α-Glucosidase inhibitors are effective in controlling postprandial hyperglycemia,which play crucial roles in the management of type 2 diabetes.Protocatechuic acid(PCA)is one of phenolic acids existing not only in var...α-Glucosidase inhibitors are effective in controlling postprandial hyperglycemia,which play crucial roles in the management of type 2 diabetes.Protocatechuic acid(PCA)is one of phenolic acids existing not only in various plant foods but also as a major microbial metabolite of dietary anthocyanins in the large colon.The present study investigated the inhibitory mechanism of PCA on a-glucosidase in vitro and examined its effect on postprandial blood glucose levels in vivo.Results from in vitro experiments demonstrated that PCA was a mix-type inhibitor of a-glucosidase.Driven by hydrogen bonds and van der Waals interactions,PCA reversibly bound withα-glucosidase to form a stable a-glucosidase-PCA complex in a spontaneous manner.The computational simulation found that PCA could insert into the active cavity of a-glucosidase and establish hydrogen bonds with catalytic amino acid residues.PCA binding aroused the steric hindrance for substrates to enter active sites and caused the structural changes of interacted catalytic amino acid residues.PCA also exhibited postprandial hypoglycemic capacity in diabetic mice.This study may provide the theoretical basis for the application of PCA as an active ingredient of functional foods in dietary management of diabetes.展开更多
以丙烯酰胺(AM)、2-甲基-2-丙烯酰胺基丙磺酸(AMPS)、丙烯酸(AA)、甲基丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵(DMC)为原料,采用氧化还原引发体系合成了一种四元共聚物水基钻井液降滤失剂。确定了最佳合成条件:单体配比为AM/AMPS/AA/DMC=55∶30∶10...以丙烯酰胺(AM)、2-甲基-2-丙烯酰胺基丙磺酸(AMPS)、丙烯酸(AA)、甲基丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵(DMC)为原料,采用氧化还原引发体系合成了一种四元共聚物水基钻井液降滤失剂。确定了最佳合成条件:单体配比为AM/AMPS/AA/DMC=55∶30∶10∶5(质量比),引发剂加量各为0.3%(单体浓度为1),单体总浓度为20%(质量分数),反应温度为50℃,溶液p H值为7,反应时间为4 h。对聚合物进行了红外表征,合成产品与设计结构一致。钻井液性能评价结果显示:淡水基浆中聚合物加量为0.7%时,常温中压滤失量为6.0 m L,经过180℃老化后,API滤失量为8.2 m L,高温高压滤失量为11.6 m L;聚合物加量为1.0%时的页岩相对回收率达到99.4%。说明AM/AMPS/AA/DMC聚合物降滤失能力强,且热稳定性和抑制性能好。展开更多
基金supported by the General Research Fund of Hong Kong (14105820)。
文摘α-Glucosidase inhibitors are effective in controlling postprandial hyperglycemia,which play crucial roles in the management of type 2 diabetes.Protocatechuic acid(PCA)is one of phenolic acids existing not only in various plant foods but also as a major microbial metabolite of dietary anthocyanins in the large colon.The present study investigated the inhibitory mechanism of PCA on a-glucosidase in vitro and examined its effect on postprandial blood glucose levels in vivo.Results from in vitro experiments demonstrated that PCA was a mix-type inhibitor of a-glucosidase.Driven by hydrogen bonds and van der Waals interactions,PCA reversibly bound withα-glucosidase to form a stable a-glucosidase-PCA complex in a spontaneous manner.The computational simulation found that PCA could insert into the active cavity of a-glucosidase and establish hydrogen bonds with catalytic amino acid residues.PCA binding aroused the steric hindrance for substrates to enter active sites and caused the structural changes of interacted catalytic amino acid residues.PCA also exhibited postprandial hypoglycemic capacity in diabetic mice.This study may provide the theoretical basis for the application of PCA as an active ingredient of functional foods in dietary management of diabetes.
文摘以丙烯酰胺(AM)、2-甲基-2-丙烯酰胺基丙磺酸(AMPS)、丙烯酸(AA)、甲基丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵(DMC)为原料,采用氧化还原引发体系合成了一种四元共聚物水基钻井液降滤失剂。确定了最佳合成条件:单体配比为AM/AMPS/AA/DMC=55∶30∶10∶5(质量比),引发剂加量各为0.3%(单体浓度为1),单体总浓度为20%(质量分数),反应温度为50℃,溶液p H值为7,反应时间为4 h。对聚合物进行了红外表征,合成产品与设计结构一致。钻井液性能评价结果显示:淡水基浆中聚合物加量为0.7%时,常温中压滤失量为6.0 m L,经过180℃老化后,API滤失量为8.2 m L,高温高压滤失量为11.6 m L;聚合物加量为1.0%时的页岩相对回收率达到99.4%。说明AM/AMPS/AA/DMC聚合物降滤失能力强,且热稳定性和抑制性能好。
