Organotypic co-culture system to study plant extract bioactivity on hepatocytes
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- 作者：Anna Castell-Auví ; M. José ; Motilva ; Alba Macià ; Helena Torrell ; Cinta Bladé ; Montserrat Pinent ; Lluí ; s Arola ; Anna Ardé ; vol
- 关键词：Bioactive compounds ; Caco-2 ; Co-culture ; Hepatocyte ; Plant extract
- 刊名：Food Chemistry
- 出版年：2010
- 出版时间：1 October 2010
- 年：2010
- 卷：122
- 期：3
- 页码：775-781
- 全文大小：648 K
文摘
Natural plant extracts are complex mixtures of molecules that have to be uptaken and metabolized, at least by the intestinal barrier, before they reach their body targets. This paper evaluates the feasibility of using a co-culture system to assay the bioactivity of plant extract on hepatic cells closest to the in vivo situation. Caco-2 cells, mimicking intestinal barrier roles, were grown on inserts on a monolayer of HepG2 hepatocytes for 24 h. The co-culture induced some adaptations, but the Caco-2 cells showed no differences in their abilities to filter and metabolize grape-seed derived extract (GSPE) components. The co-culture clearly reproduced the ability of a procyanidin extract to decrease the triglyceride secretion of hepatocytes, a proven in vivo effect. This system mimics a human physiological system that is useful for assaying the bioactivity of extracts and may be able to be used for developing new functional foods.