FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (23): 44-51.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-20180615-294

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Establishment of Activity Assays for α-Glucosidase and Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Using Porcine Small Intestine Mucosal Extracts

JIA Chengli, Naveed HUSSAIN, DONG Jie, WANG Fen, LI Hantong, ZHANG Shuwen, LU Jing, PANG Xiaoyang, LIU Lu, Lü Jiaping   

  1. (1. Key Laboratory of Agro-products Processing, Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; 2. College of Food Science and Engineering, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong 030800, China; 3. College of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; 4. Engineering Research Centre of System-Nutrition, Beijing Institute of Nutritional Resources, Beijing 100069, China)
  • Online:2019-12-15 Published:2019-12-24

Abstract: Alpha-glucosidase and dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-4) are two important target enzymes useful in the treatment of type II diabetes. Currently, commercially available enzymes are mainly obtained from microorganisms, making it difficult to screen for inhibitors of the enzymes. Both enzymes are widespread in mammalian small intestines. In this study, fresh porcine small intestinal mucosal secretions and epithelial cells were collected for comparative measurement of α-glucosidase and DPP-4 activities in mucosal extracts from three different intestinal segments. The extracts were used as reaction system of α-glucosidase and DPP-4 and their percentage inhibition by acarbose and diprotin A (IPI) respectively was evaluated. The median inhibition concentration (IC50) against commercial and porcine ileum-derived α-glucosidase was 1.102 4 and 0.244 7 mg/mL for acarbose, and 19.119 7 and 41.268 4 μg/mL for IPI, respectively. The specific activities of α-glucosidase and DPP-4 in porcine ileum mucosal extract were 0.084 1 and 0.053 4 U/mg, which were higher than those in the two other mucosal extracts. Therefore, porcine ileum mucosal extract can be used as an alternative to commercial α-glucosidase and DPP-4 for screening for enzyme inhibitors.

Key words: α-glucosidase, dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-4), porcine intestine, specific enzyme activity

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