Characterization and Comparison of Collagens Extracted From the Digestive Tract and Skin of a Japanese Amberjack Seriola Quinqueradiata

Abstract

Collagen was extracted from the digestive tract and skin of a Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata) by acid extraction and limited pepsin digestion. The amounts of collagen solubilized from the digestive tract were smaller than those from the skin. Based on the solubility in NaCl solution, electrophoretic and peptide map patterns, and amino acid composition, the main digestive tract collagen was identified as type I, having characteristics different from those of the body wall collagen in cyclostome intestine. Further, the degree of hydroxylation of prolyl and lysyl residues in the type I collagen of the digestive tract is significantly higher than that of the skin. Collagen preparations from the digestive tract have a higher ratio of type V collagen than those from the skin. Hence, the digestive tract collagen differs from that in the skin in the degree or property of intermolecular crosslinking, posttranslational modification, and molecular species composition. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS Partial hydrolyzate of gelatin, in other word collagen peptide, has gained popularity as a food ingredient, as it has been suggested to have health benefits, such as improvement of skin and joint conditions. Recently, attention toward collagen derived from marine origin such as fish skin increased because of the outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Large amounts of the digestive tract, stomach, intestine and adhesion tissues are generated by fishery industries and most of them are by‐products of low value. Although these organs are also rich in collagen, the collagen in fish digestive tract has not been characterized. The present study demonstrates that the collagen in digestive tract differs from the skin collagen in the solubility, posttranslational modification and molecular species composition. These facts suggest that modified collagen peptides might be obtained from the digestive tract.

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