Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 23, Issue 19, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911160
Keywords
Isoleucine-Proline-Proline (IPP); Leucine-Lysine-Proline (LKP); oral peptide delivery; zein; antihypertensive peptides
Funding
- Irish Department of Agriculture Food Institutional Research Measure (FIRM) grant `NUTRADEL' [11F042]
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This study demonstrates the potential of chitosan-zein nanoparticles as an oral delivery system for the encapsulation of IPP and LKP, showing their effectiveness in reducing blood pressure.
Isoleucine-Proline-Proline (IPP) and Leucine-Lysine-Proline (LKP) are food-derived tripeptides whose antihypertensive functions have been demonstrated in hypertensive rat models. However, peptides display low oral bioavailability due to poor intestinal epithelial permeability and instability. IPP and LKP were formulated into nanoparticles (NP) using chitosan (CL113) via ionotropic gelation and then coated with zein. Following addition of zein, a high encapsulation efficiency (EE) (>80%) was obtained for the NP. In simulated gastric fluid (SGF), 20% cumulative release of the peptides was achieved after 2 h, whereas in simulated intestinal fluid (SIF), similar to 90% cumulative release was observed after 6 h. Higher colloidal stability (39-41 mV) was observed for the coated NP compared to uncoated ones (30-35 mV). In vitro cytotoxicity studies showed no reduction in cellular viability of human intestinal epithelial Caco-2 and HepG2 liver cells upon exposure to NP and NP components. Administration of NP encapsulating IPP and LKP by oral gavage to spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) attenuated systolic blood pressure (SBP) for 8 h. This suggests that the NP provide appropriate release to achieve prolonged hypotensive effects in vivo. In conclusion, chitosan-zein nanoparticles (CZ NP) have potential as oral delivery system for the encapsulation of IPP and LKP.
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