Postgraduate Program in Human Nutrition, College of Health Sciences, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília DF 70.910-900, Brazil.
Unité de Nutrition Humaine, Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, UNH, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Nutrients. 2020 Apr 16;12(4):1104. doi: 10.3390/nu12041104.
(PS) is a passionfruit variety of the Brazilian savannah and is a rich source of plant food bioactives with potential anti-inflammatory activity. This study aimed to investigate the effect of an acute intake of PS juice upon inflammation, metabolic parameters, and gene expression on circulating immune cells in humans.
Overweight male volunteers ( = 12) were enrolled in two double-blind placebo-controlled studies. Blood samples were collected from fasting volunteers 3 h after the consumption of 250 mL of PS juice or placebo (PB). Metabolic parameters (insulin, glucose, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and total triglycerides) and circulating cytokines were evaluated (study 1). Peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) from the same subjects were isolated and RNA was extracted for transcriptomic analyses using microarrays (study 2).
Insulin and homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) levels decreased statistically after the PS juice intake, whereas HDL level increased significantly. Interleukin (IL)-17A level increased after placebo consumption, whereas its level remained unchanged after PS juice consumption. Nutrigenomic analyses revealed 1327 differentially expressed genes after PS consumption, with modulated genes involved in processes such as inflammation, cell adhesion, or cytokine-cytokine receptor.
Taken together, these clinical results support the hypothesis that PS consumption may help the prevention of cardiometabolic diseases.
(PS)是巴西大草原的西番莲品种,是植物食品生物活性物质的丰富来源,具有潜在的抗炎活性。本研究旨在研究急性摄入 PS 汁对人体炎症、代谢参数和循环免疫细胞基因表达的影响。
超重男性志愿者(n = 12)被纳入两项双盲安慰剂对照研究。在摄入 250 毫升 PS 汁或安慰剂(PB)后 3 小时,从禁食志愿者中采集血液样本。评估代谢参数(胰岛素、葡萄糖、总胆固醇、高密度脂蛋白(LDL)、高密度脂蛋白(HDL)和总甘油三酯)和循环细胞因子(研究 1)。从同一受试者中分离外周血单核细胞(PBMC),并使用微阵列提取 RNA 进行转录组分析(研究 2)。
PS 汁摄入后胰岛素和胰岛素抵抗稳态模型评估(HOMA-IR)水平显著下降,而 HDL 水平显著升高。IL-17A 水平在安慰剂摄入后升高,而 PS 汁摄入后其水平保持不变。营养基因组学分析显示,PS 摄入后有 1327 个差异表达基因,调节的基因涉及炎症、细胞黏附和细胞因子-细胞因子受体等过程。
综上所述,这些临床结果支持 PS 摄入有助于预防心血管代谢疾病的假说。