Identificação de uma proteína ligante à quitina em sementes de Moringa oleifera Lamarck com atividades antinociceptiva e anti-inflamatória

• Ano de defesa: 2010
• Autor(a) principal: Pereira, Mirella Leite
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Bioquímica; Moringa oleifera; Proteínas ligantes à quitina; Atividade antinociceptiva; Atividade anti-inflamatória; Chitin-binding protein; Protein purification; Antinociceptive effect; Anti-inflammatory activity
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/18842

Moringa oleifera Lam. is a perennial multipurpose tree with a strong scientific evidence of its curative power and used in folk medicine to cure several inflammatory processes. This work aimed to isolate and characterize a chitin-binding protein from Moringa oleifera seeds, and evaluate its antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects. Chitin-binding proteins were obtained after application of albumin fraction from crude extract of M. oleifera seeds into a chitin column and the adsorbed fraction was applied in a Resource-S matrix attached to FPLC system. The fraction eluted with 50 mM sodium acetate buffer, pH 5.2, containing 0.6 M NaCl, named Mo-CBP4 was used for the experiment. Mo-CBP4 showed a single band on SDS-PAGE (molecular mass 9.8 kDa) in presence of reducing agent, however in the absence of 2-mercaptoethanol two bands corresponding to 27.5 and 16.5 kDa were observed. Bidimensional electrophoresis of this protein revealed the presence of two spots (18.7 and 13.4 kDa), with the same isoeletric point value corresponding to 10.55. Mo-CBP4 is a glycoprotein containing 2.85% neutral sugar, which failed to agglutinate untreated or trypsin-treated erythrocytes from rabbit or human origin. This protein showed coagulant activity, similar to aluminum and potassium sulfate, the coagulant most widely used in water treatment. Mo-CBP4 was subjected to in vitro digestion with pepsin, trypsin, or chymotrypsin and appeared to be markedly resistant to digestion. Acetic acid-induced abdominal constrictions, increase in vascular permeability and leukocyte migration tests were used for the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities assessment. Mo-CBP4 (1.0, 3.5 and 10 mg/kg) into mice potently and significantly reduced the occurrence of abdominal writhing in a dose dependent manner by 18.9, 44.6% and 98.9%, respectively. In addition, the oral administration of the protein (10 mg/kg) resulted in 18% and 52.9% reductions in abdominal writhing when given 30 and 60 min prior to acetic acid administration, respectively. Mo-CBP4 also caused a significant and dose-dependent inhibition of peritoneal capillary permeability induced by acid acetic and significantly inhibited leukocyte accumulation in the peritoneal cavity. The effect antinociceptive appeared to be independent on the carbohydrate recognition site. However the anti-inflammatory activity was partially reversed when Mo-CBP4 was pre-incubated with specific carbohydrate ligand, showing that this effect is dependent on the carbohydrate recognition site