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JOURNAL OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM
Volume 2016, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2016/6158436
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- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [ZIACP010195] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Background. The Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention (ATBC) Study, a randomized controlled cancer prevention trial, showed a 32% reduction in prostate cancer incidence in response to vitamin E supplementation. Two other trials were not confirmatory, however. Objective. We compared the change in serum metabolome of the ATBC Study participants randomized to receive vitamin E to those who were not by randomly selecting 50 men from each of the intervention groups (50 mg/day all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (ATA), 20mg/day beta-carotene, both, placebo). Methods. Metabolomic profiling was conducted on baseline and follow-up fasting serum (Metabolon, Inc.). Results. After correction for multiple comparisons, five metabolites were statistically significantly altered (beta is the change in metabolite level expressed as number of standard deviations on the log scale): alpha-CEHC sulfate (beta = 1.51, p = 1.45 x 10(-38)), alpha-CEHC glucuronide (beta = 1.41, p = 1.02 x 10(-31)), alpha-tocopherol (beta = 0.97, p = 2.22 x 10 -13), gamma-tocopherol (beta = -0.90, p = 1.76 x 10(-11)), and beta-tocopherol (p = -0.73, p = 9.40 x 10(-8)). Glutarylcarnitine, beta-alanine, ornithine, and N6-acetyllysine were also decreased by ATA supplementation (beta range 0.40 to -0.36), but not statistically significantly. Conclusions. Comparison of the observed metabolite alterations resulting from ATA supplementation to those in other vitamin E trials of different populations, dosages, or formulations may shed light on the apparently discordant vitamin E-prostate cancer risk findings.
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