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Asherson P, Johansson L, Holland R, Bedding M, Forrester A, Giannulli L, Ginsberg Y, Howitt S, Kretzschmar I, Lawrie SM, Marsh C, Kelly C, Mansfield M, McCafferty C, Khan K, Muller-Sedgwick U, Strang J, Williamson G, Wilson L, Young S, Landau S, Thomson L. Randomised controlled trial of the short-term effects of osmotic-release oral system methylphenidate on symptoms and behavioural outcomes in young male prisoners with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: CIAO-II study. Br J Psychiatry 2023; 222:7-17. [PMID: 35657651 PMCID: PMC7613969 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2022.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Research has shown that 20-30% of prisoners meet the diagnostic criteria for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Methylphenidate reduces ADHD symptoms, but effects in prisoners are uncertain because of comorbid mental health and substance use disorders. AIMS To estimate the efficacy of an osmotic-release oral system methylphenidate (OROS-methylphenidate) in reducing ADHD symptoms in young adult prisoners with ADHD. METHOD We conducted an 8-week parallel-arm, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial of OROS-methylphenidate versus placebo in male prisoners (aged 16-25 years) meeting the DSM-5 criteria for ADHD. Primary outcome was ADHD symptoms at 8 weeks, using the investigator-rated Connors Adult ADHD Rating Scale (CAARS-O). Thirteen secondary outcomes were measured, including emotional dysregulation, mind wandering, violent attitudes, mental health symptoms, and prison officer and educational staff ratings of behaviour and aggression. RESULTS In the OROS-methylphenidate arm, mean CAARS-O score at 8 weeks was estimated to be reduced by 0.57 points relative to the placebo arm (95% CI -2.41 to 3.56), and non-significant. The responder rate, defined as a 20% reduction in CAARS-O score, was 48.3% for the OROS-methylphenidate arm and 47.9% for the placebo arm. No statistically significant trial arm differences were detected for any of the secondary outcomes. Mean final titrated dose was 53.8 mg in the OROS-methylphenidate arm. CONCLUSIONS ADHD symptoms did not respond to OROS-methylphenidate in young adult prisoners. The findings do not support routine treatment with OROS-methylphenidate in this population. Further research is needed to evaluate effects of higher average dosing and adherence to treatment, multi-modal treatments and preventative interventions in the community.
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POLICHNOWSKI A, Potter J, Miles C, Eagan D, Youngberg G, O'Connor P, Picken M, Williamson G. SAT-114 ABERRANT RENAL AND MESENTERIC HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSES TO A HIGH SALT DIET AND BLOOD PRESSURE SALT-SENSITIVITY ARE ABOLISHED IN CONSOMIC SS.BN1 vs. DAHL SS RATS. Kidney Int Rep 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2019.05.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Hunnam J, Duff K, Wingett M, Brayley E, Williamson G. Effect of carcase decomposition on the inactivation of foot-and-mouth disease virus under northern Australian conditions. Aust Vet J 2018; 96:332-340. [DOI: 10.1111/avj.12731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2017] [Revised: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- J Hunnam
- Department of Economic Development; Jobs, Transport and Resources, 475 Mickleham Road; Attwood 3049 Victoria Australia
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- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries; Queensland Australia
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- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries; Queensland Australia
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- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries; Queensland Australia
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- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries; Queensland Australia
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Zhao B, Johnston FH, Dalton M, Williamson G, Osullivan T, Negishi K. P5335Smoking during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of early atherosclerosis: a study from coalmine smoke exposure. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.p5335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- B Zhao
- Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, Australia
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- Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, Australia
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- University of Tasmania, School of Biological Sciences, Hobart, Australia
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- Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, Australia
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- Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, Australia
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Polyphenols are found in plant‐based foods and beverages, notably apples, berries, citrus fruit, plums, broccoli, cocoa, tea and coffee and many others. There is substantial epidemiological evidence that a diet high in polyphenol‐rich fruit, vegetables, cocoa and beverages protects against developing cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The absorption and metabolism of these compounds have been well described and, for many, the gut microbiota play a critical role in absorption; taking into consideration the parent compound and the metabolites from colon bacteria catabolism, more than 80% of a dose can be absorbed and ultimately excreted in the urine. Common polyphenols in the diet are flavanols (cocoa, tea, apples, broad beans), flavanones (hesperidin in citrus fruit), hydroxycinnamates (coffee, many fruits), flavonols (quercetin in onions, apples and tea) and anthocyanins (berries). Many intervention studies, mechanistic in vitro data and epidemiological studies support a role for polyphenols against the development of chronic diseases. For example, flavanols decrease endothelial dysfunction, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, and modulate energy metabolism. Coffee and tea both reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, through action of their constituent polyphenols. Despite extensive research, the exact mechanisms of action of polyphenols in the human body have not been decisively proven, but there is strong evidence that some targets such as nitric oxide metabolism, carbohydrate digestion and oxidative enzymes are important for health benefits. Consumption of polyphenols as healthy dietary components is consistent with the advice to eat five or more portions of fruit and vegetables per day, but it is currently difficult to recommend what ‘doses’ of specific polyphenols should be consumed to derive maximum benefit.
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Van Rymenant E, Grootaert C, Beerens K, Needs PW, Kroon PA, Kerimi A, Williamson G, García-Villalba R, González-Sarrías A, Tomas-Barberan F, Van Camp J, Van de Voorde J. Vasorelaxant activity of twenty-one physiologically relevant (poly)phenolic metabolites on isolated mouse arteries. Food Funct 2017; 8:4331-4335. [DOI: 10.1039/c7fo01273j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Polyphenols are beneficial for health, but are metabolised after consumption.
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- E. Van Rymenant
- Department of Food safety and Food Quality
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Ghent University
- 9000 Gent
- Belgium
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- Department of Food safety and Food Quality
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Ghent University
- 9000 Gent
- Belgium
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- Department of Food safety and Food Quality
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Ghent University
- 9000 Gent
- Belgium
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- Quadram Institute Bioscience
- Norwich Research Park
- Colney
- UK
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- Quadram Institute Bioscience
- Norwich Research Park
- Colney
- UK
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- School of Food Science and Nutrition
- University of Leeds
- Leeds
- UK
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- School of Food Science and Nutrition
- University of Leeds
- Leeds
- UK
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- Department of Food safety and Food Quality
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Ghent University
- 9000 Gent
- Belgium
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- Department of Pharmacology
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Ghent University
- 9000 Gent
- Belgium
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Charoenchon N, Rhodes L, Nicolaou A, Williamson G, Farrar M, Watson R. 288 Dietary green tea catechins protect dermal elasic fibers from UV-induced remodeling. J Invest Dermatol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.02.318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bliley JM, Sivak WN, Minteer DM, Tompkins-Rhoades C, Day J, Williamson G, Liao HT, Marra KG. Ethylene Oxide Sterilization Preserves Bioactivity and Attenuates Burst Release of Encapsulated Glial Cell Line Derived Neurotrophic Factor from Tissue Engineered Nerve Guides For Long Gap Peripheral Nerve Repair. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2015; 1:504-512. [DOI: 10.1021/ab5001518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Division
of Trauma Plastic Surgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery, Craniofacial Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Fahrenkrug SC, Tan W, Lillico SG, Stverakova D, Proudfoot C, Williamson G, Long CR, Whitelaw CBA, Carlson DF. 337 NONMEIOTIC INTROGRESSION OF QUANTITATIVE TRAIT NUCLEOTIDES AND CORRECTION OF CONGENITAL MUTATIONS IN LIVESTOCK WITH TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR-LIKE EFFECTOR NUCLEASES. Reprod Fertil Dev 2013. [DOI: 10.1071/rdv25n1ab337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Genetic enhancement of livestock productivity and welfare are major goals of breeding and genetics programs. However, the introgression of desirable alleles across breeds is slow and inaccurate. The development of gene editing technologies would provide the opportunity to accelerate the genetic improvement of a diversity of livestock breeds. Transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALEN) are programmable nucleases that join the modular DNA binding domain of transcription activator-like (TAL) effectors with FokI endonuclease. We found that TALEN could be easily manufactured and that 64% displayed activity in swine and cattle primary fibroblasts, with cleavage of 1.5 to 45% of chromosomes in cell populations, as measured by Surveyor assay. Clonal isolation and sequencing revealed that up to 84% of cells contained at least one modified allele, with up to 24% of cells containing biallelic or homozygous chromosomal modification. Co-transfection of a customized TALEN pair with a template containing a specific allele was effective at the nonmeiotic introgression of quantitative trait into naïve cattle breeds. We will also describe the repair of 2 recently described embryonic lethal mutations that are segregating in important dairy cattle breeds (JH1 and HH1). Injection of TALEN mRNA into the cytoplasm of pig and cattle zygotes was capable of inducing gene knockout (KO) in 27 to 75% of embryos analysed (n = 4–59), nearly half of which (8/19) harbored biallelic modification. We will present data describing efforts towards gene conversion by direct injection of livestock embryos. Finally, we will present alternative strategies for the incorporation of gene editing in livestock production systems by cloning or embryo treatment.
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Nagy K, Ramos L, Courtet-Compondu MC, Braga-Lagache S, Redeuil K, Lobo B, Azpiroz F, Malagelada JR, Beaumont M, Moulin J, Acquistapache S, Sagalowicz L, Kussmann M, Santos J, Holst B, Williamson G. Double-balloon jejunal perfusion to compare absorption of vitamin E and vitamin E acetate in healthy volunteers under maldigestion conditions. Eur J Clin Nutr 2012; 67:202-6. [PMID: 23212132 DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES The vitamin E derivative, α-tocopheryl acetate, is often included in formulations used in enteral nutrition. In this respect, we compared α-tocopherol and α-tocopheryl acetate absorption under 'maldigestion' conditions, such as occurring during enteral tube feeding, using differentially labeled RRR-[5,7-methyl-((2)H(6))]-α-tocopherol and RRR-[5-methyl-(2)H(3)]-α-tocopheryl acetate allowing direct comparison between free and esterified forms. SUBJECTS/METHODS The two derivatives were given together in a single dose to six volunteers directly into the jejunum using a double-balloon perfusion system. Perfusion lasted for 1 h, and the collected blood and effluent samples were analyzed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. RESULTS In the isolated 20-cm length of exposed jejunum, on average ~ 6% of the two vitamin E forms were absorbed >1 h based on subtraction of effluent from influent. There was substantial difference in the absolute absorbed quantity between individuals, but no significant differences were observed in the absorption between the two labeled forms as assessed in the plasma. (2)H(3)-α-tocopherol was not present in the influent, but appeared in the effluent, indicating that the acetylated form of vitamin E is cleaved by brush border enzymes in the small intestine. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that even in the absence of digestive enzymes and bile salts, the appropriately solubilized acetylated form of α-tocopherol exhibits the same bioavailability as free α-tocopherol. This suggests that both forms can be absorbed equally under maldigestion conditions such as present clinically during enteral tube feeding.
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- K Nagy
- Nestlé Research Center, Nestec Ltd, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Pandino G, Lombardo S, Mauromicale G, Williamson G. Profile of polyphenols and phenolic acids in bracts and receptacles of globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus) germplasm. J Food Compost Anal 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2010.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Garnett ST, Williamson G. Spatial and temporal variation in precipitation at the start of the rainy season in tropical Australia. Rangel J 2010. [DOI: 10.1071/rj09083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The patterns of rainfall early in the rainy season vary substantially across northern Australia, even in sites with the same annual average. This has biophysical and economic implications in terms of land and infrastructure management, resource availability and capacity, and access. Daily patterns in long-term rainfall records in Australia north of 23°S subject to regular monsoonal rainfall were compared with threshold levels for dryland and wetland seed germination, initiation of the growing season, patterns of gaps between early storms and the heaviness of the first falls, correlations between thresholds, spatial variation in correlation with the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) and temporal trends in mean threshold dates. The earliest rains sufficient to cause seed germination or generate fresh fodder occur in the north-west of the Northern Territory with the average date being later to the south, east and west. Initial falls of the rainy season are heaviest, however, on Cape York Peninsula so that the time between first falls and saturation is shortest in the east. The probability of extended gaps between rainfall events increased from north to south. When the SOI is taken into account, no change in timing could be detected at the few sites with records of sufficient duration. However, because of changes in SOI frequency, rains are tending to start earlier in the drier parts of the north and north-west and later in the east. This may be because anthropogenic climate change is resulting in fewer classical El Niño Southern Oscillation events and more frequent El Niño Modoki climate anomalies.
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For some flavonoids such as quercetin, isoflavones and catechins, the pathways of absorption and metabolism are now reasonably well characterised and understood. By definition, for biological activity of flavonoids to be manifest, the target tissue, which includes the blood and vascular system, must respond to the form(s) of flavonoid that it encounters. Bioavailability studies have shown that the circulating form of most flavonoids is as conjugates, with a few notable exceptions. There have been several recent papers on the in vitro biological properties of conjugates that have been found in vivo. This paper reviews the properties of these conjugates. Most of the information currently available is on quercetin glucuronides, but also on isoflavone and catechin conjugates. In addition to the biological properties of the conjugates, the partition coefficients and methods of synthesis are also presented.
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- G Williamson
- Nestlé Research Center, Vers-Chez-Les-Blanc, PO Box 44, CH-1000, Lausanne, 26, Switzerland.
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Aigbirhio FI, Allen P, Andersson S, Anton M, Barron D, Bloom AJ, Botting NP, Brandau W, Brichard L, Brown JA, Brown RT, Cable KM, Caffrey M, Carroll MA, Chaplin DJ, Coissard V, Cuyckens F, Demmer O, Dijkgraaf I, Dyke AM, Gill DM, Hall KA, Hester AJ, Hickey M, Irvine S, Janssen C, Kerr WJ, Kessler H, Kingston LP, Landreau C, Lawrie KWM, Lloyd-Jones G, Loaring H, Lockley WJS, Marshall LJ, Mo B, Moseley JD, Murrell VL, Nilsson GN, Oekonomopulos R, Pinney KG, Pleasance S, Raddatz S, Rees AT, Reid RG, Renny JS, Robert F, Rustidge D, Schumacher U, Schwaiger DM, Sharma S, Soloviev D, Spivey AC, Sriram M, Thijssen J, Tseng CC, Verluyten W, Viton F, Vliegen M, Weldon H, Wester HJ, Wilkinson DJ, Williams JMJ, Williamson G, Willis CL, Yan R. Abstracts of the 17th International Isotope Society (UK group) Symposium Synthesis and Applications of Labelled Compounds 2008. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.1590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Seefelder W, Varga N, Studer A, Williamson G, Scanlan FP, Stadler RH. Esters of 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD) in vegetable oils: Significance in the formation of 3-MCPD. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 2008; 25:391-400. [DOI: 10.1080/02652030701385241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Brand W, van der Wel P, Williamson G, van Bladeren P, Rietjens I. Modulating hesperetin bioavailability at the level of its intestinal metabolism and ABC transporter mediated efflux studied in Caco-2 monolayers. Chem Biol Interact 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2007.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Jepson AP, McDougall C, Clark A, Bateman A, Williamson G, Kaufmann ME. Finger rings should be removed prior to scrubbing. J Hosp Infect 2006; 64:197-8. [PMID: 16890324 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2006.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2006] [Accepted: 05/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Soon G, Quintin A, Scalfo F, Antille N, Williamson G, Offord E, Ginty F. PIXImus bone densitometer and associated technical measurement issues of skeletal growth in the young rat. Calcif Tissue Int 2006; 78:186-92. [PMID: 16547639 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-005-0191-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2005] [Accepted: 12/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The PIXImus dual-energy X-ray absorptiometer (DXA) is designed to measure body composition, bone mineral content (BMC), area (BA), and density (BMD) in mice and rats. The aims of this study were to longitudinally measure BMC, BA, and BMD in growing rats and to identify potential technical problems associated with the PIXImus. Total femur and lumbar DXA measurements, body weight, and length of initially 3-week-old rats (n = 10) were taken at weeks 5, 9, and 14. BMC and BMD of femoral metaphyseal and diaphyseal regions rich in trabecular and cortical bone, respectively, were obtained. Results showed significant increases in body weight, total femur BMC and BMD, lumbar area, length, BMC, and BMD at each time point. There was a significant positive correlation between body weight and total femur BMD (r = 0.97, P < 0.001) as well as lumbar BMD (r = 0.99, P < 0.001). BMD values for the femoral metaphyseal region and the lumbar spine were also positively correlated (r = 0.96, P < 0.01). Several technical issues (e.g., positioning of animals), difficulties (e.g., in analysis of images), and limitations (e.g., inability to detect underdeveloped calcified bone in growing animals and bone edge detection) of the software pertinent to the PIXImus were evident. In conclusion, despite limitations in the software, the PIXImus is a valuable tool for studying skeletal development of growing rats.
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- G Soon
- Nutrition Bioavailability, Nestle Research Center, Lausanne 1000, Switzerland
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Affolter M, Bergonzelli GE, Blaser K, Blum-Sperisen S, Corthésy B, Fay LB, Garcia-Rodenas C, Lopes LV, Marvin-Guy L, Mercenier A, Mutch DM, Panchaud A, Raymond F, Schmidt-Weber C, Schumann A, Spertini F, Williamson G, Kussmann M. -Omics for prevention: gene, protein and metabolite profiling to better understand individual disposition to disease. Nestle Nutr Workshop Ser Pediatr Program 2006; 57:247-50; discussion 250-5. [PMID: 16632970 DOI: 10.1159/000091077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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- M Affolter
- Nestlé Research Centre, Nestec Ltd., Lausanne, Switzerland
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Gunning AP, Kirby AR, Mackie AR, Kroon P, Williamson G, Morris VJ. Watching molecular processes with the atomic force microscope: dynamics of polymer adsorption and desorption at the single molecule level. J Microsc 2004; 216:52-6. [PMID: 15369483 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2720.2004.01391.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The formation of networks is an important step in the synthesis of many biological assemblies. For example, during the synthesis of plant cell walls the factors which dictate the arrangement of the polymeric constituents that make up the cell wall are not yet understood. Factors such as site-directed binding provide a possible theoretical background for beginning to understand the assembly of complex biological structures, but modelling of this process is difficult, time consuming and lacks experimental methods for verification. Through the use of atomic force microscopy (AFM) it has been demonstrated that changes in the binding of a single heterogeneous cell wall polysaccharide to a charged substrate can be followed in real time. Furthermore, subsequent image analysis allows the probability of binding of the molecule to be mapped to produce a real data set which is comparable with those obtained in simulation studies. In addition, these AFM studies have provided new mechanistic clues to the adsorption/desorption process of this polysaccharide.
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- A P Gunning
- Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, UK.
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Aura AM, Martin-Lopez P, O'Leary KA, Williamson G, Oksman-Caldentey KM, Poutanen K, Santos-Buelga C. In vitro metabolism of anthocyanins by human gut microflora. Eur J Nutr 2004; 44:133-42. [PMID: 15309431 DOI: 10.1007/s00394-004-0502-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 274] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2003] [Accepted: 02/27/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Only a small part of the dietary anthocyanins are absorbed. Thus large amounts of the ingested compounds are likely to enter the colon. In vitro and in vivo studies have shown that colonic bacteria transform various flavonoids to smaller phenolic acids. However, there is very little information on bacterial transformations of anthocyanins. AIM OF THE STUDY was to explore if anthocyanin glycosides were deglycosylated,whether the resulting aglycones were degraded further to smaller phenolic compounds by colonic bacteria, and to characterise metabolites. METHODS Isolated cyanidin-3-glucoside and -rutinoside were fermented in vitro using human faecal microbiota as an inoculum. Metabolites were analysed and characterised by HPLC-DAS and LC-MS. They were identified by comparing their characteristics with those of available standards, and semi-quantified using the amount of substrate analysed from samples at initial timepoint. RESULTS Cyanidin-3-glucoside and cyanidin aglycone could be identified as intermediary metabolites of cyanidin-3-rutinoside. At early timepoints (before 2 h), the formation of protocatechuic acid as a major metabolite for both cyanidin glycosides and detection of lower molecular weight metabolites show that anthocyanins were converted by gut microflora. Furthermore, reconjugation of the aglycone with other groups, non-typical for dietary anthocyanins, was evident at the later (after 2h) timepoints. CONCLUSION Bacterial metabolism of anthocyanins involves the cleavage of glycosidic linkages and breakdown of the anthocyanidin heterocycle.
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The superoxide anion scavenging capacity of two flavonols (quercetin and kaempferol) and some of their conjugates (quercetin-3-rhamnoglucoside, quercetin-3-sophoroside, quercetin-3-sulphate, quercetin-3-glucuronide, kaempferol-3-sophoroside, kaempferol-3-glucuronide) and of several hydroxycinnamic acids (caffeic acid, ferulic acid, 5-5 diferulic acid, 8-O-4 diferulic acid and 8-8 diferulic acid) were studied. Superoxide anions were generated non-enzymatically in a phenazine methosulphate-NADH system and assayed by reduction of nitro-blue tetrazolium. Among the flavonols examined, the most effective scavengers of superoxide anions were the sophoroside, glucuronide and rhamnoglucoside conjugates. Conversely, quercetin-3-sulphate and the flavonol aglycones, exhibited some pro-oxidant activity at the range of concentrations tested (0.5-10 microM). These results show that conjugation has a marked effect on the scavenging capacity of flavonols and that the type of conjugate at the 3-position determines the final superoxide scavenging capacity. Caffeic acid and ferulic acid showed no effect on the generation of superoxide anions by phenazine methosulphate-NADH. However, dimerization of ferulic acid enhanced the superoxide scavenging capacity of this hydroxycinnamic acid, but this depended on the type of linkage between the monomers. The order, from highest to lowest, of superoxide radical scavenging capacity for the dimers of ferulic acid was: 5-5-diferulic acid > 8-O-4-diferulic acid > 8-8-diferulic acid.
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- A Cano
- Nutrition Division, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK.
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Botes J, Williamson G, Sinickas V, Gürtler V. Genomic typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates by comparison of Riboprinting and PFGE: correlation of experimental results with those predicted from the complete genome sequence of isolate PAO1. J Microbiol Methods 2003; 55:231-40. [PMID: 14500014 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7012(03)00156-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The whole genomic typing of 21 isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from 15 intensive care unit (ICU) patients was performed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE using SpeI) and Riboprinting (using EcoRI and PvuII), and then the results were compared with predictions made from the whole genome sequence of P. aeruginosa PAO1. The analysis of electronic images from PFGE and Riboprinting by GelComparII demonstrated similar discrimination between PFGE and Riboprinting with PvuII enzyme; however, Riboprinting by EcoRI had reduced banding patterns and was shown to be of lower discrimination than PvuII. When analyzing isolates from patients, both PFGE and Riboprinting using PvuII enzyme gave equivalent results, with the exception of two isolates that were closely related by PvuII Riboprinting and unrelated by PFGE. These discrepancies in typing results can be explained and adjusted for by comparisons with the rrn properties and the SpeI restriction fragments predicted from the whole genome of P. aeruginosa PAO1. Properties of the rrn operon that need to be taken into account include: (i) restriction enzyme sites that produce one or two fragments for each rrn operon; (ii) genomic variability in ISR sequence length; (iii) different enzymes need to be used to determine differences in rrn operon copy number from Riboprints; and (iv) choice of a restriction enzyme that produces riboprinter bands derived from rrn operon regions that are highly variable within the genome and between isolates. This knowledge has ramifications for PFGE and Riboprinter design and analysis so that for each new species to be typed comparisons can be made using the whole genome sequence.
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- Jeannie Botes
- Department of Microbiology, Melbourne Health Shared Pathology Services, C/O Post Office, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville 3050, Australia
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Verhagen H, Aruoma OI, van Delft JHM, Dragsted LO, Ferguson LR, Knasmüller S, Pool-Zobel BL, Poulsen HE, Williamson G, Yannai S. The 10 basic requirements for a scientific paper reporting antioxidant, antimutagenic or anticarcinogenic potential of test substances in in vitro experiments and animal studies in vivo. Food Chem Toxicol 2003; 41:603-10. [PMID: 12659712 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-6915(03)00025-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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There is increasing evidence that chemicals/test substances cannot only have adverse effects, but that there are many substances that can (also) have a beneficial effect on health. As this journal regularly publishes papers in this area and has every intention in continuing to do so in the near future, it has become essential that studies reported in this journal reflect an adequate level of scientific scrutiny. Therefore a set of essential characteristics of studies has been defined. These basic requirements are default properties rather than non-negotiables: deviations are possible and useful, provided they can be justified on scientific grounds. The 10 basic requirements for a scientific paper reporting antioxidant, antimutagenic or anticarcinogenic potential of test substances in in vitro experiments and animal studies in vivo concern the following areas: (1) Hypothesis-driven study design; (2) The nature of the test substance; (3) Valid and invalid test systems; (4) The selection of dose levels and gender; (5) Reversal of the effects induced by oxidants, carcinogens and mutagens; (6) Route of administration; (7) Number and validity of test variables; (8) Repeatability and reproducibility; (9) Statistics; and (10) Quality Assurance.
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- H Verhagen
- Unilever Health Institute, PO Box 114, 3130 AC Vlaardingen, The Netherlands.
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Wilkinson AP, Gee JM, Dupont MS, Needs PW, Mellon FA, Williamson G, Johnson IT. Hydrolysis by lactase phlorizin hydrolase is the first step in the uptake of daidzein glucosides by rat small intestine in vitro. Xenobiotica 2003; 33:255-64. [PMID: 12637243 DOI: 10.1080/0049825021000058088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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1. Isoflavones are naturally occurring oestrogenic compounds found in plants, where they exist in the glycosylated form. A proportion of ingested glycosides appears to be absorbed in the upper gastrointestinal tract, where enterocytes play an important role in their metabolism. 2. One hypothesis is that ingestion may involve hydrolysis by the luminally exposed enzyme lactase phlorizin hydrolase (LPH), an enzyme expressed specifically at the small intestinal brush border. 3. Using an everted sac preparation of rat jejunum and an inhibitor of LPH, we investigated the absorption of daidzein-O(7)-glucoside (daidzin) and the effect of LPH inhibition on this process. It was demonstrated that LPH plays a major role in the deglycosylation of daidzin. 4. The hydrolysis product, daidzein, is absorbed by epithelial cells and glucuronidated to daidzein-O(7)-glucuronide, which is subsequently exported primarily to the serosal (vascular) side of the tissue rather than to the luminal side. 5. A small but significant proportion of the intact glycoside is also transferred to the serosal compartment, and in the presence of an LPH inhibitor this was enhanced with a corresponding reduction in deglucosylation and glucuronidation. 6. The results indicate that that LPH plays an important role in the metabolism of glycosylated phytochemicals, and that the expression and activity of this enzyme in the small intestine can modify the profile of metabolites appearing in the circulation.
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- A P Wilkinson
- Nutrition and Consumer Sciences Division, Institute of Food Research, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK.
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Mithen R, Faulkner K, Magrath R, Rose P, Williamson G, Marquez J. Development of isothiocyanate-enriched broccoli, and its enhanced ability to induce phase 2 detoxification enzymes in mammalian cells. Theor Appl Genet 2003; 106:727-34. [PMID: 12596003 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-002-1123-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2002] [Accepted: 06/27/2002] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Broccoli florets contain low levels of 3-methylsuphinylpropyl and 4-methylsulphinylbutyl glucosinolates. Following tissue disruption, these glucosinolates are hydrolysed to the corresponding isothiocyanates (ITCs), which have been associated with anticarcinogenic activity through a number of physiological mechanisms including the induction of phase II detoxification enzymes and apoptosis. In this paper, we describe the development of ITC-enriched broccoli through the introgression of three small segments of the genome of Brassica villosa, a wild relative of broccoli, each containing a quantitative trait locus (QTL), into a broccoli genetic background, via marker-assisted selection and analysis of glucosinolates in the florets of backcross populations. Epistatic and heterotic effects of these QTLs are described. The ITC-enriched broccoli had 80-times the ability to induce quinone reductase (a standard assay of phase II induction potential) when compared to standard commercial broccoli, due both to an increase in the precursor glucosinolates and a greater conversion of these into ITCs.
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- R Mithen
- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, LE12 5RD, UK.
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Plumb GW, de Pascual-Teresa S, Santos-Buelga C, Rivas-Gonzalo JC, Williamson G. Antioxidant properties of gallocatechin and prodelphinidins from pomegranate peel. Redox Rep 2002; 7:41-6. [PMID: 11981454 DOI: 10.1179/135100002125000172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Gallocatechins and a range of prodelphinidins were purified by high performance liquid chromatography from pomegranate peel. Gallocatechin, gallocatechin-(4-8)-catechin, gallocatechin-(4-8)-gallocatechin and catechin-(4-8)-gallocatechin were all identified, purified and quantified by LC-DAD-MS and MS-MS. The antioxidant properties of these compounds were assessed using two methods: (i) inhibition of ascorbate/iron-induced peroxidation of phosphatidylcholine liposomes; and (ii) scavenging of the radical cation of 2,2-azinobis (3-ethyl-benzothiazoline-6-sulphonate, ABTS) relative to the water-soluble vitamin E analogue Trolox C (expressed as Trolox C equivalent antioxidant capacity, TEAC). The prodelphinidin dimers were potent antioxidants in the aqueous phase, being much more effective than the gallocatechin monomer. However, in the lipid phase, only one of the dimers (gallocatechin-(4-8)-catechin) was significantly more effective than the monomer in the inhibition of lipid peroxidation of phosphatidylcholine vesicles. This study represents the first report on the antioxidant properties of prodelphinidins.
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- G W Plumb
- Phytochemicals Team, Nutrition, Health and Consumer Sciences Division, Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK.
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Wilkinson AP, Wähälä K, Williamson G. Identification and quantification of polyphenol phytoestrogens in foods and human biological fluids. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2002; 777:93-109. [PMID: 12270203 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-0232(02)00095-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We review the methods used to measure phytoestrogens (genistein, daidzein, lignans and their derivatives) in foods and biological fluids, and discuss advantages and disadvantages of each. The range of detection limits reported varies widely between individual laboratories, but generally the best reported sensitivity is as follows: immunoassay>HPLC-mass spectrometry=HPLC-multichannel electrochemical detection (coularray)>GC-single ion monitoring-mass spectrometry>HPLC-UV diode array>HPLC-single channel electrochemical detection. The best sensitivity reported so far is 0.002 pmol per assay for daidzein by radioimmunoassay. HPLC with UV diode array detection is the most commonly employed, but is the least sensitive and specific. GC and HPLC coupled with mass spectrometry or electrochemical detection are the most accurate and reproducible methods for a wide variety of analytes. Generally most methods, with the exception of immunoassay, have not been correlated with other methods. Recoveries from extraction methods, limits of detection, nature of compounds analysed and the internal standards used are summarised for more than 90 reports in the literature. From this data, it is clear that an inter-laboratory validation and correlation between a wide range of methods for phytoestrogen analysis is required. One underdeveloped area that requires particular attention is the analysis of plant lignans.
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- A P Wilkinson
- Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UA, Colney, UK. andrew.
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Aura AM, O'Leary KA, Williamson G, Ojala M, Bailey M, Puupponen-Pimiä R, Nuutila AM, Oksman-Caldentey KM, Poutanen K. Quercetin derivatives are deconjugated and converted to hydroxyphenylacetic acids but not methylated by human fecal flora in vitro. J Agric Food Chem 2002; 50:1725-1730. [PMID: 11879065 DOI: 10.1021/jf0108056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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By using a batch in vitro anaerobic fecal fermentation model, we have shown that the fecal microflora can rapidly deconjugate rutin, isoquercitrin, and a mixture of quercetin glucuronides. High levels of beta,D-glucosidase, alpha,L-rhamnosidase, and beta,D-glucuronidase were present. Rutin underwent deglycosylation, ring fission, and dehydroxylation. The main metabolite, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, appeared rapidly (2 h) and was dehydroxylated to 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid within 8 h. The pattern of in vitro fermentation of rutin was not changed by changing the pH (6.0 or 6.9), fermentation scale (10 or 1000 mL), or donors of the inoculum. Hydroxyphenylacetic acids were not methylated by colon flora in vitro. The colonic microflora has enormous potential to transform flavonoids into lower molecular weight phenolics, and these might have protective biological activities in the colon. The site of absorption of flavonoids and the form in which they are absorbed are critical for determining their metabolic pathway and consequent biological activities in vivo.
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- A-M Aura
- VTT Biotechnology, P.O. Box 1500, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland.
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A wide variety of plant-derived compounds, including the polyphenolic flavonoids, is present in the human diet or is consumed for medicinal reasons. Epidemiological and animal studies tend to suggest a protective effect of flavonoids against cardiovascular diseases and some types of cancer. Although flavonoids have been studied for about 50 years, the cellular mechanisms involved in their biological activity are still largely unknown. Antioxidant properties of the flavonoids have been postulated as a mechanism for putative protective effect against cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, these properties alone are not sufficient to explain the anti-carcinogenic potential of these polyphenols. The mechanisms by which the molecules interact with cells or are absorbed by them are very important for determining the intracellular concentration and distribution of the metabolites to internal organs. With the exception of the cells lining the gastrointestinal tract, all other cells in the body are only exposed to flavonoid metabolites and degradation products. No previous studies have addressed this aspect of cellular exposure, except for some methylated metabolites. Within the last decade, reports on flavonoid activities have been largely associated with enzyme inhibition and anti-proliferative activity. From our recent work on the human colon cancer cell line HT29 and comparison with published studies, structure-function relationships demonstrate that antioxidant, enzyme inhibitor or anti-proliferative activities are dependent on particular structure motifs. The present review also presents a summary of mechanistic data on a few elected compounds.
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- F Depeint
- Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, UK.
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Day AJ, Mellon F, Barron D, Sarrazin G, Morgan MR, Williamson G. Human metabolism of dietary flavonoids: identification of plasma metabolites of quercetin. Free Radic Res 2001; 35:941-52. [PMID: 11811545 DOI: 10.1080/10715760100301441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 312] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The position of conjugation of the flavonoid quercetin dramatically affects biological activity in vitro, therefore it is important to determine the exact nature of the plasma metabolites. In the present study, we have used various methods (HPLC with diode array detection, LCMS, chemical and enzymic synthesis of authentic conjugates and specific enzymic hydrolysis) to show that quercetin glucosides are not present in plasma of human subjects 1.5 h after consumption of onions (a rich source of flavonoid glucosides). All four individuals had similar qualitative profiles of metabolites. The major circulating compounds in the plasma after 1.5 h are identified as quercetin-3-glucuronide, 3'-methylquercetin-3-glucuronide and quercetin-3'-sulfate. The existence of substitutions in the B and/or C ring of plasma quercetin metabolites suggests that these conjugates will each have very different biological activities.
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- A J Day
- Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK.
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Giardina T, Gunning AP, Juge N, Faulds CB, Furniss CS, Svensson B, Morris VJ, Williamson G. Both binding sites of the starch-binding domain of Aspergillus niger glucoamylase are essential for inducing a conformational change in amylose. J Mol Biol 2001; 313:1149-59. [PMID: 11700070 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The interaction of the two binding sites of the starch-binding domain (SBD) of Aspergillus niger glucoamylase 1 (GA-I) with substrate has been investigated by using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and UV difference spectroscopy in combination with site-specific mutants of both SBD and GA-I. The SBD possesses two binding sites with distinct affinities towards the soluble linear substrate maltoheptaose; dissociation constants (K(d)) of 17 and 0.95 microM were obtained for W563 K (binding site 2 mutant) and W590 K (binding site 1 mutant), respectively, compared to an apparent K(d) of 23 microM for the wild-type SBD. Further, the two sites are almost but not totally independent of each other for binding, since abolishing one site does not prevent the amylose chain binding to the other site. Using AFM, we show that the amylose chains undergo a conformational change to form loops upon binding to the SBD, using either the recombinant wild-type SBD or a catalytically inactive mutant of GA-I. This characteristic conformation of amylose is lost when one of the SBD binding sites is eliminated by site-directed mutagenesis, as seen with the mutants W563 K or W590 K. Therefore, although each binding site is capable of simple binding to a ligand, both sites must be functional in order to induce a gross conformational change of the amylose molecules. Taken together these data suggest that for the complex with soluble amylose, SBD binds to a single amylose chain, site 1 being responsible for the initial recognition of the chain and site 2 being involved in tighter binding, leading to the circularisation of the amylose chain observed by AFM. Binding of the SBD to the amylose chain results in a novel two-turn helical amylose complex structure. The binding of parallel amylosic chains to the SBD may provide a basis for understanding the role of the SBD in facilitating enzymatic degradation of crystalline starches by glucoamylase 1.
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- T Giardina
- Nutrition, Health and Consumer Science Division, Institute of Food Research, Colney, Norwich, UK
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Andreasen MF, Kroon PA, Williamson G, Garcia-Conesa MT. Esterase activity able to hydrolyze dietary antioxidant hydroxycinnamates is distributed along the intestine of mammals. J Agric Food Chem 2001; 49:5679-5684. [PMID: 11714377 DOI: 10.1021/jf010668c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Hydroxycinnamic acids are effective antioxidants and are abundant components of plant cell walls, especially in cereal bran. For example, wheat and rye brans are rich sources of the hydroxycinnamates ferulic acid, sinapic acid, and p-coumaric acid. These phenolics are part of human and animal diets and may contribute to the beneficial effects derived from consumption of cereal bran. However, these compounds are ester linked to the main polymers in the plant cell wall and cannot be absorbed in this complex form. The present work shows that esterases with activity toward esters of the major dietary hydroxycinnamates are distributed throughout the intestinal tract of mammals. In rats, the cinnamoyl esterase activity in the small intestine is derived mainly from the mucosa, whereas in the large intestine the esterase activity was found predominantly in the luminal microflora. Mucosa cell-free extracts obtained from human duodenum, jejunum, and ileum efficiently hydrolyzed various hydroxycinnamoyl esters, providing the first evidence of human cinnamoyl esterase(s). This study first demonstrates the release by human colonic esterase(s) (mostly of microbial origin) of sinapic acid and p-coumaric acid from rye and wheat brans. Hydrolysis by intestinal esterase(s) is very likely the major route for release of antioxidant hydroxycinnamic acids in vivo.
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- M F Andreasen
- Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA, United Kingdom
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Hernanz D, Nuñez V, Sancho AI, Faulds CB, Williamson G, Bartolomé B, Gómez-Cordovés C. Hydroxycinnamic acids and ferulic acid dehydrodimers in barley and processed barley. J Agric Food Chem 2001; 49:4884-4888. [PMID: 11600039 DOI: 10.1021/jf010530u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Hydroxycinnamic acid content and ferulic acid dehydrodimer content were determined in 11 barley varieties after alkaline hydrolysis. Ferulic acid (FA) was the most abundant hydroxycinnamate with concentrations ranging from 359 to 624 microg/g dry weight. p-Coumaric acid (PCA) levels ranged from 79 to 260 microg/g dry weight, and caffeic acid was present at concentrations of <19 microg/g dry weight. Among the ferulic acid dehydrodimers that were identified, 8-O-4'-diFA was the most abundant (73-118 microg/g dry weight), followed by 5,5'-diFA (26-47 microg/g dry weight), the 8,5'-diFA benzofuran form (22-45 microg/g dry weight), and the 8,5'-diFA open form (10-23 microg/g dry weight). Significant variations (p < 0.05) among the different barley varieties were observed for all the compounds that were quantified. Barley grains were mechanically fractionated into three fractions: F1, fraction consisting mainly of the husk and outer layers; F2, intermediate fraction; and F3, fraction consisting mainly of the endosperm. Fraction F1 contained the highest concentration for ferulic acid (from 77.7 to 82.3% of the total amount in barley grain), p-coumaric acid (from 78.0 to 86.3%), and ferulic acid dehydrodimers (from 79.2 to 86.8%). Lower contents were found in fraction F2, whereas fraction F3 exhibited the lowest percentages (from 1.2 to 1.9% for ferulic acid, from 0.9 to 1.7% for p-coumaric acid, and <0.02% for ferulic acid dehydrodimers). The solid barley residue from the brewing process (brewer's spent grain) was approximately 5-fold richer in ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid, and ferulic acid dehydrodimers than barley grains.
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- D Hernanz
- Departamento de Química y Ciencia de los Materiales, Area de Química Analítica, EPS La Rábida, Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, Spain
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Murray S, Lake BG, Gray S, Edwards AJ, Springall C, Bowey EA, Williamson G, Boobis AR, Gooderham NJ. Effect of cruciferous vegetable consumption on heterocyclic aromatic amine metabolism in man. Carcinogenesis 2001; 22:1413-20. [PMID: 11532863 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/22.9.1413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The consumption of cooked meat appears to predispose individuals to colonic cancer and heterocyclic aromatic amines (HA), formed during the cooking of meat, have been suggested as aetiological agents. Consumption of cruciferous vegetables is thought to protect against cancer. To study the effect of cruciferous vegetables on heterocyclic aromatic amine metabolism in man, a three-period, dietary intervention study has been carried out with 20 non-smoking Caucasian male subjects consuming cooked meat meals containing known amounts of these carcinogens. A high cruciferous vegetable diet (250 g each of Brussels sprouts and broccoli per day) was maintained during period 2 but such vegetables were excluded from periods 1 and 3. At the end of each period, subjects consumed a cooked meat meal and urinary excretion of the HA 2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo(4,5-f)quinoxaline (MeIQx) and 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo(4,5-b)pyridine (PhIP) was measured. Following a 12 day period of cruciferous vegetable consumption (period 2), induction of hepatic CYP1A2 activity was apparent from changes in the kinetics of caffeine metabolism. Excretion of MeIQx and PhIP in urine at the end of this period of the study was reduced by 23 and 21%, respectively, compared with period 1. This reduction in excretion is probably due to an increase in amine metabolism that might be expected given the observed increase in CYP1A2 activity, since this enzyme has been shown to be primarily responsible for the oxidative activation of MeIQx and PhIP in man. In period 2, urinary mutagenicity was increased relative to period 1 by 52 and 64% in the absence and presence, respectively, of a human liver microsomal activation system, yet no evidence was found of PhIP adduction to lymphocyte DNA, a potential biomarker of the activation process. After another 12 days without cruciferous vegetables (period 3 of the study), the kinetics of caffeine metabolism had returned to original values but excretion of MeIQx and PhIP was still reduced by 17 and 30%, respectively, and urinary mutagenicity (with metabolic activation) was still elevated compared with period 1. This prolonged response of amine metabolism to the cruciferous vegetable diet, shown especially with PhIP, suggests that enzyme systems other than CYP1A2 are involved and affected by a cruciferous vegetable diet.
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- S Murray
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Department of Molecular Toxicology, Imperial College School of Medicine, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, London, UK
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Quercetin glucuronides are the main circulating metabolites of quercetin in humans. We hypothesise that the potential availability of the aglycone within tissues depends on the substrate specificity of the deconjugating enzyme beta-glucuronidase towards circulating flavonoid glucuronides. Human tissues (small intestine, liver and neutrophils) exhibited beta-glucuronidase against quercetin glucuronides. The various quercetin glucuronides were deconjugated at similar rates, but liver cell-free extracts were the most efficient and the activity was completely inhibited by saccharo-1,4-lactone (a beta-glucuronidase inhibitor). Furthermore, pure recombinant human beta-glucuronidase hydrolysed various flavonoid glucuronides, with a 20-fold variation in catalytic efficiency (k(cat)/K(m)=1.3x10(3) M(-1) s(-1) for equol-7-O-glucuronide and 26x10(3) M(-1) s(-1) for kaempferol-3-O-glucuronide). Similar catalytic efficiencies were obtained for quercetin O-glucuronides substituted at different positions. These results show that flavonoid glucuronides can be deconjugated by microsomal beta-glucuronidase from various human cells.
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- K A O'Leary
- Nutrition, Health and Consumer Sciences Division, Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK
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Day AJ, Williamson G. Biomarkers for exposure to dietary flavonoids: a review of the current evidence for identification of quercetin glycosides in plasma. Br J Nutr 2001; 86 Suppl 1:S105-10. [PMID: 11520427 DOI: 10.1079/bjn2001342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Quercetin, a polyphenol with potential health effects, is absorbed by humans and measurement in plasma can be used as a biomarker for intake. However, the chemical nature of the quercetin in blood is still not known, although one possibility is that glucosides are found in an unchanged form from the original food. We propose that the existence of quercetin glucosides in plasma is unlikely, since the metabolic beta-glucosidase capacity of the small intestine and of the liver is too great for quercetin glucosides to escape deglycosylation. We critically examine the limited number of studies which purport to detect quercetin glycosides in blood and the current evidence for the absorption of these compounds from the gastrointestinal tract. We emphasise the need for comprehensive identification of circulating compounds, since polyphenol glucuronides, the expected metabolites in plasma, have almost identical chromatographic properties to the glucosides at acid pH. Studies on the nature of quercetin metabolites in plasma are urgently needed so that the proposed biological activities of quercetin can be re-assessed and that a suitable biomarker of exposure can be established.
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- A J Day
- Diet, Health and Consumer Sciences Division, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK
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Crews H, Alink G, Andersen R, Braesco V, Holst B, Maiani G, Ovesen L, Scotter M, Solfrizzo M, van den Berg R, Verhagen H, Williamson G. A critical assessment of some biomarker approaches linked with dietary intake. Br J Nutr 2001; 86 Suppl 1:S5-35. [PMID: 11520422 DOI: 10.1079/bjn2001337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In this review many examples are given of the complexities involved in using some biomarkers in relation to assessing the effects of dietary exposure, when there is frequently a need to determine changes following long-term low level exposure to dietary components. These range from understanding why the biomarker might be valuable and how best it can be measured, to the pitfalls which can occur in the interpretation of data. Analytical technique is considered in relation to folate and selenium, and flavonoid and carotenoid species are used to illustrate how the metabolism of a compound may alter the validity or adequacy of a marker. Vitamin A is discussed in relation to the difficulties which can arise when there are several biomarkers that may be available to assess exposure to one nutrient. Vitamin B12 is discussed in relation to the dietary choices made by individuals. Possible interactions and the role of measuring total antioxidant capacity is considered in some detail. In contrast to most nutrients, there is a marked lack of biomarkers of either exposure or effect for most non-nutrients. The role of biological effect monitoring is considered for dietary contaminants, fumonisins and polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons. Aflatoxins are discussed to exemplify food contaminants for which the biomarker approach has been extensively studied. Finally some compounds which are deliberately added to foods and some which appear as processing contaminants are each considered briefly in relation to the requirement for a biomarker of exposure to be developed.
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- H Crews
- Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK.
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Diferulic acids are potent antioxidants and are abundant structural components of plant cell walls, especially in cereal brans. As such, they are part of many human and animal diets and may contribute to the beneficial effect of cereal brans on health. However, these phenolics are ester-linked to cell wall polysaccharides and cannot be absorbed in this form. This study provides the first evidence that diferulic acids can be absorbed via the gastrointestinal tract. The 5-5-, 8-O-4-, and 8-5-diferulic acids were identified in the plasma of rats after oral dosing with a mixture of the three acids in oil. Our study also reveals that human and rat colonic microflora contain esterase activity able to release 5-5-, 8-O-4-, and 8-5-diferulic acids from model compounds and dietary cereal brans, hence providing a mechanism for release of dietary diferulates prior to absorption of the free acids. In addition, cell-free extracts from human and rat small intestine mucosa exhibited esterase activity towards diferulate esters. Hence, we have shown that esterified diferulates can be released from cereal brans by intestinal enzymes, and that free diferulic acids can be absorbed and enter the circulatory system. Our results suggest that the phenolic antioxidant diferulic acids are bioavailable.
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- M F Andreasen
- Department of Horticulture, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Aarslev, Denmark
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Juge N, Williamson G, Puigserver A, Cummings NJ, Connerton IF, Faulds CB. High-level production of recombinant Aspergillus niger cinnamoyl esterase (FAEA) in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. FEMS Yeast Res 2001; 1:127-32. [PMID: 12702357 DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2001.tb00023.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The cDNA encoding Aspergillus niger cinnamoyl esterase (FAEA) with its native signal sequence was isolated by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, sequenced, and expressed in Pichia pastoris. Secretion yields up to 300 mg l(-1) were obtained in buffered medium. The recombinant FAEA was purified to homogeneity using a one-step purification protocol and found to be identical to the native enzyme with respect to size, pI, immunoreactivity and N-terminal sequence. Specific activity, pH and temperature optimum, and kinetic parameters were also found similar to the native esterase. FAEA is thus the first fungal esterase efficiently produced using a heterologous system.
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- N Juge
- Nutrition, Health and Consumer Science Division, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, UK
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Couteau D, McCartney AL, Gibson GR, Williamson G, Faulds CB. Isolation and characterization of human colonic bacteria able to hydrolyse chlorogenic acid. J Appl Microbiol 2001; 90:873-81. [PMID: 11412317 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2001.01316.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS Conjugated hydroxycinnamates, such as chlorogenic acid (caffeoyl-quinic acid), are widely consumed in a Western diet, coffee being one of the richest sources. Ingested hydroxycinnamate esters can reach the large intestine essentially unaltered, and may then be hydrolysed by esterases produced by the indigenous microflora. This study is aimed at identifying bacterial species responsible for the release of natural antioxidants, such as hydroxycinnamic acids, in the human large intestine. METHODS AND RESULTS Thirty-five isolates recovered after anaerobic batch culture incubation of human faecal bacteria in a chlorogenic acid-based medium were screened for cinnamoyl esterase activity. Six isolates released the hydroxycinnamate, ferulic acid, from its ethyl ester in a plate-screening assay, and these were identified through genotypic characterization (16S rRNA sequencing) as Escherichia coli (three isolates), Bifidobacterium lactis and Lactobacillus gasseri (two strains). Chlorogenic acid hydrolysing activities were essentially intracellular. These cinnamoyl esterase-producing organisms were devoid of other phenolic-degrading activities. CONCLUSION The results show that certain gut bacteria, including some already recognized as potentially health-promoting (i.e. species belonging to the genera Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus), are involved in the release of bioactive hydroxycinnamic acids in the human colon. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Free hydroxycinnamates, including caffeic, ferulic and p-coumaric acids, exhibit antioxidant and anticarcinogenic properties both in vitro and in animal models. Given that the gut flora has a major role in human nutrition and health, some of the beneficial effects of phenolic acids may be ascribed to the microflora involved in metabolism.
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- D Couteau
- Nutrition, Health & Consumer Science Division, Institute of Food Research, Colney, Norwich, UK
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Syntheses of the title compounds--commonly known as 'daidzein 7-glucuronide' and 'daidzein 4',7-diglucuronide'--are described. Selective 7-deacetylation of 4',7-di-O-acetyldaidzein is employed.
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- P W Needs
- Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, UK
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Quercetin glycosides are common dietary antioxidants. In general, however, potential biological effects of the circulating plasma metabolites (e.g., glucuronide conjugates) have not been measured. We have determined the rate of glucuronidation of quercetin at each position on the polyphenol ring by human liver cell-free extracts containing UDP-glucuronosyltransferases. The apparent affinity of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase followed the order 4'- > 3'- > 7- > 3, although the apparent maximum rate of formation was for the 7-position. The 5-position did not appear to be a site for conjugation. After isolation of individual glucuronides, the inhibition of xanthine oxidase and lipoxygenase were assessed. The K(i) for the inhibition of xanthine oxidase by quercetin glucuronides followed the order 4'- > 3'- > 7- > 3-, with quercetin-4'-glucuronide a particularly potent inhibitor (K(i) = 0. 25 microM). The glucuronides, with the exception of quercetin-3-glucuronide, were also inhibitors of lipoxygenase. Quercetin glucuronides are metabolites of quercetin in humans, and these compounds can retain some biological activity depending on conjugation position at expected plasma concentrations.
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- A J Day
- Diet, Health and Consumer Sciences Division, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, UK
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Kroon PA, Williamson G, Fish NM, Archer DB, Belshaw NJ. A modular esterase from Penicillium funiculosum which releases ferulic acid from plant cell walls and binds crystalline cellulose contains a carbohydrate binding module. Eur J Biochem 2000; 267:6740-52. [PMID: 11082184 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2000.01742.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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An esterase was isolated from cultures of the filamentous fungus Penicillium funiculosum grown on sugar beet pulp as the sole carbon source. The enzyme (ferulic acid esterase B, FAEB) was shown to be a cinnamoyl esterase (CE), efficiently releasing hydroxycinnamic acids from synthetic ester substrates and plant cell walls, and bound strongly to microcrystalline cellulose. A gene fragment was obtained by PCR using partial amino-acid sequences obtained from the pure enzyme and used to a probe a P. funiculosum genomic DNA library. A clone containing a 1120-bp ORF, faeB, was obtained which encoded a putative 353-residue preprotein including an 18-residue signal peptide, which when expressed in Eschericia coli produced CE activity. Northern analysis showed that transcription of faeB was tightly regulated, being stimulated by growth of the fungus on sugar beet pulp but inhibited by free glucose. The faeB promoter sequence contains putative motifs for binding an activator protein, XLNR, and a carbon catabolite repressor protein, CREA. FAEB was comprised of two distinct domains separated by a 20 residue Thr/Ser/Pro linker region. The N-terminal domain comprised 276 amino acids, contained a G-X-S-X-G motif typical of serine esterases, and was shown to be a member of a family comprising serine esterases, including microbial acetyl xylan esterases, poly (3-hydroxyalkanoate) depolymerases and CEs, and proteins of unknown function from Mycobacterium spp. and plants. The C-terminal domain comprised 39 amino acids and closely resembled the family 1 cellulose binding carbohydrate-binding modules (CBM) of fungal glycosyl hydrolases. This is the first report of a fungal CE with a CBM.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Amino Acids/chemistry
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Carbohydrate Metabolism
- Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases/chemistry
- Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases/genetics
- Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases/metabolism
- Cell Wall/metabolism
- Cellulose/metabolism
- Chenopodiaceae/chemistry
- Chromatography, Ion Exchange
- Cloning, Molecular
- Coumaric Acids/metabolism
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Escherichia coli/metabolism
- Gene Library
- Glucose/metabolism
- Glutathione Transferase/metabolism
- Hydrolysis
- Kinetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Open Reading Frames
- Penicillium/enzymology
- Plants/metabolism
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Binding
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Substrate Specificity
- Sulfones/pharmacology
- Time Factors
- Transcription, Genetic
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- P A Kroon
- Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, UK.
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Gee JM, DuPont MS, Day AJ, Plumb GW, Williamson G, Johnson IT. Intestinal transport of quercetin glycosides in rats involves both deglycosylation and interaction with the hexose transport pathway. J Nutr 2000; 130:2765-71. [PMID: 11053519 DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.11.2765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Flavonoids are polyphenolic plant secondary metabolites with antioxidant and other biological activities potentially beneficial to health. Food-borne flavonoids occur mainly as glycosides, some of which can be absorbed in the human small intestine; however, the mechanism of uptake is uncertain. We used isolated preparations of rat small intestine to compare the uptake of the quercetin aglycone with that of some quercetin glucosides commonly found in foods, and investigated interactions between quercetin-3-glucoside and the intestinal hexose transport pathway. The nature of any metabolism of quercetin and its glucosides during small intestinal transport in vitro was determined by HPLC. The presence of quercetin-3-glucoside in the mucosal medium suppressed the uptake of labeled galactose by competitive inhibition and stimulated the efflux of preloaded galactose. Quercetin-3-glucoside and quercetin-4'-glucoside, but not quercetin-3,4'-diglucoside, were transported into everted sacs significantly more quickly than quercetin aglycone. Intact quercetin glucosides were not detected in mucosal tissue or within the serosal compartment, but both free quercetin and its metabolites were present, mainly as quercetin-3-glucuronide and quercetin-7-glucuronide. Evidently, quercetin derived from quercetin-3-glucoside passes across the small intestinal epithelium more rapidly than free quercetin aglycone. Monoglucosides of quercetin interact with the sodium-dependent glucose transporter. During passage across the epithelium, quercetin-3-glucoside is rapidly deglycosylated and then glucuronidated.
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- J M Gee
- Diet, Health and Consumer Sciences Division, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK
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Rose P, Faulkner K, Williamson G, Mithen R. 7-Methylsulfinylheptyl and 8-methylsulfinyloctyl isothiocyanates from watercress are potent inducers of phase II enzymes. Carcinogenesis 2000; 21:1983-8. [PMID: 11062158 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/21.11.1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Watercress is an exceptionally rich dietary source of beta-phenylethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC). This compound inhibits phase I enzymes, which are responsible for the activation of many carcinogens in animals, and induces phase II enzymes, which are associated with enhanced excretion of carcinogens. In this study, we show that watercress extracts are potent inducers of quinone reductase (QR) in murine hepatoma Hepa 1c1c7 cells, a widely adopted assay for measuring phase II enzyme induction. However, contrary to expectations, this induction was not associated with PEITC (which is rapidly lost to the atmosphere upon tissue disruption due to its volatility) or a naturally occurring PEITC-glutathione conjugate, but with 7-methylsulfinyheptyl and 8-methylsulfinyloctyl isothiocyanates (ITCs). While it was confirmed that PEITC does induce QR (5 microM required for a two-fold induction in QR), 7-methylsulfinyheptyl and 8-methylsulfinyloctyl ITCs were more potent inducers (0.2 microM and 0.5 microM, respectively, required for a two-fold induction in QR). Thus, while watercress contains three times more phenylethyl glucosinolate than methylsulfinylalkyl glucosinolates, ITCs derived from methylsulfinylalkyl glucosinolates may be more important phase II enzyme inducers than PEITC, having 10 - to 25-fold greater potency. Analysis of urine by liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy (LC-MS) following consumption of watercress demonstrated the presence of N:-acetylcysteine conjugates of 7-methylsulfinylheptyl, 8-methylsulfinyloctyl ITCs and PEITC, indicating that these ITCs are taken up by the gut and metabolized in the body. Watercress may have exceptionally good anticarcinogenic potential, as it combines a potent inhibitor of phase I enzymes (PEITC) with at least three inducers of phase II enzymes (PEITC, 7-methylsulfinylheptyl ITC and 8-methylsulfinyloctyl ITC). The study also demonstrates the application of LC-MS for the detection of complex glucosinolate-derived metabolites in plant extracts and urine.
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- P Rose
- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH and Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK
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Microorganisms able to produce vanillin in excess of 6g/l from ferulic acid have now been isolated. In Pseudomonas strains, the metabolic pathway from eugenol via ferulic acid to vanillin has been characterised at the enzymic and molecular genetic levels. Attempts to introduce vanillin production into other organisms by genetic engineering have begun.
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- N J Walton
- Food Safety Science Division, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, NR4 7UA, Norwich, UK.
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