Immunomodulatory Properties of Pomegranate Peel Extract in a Model of Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Culture
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Čolić, MiodragBekić, Marina
Tomić, Sergej
Đokić, Jelena
Radojević, Dušan
Savikin, Katarina
Miljus, Nataša
Marković, Milan
Skrbić, Ranko
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Pomegranate peel extract (PoPEx) has been shown to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, but its effect on the adaptive immune system has not been sufficiently investigated. In this study, the treatment of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) with PoPEx (range 6.25-400 mu g/mL) resulted in cytotoxicity at concentrations of 100 mu g/mL and higher, due to the induction of apoptosis and oxidative stress, whereas autophagy was reduced. At non-cytotoxic concentrations, the opposite effect on these processes was observed simultaneously with the inhibition of PHA-induced PBMC proliferation and a significant decrease in the expression of CD4. PoPEx differently modulated the expression of activation markers (CD69, CD25, ICOS) and PD1 (inhibitory marker), depending on the dose and T-cell subsets. PoPEx (starting from 12.5 mu g/mL) suppressed the production of Th1 (IFN-gamma), Th17 (IL-17A, IL-17F, and IL-22), Th9 (IL-9), and proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-alpha and IL-6) ...in culture supernatants. Lower concentrations upregulated Th2 (IL-5 and IL-13) and Treg (IL-10) responses as well as CD4+CD25hiFoxp3+ cell frequency. Higher concentrations of PoPEx increased the frequency of IL-10- and TGF-beta-producing T-cells (much higher in the CD4+ subset). In conclusion, our study suggested for the first time complex immunoregulatory effects of PoPEx on T cells, which could assist in the suppression of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
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pomegranate / mononuclear cells / immunomodulation / cytotoxicity / cytokinesSource:
Pharmaceutics, 2022, 14, 6Publisher:
- MDPI, Basel
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- Ministry for Scientific/Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society, Government of Republic of Srpska
- University of East Sarajevo, Medical Faculty Fo.ca, Fo.ca, Bosnia and Herzegovina [UIS/MFF:II.1.20-22]
- Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, institutional funding - 200042 (University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200042)
- Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, institutional funding - 200019 (University of Belgrade, Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy - INEP) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200019)
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14061140
ISSN: 1999-4923
WoS: 000816047000001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85131297904
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Institut za molekularnu genetiku i genetičko inženjerstvoTY - JOUR AU - Čolić, Miodrag AU - Bekić, Marina AU - Tomić, Sergej AU - Đokić, Jelena AU - Radojević, Dušan AU - Savikin, Katarina AU - Miljus, Nataša AU - Marković, Milan AU - Skrbić, Ranko PY - 2022 UR - https://imagine.imgge.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1605 AB - Pomegranate peel extract (PoPEx) has been shown to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, but its effect on the adaptive immune system has not been sufficiently investigated. In this study, the treatment of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) with PoPEx (range 6.25-400 mu g/mL) resulted in cytotoxicity at concentrations of 100 mu g/mL and higher, due to the induction of apoptosis and oxidative stress, whereas autophagy was reduced. At non-cytotoxic concentrations, the opposite effect on these processes was observed simultaneously with the inhibition of PHA-induced PBMC proliferation and a significant decrease in the expression of CD4. PoPEx differently modulated the expression of activation markers (CD69, CD25, ICOS) and PD1 (inhibitory marker), depending on the dose and T-cell subsets. PoPEx (starting from 12.5 mu g/mL) suppressed the production of Th1 (IFN-gamma), Th17 (IL-17A, IL-17F, and IL-22), Th9 (IL-9), and proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-alpha and IL-6) in culture supernatants. Lower concentrations upregulated Th2 (IL-5 and IL-13) and Treg (IL-10) responses as well as CD4+CD25hiFoxp3+ cell frequency. Higher concentrations of PoPEx increased the frequency of IL-10- and TGF-beta-producing T-cells (much higher in the CD4+ subset). In conclusion, our study suggested for the first time complex immunoregulatory effects of PoPEx on T cells, which could assist in the suppression of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. PB - MDPI, Basel T2 - Pharmaceutics T1 - Immunomodulatory Properties of Pomegranate Peel Extract in a Model of Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Culture IS - 6 VL - 14 DO - 10.3390/pharmaceutics14061140 ER -
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Čolić, M., Bekić, M., Tomić, S., Đokić, J., Radojević, D., Savikin, K., Miljus, N., Marković, M.,& Skrbić, R.. (2022). Immunomodulatory Properties of Pomegranate Peel Extract in a Model of Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Culture. in Pharmaceutics MDPI, Basel., 14(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14061140
Čolić M, Bekić M, Tomić S, Đokić J, Radojević D, Savikin K, Miljus N, Marković M, Skrbić R. Immunomodulatory Properties of Pomegranate Peel Extract in a Model of Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Culture. in Pharmaceutics. 2022;14(6). doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics14061140 .
Čolić, Miodrag, Bekić, Marina, Tomić, Sergej, Đokić, Jelena, Radojević, Dušan, Savikin, Katarina, Miljus, Nataša, Marković, Milan, Skrbić, Ranko, "Immunomodulatory Properties of Pomegranate Peel Extract in a Model of Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Culture" in Pharmaceutics, 14, no. 6 (2022), https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14061140 . .