Currently, there is no specific antiviral therapy for treatment of HPV infection. Jiang and colleagues previously reported that anhydride-modified proteins have inhibitory activities against multiple viruses including HPV. Here, we evaluated the safety of 3-hydroxyphthalic anhydride-modified bovine beta-lactoglobulin, designated JB01, vaginally applied in women infected by high-risk HPV. After ...

The aggregation of beta-lactoglobulin (BLG) at ambient temperature was studied using turbidimetry and dynamic light scattering in the range 3.8<pH<5.2 in 0.0045 M NaCl, and in the ionic strength range 0.0045-0.5 M at fixed pH=5.0. The initial rate of aggregation, taken as the initial slope of turbidity vs time, (dtau/dt)0, indicated maximum aggregation near pH 4.6 (below the isoelectric point o...

Sub-100-nm nanoparticles were prepared from beta-lactoglobulin (BLG) with a narrow size distribution by a desolvation method using glutaraldehyde for cross-linking. With pre-heating of the BLG solution to 60 degrees C and subsequent pH readjustment to 9.0, nanoparticles of 59 +/- 5 nm were obtained with improved uniformity. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) nanoparticles, prepared under similar condit...

Previous studies have shown that 3-hydroxyphthalic anhydride-modified bovine beta-lactoglobulin is a promising anti-HIV microbicide candidate. Here we found that this chemically modified protein, designated JB01, exhibited highly potent antiviral activity against infection by human papillomaviruses (HPV), including HPV6, HPV16 and HPV18. Its anti-HPV activity was correlated with the percentage ...

Goat's milk, considered a substitute for cow's milk, has a high nutritional value. However, goat's milk contains various allergens, predominantly β-lactoglobulin (BLG). In this study, we employed the CRISPR/Cas9 system to target the BLG locus in goat fibroblasts for sgRNA optimization and generate BLG knock-out goats through co-injection of Cas9 mRNA and small guide RNAs (sgRNAs) into goat embr...

Ligands usually bind to proteins by displacing water from the binding site. The affinity and kinetics of binding therefore depend on the hydration characteristics of the site. Here, we show that the extreme case of a completely dehydrated free binding site is realized for the large nonpolar binding cavity in bovine beta-lactoglobulin. Because spatially delocalized water molecules may escape det...

Protein glycation (non-enzymatic glycosylation) and the development of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) is strongly associated with the pathogenesis of diabetic secondary complications [I ] . Hydroxyl radicals generated from superoxide via the Fenton reaction have been implicated for in virro AGE formation [2]. The term glycoxidation has been coined to emphasise the involvement of metal c...

AIM The present study was undertaken to standardize a convenient method for isolation and purification of β-lactoglobulin (β-lg) from cow milk keeping its antigenicity intact, so that the purified β-lg can be used for detection of cow milk protein intolerance (CMPI). MATERIALS AND METHODS Raw milk was collected from Gir breed of cattle reared in Haringhata Farm, West Bengal. Milk was then con...

هدیکچ فده و هقباس : نیئتورپ نایب ا یکی نارادناتسپ ریش رد یجراخ یاه هار ز یعیـسو دربراک جیردت هب هک تسا ییاهراک هدروآرف هوبنا دیلوت رد یم بیکرتون ییوراد یاه هب ،دبای هدروآرف هژیو تسد هک ییاه شیب شوخ سـپ تارـییغت نیرت زا همجرت یا یم دنوش . شوم داجیا قیقحت نیا زا فده سنارت یاه سنارت دجاو هک دوب یکینژ نایب نژ هدننک یسلک نینوـت رد دیربیه دنشاب شوم یریش ددغ . شور و داوم اه : یدنفـسوگ نیلوبلگوتک...

Cow's milk allergy is one of the most common food allergies in childhood. Beta-lactoglobulin (β- lg) is a dominant allergen in cow's milk. Hydrolysis is known as an effective method to reduce the allergenicity of proteins. Thus, the objective of this study was to compare the allergenicity of β-lg and its hydrolysates using an animal model. Twenty four BALB/c mice were divided into three groups ...