title: Decreased superoxide anion production in cultured human promonocyte cells (THP-1) due to polyphenol mixtures from olive oil processing wastewaters.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine whether human monocytic line THP-1 after differentiation into adherent macrophages, taken as a model of human macrophages implicated in atheroma, is able to produce lower quantities of O(2)(*)(-) either in the presence of polyphenol-rich olive oil wastewater (OWW) fractions or after OWW preincubation and withdrawal from the medium. In these respective conditions, the purpose was to examine the scavenging activity and the cell action of OWW toward O(2)(*)(-) production. It was clearly seen that OWW fractions lowered the O(2)(*)(-) production in both conditions, leading to the conclusion that they were able to scavenge O(2)(*)(-) and to depress O(2)(*)(-) production in the cell. Given the role of O(2)(*)(-) in LDL oxidation and oxidized LDL in atheroma, these results support an antiatherogenic role of OWW and its potential utilization as a food complement.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Nutrition Humaine et Athérogénèse, UPRES-EA 2033, Faculté de Médecine, Université Montpellier I, F-34060, Montpellier, France. leger@sc.univ-montp1.fr
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Léger
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kadiri-Hassani
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Descomps
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D005419:Flavonoids; D005511:Food Handling; D006801:Humans; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D059808:Polyphenols; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005419:Flavonoids; D007220:Industrial Waste; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010636:Phenols; D010938:Plant Oils; D011108:Polymers; D059808:Polyphenols; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D013481:Superoxides