results suggested to deal of isoforms. Finally, the identification of metallic ions bonded to proteins, using Sincrotron radiation- X-ray fluorescence was also proposed. Four metallic ions were identified, which were quantitaively investigated. The protein bands separated by SDS-PAGE and by 2D-PAGE were decomposed using microwave radiation, and metallic ion concentrations were determined by ETAAS and FAAS techniques. For 2D-PAGE bands an interesting non-homogeneous metallic ion distribution was observed, suggesting that some proteins can be metalloproteins or metal-binding proteins. Therefore, these studied proteins probably present a citosolic origin and storing function. However, they may be coadjuvants at medicinal action, and much probably participate in germinating and metabolic processes.

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extração de proteinas proteins metaloproteins proteinas isoformas protein extraction isoforms metaloproteinas

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