1. Strawberry tannins inhibit IL-8 secretion in a cell model of gastric inflammation
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Urska Vrhovsek, Mattia Gasperotti, Elisa Colombo, Marco Fumagalli, Emma De Fabiani, Stefano Piazza, Mario Dell'Agli, Enrico Sangiovanni, and Fulvio Mattivi
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0301 basic medicine ,Anti-Inflammatory Agents ,Inflammation ,Biology ,Transfection ,Strawberry ,Fragaria ,Procianidine ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Ellagitannins ,Cell Line, Tumor ,Biological property ,medicine ,Humans ,Secretion ,Interleukin 8 ,Settore CHIM/10 - CHIMICA DEGLI ALIMENTI ,Promoter Regions, Genetic ,Procyanidin B1 ,Procyanidins ,Ellagitannini ,Infiammazione gastrica ,Pharmacology ,Plants, Medicinal ,030109 nutrition & dietetics ,IL-8 ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,Plant Extracts ,Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ,Gastric inflammation ,Interleukin-8 ,Cell model ,NF-kappa B ,Epithelial Cells ,Casuarictin ,In vitro ,Biochemistry ,chemistry ,Gastric Mucosa ,Gastritis ,medicine.symptom ,Tannins ,Fragola ,Phytotherapy ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
In the present study we chemically profiled tannin-enriched extracts from strawberries and tested their biological properties in a cell model of gastric inflammation. The chemical and biological features of strawberry tannins after in vitro simulated gastric digestion were investigated as well. The anti-inflammatory activities of pure strawberry tannins were assayed to get mechanistic insights. Tannin-enriched extracts from strawberries inhibit IL-8 secretion in TNFα-treated human gastric epithelial cells by dampening the NF-κB signaling. In vitro simulated gastric digestion slightly affected the chemical composition and the biological properties of strawberry tannins. By using pure compounds, we found that casuarictin may act as a pure NF-κB inhibitor while agrimoniin inhibits IL-8 secretion also acting on other biological targets; in our system procyanidin B1 prevents the TNFα-induced effects without interfering with the NF-κB pathway. We conclude that strawberry tannins, even after in vitro simulated gastric digestion, exert anti-inflammatory activities at nutritionally relevant concentrations.
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- 2016
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