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Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Physical Sciences, Agriculture, Multidisciplinary, Chemistry, Applied, Food Science & Technology, Agriculture, Chemistry, intestinal fatty acid uptake, serotonin, TRPA1, Caco-2, cinnamaldehyde, ACTIVATED PROTEIN-KINASE, SEROTONIN RELEASE, GLUCOSE-UPTAKE, COLONIC TRANSIT, PPAR-GAMMA, RECEPTOR, PHOSPHORYLATION, SUPPLEMENTATION, CARDIOMYOCYTES, Acrolein, Biological Transport, Caco-2 Cells, Cell Differentiation, Cinnamates, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Fatty Acids, Humans, Intestinal Mucosa, Plant Extracts, Propanols, 03 Chemical Sciences, 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, 09 Engineering, Food Science, 30 Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, 34 Chemical sciences, 40 Engineering

Abstract:

Naturally occurring cinnamon compounds such as cinnamaldehyde (CAL) and structurally related constituents have been associated with antiobesity activities, although studies regarding the impact on intestinal fatty acid uptake are scarce. Here, we demonstrate the effects of CAL and structural analogues cinnamyl alcohol (CALC), cinnamic acid (CAC), and cinnamyl isobutyrate on mechanisms regulating intestinal fatty acid uptake in differentiated Caco-2 cells. CAL, CALC, and CAC (3000 μM) were found to decrease fatty acid uptake by 58.0 ± 8.83, 19.4 ± 8.98, and 21.9 ± 6.55%, respectively. While CAL and CALC at a concentration of 300 μM increased serotonin release 14.9 ± 3.00- and 2.72 ± 0.69-fold, respectively, serotonin alone showed no effect on fatty acid uptake. However, CAL revealed transient receptor potential channel A1-dependency in the decrease of fatty acid uptake, as well as in CAL-induced serotonin release. Overall, CAL was identified as the most potent of the cinnamon constituents tested.