Affiliation:
1. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Delivery Systems, Center for Drug Research and Development of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
2. Biopharmaceutical R&D Center of Jinan University Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510632, China
3. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bioengineering Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Abstract
As one kind of plant-derived extracellular vesicle, turmeric-derived exosome-like nanoparticles (TELNs) are composed of proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and small-molecule compounds, which possess good biocompatibility and safety. They are especially rich in information from the “mother plant”, which provides more applications in biological fields. In this study, we isolated and purified TELNs using differential centrifugation and ultracentrifugation and systematically detected their physicochemical properties using multi-omics. The TELNs possessed a typical teacup-like exosome morphology, and the extraction rate was approximately 1.71 ± 0.176 mg/g. The average particle size was 183.2 ± 10.9 nm, and the average zeta potential was −17.6 ± 1.19 mV. They were rich in lipids, mainly phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) (17.4%), triglyceride (TG) (12.3%), phosphatidylinositol (PI) (9.82%), and phosphatidylcholine (PC) (7.93%). All of them are the key lipids in the exosomes. The protein content was approximately 12% (M/M), mainly curcumin synthase and other proteins involved in secondary metabolite biosynthesis. In addition, there are critical essential genes for curcumin biosynthesis, such as curcumin synthase (CURS) and diketocoenzyme A synthase (DCS). More importantly, a greater variety of small-molecule compounds, primarily curcumin and curcumin analogs such as demethoxycurcumin and volatile oleoresins such as curcuminoids, have now been revealed. In conclusion, TELNs were successfully isolated, containing 0.17% (M/M) turmeric and a large amount of chemical information, the same as the parent-of-origin plant. This is the first time combining multi-omics to analyze the characteristics and nature of the TELNs, which laid a solid material foundation for the further development of turmeric.
Funder
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province
Guangzhou Research and Development Plan in Key Fields
R&D Plan Project in Key Fields of Guangdong Province
National College Students’ innovation and entrepreneurship training program
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