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Flavonoid-rich berry-extract treatment decreases glucose uptake in human intestinal Caco-2 cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2011

F. Alzaid ,
H. M. Cheung ,
P. A. Sharp ,
V. R. Preedy  and
H. Wiseman
F. Alzaid
Affiliation:
Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK
H. M. Cheung
Affiliation:
Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK
P. A. Sharp
Affiliation:
Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK
V. R. Preedy
Affiliation:
Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK
H. Wiseman
Affiliation:
Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK
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Berries are a rich dietary source of bioactive polyphenols, including flavonoids, such as anthocyanins(Reference Zafra-Stone, Yasmin and Bagchi1). Dietary flavonoids are known to decrease the expression of the facilitative GLUT2 and the sodium-glucose cotransporter (SGLT1) genes, the two main glucose transporters in human subjects' intestinal Caco-2 cells(Reference Alzaid, Pourvali and Sharp2). Acute inhibitory effects on glucose absorption have previously been observed in the presence of flavonoids, however, little is known regarding genomic effects on uptake(Reference Johnston, Sharp and Clifford3). The present study investigated the influence of a flavonoid-rich berry-extract on glucose uptake in human subject's intestinal Caco-2 cell monolayers.

Human subject’s intestinal Caco-2 cells, cultured for 19 d, were treated, acutely (15 min) or chronically (16 h) with a flavonoid-rich berry-extract (OptiBerry; InterHealth Nutraceuticals, Benicia, CA, USA) at a final concentration of 0.125% (w/v) then subjected to radiolabelled glucose for 2 min, in the presence or absence of Na. Uptake was determined by liquid scintillation counting of cell lysate. Data were normalised to cell protein concentration and presented as uptake as a percentage of control. Statistical significance was determined by Student's t-test (P⩽0.05; n 12).

Results indicated that berry flavonoids significantly decrease glucose uptake in human subject's intestinal Caco-2 cells both acutely and chronically. These inhibitory effects are evident in both Na -dependent and Na -independent glucose uptake pathways. Studies are in progress to investigate the biological relevance of the observed effects in relation to berry consumption and glucose metabolism. Potentially, such berry-extracts may be useful in the dietary modulation of postprandial glucose homeostasis.

Fig. 1.

Effects of berry-extract treatment on Na -dependent and -independent glucose uptake in human subject's intestinal Caco-2 cells. A. Acute berry-extract treatment in the presence of Na. B. Acute berry-extract treatment in the absence of Na. C. Chronic berry-extract treatment in the presence of Na. D. Chronic berry-extract treatment in the absence of Na. Data expressed as mean uptake as a percentage of control (SEM), n 12; *: P⩽0.05, **: P⩽0.01, ***: P⩽0.001.

References

1.Zafra-Stone, S, Yasmin, T, Bagchi, M et al. (2007) Berry anthocyanins as novel antioxidants in human health and disease prevention. Mol Nutr Food Res 51, 675–683.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
2.Alzaid, F, Pourvali, K, Sharp, PA et al. (2010) Anthocyanin-rich berry-extract treatment decreases expression of dietary glucose transporter genes in human intestinal Caco-2 cells. Proc. Nut. Soc. 69(OCE4), E326.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
3.Johnston, K, Sharp, P, Clifford, M et al. (2005) Dietary polyphenols decrease glucose uptake by human intestinal Caco-2 cells. FEBS Lett 579, 1653–1657.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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Fig. 1. Effects of berry-extract treatment on Na -dependent and -independent glucose uptake in human subject's intestinal Caco-2 cells. A. Acute berry-extract treatment in the presence of Na. B. Acute berry-extract treatment in the absence of Na. C. Chronic berry-extract treatment in the presence of Na. D. Chronic berry-extract treatment in the absence of Na. Data expressed as mean uptake as a percentage of control (SEM), n 12; *: P⩽0.05, **: P⩽0.01, ***: P⩽0.001.