Sulfated polysaccharides accelerate gliadin digestion and reduce its toxicity.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun

Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address:

Published: February 2024

Celiac disease and other types of gluten intolerance significantly affect the life quality of patients making them restrict the diet removing all food produced from wheat, rye, oat, and barley flour, and some other products. These disorders arise from protease resistance of poorly soluble proteins prolamins, contained in gluten. Enhanced proteolytic digestion of gliadins might be considered as a prospective approach for the treatment of celiac disease and other types of gluten intolerance. Herein, we tested a range of sulfated polymers (kappa-carrageenan, dextran sulfate and different polysaccharides from brown seaweeds, and a synthetic polystyrene sulfonate) for the ability to activate gliadin digestion by human digestive proteases, pepsin and trypsin. Sulfated polysaccharide from Fucus evanescens enhanced proteolytic digestion of gliadins from wheat flour and reduced its cytotoxicity on intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cell culture. Regarding the non-toxic nature of fucoidans, the results provide a basis for polymer-based drugs or additives for the symptomatic treatment of gluten intolerance.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.149439DOI Listing

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