Intracellular Antioxidant Activity of Grape Skin Polyphenolic Extracts in Rat Superficial Colonocytes: in Situ Detection by Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Frontiers - Publisher Connector ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 27 May 2016 doi: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00177 Intracellular Antioxidant Activity of Grape Skin Polyphenolic Extracts in Rat Superficial Colonocytes: In situ Detection by Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy M. Elena Giordano 1, Ilaria Ingrosso 2, Trifone Schettino 1, Roberto Caricato 1, Giovanna Giovinazzo 2 and M. Giulia Lionetto 1* 1 Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy, 2 Institute of Science of Food Production, Unit of Lecce, National Research Council of Italy, Lecce, Italy Colon is exposed to a number of prooxidant conditions and several colon diseases are associated with increased levels of reactive species. Polyphenols are the most abundant antioxidants in the diet, but to date no information is available about their absorption and potential intracellular antioxidant activity on colon epithelial cells. The work Edited by: was addressed to study the intracellular antioxidant activity of red grape polyphenolic Atsushi Masamune, extracts on rat colon epithelium experimentally exposed to prooxidant conditions. The Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan experimental model chosen was represented by freshly isolated colon explants, which Reviewed by: closely resemble the functional, and morphological characteristics of the epithelium Yuji Naito, in vivo. The study was carried out by in situ confocal microscopy observation on Kyoto Prefectural University of CM-H2DCFDA charged explants exposed to H2O2 (5, 10, and 15 min). The qualitative Medicine, Japan Yoichi Kakuta, and quantitative polyphenolic composition of the extracts as well as their in vitro oxygen Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA radical absorbing capacity (ORAC) was determined.
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