Interaction of quercetin and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) aggregates with pancreatic lipase under simplified intestinal conditions

PLoS One. 2020 Apr 16;15(4):e0224853. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224853. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Diets rich in flavonoids have been related with low obesity rates, which could be related with their potential to inhibit pancreatic lipase, the main enzyme of fat assimilation. Some flavonoids can aggregate in aqueous medium suggesting that the inhibition mechanism could occur on both molecular and colloidal levels. This study investigates the interaction of two flavonoid aggregates, quercetin and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), with pancreatic lipase under simplified intestinal conditions. The stability and the morphology of these flavonoid aggregates were studied in four different solutions: Control (water), salt, low lipase concentration and high lipase concentration. Particles were found by optical microscopy in almost all the solutions tested, except EGCG-control. The results show that the precipitation rate decreases for quercetin and increases for EGCG in salt solution and that lipase stabilize quercetin aggregates. In addition, both flavonoids were shown to precipitate together with pancreatic lipase resulting in a sequestering of the enzyme.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antioxidants / metabolism
  • Antioxidants / pharmacology*
  • Catechin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Catechin / metabolism
  • Catechin / pharmacology
  • Dimerization
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / metabolism
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Intestinal Mucosa / drug effects
  • Intestinal Mucosa / enzymology
  • Intestinal Mucosa / metabolism*
  • Lipase / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Lipase / metabolism*
  • Quercetin / metabolism
  • Quercetin / pharmacology*
  • Swine

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Catechin
  • Quercetin
  • epigallocatechin gallate
  • Lipase

Grants and funding

A.B, M.P and L.N have received funding from Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) [grant numbers 75000553-02] https://www.sida.se/English/ The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.