PMID- 33290807 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210614 LR - 20220110 IS - 1873-6351 (Electronic) IS - 0278-6915 (Linking) VI - 147 DP - 2021 Jan TI - Seed peptide lunasin ameliorates obesity-induced inflammation and regulates immune responses in C57BL/6J mice fed high-fat diet. PG - 111908 LID - S0278-6915(20)30798-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.fct.2020.111908 [doi] AB - Obesity causes immune cells to infiltrate into adipose tissues and secrete proinflammatory mediators, promoting the development of chronic diseases. The seed peptide lunasin has been reported to have several bioactivities. We aimed to investigate the immunomodulatory properties of lunasin in obese models. Female and male C57BL/6J mice were divided into three groups: low-fat diet (LF), high-fat diet (HF), and HF with an intraperitoneal injection of lunasin (HFL). In females, lunasin decreased the levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), interleukin (IL)-1beta, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) produced in peritoneal macrophages, indicating a decrease in F4/80+ macrophage infiltration, especially the CD11c + M1 phenotype. Serum leptin and tissue-oxidized lipid malondialdehyde levels were decreased in the HFL group. In males, lunasin normalized the obesity-induced increase in spleen size and splenocyte numbers. Moreover, lunasin inhibited IL-6 secretion while promoting interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) and IL-2 production in the splenocytes. In vitro, lunasin increased EL-4 T-cell proliferation and IL-2 production in activated T cells under obese conditions. Thus, lunasin is a potential natural compound that promotes immunomodulation in both female and male obese mice in a sex-dependent manner. Furthermore, lunasin mediates the anti-inflammatory response and enhances the T helper type 1 cell response to obesity-related immune disorders. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Hsieh, Chia-Chien AU - Hsieh CC AD - Undergraduate and Graduate Programs of Nutrition Science, School of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 10610, Taiwan. Electronic address: hsieh@ntnu.edu.tw. FAU - Wang, Yen-Fang AU - Wang YF AD - Undergraduate and Graduate Programs of Nutrition Science, School of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 10610, Taiwan. Electronic address: 60606061e@gmail.com. FAU - Lin, Pin-Yu AU - Lin PY AD - Undergraduate and Graduate Programs of Nutrition Science, School of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 10610, Taiwan. Electronic address: zelobabee030@gmail.com. FAU - Peng, Shih-Han AU - Peng SH AD - Undergraduate and Graduate Programs of Nutrition Science, School of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 10610, Taiwan. Electronic address: abucute0806@gmail.com. FAU - Chou, Mei-Jia AU - Chou MJ AD - Undergraduate and Graduate Programs of Nutrition Science, School of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 10610, Taiwan. Electronic address: u9908036@gmail.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201205 PL - England TA - Food Chem Toxicol JT - Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association JID - 8207483 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (GM2S-1 protein, soybean) RN - 0 (Soybean Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Cytokines/genetics/metabolism MH - Diet, High-Fat/*adverse effects MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Inflammation/*etiology/*prevention & control MH - Macrophages, Peritoneal/drug effects MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Obesity/*chemically induced/*prevention & control MH - Random Allocation MH - Soybean Proteins/*pharmacology MH - Spleen/cytology MH - T-Lymphocytes/drug effects/physiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cytokine OT - Immunomodulation OT - Inflammation OT - Lunasin OT - Obesity EDAT- 2020/12/09 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/16 06:00 CRDT- 2020/12/08 20:08 PHST- 2020/07/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/11/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/12/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/12/08 20:08 [entrez] AID - S0278-6915(20)30798-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.fct.2020.111908 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Food Chem Toxicol. 2021 Jan;147:111908. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2020.111908. Epub 2020 Dec 5.