Intestinal anti-inflammatory effect of a plant sterol food supplement in experimental murine colitis and cell co-culture models

作     者：Mussa Makran Antonio Cilla Rosa María Giner María Carmen Recio Luisa Tesoriere Alessandro Attanzio Guadalupe Garcia-Llatas 

作者机构：Nutrition and Food Science Area， Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences， University of Valencia.Av.Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n Department of Pharmacology， Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences， University of Valencia.Av.Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n Department of Biological， Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies， University of Palermo 

出 版 物：《Food Science and Human Wellness》 (食品科学与人类健康(英文))

年 卷 期：2024年

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学科分类：0832[工学-食品科学与工程（可授工学、农学学位）] 08[工学] 083201[工学-食品科学] 

基　　金：the project PID2019-104167RB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and Generalitat Valenciana (CIAICO/2021/076) Mussa Makran holds an FPU19/00156 grant from the Ministry of Sciences, Innovation and Universities (Spain) 

摘      要：The potential of a plant sterol food supplement （PS-FS） in addressing intestinal inflammation in vivo and in vitro was evaluated. As in vivo model， C57BL/6J mice were exposed to 1.5% dextran sulfate sodium in three 5-day periods， with 10-day rest intervals in between， daily reciving PS-FS （35 mg PS/kg）. The in vitro approach involved a bi-cameral system with 8-day-differentiated Caco-2 （apical） and RAW264.7 cells （basolateral）. The bioaccessible fraction of PS-FS， obtained after INFOGEST 2.0 simulated gastrointestinal digestion， was added to the apical part （90 min）， followed by stimulation with lipopolysaccharide （1 μg/mL， 24 h）. PS-FS alleviated rectal bleeding and rebalanced pro- (tumor necrosis factor α， interleukin （IL）-6， and IL-8) and anti-inflammatory cytokines （IL-10）. Additionally， PS-FS ameliorated histopathological damage and enhancing occludin expression. A reduction in oxidative stress was evidenced by decreased myeloperoxidase activity and reactive oxygen species production. The anti-inflammatory mechanism included suppressing cyclooxygenase 2 expression， reducing prostaglandin E2production， and inhibiting the phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of the nuclear factor κB p65 subunit. This study reveals the potential of PS-FS as a therapeutic intervention for colitis. The alignment between in vivo and in vitro outcomes substantiates the appropriateness of the co-culture model to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of foods.