Abstract
A new carrier system for controlled release of immunologic peptides based on double polysaccharide film-coated microparticles (PCMPs) used with liquid products was developed. The release behavior of PCMPs was shown dependent on the thicknesses of the outer chitosan film and the inner resistant starch acetate (RSA) film. The in-vitro release results indicated that, with optimized polysaccharide coating thickness (RSA: 4–5%; chitosan: 6–7%), the release rate of Thymopoietin (TP5) was less than 30% before the microparticles reached the colon, and was 50% in the colon. Besides, the bioavailability of PCMPs was evaluated based on the cell proliferation and protein expression. Compared with the intraperitoneal injection or oral administration, the immunodeficient rats that were orally administrated with the yogurt containing TP5-loaded PCMPs with different storage times possessed a good colon-targeting behavior, higher ratios of CD4/CD8 and IgG expression, indicating the improvement in the TP5 immunologic function.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 272-282 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Functional Foods |
Volume | 37 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
Funding
This research has been financially supported under the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)-Guangdong Joint Foundation Key Project (U1501214), YangFan Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Project (2014YT02S029), the R&D Projects of Guangdong Province (2014B090904047), the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou (201607010109), the Key R&D Projects of Zhongshan (2014A2FC217), the innovative projects for Universities in Guangdong Province (2015KTSCX006), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2015ZZ106).
Funders | Funder number |
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Key R&D Projects of Zhongshan | 2014A2FC217 |
R&D Projects of Guangdong Province | 2014B090904047 |
YangFan Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Project | 2014YT02S029 |
National Natural Science Foundation of China | U1501214 |
Guangzhou Science and Technology Program key projects | 201607010109 |
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities | 2015ZZ106 |
innovative projects for Universities in Guangdong Province | 2015KTSCX006 |
Keywords
- Chitosan
- Colon-targeting
- Controlled release
- Liquid products
- pH-responsiveness
- Resistant starch acetate
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Food Science
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Nutrition and Dietetics