: Cyanobacteria are characterized by high iron content. In this research, we collected ten commercial samples of Arthrospira spp. sold as food supplement to determine iron content and assess whether iron speciation showed variability among samples and changed respect to A. platensis grown in controlled conditions. Particular attention was also paid to phycocyanin, as an iron-binding protein. In six of the ten samples, 14 essential and non-essential trace elements were analysed using ICP-MS. Iron content measured in samples using atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) varied from 353 (sample S5) to 1459 (sample S7) µg g-1 dry weight and was in the range of those reported by other authors in commercial supplements. Iron speciation was studied using size exclusion chromatography followed by the analysis of the collected fraction for the determination of iron by AAS and for protein separation using SDS-PAGE. Overlapping chromatographic profiles were obtained for total proteins, phycocyanin and iron, although quantitative differences were evidenced among the samples analysed. In most samples, iron was mainly bound to ligands with high molecular mass; however, in four samples iron was also bound to ligands with low molecular mass. In fractions containing the most relevant iron burden, the principal protein was phycocyanin, confirming its role as an iron-binding protein in commercial samples.

Isani, G., Ferlizza, E., Bertocchi, M., Dalmonte, T., Menotta, S., Fedrizzi, G., et al. (2022). Iron Content, Iron Speciation and Phycocyanin in Commercial Samples of Arthrospira spp. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 23(22), 1-11 [10.3390/ijms232213949].

Iron Content, Iron Speciation and Phycocyanin in Commercial Samples of Arthrospira spp

Isani, Gloria;Ferlizza, Enea
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Bertocchi, Martina;Dalmonte, Thomas;Andreani, Giulia
2022

Abstract

: Cyanobacteria are characterized by high iron content. In this research, we collected ten commercial samples of Arthrospira spp. sold as food supplement to determine iron content and assess whether iron speciation showed variability among samples and changed respect to A. platensis grown in controlled conditions. Particular attention was also paid to phycocyanin, as an iron-binding protein. In six of the ten samples, 14 essential and non-essential trace elements were analysed using ICP-MS. Iron content measured in samples using atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) varied from 353 (sample S5) to 1459 (sample S7) µg g-1 dry weight and was in the range of those reported by other authors in commercial supplements. Iron speciation was studied using size exclusion chromatography followed by the analysis of the collected fraction for the determination of iron by AAS and for protein separation using SDS-PAGE. Overlapping chromatographic profiles were obtained for total proteins, phycocyanin and iron, although quantitative differences were evidenced among the samples analysed. In most samples, iron was mainly bound to ligands with high molecular mass; however, in four samples iron was also bound to ligands with low molecular mass. In fractions containing the most relevant iron burden, the principal protein was phycocyanin, confirming its role as an iron-binding protein in commercial samples.
2022
Isani, G., Ferlizza, E., Bertocchi, M., Dalmonte, T., Menotta, S., Fedrizzi, G., et al. (2022). Iron Content, Iron Speciation and Phycocyanin in Commercial Samples of Arthrospira spp. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 23(22), 1-11 [10.3390/ijms232213949].
Isani, Gloria; Ferlizza, Enea; Bertocchi, Martina; Dalmonte, Thomas; Menotta, Simonetta; Fedrizzi, Giorgio; Andreani, Giulia
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