Abstract:In order to explore the absorption mechanism of soybean peptides with the biological activity, 22-NBD cholesterol micelle incubated Caco-2 cells were used as a high cholesterol model. Effects of three kinds of soybean peptides VAWWMY(VY - 6), LPYPR (LR - 5), and WGAPSL (WL - 6) on the cholesterol dissolution inhibition rate, absorb cholesterol capacity, and cholesterol transport were investigated. Results indicated that WL-6 had the highest cholesterol dissolution inhibition rate at 0.5 mmol/L concentration. However, the inhibition rate gradually decreased with the increasing concentrations. WL-6 could inhibit 14.2% of cholesterol uptaking by cells at the concentration of 2 mmol/L. For the cholesterol absorbing capacity, VY-6 and WL-6 had the best inhibition rate of 43.1% and 45.95% at the concentration of 2 mmol/L, respectively. LR-5 had the best inhibition absorbing rate of 45.7% at the concentration of 2.5 mmol/L, which indicated that WL-6 had the best cholesterol absorbing capacity and higher than simvastatin. In the experiment of cholesterol transport, WL-6 had the best inhibition rate of 30.7% at the concentration of 2 mmol/L. Above all, WL-6 had the best power at cholesterol lowering effect.