Buckwheat and buckwheat enriched products exert an anti-inflammatory effect on the myofibroblasts of colon CCD-18Co

• Published in: Food & function Vol. 9; no. 6; pp. 3387 - 3397
• Main Authors: Giménez-Bastida, J A, Laparra-Llopis, J M, Baczek, N, Zielinski, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 20.06.2018
• Subjects: Anti-Inflammatory Agents - metabolism; Attenuation; Bioactive compounds; Biological activity; Bread; Bread - analysis; Buckwheat; Cell adhesion & migration; Cell cycle; Cell Line; Cell migration; Cell Movement; Colon; Colon - cytology; Colon - immunology; Colon - metabolism; Enrichment; Fagopyrum - metabolism; Fermented food; Functional Food - analysis; Functional foods & nutraceuticals; Humans; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - diet therapy; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - immunology; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - metabolism; Inflammatory response; Intestinal Mucosa - metabolism; Intestine; Intestines - immunology; Medical treatment; Membrane potential; Mitochondria; Myofibroblasts - metabolism; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - genetics; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - immunology; Tumor necrosis factor-α; Wheat
• ISSN: 2042-6496; 2042-650X
• DOI: 10.1039/c8fo00193f

Buckwheat (BW) constitutes a good source of bioactive components that show anti-inflammatory effects in vitro and in vivo. The use of functional foods in the prevention and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) has aroused increasing interest. This study investigates the effect of in vitro digested BW and BW-enriched products (BW-enriched wheat breads, roasted BW groats -fermented and non-fermented-, and BW sprouts) on colon myofibroblasts, the cells involved in the regulation of inflammatory response in the intestine. The cells were treated with different digested-BW products, alone or together with TNF-α (20 ng mL-1), and the effects on the cell migration, mitochondrial membrane potential and cell cycle, processes altered during intestinal inflammation, were investigated. A significant reduction in TNF-α-induced migration (25.5%, p < 0.05) and attenuation of the TNF-α-altered cell cycle (p < 0.05) was observed in myofibroblasts treated with BW-enriched white wheat bread. These results contribute to extend the beneficial effects derived from BW bioactive compounds, and suggest that BW consumption can exert beneficial effects on IBDs.