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Colomeu TC, de Figueiredo D, de Matos da Silva P, Fernandes LGR, Zollner RDL. Antiproliferative and Pro-Oxidant Effect of Polyphenols in Aqueous Leaf Extract of Passiflora alata Curtis on Activated T Lymphocytes from Non-Obese Diabetic (NOD SHILT/J) Mice. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11081503. [PMID: 36009222 PMCID: PMC9405454 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11081503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
Abstract
The antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antiproliferative properties of Passiflora alata Curtis are due to the presence of polyphenols in its composition. Our previous work showed that non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice undergoing treatment with aqueous leaf extract of P. alata present reduced insulitis in the pancreas, possibly due to its anti-inflammatory properties. However, depending on the concentration and their ability to interact with other molecules, these phenolic compounds may promote oxidation reactions in some cellular components, such as proteins and lipids, thus presenting a pro-oxidant effect. The present work aimed to evaluate the in vitro effects of aqueous leaf extract of P. alata and its polyphenols (vitexin, isoorientin, rutin and catechin) on lymphocyte proliferation and viability, the cell cycle and oxidative stress. Our results showed that T lymphocytes stimulated with concanavalin A mitogen (ConA) and in the presence of IC50 concentrations of P. alata extract and polyphenols undergo cell injury via inhibition of proliferation, with these effects being more pronounced concerning CD4+ T cells (P. alata, 3.54 ± 0.34%; isoorientin, 57.07 ± 6.4%; vitexin, 16.95 ± 1.11%; catechin, 37.9 ± 4.2% and rutin, 40.14 ± 4.5%), compared to the non-treated group (77.17 ± 6.29) (p < 0.0001 for all comparisons). This process includes late apoptosis/necrosis induction (P. alata, 77.5 ± 0.7%; vitexin, 83 ± 3.3%; isoorientin, 83.8 ± 1.4%; catechin, 83 ± 1.9% and rutin, 74.9 ± 3.2, while the control presented 53.6% ± 3.1 (p < 0.0001 for all comparisons)) and mitochondrial depolarization leading to cell-death induction. Furthermore, an in vitro model of a mixed culture of NOD mice T cells with a mouse pancreatic beta-cell line (MIN6) showed increased intracellular nitric oxide and lipid peroxidation in NOD T cells submitted to P. alata extract (46.41 ± 3.08) compared to the untreated control group (33.57 ± 1.99, p = 0.01315). These results suggest that aqueous leaf extract of P. alata and the polyphenols in these leaves represent a target for translational research showing the plant’s benefits for developing new drugs with immunomodulatory properties against inflammatory diseases such as diabetes mellitus.
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Pessato TB, de Carvalho NC, de Figueiredo D, Colomeu TC, Fernandes LGR, Netto FM, de L. Zollner R. Complexation of whey protein with caffeic acid or (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate as a strategy to induce oral tolerance to whey allergenic proteins. Int Immunopharmacol 2019; 68:115-123. [DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2018.12.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Simon Gonzalez Schumacher N, Colomeu TC, de Figueiredo D, Carvalho VDC, Baú Betim Cazarin C, Prado MA, Molina Meletti LM, de Lima Zollner R. Identification and Antioxidant Activity of the Extracts of Eugenia uniflora Leaves. Characterization of the Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Aqueous Extract on Diabetes Expression in an Experimental Model of Spontaneous Type 1 Diabetes (NOD Mice). Antioxidants (Basel) 2015; 4:662-80. [PMID: 26783951 PMCID: PMC4712943 DOI: 10.3390/antiox4040662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2015] [Revised: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Medical and folklore reports suggest that Eugenia uniflora (E. uniflora) is a functional food that contains numerous compounds in its composition, with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-diabetic effects. In the present study, we investigated the best solvents (water, ethanol and methanol/acetone) for extracting bioactive compounds of E. uniflora leaves, assessing total phenols and the antioxidant activity of the extracts by 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP), 2,2'-Azinobis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) and Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) assays, identifying hydrolysable tannins and three phenolic compounds (ellagic acid, gallic acid and rutin) present in the leaves. In addition, we evaluated the incidence of diabetes, degree of insulitis, serum insulin, hepatic glutathione and tolerance test glucose in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice. Our results suggest that the aqueous extract presents antioxidant activity and high total phenols, which were used as a type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM-1) treatment in NOD mice. We verified that the chronic consumption of aqueous extract reduces the inflammatory infiltrate index in pancreatic islets, maintaining serum insulin levels and hepatic glutathione, and reducing serum lipid peroxidation as well as the risk for diabetes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nayara Simon Gonzalez Schumacher
- Laboratory of Translational Immunology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Rua Vital Brazil, 300, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-888 Campinas-SP, Brazil; E-Mails: (N.S.G.S.); (T.C.C.); (D.F.); (V.C.C.)
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- Laboratory of Translational Immunology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Rua Vital Brazil, 300, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-888 Campinas-SP, Brazil; E-Mails: (N.S.G.S.); (T.C.C.); (D.F.); (V.C.C.)
| | - Daniella de Figueiredo
- Laboratory of Translational Immunology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Rua Vital Brazil, 300, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-888 Campinas-SP, Brazil; E-Mails: (N.S.G.S.); (T.C.C.); (D.F.); (V.C.C.)
| | - Virginia de Campos Carvalho
- Laboratory of Translational Immunology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Rua Vital Brazil, 300, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-888 Campinas-SP, Brazil; E-Mails: (N.S.G.S.); (T.C.C.); (D.F.); (V.C.C.)
| | - Cinthia Baú Betim Cazarin
- Department of Food and Nutrition, School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas (FEA-Unicamp), Rua Monteiro Lobato, 80, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-862 Campinas-SP, Brazil; E-Mails: (C.B.B.C.); (M.A.P.)
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas (FEA-Unicamp), Rua Monteiro Lobato, 80, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-862 Campinas-SP, Brazil; E-Mails: (C.B.B.C.); (M.A.P.)
| | - Laura Maria Molina Meletti
- Agronomic Institute of Campinas, Theodureto de Almeida Camargo, 1500, Vila Nova, 13012-970 Campinas-SP, Brazil; E-Mail:
| | - Ricardo de Lima Zollner
- Laboratory of Translational Immunology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Rua Vital Brazil, 300, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-888 Campinas-SP, Brazil; E-Mails: (N.S.G.S.); (T.C.C.); (D.F.); (V.C.C.)
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-887 Campinas-SP, Brazil
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +55-19-3289-3709; Fax: +55-19-3521-8925
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