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ArticleBiomolecules2021

Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Rosmarinic Acid-Loaded Nanovesicles in Acute Colitis through Modulation of NLRP3 Inflammasome.

Sonia Marinho, Matilde Illanes, Javier Ávila-Román, Virginia Motilva, Elena Talero

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Article in Biomolecules, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sonia MarinhoHealth Sciences Center, Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia, Santo Antônio de Jesus 44430-400, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6524-9104
Matilde IllanesDepartment of Normal and Pathological Cytology and Histology, Universidad de Sevilla, 41009 Seville, Spain.
Javier Ávila-RománDepartment of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9766-8178
Virginia MotilvaDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5674-6969
Elena TaleroDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9955-801X
Universidad de Sevilla · ESUniversidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia · BRUniversitat Rovira i Virgili · ES

Funding

Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa-Junta de Andalucía P12-AGR-430
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ulcerative colitis (UC), one of the two main types of inflammatory bowel disease, has no effective treatment. Rosmarinic acid (RA) is a polyphenol that, when administered orally, is metabolised in the small intestine, compromising its beneficial effects. We used chitosan/nutriose-coated niosomes loaded with RA to protect RA from gastric degradation and target the colon and evaluated their effect on acute colitis induced by 4% dextran sodium sulphate (DSS) for seven days in mice. RA-loaded nanovesicles (5, 10 and 20 mg/kg) or free RA (20 mg/kg) were orally administered from three days prior to colitis induction and during days 1, 3, 5 and 7 of DSS administration. RA-loaded nanovesicles improved body weight loss and disease activity index as well as increased mucus production and decreased myeloperoxidase activity and TNF-α production. Moreover, RA-loaded nanovesicles downregulated protein expression of inflammasome components such as NLR family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3), adaptor protein (ASC) and caspase-1, and the consequent reduction of IL-1β levels. Furthermore, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) protein expression increased after the RA-loaded nanovesicles treatment However, these mechanistic changes were not detected with the RA-free treatment. Our findings suggest that the use of chitosan/nutriose-coated niosomes to increase RA local bioavailability could be a promising nutraceutical strategy for oral colon-targeted UC therapy.

Indexed as

AnimalsCinnamatesColitisDepsidesDisease Models, AnimalHeme Oxygenase-1InflammasomesInflammationIn Vitro TechniquesMaleMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNanomedicineNanoparticlesNF-E2-Related Factor 2CinnamatesDepsidesHeme Oxygenase-1Hmox1 protein, mouseInflammasomesMembrane ProteinsNfe2l2 protein, mouseNF-E2-Related Factor 2NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNlrp3 protein, mousePeroxidaseRosmarinic AcidTumor Necrosis Factor-alphainflammasomenanovesiclesNrf2rosmarinic acidulcerative colitis

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PMID33530569
PMCPMC7912577
OpenAlexW3125158112

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