Abstract:

Cell membrane chromatography/ultrahigh-phase liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (CMC/UPLC-MS) was used to screen the active ingredients, i.e., peptides, in the traditional Chinese medicine tablet Cervi cornus Colla, and the obtained spectra were analyzed using Maxquant software, Perseus software, and Uniprot database. Structures of these peptides were identified using Protein Data Bank, and their molecular properties such as their biological activity, adverse reactions, relative molecular mass, isoelectric point, and stability index were predicted using a bioinformatics platform. With an activity probability of 0.09, the peptides were identified as nontoxic, nonhemolytic, sensitizing, and highly hydrophilic, with a relative molecular mass of 1 541.68, a peptide chain length of 14, an isoelectric point of 3.92, and an instability index of 34.39.This method provides a feasible research approach for rapidly screening and identifying active ingredients(e.g., peptides and proteins) that exhibit pharmacological effects.

Key words: Cervi Cornus Colla, cell membrane chromatography, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, interleukin-1β