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Title Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Pomegranate Peel Extracts on In Vitro Human Intestinal Caco-2 Cells and Ex Vivo Porcine Colonic Tissue Explants (vol 11, E548, 2019)
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Authors Mastrogiovanni, F; Mukhopadhya, A; Lacetera, N; Ryan, MT; Romani, A; Bernini, R; Sweeney, T
Title Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Pomegranate Peel Extracts on In Vitro Human Intestinal Caco-2 Cells and Ex Vivo Porcine Colonic Tissue Explants (vol 11, E548, 2019)
Year 2019
Published Nutrients, 11.0, 3
DOI 10.3390/nu11030548
Abstract The aim of this study was to determine the anti-inflammatory potential of pomegranate peel extracts (PPE) prepared from waste material of pomegranate juice production both in vitro on Caco-2 cells and ex vivo using porcine colonic tissue explants. Caco-2 cells were stimulated in vitro by TNF and colonic tissue explants were stimulated ex vivo with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Both tissues were co-treated with PPE at 0, 1.0, 2.5, 5.0, 10 and 25 mu g/mL. The secretion of CXCL8 in the supernatant of both experiments was determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and the relative expression of inflammatory cytokines were evaluated in the colonic tissue by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR). The 2.5 to 25 mu g/mL of PPE suppressed CXCL8 (p < 0.001) in the Caco-2 cells, whereas CXCL8 production was suppressed by only 5 and 25 mu g/mL (p < 0.01) of PPE in the colonic explants. The 5 mu g/mL of PPE also suppressed the expression of IL1A (p < 0.05), IL6 (p < 0.01) and CXCL8 (p < 0.05) in LPS challenged colonic tissues compared to controls. In conclusion, the 5 mu g/mL of PPE consistently elicits strong anti-inflammatory activity. These results support the potential of bioactive compounds from the waste peel of pomegranate in terms of their anti-inflammatory activity in cells and tissues of the gastrointestinal tract.
Author Keywords anti-inflammatory effects; human colonic adenocarcinoma cells (Caco-2 cells); porcine colonic tissues; pomegranate (Punica granatum L; ) peel extracts; polyphenols; punicalagin; circular economy
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Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000464366100007
WoS Category Nutrition & Dietetics
Research Area Nutrition & Dietetics
PDF https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/3/548/pdf?version=1551769992
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