Cloning, soluble expression, and production of recombinant antihypertensive peptide multimer (AHPM-2) in Escherichia coli for bioactivity identification

Protein Pept Lett. 2011 Jul;18(7):699-706. doi: 10.2174/092986611795446067.

Abstract

Recombinant antihypertensive peptide multimer (AHPM-2, 8kDa/68AA), a new designed polypeptide with potential antihypertensive effect in vivo, is composed of 15 low-molecular-weight antihypertensive peptides tandemly linked up according to the restriction sites of gastrointestinal proteases. After gene optimization, the DNA fragment encoding AHPM-2 was chemically synthesized, cloned into the pET32a, and successfully expressed in E.coli, above 90% in a soluble form. After chromatographic purification, the expressed fusion protein Trx-AHPM-2 was subject to the simulated gastrointestinal digestion, and the hydrolysate showed potent ACE inhibitory activity with an IC50 value of 4.5±0.3 μg ml-1. The active fragments from the AHPM-2 were identified by UPLC-MS/MS. This method will be useful in obtaining an appreciable quantity of recombinant AHP at low cost, and the intact AHPM-2 is expected to be developed into functional food for preventing hypertension as well as for therapeutic.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / metabolism
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Antihypertensive Agents / chemistry*
  • Antihypertensive Agents / metabolism*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism*
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Peptides / genetics
  • Peptides / metabolism*
  • Peptides / pharmacology
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / chemistry*
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism*
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / pharmacology
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Peptides
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins