{"title":"A Protease from Moringa oleifera Lam. Exhibits In-vitro Blood Clot Solubilization and Fibrin Hydrolysis","authors":"Sawetaji, Kamal Krishan Aggarwal","doi":"10.1007/s10930-024-10222-z","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Thrombosis is the formation of abnormal blood clots in the blood vessels that obstruct blood flow and lead to thrombosis. Current treatments for thrombosis are associated with serious side effects. Therefore there is a need for alternative natural therapy. A fibrinolytic protease was isolated from fresh leaves of <i>Moringa oleifera</i> Lam. and characterized for its potential to solubilize blood clots and hydrolyse fibrin under in-vitro conditions. The isolated protease showed a single protein band on native-PAGE. It showed optimum fibrinolytic activity at pH 8.0, 37 <sup>o</sup>C with 50 µg protein. The fibrinolytic activity of isolated protease was also confirmed by fibrin zymography. K<sub>m</sub> and V<sub>max</sub> of isolated protease were determined by the Lineweaver Burk plot. The isolated protease could solubilize 96.41% of blood clots by 96 h under in-vitro conditions. In-vitro fibrin hydrolysis and blood clot solubilization activities shown by an isolated protease from leaves of <i>Moringa oleifera</i> Lam. suggest its fibrinolytic potential to dissolve blood clots. Being a natural molecule and from a dietary plant it can be explored as an alternative natural therapy against thrombosis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":793,"journal":{"name":"The Protein Journal","volume":"43 4","pages":"923 - 934"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Protein Journal","FirstCategoryId":"2","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10930-024-10222-z","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Thrombosis is the formation of abnormal blood clots in the blood vessels that obstruct blood flow and lead to thrombosis. Current treatments for thrombosis are associated with serious side effects. Therefore there is a need for alternative natural therapy. A fibrinolytic protease was isolated from fresh leaves of Moringa oleifera Lam. and characterized for its potential to solubilize blood clots and hydrolyse fibrin under in-vitro conditions. The isolated protease showed a single protein band on native-PAGE. It showed optimum fibrinolytic activity at pH 8.0, 37 oC with 50 µg protein. The fibrinolytic activity of isolated protease was also confirmed by fibrin zymography. Km and Vmax of isolated protease were determined by the Lineweaver Burk plot. The isolated protease could solubilize 96.41% of blood clots by 96 h under in-vitro conditions. In-vitro fibrin hydrolysis and blood clot solubilization activities shown by an isolated protease from leaves of Moringa oleifera Lam. suggest its fibrinolytic potential to dissolve blood clots. Being a natural molecule and from a dietary plant it can be explored as an alternative natural therapy against thrombosis.
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The Protein Journal (formerly the Journal of Protein Chemistry) publishes original research work on all aspects of proteins and peptides. These include studies concerned with covalent or three-dimensional structure determination (X-ray, NMR, cryoEM, EPR/ESR, optical methods, etc.), computational aspects of protein structure and function, protein folding and misfolding, assembly, genetics, evolution, proteomics, molecular biology, protein engineering, protein nanotechnology, protein purification and analysis and peptide synthesis, as well as the elucidation and interpretation of the molecular bases of biological activities of proteins and peptides. We accept original research papers, reviews, mini-reviews, hypotheses, opinion papers, and letters to the editor.