@article {Leite Pereira:2011:0929-8665:1078,
title = "Purification of a Chitin-Binding Protein from Moringa oleifera Seeds with Potential to Relieve Pain and Inflammation",
journal = "Protein and Peptide Letters",
parent_itemid = "infobike://ben/ppl",
publishercode ="ben",
year = "2011",
volume = "18",
number = "11",
publication date ="2011-11-01T00:00:00",
pages = "1078-1085",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0929-8665",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ben/ppl/2011/00000018/00000011/art00002",
keyword = "anti-inflammatory activity, ad libitum, Antinociceptive effect, CEPA, chromatography, Mo-CBP4, lyophilised, Glycoprotein Detection Kit, Moringaceae family, protein purification, Moringa oleifera, Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis, bioactivity, aurantiamide acetate, chitin-binding protein",
author = "Leite Pereira, Mirella and David de Oliveira, Hermogenes and Tadeu Abreu de Oliveira, Jose and Menezes Gifoni, Juliana and de Oliveira Rocha, Raquel and de Oliveira Bezerra de Sousa, Daniele and Maria Vasconcelos, Ilka",
abstract = "Moringa oleifera Lam. is a perennial multipurpose tree that has been successfully used in folk medicine to cure several inflammatory processes. The aim of this study was to purify and characterize a chitin-binding protein from Moringa oleifera seeds, named Mo-CBP4, and evaluate its
antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects in vivo. The protein was purified by affinity chromatography on chitin followed by ion exchange chromatography. Acetic acid-induced abdominal constrictions assay was used for the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activity assessments. Mo-CBP4
is a glycoprotein (2.9% neutral carbohydrate) composed of two protein subunits with apparent molecular masses of 28 and 18 kDa (9 kDa in the presence of reducing agent). The intraperitoneal injection of Mo-CBP4 (3.5 and 10 mg/kg) into mice 30 min before acetic acid administration potently
and significantly reduced the occurrence of abdominal writhing in a dose dependent manner by 44.7% and 100%, respectively. In addition, the oral administration of the protein (10 mg/kg) resulted in 18% and 52.8% reductions in abdominal writhing when given 30 and
60 min prior to acetic acid administration, respectively. Mo-CBP4, when administered by intraperitoneal route, also caused a significant and dose-dependent inhibition of peritoneal capillary permeability induced by acid acetic and significantly inhibited leukocyte accumulation in the peritoneal
cavity. In conclusion, this pioneering study describes that the chitin-binding protein Mo-CBP4, from M. oleifera seeds, exhibits anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive properties and scientifically supports the use of this multipurpose tree in folk medicine. 
",
}