Publications by authors named "Feijian Liu"

In this work, the binding mechanism of myofibrillar protein (MP) with malondialdehyde and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal under low temperature vacuum heating was investigated multispectroscopic and molecular docking. The results showed that binding interaction and increasing temperature caused significant changes in the conformations as well as a decrease in the value of protein intrinsic fluorescence, surface hydrophobicity, and fluorescence excitation-emission matrix spectra. Furthermore, the decrease in -helix and -turn, increase in -sheet and a random coil of MP, imply the MP molecules to be more unfolded.

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Label-free quantitative proteomics and weighted protein co-expression network (WPCNA) strategy was used to determine the molecular mechanisms about how did the low temperature vacuum heating (LTVH) improve the texture quality of sturgeon fillets compared to traditional cooking (TC). Results showed that LTVH can reduce the accumulation of lactate and malondialdehyde (MDA) in sturgeon fillets, and decrease the degradation of myofibrillar protein. 594 proteins were identified, 26 and 10 key differentially abundant proteins (KDAPs) were observed in LTVH50-15 vs TC100-15 and LTVH60-15 vs TC100-15 groups, respectively.

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Background: Sturgeon is one of the most precious fish resources worldwide. Low temperature vacuum heating (LTVH) has been confirmed as a good way of maintaining food quality. However, there is a lack of in-depth studies assessing the impact of LTVH on lipid oxidation and flavor formation.

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This study aimed to reveal the molecular mechanisms associated with off-flavor generation in sturgeon fillets treated by low temperature vacuum heating (LTVH). Label-free quantitative proteomics was used to identify 120 favor-related proteins, 27 proteins were screened as differentially expressed for bioinformatics analysis. 17 of KEGG pathways were identified.

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Plasmalogens (Pls) are bioactive substances enriched in the brain with a regulatory effect on Alzheimer's disease (AD), while their metabolomic influence accompanying AD and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we extracted and purified Pls (purity of ≥90%) from mussels and applied unbiased metabolomics using ultraperformance liquid chromatography Q-Exactive Orbitrap mass spectrometry to analyze the variation of metabolites in the major metabolic pathways of AD and revealed the cognitive improvement effect of Pls using an experimental AD zebrafish model. The results showed that 37 differential endogenous metabolites were identified, among which glycerophosphocholine, choline, -adenosylmethionine (SAM), l-glutamine, linoleic acid, 9(S)-HPODE, methionine, and creatine were the major abnormally regulated metabolites, and the first four metabolites were viewed as potential endogenous markers.

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The digestion properties of sturgeon myofibrillar protein (MF) treated by low temperature vacuum heating (LTVH) at different processing temperatures (50, 60 and 70 °C) and times (15 and 30 min) were studied and compared with those of sturgeon MF treated by traditional cooking (TC). The results showed that as the temperature and time increased, the protein digestibility decreased, whereas the particle size and protein aggregation increased. It was observed that the band intensity of myosin heavy chain and myosin heavy chain 7 weakened; however, the band intensity of actin showed little change.

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Russian sturgeon is a high-quality cultured fish and traditional heating methods may lead to deterioration of its food quality. This study aimed to evaluate the food quality and microbial composition of sturgeon fillets by low temperature vacuum heating (LTVH) and storage at 4 °C. The treatments varied in temperature (50, 60, and 70 °C) and duration (15 and 30 min); samples treated by traditional heating (100 °C, 15 min) methods were included as controls.

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