Bioaccessibility and In Vitro Intestinal Permeability of a Recombinant Lectin from Tepary Bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) Using the Everted Intestine Assay

Autor: Lineth J. Vega-Rojas, Konisgmar Escobar-García, Juan Mosqueda, Antonio Escobedo-Reyes, D.M. Palmerín-Carreño, Teresa García-Gasca, Alejandro Blanco-Labra, Ivan Luzardo-Ocampo
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Volume 22
Issue 3
ISSN: 1422-0067
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22031049
Popis: Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) lectins exhibit differential in vitro and in vivo biological effects, but their gastrointestinal interactions and digestion have not yet been assessed. This work aimed to evaluate the changes of a recombinant Tepary bean lectin (rTBL-1) through an in vitro and ex vivo gastrointestinal process. A polyclonal antibody was developed to selectively detect rTBL-1 by Western blot (WB) and immunohistochemical analysis. Everted gut sac viability was confirmed until 60 min, where protein bioaccessibility, apparent permeability coefficient, and efflux ratio showed rTBL-1 partial digestion and absorption. Immunoblot assays suggested rTBL-1 internalization, since the lectin was detected in the digestible fraction. The immunohistochemical assay detected rTBL-1 presence at the apical side of the small intestine, potentially due to the interaction with the intestinal cell membrane. The in silico interactions between rTBL-1 and some saccharides or derivatives showed high binding affinity to sialic acid (&minus
6.70 kcal/mol) and N-acetylglucosamine (&minus
6.10 kcal/mol). The ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography&ndash
electron spray ionization&ndash
quantitative time-of-flight coupled to mass spectrometry (UHPLC&ndash
ESI&ndash
QTOF/MS) analysis showed rTBL-1 presence in the gastric content and the non-digestible fraction after intestinal simulation conditions. The results indicated that rTBL-1 partially resisted the digestive conditions and interacted with the intestinal membrane, whereas its digestion allowed the absorption or internalization of the protein or the derivative peptides. Further purification of digestion samples should be conducted to identify intact rTBL-1 protein and digested peptides to assess their physiological effects.
Databáze: OpenAIRE