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Jackfruit (Artocarpus heteophyllus) seed extract exhibits fibrino(geno)lytic activity
Pharmacognosy Journal
  • Sowmyashree Gangaraju
  • Bhagyalakshmi Manjappa
  • Girish Kesturu Subbaiah
  • Kemparaju Kempaiah
  • Rangaiah Shashidharamurthy, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Jane Hoover Plow
  • Sebastin Santhosh Martin
  • Manohar Shindhe
  • Devaraja Sannaningaiah
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Abstract

Objective: The current study assesses the fibrinogen and fibrin clot hydrolyzing activities of aqueous seed extract of Jackfruit (AqSEJ). Methods: The protein banding pattern of AqSEJ (100 μg) was analyzed on SDS-PAGE. The proteolytic activity of AqSEJ was confirmed by spectrophotometer and zymography experiments. Fibrinogen, fibrin and plasma protein hydrolyzing activities of AqSEJ were analyzed on SDS-PAGE under reduced conditions. Plasminogen activation and indirect hemolytic activities was analyzed using spectrophotometer. The non-toxic property of AqSEJ was tested by edema, hemorrhage in experimental mice. Results: AqSEJ exhibited proteolytic activity and the specific activity was found to be 1.04 units/mg/min. Furthermore, AqSEJ non-specifically hydrolyzed Aα, followed by Bβ and γ chains of human fibrinogen and specifically hydrolyzed α polymer and α chain of partially cross linked human fibrin clot without affecting β chain and γ-γ dimer even up to the tested dose of 30 µg for the incubation period of 8 hours. Importantly, AqSEJ did not hydrolyze other plasma proteins and devoid of plasminogen activation property. The proteolytic activity of AqSEJ was completely neutralized by PMSF and IAA, while EDTA, EGTA, 1,10-Phenanthroline did not, suggesting the presence of serine and cysteine family proteases. Moreover, AqSEJ did not cause edema and hemorrhage in experimental mice up to the tested dose of 200 µg and nontoxic to RBC cells. Conclusion: AqSEJ hydrolyzes fibrinogen and fibrin clot and non-toxic in nature. Hence, this work showcases the potential applications of Jack fruit seed proteases in the treatment of thrombotic disorders

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This article was published in Pharmacognosy Journal, Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 171-177.

The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.5530/pj.2015.3.5.

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Citation Information
Sowmyashree Gangaraju, Bhagyalakshmi Manjappa, Girish Kesturu Subbaiah, Kemparaju Kempaiah, et al.. "Jackfruit (Artocarpus heteophyllus) seed extract exhibits fibrino(geno)lytic activity" Pharmacognosy Journal Vol. 7 Iss. 3 (2015) p. 171 - 177
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