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JOURNAL OF PARENTERAL AND ENTERAL NUTRITION
Volume 38, Issue 5, Pages 617-624Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1177/0148607113491782
Keywords
fish oil; immunomodulation; abdominal surgery; colon; omega-3 fatty acids; arachidonic acid
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- Obelske Family Foundation
- Hojmosegaard Grant
- Aase and Ejnar Danielsens Foundation
- Augustinus Foundation
- L.F. Foghts Foundation
- Heinrich Kopps Grant
- North Jutland Medical Association
- Jacob and Olga Madsen Foundation
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Background: The purpose of the study was to examine whether a preoperative supplement with omega-3 fatty acids (FAs) leads to their incorporation into colonic tissue in patients scheduled for colorectal cancer surgery. This would be of interest because omega-3 FAs have potential beneficial (local) immunological effects that might benefit these patients. Methods: In a randomized, double-blind, prospective, placebocontrolled, single-center intervention trial, patients referred for elective colorectal cancer surgery received either an omega-3 FA-enriched oral nutrition supplement (ONS) (200 mL twice daily) providing 2.0 g of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and 1.0 g of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) per day or a standard ONS for 7 days before surgery. Tissue samples from healthy colonic tissue (mucosa and muscular layer) were obtained during surgery, and tissue fatty acid composition was analyzed by gas chromatography. Results: EPA was significantly higher in colonic mucosa (P=.001) and in the colonic muscular layer (P=.004) in the omega-3 FA group compared with controls. Patients in the omega-3 FA group also tended to have higher docosapentaenoic acid and DHA levels in colonic tissue. Conclusions: EPA is incorporated rapidly into colonic mucosa and colonic muscular layer in patients given 3 g of omega-3 FA daily for 7 days before surgery for colorectal cancer. This may lead to potential beneficially effects on (local) immune function, which might benefit these patients.
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