期刊
UROLITHIASIS
卷 47, 期 3, 页码 255-261出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-018-1071-9
关键词
Arachidonic acid; Inter-race comparisons; Kidney stone risk factors; Phospholipid fatty acid composition; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Urolithiasis
资金
- South African Medical Research Council
- South African National Research Foundation
- University of Cape Town
Previous studies have suggested that omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) composition in plasma and red blood cell (RBC) total phospholipids plays a role in urolithiasis. Our aim was to test the robustness of this dogma by retrospectively comparing baseline profiles of these parameters in subjects from high- and low-stone-risk groups. The documented difference in stone occurrence in white (relatively common) (W) and black (rare) (B) subjects prompted us to select these groups as the high-low risk model for the study. Blood and urine samples were obtained from ten subjects in each group and were analysed for PUFAs and stone risk factors, respectively. Concentrations of linoleic acid (LA), eicosadienoic acid (EDA) and arachidonic acid (AA) in plasma and or/RBC total phospholipids were significantly higher in B. Differences in other PUFA profiles were also observed. There was no inter-group difference in AA/LA ratios. Urinary oxalate was significantly higher while urinary phosphate was significantly lower in B. We speculate that elevated AA in B might arise because of a possibly enhanced elongation of LA to EDA, as well as an enhanced Delta-8-desaturation of EDA to dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA), which is the immediate precursor of AA. Alternatively, we speculate that the Delta-5-desaturation step of DGLA to AA might be more highly activated in this group. Irrespective of the mechanism, our observed inter-group differences in phospholipid PUFA composition are in conflict with previously published dogma which relates PUFA characteristics to high- and low-stone risk.
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