Effects of early enteral nutrition supplemented with collagen peptides on post-burn inflammatory responses in a mouse model

Food Funct. 2017 May 24;8(5):1933-1941. doi: 10.1039/c7fo00181a.

Abstract

The effect of early enteral nutrition (EN) supplemented with Alaska pollock skin-derived collagen peptides (CPs) on post-burn inflammatory responses was investigated in a mouse model. Male blab/c mice were randomly assigned to four groups: a sham burn (SB) group, a control group (burn + EN + glycine, BE), a positive control group (burn + EN + glutamine, BEG) and a treatment group (burn + EN + CPs, BEC). Burn-induced increases of serum endotoxin level, and systemic and intestinal concentration of TNF-α and IL-6 were attenuated in BEG and BEC at post-burn day (PBD) 1, 3 and 7 (p < 0.05 vs. BE). Notably, BEC revealed a prominent decrease of the serum endotoxin level, TNF-α and IL-6 as compared to BEG at PBD 7 (p < 0.05). Furthermore, EN supplemented with CPs diminished the phosphorylation of intestinal NF-κB p65 and simultaneously down-regulated the mRNA expression of TNF-α and IL-6 in small intestine (p < 0.05 vs. BE). Also, it demonstrated a comparable effect with glutamine in ameliorating post-burn inflammatory responses in mice with burns. Therefore, CPs could be considered as a potential immunonutrient supplement in EN to improve post-burn outcomes in burn patients.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Burns / drug therapy*
  • Burns / genetics
  • Burns / immunology*
  • Collagen / chemistry*
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Enteral Nutrition
  • Fish Proteins / administration & dosage*
  • Fish Proteins / chemistry
  • Fishes
  • Glutamine / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-6 / genetics
  • Interleukin-6 / immunology
  • Intestine, Small / drug effects
  • Intestine, Small / immunology
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Peptides / administration & dosage*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / genetics
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / immunology

Substances

  • Fish Proteins
  • Interleukin-6
  • Peptides
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Glutamine
  • Collagen