TITLE:
Antihypertensive Properties on Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats of Peptide Hydrolysates from Silkworm Pupae Protein
AUTHORS:
Wei Wang, Nan Wang, Yu Zhang
KEYWORDS:
Angiotensin-I-Converting Enzyme, Antihypertensive Effect, Hypertension, Systolic Blood Pressure, Silkworm Pupae Hydrolysate, Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.5 No.13,
July
11,
2014
ABSTRACT:
Peptide hydrolysates
of silkworm pupae protein with molecular weight of less than 5000 Da were prepared
by ultrafiltration. The extracted peptide hydrolysates of silkworm pupae protein
had inhibitory action on angiotensin-I-converting enzyme activity in vitro. The hydrolysates were orally administered
to spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) in one period and long-term (four weeks).
The results showed that the systolic blood pressure (SBP) of the treatment groups
decreased in a dose-related manner. After one oral administration of silkworm protein
hydrolysates with doses of 60, 20 and 5 mg/kg, the SBP of SHR decreased by 21.5,
13.8, and 9.0 mmHg in 1.5 h. After four weeks of the treatment in 80 mg/kg, the
SBP decreased by 25 mmHg, with the antihypertensive activity close to 4 mg/kg of
captopril; the SBP of the 40 mg/kg dose group also decreased by 17.5 mmHg. The peptide
hydrolysate did not affect the SBP in normal, non-hypertensive rats in one period
and long-term treatments. The acute toxicity research showed that the peptide hydrolysates were safe
and without side effects. This research would be helpful in exploring the silkworm
protein peptides as functional components for the antihypertension treatment.