The purification of pectin from commercial fruit flours results in a jaboticaba fraction that inhibits galectin-3 and colon cancer cell growth

Author(s)

do Nascimento, Raissa Sansoni ^[1] ; Pedrosa, Lucas de Freitas ^[1] ; Diethelm, Luiza Tamie Hirata ^[1] ; Souza, Thales ^[1] ; Shiga, Tania M. ^[1] ; Fabi, Jao Paulo ^{[2, 1, 3]}

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Food Sci & Expt Nutr, Sch Pharmaceut Sci, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Food & Nutr Res Ctr NAPAN, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[3] Sao Paulo Res Fdn, Food Res Ctr FoRC, CEPID FAPESP Res Innovat & Disseminat Ctr, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Food Research International; v. 137, NOV 2020.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

Fruits are a prime source of nutrients, bioactive compounds, and dietary fibers. Some products available on the Brazilian market use fruit by-products and claim to have useful effects on human health due to their dietary fiber content. The study aimed to extract and purify the total (28-47 w/w yield) and soluble dietary fiber (4-7 w/w yield) from jaboticaba, papaya, and plum commercial flours sold in Brazil and to study the in vitro biological effects of the fractions. The purified water-soluble fractions consisted mainly of pectin-derived oligosaccharides (5-15 KDa molecular weight) with a negligible content of polyphenols, protein, ashes, and starch. Jaboticaba sample was 95% galacturonic acid while plum and papaya samples were 40% galacturonic acid and 40% galactose (mol%), approximately. The samples were tested for recombinant human galectin-3 inhibition and changes in the cell viability of human colorectal cancer cells. Only the jaboticaba sample inhibited galectin-3 and decreased HCT116 cell viability after 48 h of treatment (p <= 0.01) while the plum sample decreased the cell viability after 24 h treatment (p <= 0.05). The results obtained in this study demonstrate the relationship between the structure of the soluble fibers extracted from jaboticaba flour and the possible beneficial effects of their consumption. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/07914-8 - FoRC - Food Research Center
• Grantee: Bernadette Dora Gombossy de Melo Franco
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers - RIDC
• FAPESP's process: 12/23970-2 - Biological changes of papaya pectins with possible benefits to human health
• Grantee: Joao Paulo Fabi
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• FAPESP's process: 19/11816-8 - Effect of papaya modified fibers on three-dimensional co-culture of human colon cancer cells and on in vivo model of rats with chemically induced colon carcinogenesis
• Grantee: Joao Paulo Fabi
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants