Peptidome characterization of the antipyretic fraction of Bubali Cornu aqueous extract by nano liquid chromatography with orbitrap mass spectrometry detection

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• 作者：Rui Liu ; Qiong Huang ; Jin-ao Duan ; Zhenhua Zhu ; Pei Liu ; Yong Bian ; Jinhua Tao and Dawei Qian
• 刊名：Journal of Separation Science
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：40
• 期：2
• 页码：587-595
• 全文大小：946K
• ISSN：1615-9314

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In the present study, the antipyretic activity of Bubali Cornu (water buffalo horn) fraction and its metabolomics were investigated. The fraction decreased rat rectal temperature, and 13 endogenous metabolites were identified as potential biomarkers. Selected metabolites were involved in arachidonic acid metabolism and glycerophospholipid metabolism etc. Following treatment with the fraction, four metabolites, pyroglutamic acid, palmitelaidic acid, leukotriene A4, and prostaglandin A2 were reversed. In addition, the levels of interleukin-1β, tumor necrosis factor-α, prostaglandin E₂, and cyclic adenosine monophosphate in plasma were also reversed after treatment as determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Furthermore, nano-flow liquid chromatography with orbitrap mass spectrometry detection was used to analyze the peptides in the fraction. In total, 824 peptide sequences mainly from keratins were determined, with Keratin 14, Keratin 34, and Keratin 86 representing the three main types of keratin hydrolysis in water buffalo horn based on peptide heat maps. Of the identified peptides, 81.2% were hydrophilic and the molecular weight of 70.3% of identified peptides was lower than 2000 Da. According to the metabolomics- and peptidomics-based approach used in the present study, it is feasible to identify and analyze the active peptide matrix from animal-horn-derived traditional Chinese medicines.