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To investigate the protective effect of selenium-enriched Bifidobacterium longum preparation on rat IEC6 cells via the application of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced IEC6 cell injury model. Methods The experiment was divided into five groups; negative control group treated with phosphoric acid equilibrium salt solution, model group treated with LPS, and low, medium, high concentration group in which IEC6 cells were treated with LPS plus 10, 30, 100 mg • L"1 water-soluble proteins from selenium-enriched Bifidobacterium longum respectively. After treatment with LPS for 24 hours, IEC6 cell viability, apoptosis, mitochondria membrane potential, and the expression of zonula occludens 1 (ZO-1) and Occludin were detected. Results LPS induced rat intestinal epithelial cell damage, such as the decrease of cell viability, the increase of cell apoptosis, the collapse of mitochondria membrane potential, and the decrease of cell tight junction protein expression. Water-soluble proteins from selenium-enriched Bifidobacterium longum inhibited LPS-induced IEC6 cell damage, decreased cell apoptosis and increased cell tight junction between cells. Conclusion Water-soluble proteins from selenium-enriched Bifidobacterium longum have protective effect on LPS-induced rat intestinal epithelial cell injury.
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OBJECTIVE:To analyze the content of water-soluble proteins in Euryale ferox from different regions. METHODS:The water-soluble proteins in E. ferox were extracted by cryogenic grinding. With the reference of bovine albumin,Coomassie bril-liant blue G-250 was used for coloration,visible spectrophotometry was conducted to determine the content of water-soluble pro-teins in E. ferox from different regions and clustering analysis was used to analyze the results. RESULTS:The linear range of bo-vine albumin was 0.005 01-0.150 3 mg/ml(r=0.999 2)with the average recovery of 98.95%(RSD=1.76%,n=6).RSDs of preci-sion,stability and reproducibility tests were no more than 2.04%. The average value of content of water-soluble proteins in samples was 0.457 7 mg/g. Cluster analysis showed that the content of water-soluble proteins in E. ferox from Yangtze River basin was high-er,followed by the southward and the northward was the least. CONCLUSIONS:The method is simple,reliable and reproducible, and suitable for the content determination of water-soluble proteins in E. ferox.