Journal of Food Bioactives, ISSN 2637-8752 print, 2637-8779 online
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Original Article

Volume 2, Number , June 2018, pages 104-111


Identification of food-derived peptides in human blood after ingestion of corn and wheat gluten hydrolysates

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.

Derivatization of peptides with AccQ and generation of AccQ-derived product ions (b1, m/z = 171.1) via tandem mass spectrometry.

Figure 2.
Figure 2.

Mass spectrometry chromatograms of AccQ-derivatives (a, b) and pyroglutamyl peptides (c) in SEC fractions 35-40. Peaks marked with uppercase represent amino acid derivatives; lowercase, AccQ-peptides (a-j) and pyroglutamyl peptides (k-t). Peaks marked with asterisks could not be assigned to peptides with any combination of amino acids.

Figure 3.
Figure 3.

Contents of exopeptidase-resistant peptides from corn and wheat gluten hydrolysates.

One-letter abbreviations were used for amino acid residues. pE represents pyroglutamic acid (pyroGlu) residue.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.

Contents of the exopeptidase-resistant peptides in human blood plasma after ingestion of corn or wheat gluten hydrolysates.

Data are shown as the mean ± standard deviation (n = 4). Asterisks indicate significant differences between values before ingestion (*: P < 0.05, **: P < 0.01, ***: P < 0.001).

Table

Table 1. Estimated sequences of peptides in size-exclusion chromatographic fractions of exopeptidase digests of corn (C) and wheat (W) gluten hydrolysates
 
OriginSEC Fr.peakestimated peptide sequenceprecursor ions (m/z)product ions (m/z)
*Immonium ion of amino acid. ** Peaks a-j were AccQ derivatives. SEC: size-exclusion chromatography.
C, W37, 38aGly-Pro343.3116.1 (y1), 171.0 (AccQ, b1), 228 (b2)
C, W36–38bSer-Pro373.2116.1 (y1), 171.0 (AccQ, b1), 203 ([y2-NH3]+), 258 (b2)
C, W36–38bAsp-Pro401.270.1 (Asp*), 116 (y1), 171.0 (AccQ, b1), 231 ([y2-NH3]+), 258 (a2), 286 (b2)
C, W36–38bGln-Pro414.383.9 (Gln*), 101.1 (Gln*), 116.1 (y1), 171.0 (AccQ, b1), 271.1 (a2), 298.9 (b2)
C, W36–37cAla-Pro357.3116.1 (y1), 171.0 (AccQ, b1), 187 ([y2-NH3]+), 242.1 (b2)
C, W36–37cPro-Pro383.370.1 (Pro*), 116.1 (y1), 171.0 (AccQ, b1), 213 ([y2-NH3]+), 268.1 (b2)
C, W36dPro-Val385.370.1 (Pro*), 171.0 (AccQ, b1), 215 ([y2-NH3]+)
C, W36–37ePro-Ile/Leu399.370.1 (Pro*), 171.0 (AccQ, b1), 229.1 ([y2-NH3]+), 240 (a2), 268.2 (b2)
C, W36–37fVal-Pro385.372.1 (Val*), 116.1 (y1), 171.0 (AccQ, b1), 215 ([y2-NH3]+), 242 (a2), 270.2 (b2)
C, W36–37gIle-Pro399.386.1 (Ile*), 116.1 (y1), 171.0 (AccQ, b1), 229.1 ([y2-NH3]+), 256.1 (a2), 284.1 (b2)
C, W36–37hLeu-Pro399.386 (Leu*), 116.1 (y1), 171.0 (AccQ, b1), 229.1 ([y2-NH3]+), 256.1 (a2), 284 (b2)
C, W37–38iAsn-Pro400.370.1 (Asn*), 116 (y1), 171.0 (AccQ, b1), 230 ([y2-NH3]+), 256.9 (a2), 285 (b2)
C, W38–40jPhe-Pro433.3116 (y1), 120 (Phe*), 171.0 (AccQ, b1), 263 ([y2-NH3]+), 290.1 (a2), 318 (b2)
C, W35–36kpyroGlu-Gln-Pro355.170.1 (Pro*), 84 (pyroGlu*), 116 (y1), 212 (a2), 240 (b2)
C, W35–37lpyroGlu-Leu-Pro340.270.1 (Pro*), 84 (pyroGlu*), 86 (Leu*), 197.1 (a2)
C, W36–38mpyroGlu-Gln258.184 (pyroGlu*)
C, W37–38npyroGlu-Ala201.144.1 (Ala*), 84 (pyroGlu*), 89.9 (y1)
C, W37opyroGlu-Pro22770.1 (Pro*), 83.9 (pyroGlu*), 115.9 (y1)
C, W37–38ppyroGlu-Val229.172.1 (Val*), 84 (pyroGlu*), 118.1 (y1)
C, W38–39qpyroGlu-Ile243.186.0 (Ile*), 84 (pyroGlu*)
C, W38–39rpyroGlu-Leu243.186.0 (Leu*), 84 (pyroGlu*), 132.2 (y1)
C, W39–40spGlu-Glu25984 (pyroGlu*)
W39–40tpyroGlu-Phe-Pro374.170.1 (Pro*), 84 (pyroGlu*), 116 (y1), 120 (Phe*), 231 (a2)