Cocoa seed proteins' (theobroma cacao l.) anti-obesity potential through lipase inhibition using in silico, in vitro and in vivo models

Luis Jorge Coronado-Cáceres, Griselda Rabadán-Chávez, Luis Mojica, Blanca Hernández-Ledesma, Lucía Quevedo-Corona, Eugenia Lugo Cervantes

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the pancreatic lipase (PL) inhibitory effect of cocoa protein (CP) hydrolysates (CPH) using in silico and in vitro approaches, and an in vivo high-fat diet (HF) obese rat model. The results showed better theoretical affinity on PL for cocoa peptides EEQR, GGER, QTGVQ, and VSTDVNIE released from vicilin and albumins (−6.5, −6.3, −6.2, and −6.1 kcal/mol, respectively). Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADMET) prediction showed the human intestinal absorption (HIA) capacity of orlistat and eight cocoa peptides, demonstrating that they presented a low probability of toxicity with values lower than 0.6, while the orlistat has a high probability of hepatotoxicity with a mean value of 0.9. CPH (degree of hydrolysis of 55%) inhibited PL with an IC50 (concentration needed to inhibit 50% of enzyme activity) value of 1.38 mg/mL. The intragastric administration of 150 mg CP/kg/day to rats increased total lipids and triglycerides excretion in feces, ranging from 11% to 15% compared to the HF-diet. The HF + CP-diet also significantly decreased (p < 0.05) the apparent rate of fat absorption compared with the HF group. These results suggest that CP has anti-obesity potential by inhibiting PL, thus helping to prevent the development of non-communicable diseases.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1359
JournalFoods
Volume9
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2020

Keywords

  • ADMET
  • Anti-obesity
  • Bioactive peptides
  • Cocoa proteins
  • Fecal lipids
  • Molecular docking
  • Pancreatic lipase

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