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  2. Gallic and butyric acids modulated NLRP3 inflammasome markers in a co-culture model of intestinal inflammation

Gallic and butyric acids modulated NLRP3 inflammasome markers in a co-culture model of intestinal inflammation

  • Food Chem Toxicol. 2020 Dec;146:111835. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2020.111835.
Ivan Luzardo-Ocampo 1 Guadalupe Loarca-Piña 2 Elvira Gonzalez de Mejia 3
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Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801, Urbana, IL, USA; PROPAC, Research and Graduate Program in Food Science, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Cerro de las Campanas S/N, 76010, Queretaro, Qro, Mexico.
  • 2 PROPAC, Research and Graduate Program in Food Science, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Cerro de las Campanas S/N, 76010, Queretaro, Qro, Mexico.
  • 3 Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801, Urbana, IL, USA. Electronic address: edemejia@illinois.edu.
Abstract

Bioactive compounds from food products made from natural ingredients such as corn and common bean could target the NLRP3 inflammasome, protein scaffolds with a key role in the moderation of intestinal inflammation. This research aimed to evaluate the anti-inflammatory effect from the fermented non-digestible fraction of baked corn and common bean snack (FNDF), and its main components, on the modulation of NLRP3 inflammasome markers in vitro. For this, a THP-1 macrophage/differentiated Caco-2 cell co-culture was used as a model of intestinal inflammation. A disease control (DC) (LPS/human IFN-γ, 10 ng/mL) was compared with FNDF (40-300 μg/mL) and its pure components: gallic (38.85 μM) and butyric acids (6 μM), verbascose (0.06 μM), their mixture, and an anti-inflammatory control (tofacitinib, 5 μM). Compared to DC, FNDF (40 μg/mL) reduced the 48 h-basolateral nitrites (40-60%), IL-1β/IL-18, and TNF-α production. Additionally, it decreased the total Reactive Oxygen Species (36.3%) and nitric oxide synthase (6.9%) activities, increasing superoxide dismutase (228.2%) activity. Compared to NLRP3 positive control, FNDF components decreased NLRP3 markers (Caspase-1 activity, IL-1β, and Apoptosis). These results highlight NLRP3-anti-inflammatory effects from FNDF components. This is the first report of the NLRP3 inflammasome modulation by digested food matrix components, using a co-culture approach.

Keywords

Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.); Butyric acid; Corn (Zea mays L.); Gallic acid; Inflammasome; Non-digestible fraction.

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