Margina Denisa, Ilie Mihaela, Gradinaru Daniela
Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, TraianVuia Street, Bucharest 020956, Romania.
Toxicology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, TraianVuia Street, Bucharest 020956, Romania.
Int J Mol Sci. 2012;13(4):4839-4859. doi: 10.3390/ijms13044839. Epub 2012 Apr 17.
The bioactivity of polyphenols is closely linked to their ability to interact with biological membranes. The study evaluates the in vitro effect of quercetin and epigallocatechin on the membrane anisotropy and transmembrane potential of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) isolated from 26 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients compared to 25 age matched controls. The in vitro assays were analyzed in correlation with the biochemical and inflammatory profile of the subjects and with insulin resistance parameters (HOMA-IR, plasma resistin) as well. For type 2 diabetes patients, the increase of HOMA-IR and resistin concentration was associated with a significant decrease of the PBMCs membrane anisotropy. The two tested polyphenols induced a dose-dependent hyperpolarizing effect and stiffening of the cell membranes for all tested subjects. Physiological levels of quercetin and epigallocatechin gallate had the tendency to normalize the PBMCs membrane anisotropy of the cells isolated from diabetes patients, bringing it to the level of cells isolated from normoglycemic ones. Epigallocatechin gallate induced higher effects compared to quercetin on the membranes isolated from subjects with higher cardiovascular risk. The decrease of membrane fluidity and the hyperpolarizing effect could explain the cardiovascular protective action of the tested compounds.
多酚的生物活性与其与生物膜相互作用的能力密切相关。该研究评估了槲皮素和表没食子儿茶素对从26名2型糖尿病患者分离出的外周血单个核细胞(PBMC)的膜各向异性和跨膜电位的体外作用,并与25名年龄匹配的对照组进行了比较。体外试验与受试者的生化和炎症特征以及胰岛素抵抗参数(HOMA-IR、血浆抵抗素)进行了相关性分析。对于2型糖尿病患者,HOMA-IR和抵抗素浓度的增加与PBMC膜各向异性的显著降低相关。两种受试多酚对所有受试对象均诱导出剂量依赖性的超极化作用和细胞膜变硬。槲皮素和表没食子儿茶素的生理水平倾向于使从糖尿病患者分离出的细胞的PBMC膜各向异性正常化,使其达到从血糖正常者分离出的细胞的水平。与槲皮素相比,表没食子儿茶素对具有较高心血管风险的受试者的细胞膜诱导出更高的作用。膜流动性的降低和超极化作用可以解释受试化合物的心血管保护作用。