The role of turmerones on curcumin transportation and P-glycoprotein activities in intestinal Caco-2 cells Journal Article
| Authors: | Yue, G. G. L.; Cheng, S. W.; Yu, H.; Xu, Z. S.; Lee, J. K. M.; Hon, P. M.; Lee, M. Y. H.; Kennelly, E. J.; Deng, G.; Yeung, S. K.; Cassileth, B. R.; Fung, K. P.; Leung, P. C.; Lau, C. B. S. |
| Article Title: | The role of turmerones on curcumin transportation and P-glycoprotein activities in intestinal Caco-2 cells |
| Abstract: | The rhizome of Curcuma longa (turmeric) is often used in Asia as a spice and as a medicine. Its most well-studied component, curcumin, has been shown to exhibit poor bioavailability in animal studies and clinical trials. We hypothesized that the presence of lipophilic components (e.g., turmerones) in turmeric extract would affect the absorption of curcumin. The effects of turmerones on curcumin transport were evaluated in human intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells. The roles of turmerones on P-glycoprotein (P-gp) activities and mRNA expression were also evaluated. Results showed that in the presence of α- and aromatic turmerones, the amount of curcumin transported into the Caco-2 cells in 2 hours was significantly increased. α-Turmerone and verapamil (a P-gp inhibitor) significantly inhibited the efflux of rhodamine-123 and digoxin (i.e., inhibited the activity of P-gp). It is interesting that aromatic turmerone significantly increased the rhodamine-123 efflux and P-gp (MDR1 gene) mRNA expression levels. The effects of α- and aromatic turmerones on curcumin transport as well as P-gp activities were shown here for the first time. The presence of turmerones did affect the absorption of curcumin in vitro. These findings suggest the potential use of turmeric extract (including curcumin and turmerones), rather than curcumin alone, for treating diseases. © Copyright 2012, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. and Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition 2012. |
| Keywords: | unclassified drug; adenocarcinoma; atp-binding cassette transporters; cell survival; neoplasm proteins; antineoplastic agents, phytogenic; colonic neoplasms; digoxin; animalia; gene expression regulation; drug mechanism; messenger rna; rna, messenger; phytotherapy; plant extracts; drug absorption; intestine cell; verapamil; caco-2 cells; curcuma longa; curcumin; curcuma longa extract; curcuma; multidrug resistance-associated proteins; p-glycoprotein; ketones; sesquiterpenes; solubility; glycoprotein p; gastrointestinal agents; rhodamine 123; cell strain caco 2; caco-2 cells9; turmerone; alpha turmerone; enterocytes; intestinal absorption |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Medicinal Food |
| Volume: | 15 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 1096-620X |
| Publisher: | Mary Ann Liebert, Inc |
| Date Published: | 2012-03-01 |
| Start Page: | 242 |
| End Page: | 252 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1089/jmf.2011.1845 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC3282471 |
| PUBMED: | 22181075 |
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| Notes: | --- - "Export Date: 2 April 2012" - "CODEN: JMFOF" - "Source: Scopus" |
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