Journal
JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 88, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2020.108555
Keywords
Cell migration; Curcumin nanospheres; Filamentous-actin; Gastrointestinal epithelial cells; Nuclear factor-kappa B
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korea government (MSIT) [2017R1A2B2007741, 2019R1A2C1088927]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2019R1A2C1088927, 2017R1A2B2007741] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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The study shows that nCur enhances the motility of HCT116 cells and promotes cell migration through the activation of protein kinase C and other signaling pathways. This functional role of nCur is crucial for gut epithelial motility and cytoskeletal reorganization.
Curcumin, a hydrophobic polyphenol of turmeric, has a variety of biological functions as an herbal supplement, but its poor gastric absorption rate is one of the major factors limiting its oral bioavailability. In the present study, we investigated the functional role of nanospheres loaded with curcumin (nCur) with regard to the motility of gut epithelial HCT116 cells and enterocyte migration along the crypt-villus axis. nCur significantly increased the motility of HCT116 cells and showed much higher migration efficacy than the curcumin. nCur stimulated the small GTPases Rac1 and the phosphorylation of protein kinase C, responsible for the distinctive activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinases. Interestingly, nCur significantly induced the expression of alpha actinin, profilin-1, and filamentous (F)-actin as regulated by the phosphorylation of nuclear factor-kappa B during its promotion of cell migration. In mouse models of gut epithelial migration, treatment with nCur had an enhancing effect on the movement of enterocytes along the crypt-villus axis and the expression of cytoskeletal reorganization-related factors. These results indicate that nCur is a functional agent that promotes gut epithelial motility through F-actin-related migration signaling events. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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