
Blueberry fruits have a wide range of health benefits because of their abundant anthocyanins, which are natural antioxidants. The purpose of this study was to investigate the inhibitory effect of blueberry’s two main anthocyanins (malvidin-3-glucoside and malvidin-3-galactoside) on inflammatory response in endothelial cells. These two malvidin glycosides could inhibit tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) induced increases of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) production both in the protein and mRNA levels in a concentration-dependent manner. Mv-3-glc at the concentration of 1 μM could inhibit 35.9% increased MCP-1, 54.4% ICAM-1, and 44.7% VCAM-1 protein in supernatant, as well as 9.88% MCP-1 and 48.6% ICAM-1 mRNA expression (p < 0.05). In addition, they could decrease IκBα degradation (Mv-3-glc, Mv-3-gal, and their mixture at the concentration of 50 μM had the inhibition rate of 84.8%, 75.3%, and 43.2%, respectively, p < 0.01) and block the nuclear translocation of p65, which suggested their anti-inflammation mechanism was mediated by the nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) pathway. In general malvidin-3-glucoside had better anti-inflammatory effect than malvidin-3-galactoside. These results indicated that blueberry is good resource of anti-inflammatory anthocyanins, which can be promising molecules for the development of nutraceuticals to prevent chronic inflammation in many diseases.
Blueberry Plants, Active Transport, Cell Nucleus, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Organic chemistry, Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1, Article, Anthocyanins, QD241-441, Glucosides, NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha, Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells, Humans, malvidin-3-glucoside, Chemokine CCL2, blueberry, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, NF-kappa B, Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1, anthocyanins, anti-inflammatory effect, Proteolysis, I-kappa B Proteins, malvidin-3-galactoside
Blueberry Plants, Active Transport, Cell Nucleus, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Organic chemistry, Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1, Article, Anthocyanins, QD241-441, Glucosides, NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha, Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells, Humans, malvidin-3-glucoside, Chemokine CCL2, blueberry, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, NF-kappa B, Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1, anthocyanins, anti-inflammatory effect, Proteolysis, I-kappa B Proteins, malvidin-3-galactoside
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