Poster Presentation 11th Asia-Pacific Congress of the International Society on Toxinology 2021

Characterisation of a lunasin-derived anti-inflammatory peptide (#113)

Reynold RP Philip 1 , David DW Wilson 1 , Roland RR Ruscher 1 , Kim KM Miles 1 , Guangzu GZ Zhao 1 , Alex AL Loukas 1 , Norelle ND Daly 1
  1. Centre for Molecular Therapeutics, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland (QLD), Australia

Lunasin is a soy peptide with a range of bioactivities including cytotoxicity and has potential in the treatment of cancer and obesity related diseases. Although the peptide is only 43 residues in length, it contains three regions with different proposed activities/functions and appears to have oral bioavailability, albeit in the presence of other proteins. The full-length peptide has an effect on inflammatory cytokines. Here we have analysed truncated forms of lunasin and their effects on inflammatory cytokine suppression with the aim of developing novel anti-inflammatory drugs.