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DIET, SULFUR AMINO ACIDS, AND HEALTH SPAN
卷 1363, 期 -, 页码 18-25出版社
BLACKWELL SCIENCE PUBL
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12962
关键词
methionine; homocysteuine; folate; atherogenic; ApoE deficiency
资金
- Israel Science Foundation [1353/11]
- Marie Curie
- United States Department of Agriculture [51520-008-04S]
The homocysteine theory of arteriosclerosis received credence when it was shown that after a methionine load, circulating homocysteine-cysteine concentrations were higher in cardiovascular disease patients than in healthy controls. Subsequent studies showing associations between homocysteine and coronary artery disease, stroke and cognitive impairment, relied on small increases in homocysteine concentration unlike the very high homocysteine seen in the rare genetic disorders that lead to homocystinuria and much higher homocysteine levels. Subsequent studies in cell culture, animals, and humans showed that a variety of cardiovascular adverse effects of high homocysteine introduced either as a nonphysiological bolus or as a methionine load led to high homocysteine. We fed apolipoprotein E-deficient mice diets designed to achieve three conditions: (1) high methionine intake with normal blood homocysteine, (2) highmethionine intake with B vitamin deficiency and hyperhomocysteinemia, and (3) normalmethionine intake with both B vitamin deficiency and hyperhomocysteinemia. We found that the mice fed methionine-rich diets had significant atheromatous pathology in the aortic arch even with normal plasma homocysteine levels. Mice fed B vitamin-deficient diets developed severe hyperhomocysteinemia but without any increase in vascular pathology. Our findings suggest that even moderate increases in methionine intake are atherogenic in susceptible mice while high plasma homocysteine is not.
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