Isolation, Characterization and Anti-Obesity Effects of a Novel Sialoglycopeptide Isolated from Portunus trituberculatus Eggs
摘要
Swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus) eggs contain abundant phospholipids and polyunsaturated fatty acids with specific bioactivities. However, more studies on the functions of other nutrients are needed. Here, a novel sialoglycopeptide from P. trituberculatus eggs, which was termed as Pt-SGP, was isolated with enzymolysis. Pt-SGP was a 6480-Da pure sialoglycopeptide. O-glycan units existed between peptides and sugars. Pt-SGP was composed of 10.69% protein, 71.43% hexose, and 11.27% Neu5Gc acid. Analyzed with HPLC, GC-MS, and NMR spectrometry, the carbohydrate chain of Pt-SGP was {(4GlcNAc1-2Man1-3)/(4GlcNAc1-2Man1-6)Man1-6}/{4Glc1-4}Glc1-4Glc1-3GlcNAc1. The MS spectrometry analysis result showed that the peptide chain was Val-Ala-Thr*-Val-Ser*-Leu-Pro-Arg. The results on mice showed Pt-SGP could reduce body weight gain by 18.13%, white adipose weight by 28.57%, serum TC by 22.32, serum TG by 9.46%, serum LDL-C by 27.69%, hepatic TC by 73.21%, and hepatic TG by 25.20%. Furthernore, it could increase serum HDL-C by 75.96%, mitigate adipocyte size and hepatic lipid accumulation in high fat diet-fed mice. Pt-SGP significantly down-regulated C/EBPα signaling and up-regulated AMPKα signaling in the epididymal fat tissues. The findings indicate that Pt-SGP exhibits notable anti-obesity properties, and can potentially become a promising dietary supplement for anti-obesity.