INVESTIGADORES
LAVARIAS Sabrina Maria Luisa
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Characterization of triglyceride-lipase and its natural substrates from crustacean hepatopancreas
Autor/es:
PASQUEVICH, Y.; DREON, M.; LAVARÍAS, S.; HERAS, H.
Lugar:
Tucumán
Reunión:
Congreso; XLV Reunión Anual - Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Bioquímica y Biología Molecular (SAIB); 2009
Institución organizadora:
SAIB
Resumen:
The aim of this work was to purify and characterize a citosolic
triglyceride-lipase (lipase) activity and its natural substrates from
the hepatopancreas of Macrobrachium borellii. Purification \\as
followed by a zymographic assay and the esterase activity was
confirmed by the hydrolysis of "C-TG. The optimal temperature
and pH values were 36°C and 8.0, respectively. The kinetic
characterization using pNPP as substrate showed a Michaelis-
Menten behavior with a Vmax=3.4x101 erization of a lipase and its
natural substrates in crustaceans.umol.min-1 .mg- 1 and a Km=1.63
mM. A MW of 72 KDa was estimated by PAGE. The TGs species
from M. borellii hepatopancreas were studied by silver nitrate
chromatography allowing the separation of several groups of
increasing Rf hereafter named group I-IV. Fatty acid (FA)
composition of each TG group was analyzed by capillary GC.
Group I was the major PUFA-containing one (48.5%) followed by
group I1 (45.5%). Group I11 was dominated by monounsaturated FA
(58.3%), while group IV had both monounsaturated and saturated
FA(50.0% and45.6%, respectively).
Finally substrate specificity of lipase was determined by
competence of Group I and different non-radiolabeled TGs on the
rate of hydrolysis of labeled triolein. The enzyme showed higher
specificity toward TG PUFA-containing species than toward
saturated TGs. This is the first purification and characterization of a
lipase and itsnatural substrates in crustaceans.