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M Mutanen

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PubMed1995

Plasma and lipoprotein lipid peroxidation in humans on sunflower and rapeseed oil diets.

The effects of natural mixed diets on lipid peroxidation were investigated in humans. In the first study, 59 subjects were fed a rapeseed oil-based diet rich in monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and a sunflower oil-based diet rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in a cross-over manner for three and a half weeks. The lipid peroxidation products in plasma were determined by measuring conjugated dienes and malondialdehyde (MDA). In a second study, plasma thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), lipid hydroperoxides, and the susceptibility of very low density lipoprotein+low-density lipoprotein (LDL) to in vitro oxidation were measured from subjects fed similar MUFA and PUFA diets for six weeks diets. No significant differences in plasma MDA or conjugated diene concentrations were found after the rapeseed oil diet or the sunflower oil diet in Study 1. In the second study, a small but significant decrease (P < 0.05) in both lipid hydroperoxides and TBARS was observed in the LDL fraction after the sunflower oil diet. The in vitro oxidation gave opposite results, showing increased oxidation after the sunflower oil diet. Despite a high intake of alpha-tocopherol during the oil periods, no increase in plasma alpha-tocopherol was noticed in either study. The results suggest that moderate changes in the fatty acid composition in the Western-type diet may be adequate to affect lipoprotein susceptibility to oxidation in vitro, but there is considerable disparity with some indices of in vivo lipid peroxidation.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1995

32P-postlabelling determination of DNA adducts of malonaldehyde in humans: total white blood cells and breast tissue.

DNA adducts of malonaldehyde (MA) were measured in total white blood cells (TWBC) of healthy individuals from both sexes and different ages, as well as in breast tissue (BT) samples obtained from healthy females undergoing reduction mammaplasty. A large interindividual variation in adduct levels was observed. The average adduct level found in TWBC, considering both sexes and all ages was 2.6 +/- 1.2 adducts/10(7) nucleotides (n = 26). A similar average DNA adduct concentration was found in BT and amounted to 3.0 +/- 1.3 (n = 7) adducts/10(7) nucleotides. Our results show that DNA adducts of MA can be measured in humans using 32P-postlabelling in combination with nuclease P1 and reversed-phase HPLC as adduct enrichment procedures, and further validate these adducts as suitable biomarkers for the measurement of DNA damage inflicted by endogenously induced oxidative processes such as lipid peroxidation.

Adult↗
PubMed1995

Habitual diet, platelet function, fibrinogen and factor VII coagulant activity in young Finns.

OBJECTIVES: The objective of the study was to determine whether an association between diet and platelet function, plasma fibrinogen level and factor VII coagulant activity (VII:C) could be established in young subjects. DESIGN: Data on the habitual diet of the subjects were collected either by a questionnaire on food habits (n = 204) or by a 48-h dietary recall interview (n = 53). SUBJECTS: The subjects were participants in the project 'Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns' (age range 15-30 years). A total of 204 subjects having a questionnaire on food habits participated in the platelet function tests and 53 also participated in a 48-h dietary recall interview. Plasma fibrinogen concentration and factor VII: C were measured from 79 subjects. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Platelet function was tested by turbidometric measurement of platelet aggregation using ADP and collagen as aggregation agents. RESULTS: Platelet aggregation with ADP (at up to 4.0 mumol L-1) and collagen (at up to 5.0 micrograms mL-1 platelet-rich plasma PRP) showed that the diet characterized as 'saturated', i.e. containing high-fat milk and saturated fat, was associated with platelets less sensitive to aggregating agents in vitro when compared to the unsaturated type of diet. Collagen- but not ADP-induced aggregation decreased with age of the subjects (P = 0.026-0.057, regression coefficient). An inverse regression coefficient between plasma factor VII:C (101%; range 64-145%) and serum triglycerides (P = 0.006) and the intake of rye (g 1000 kcal-1; P = 0.03) were found. CONCLUSIONS: In this study we showed that platelet reactivity and factor VII:C already differ considerably between subjects at a young age, and diet may explain some of this variation.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1995

Postprandial changes in platelet function and coagulation factors after high-fat meals with different fatty acid compositions.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the postprandial effects of three oils differing in their fatty acid composition on platelet aggregation and coagulation. The oils studied were low-erucic acid rapeseed oil (RO, oleic acid 54% of fatty acids), sunflower oil (SO, linoleic acid 64% of fatty acids) and butter oil (BO, saturated fatty acids 62% of fatty acids). DESIGN: The postprandial effects of three fat-loads were followed for 5 h. SETTING: Division of Nutrition, University of Helsinki. SUBJECTS: Twelve healthy female subjects (aged 23-38 years) were recruited among university students and employees. INTERVENTIONS: Postprandial lipaemia was induced by high-fat meals containing fat (RO, SO or BO) 1 g/kg of body weight, skim-milk powder, sugar, strawberries, and water. Each subject ingested each meal in three separate mornings after an overnight fast. The order of the meals was randomised. Blood samples were taken before and 1, 2.5, and 5 h after the test meal. RESULTS: All three test meals similarly affected platelet aggregation in platelet-rich plasma. Aggregation induced by collagen (0.6, 1 and 2.5 micrograms/ml) decreased during the 5-h period after the meals (P = 0.000). ADP-induced aggregation did not change during the follow-up period after any meal (P = 0.105-0.483). All fat loads increased factor VII coagulant activity (F VII:C) (P = 0.000), but in plasma fibrinogen concentration (P = 0.155) or antithrombin III activity (P = 0.278) no postprandial changes were found. CONCLUSIONS: These results show that high-fat meals have acute effects on platelet function and F VII:C in healthy women and that these effects are not mediated through the fatty acid composition of the meals.

Adult↗
PubMed1995

Dietary intake in five ageing cohorts of men in Finland, Italy and The Netherlands.

OBJECTIVE: To obtain insight into dietary habits of elderly people and how these habits have evolved from middle to old age. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of dietary patterns around 1990; retrospective cohort study of changes in dietary intake since middle age. SETTING: Five cohorts: East and West Finland, Zutphen (Netherlands), Crevalcore (Italy), and Montegiorgo (Italy). SUBJECTS: Men aged 70-90 years around 1990. METHODS: Food intake was estimated using a cross-check dietary history adjusted to the local situation. RESULTS: (i) Cross-sectional: Significant differences were observed between the countries for all food groups, energy and nutrients (P < 0.05). The Finnish diet was characterised by a high consumption of animal products and potatoes, the Italian diet by a high consumption of cereals, vegetables, fruits and alcohol. The Dutch diet was generally intermediate. (ii) Longitudinal: The decrease in energy intake since middle age varied from 4.2 MJ/day in the Finnish cohorts to 2.1 MJ/day in Italy. Also the consumption of most food groups decreased but the consumption of vegetables and fruits increased. Saturated fatty acid intake decreased by 3 E% in the Finnish cohorts and decreased by < 1 E% in Italy. Alcohol intake decreased by approximately 7 E% in Italy while it increased by 2.5 E% in the Netherlands. CONCLUSIONS: Although the general patterns of dietary intake of the different cultures still can be recognised at old age, the variation between them has become smaller. Compared to their dietary intake at middle age, however, the dietary pattern of the Finnish and Dutch cohorts has changed slightly in the direction of a healthy diet, while the diet of the Italian men remained Mediterranean, and thus more healthy, at old age.

Aged↗
PubMed1994

Comparison of the effects of two diets rich in monounsaturated fatty acids differing in their linoleic/alpha-linolenic acid ratio on platelet aggregation.

The effect of dietary linoleic/alpha-linolenic acid ratio on human platelet aggregation in vitro was investigated using low-erucic acid rapeseed oil and high-oleic acid sunflower oil as the major fat sources. In a cross-over study 20 healthy male subjects, average age 29 year (range 20-46 yr), followed experimental rapeseed oil (RO) and Trisun-sunflower oil (TSO) diets after their habitual diet for six weeks. Subjects were provided most of the fat containing foods but were allowed to eat other foods almost freely. Fatty acid compositions of the diets calculated from dietary records were as follows (saturated/monounsaturated/polyunsaturated fatty acids): RO diet 12.4/18.6/8.9% of total energy (en%) (linoleic/alpha-linolenic acid ratio 2.8) and TSO diet 11.8/17.8/8.3 en% (linoleic/alpha-linolenic acid ratio 28), respectively. Plasma cholesterol ester fatty acid composition proved compliance to the experimental diets. Platelet aggregations induced by ADP (1, 2 and 3 microM) or thrombin (0.12, 0.15 and 0.18 NIH/ml) were significantly enhanced and collagen-(1.5, 2.5 and 5.0 micrograms/ml) induced aggregation tended to be enhanced after the TSO diet compared with the RO diet. After the TSO diet platelet aggregation was enhanced from the level of the habitual diets by one thrombin (0.18 NIH/ml), one collagen (1.5 micrograms/ml) and all three ADP concentrations. The diets had no effect on antithrombin III activity. Results show that platelet aggregation in vitro decreases as the ratio of linoleic acid to alpha-linolenic acid decreases in diets rich in monounsaturated fatty acids.

Adenosine Diphosphate↗
PubMed1992

Rapeseed oil and sunflower oil diets enhance platelet in vitro aggregation and thromboxane production in healthy men when compared with milk fat or habitual diets.

In this highly controlled trial, 26 normolipidemic men (average age 28 years, range 18 to 60) were fed a baseline diet high in milk fat (MF) (fat 36% of energy, saturates 19%, monounsaturates 11%, polyunsaturates 4%), followed by a diet high in sunflower oil (SO) (fat 38% of energy, saturates 13%, monounsaturates 10%, polyunsaturates 13%) and another diet high in low erucic-acid rapeseed oil (RO) (fat 38% of energy, saturates 12%, monounsaturates 16%, polyunsaturates 8%). All diets were mixed natural diets with the same cholesterol contents. The baseline milk fat diet was given for 14 days and the oil diets for 24 days in a blind cross-over design. The platelet in vitro aggregation (slope %/min) induced by 1, 2 and 3 microM ADP and collagen (25 micrograms/ml PRP) was highly significantly (p less than 0.001) increased after both oil diets when compared with the results from the milk fat diet. The aggregation pattern determined by threshold collagen concentration confirmed increased collagen sensitivity of the platelets after the rapeseed oil diet (p less than 0.001). The enhancement of platelet aggregation was associated with increased in vitro platelet thromboxane production after the oil diets vs. the milk fat diet (p less than 0.05 after the sunflower oil diet and p less than 0.001 after the rapeseed oil diet).

Adolescent↗
PubMed1992

Dietary intake of 70- to 89-year-old men in eastern and western Finland.

A detailed dietary history interview of 70- to 89-year-old men, 98 from eastern and 129 from western Finland, was obtained as part of a 30-year follow-up survey within the Seven Countries Study. The average energy intake was similar in level, about 2700 kcal, in both areas. The percentage of total energy intake from fat was 39.1% in the west, and 36.5% in the east. The P/S ratio was about the same, 0.27 and 0.29, in eastern and western areas, respectively. The intake of most micronutrients was similar in the two cohorts. Only the intake of vitamins A and C and phosphorus, manganese, copper and zinc was higher in eastern Finland than in western Finland. The nutritional density of the diet of the eastern cohort was slightly higher than that of the western one due to their higher consumption of rye products, vegetables and berries, and also sour milk and fish and fish products. The diet met the general recommendations and was comparable to that of younger age groups.

Aged↗
PubMed1992

Effects of a monounsaturated rapeseed oil and a polyunsaturated sunflower oil diet on lipoprotein levels in humans.

The effects of high oleic acid rapeseed oil compared with polyunsaturated fats on serum lipoprotein levels are largely unknown. Therefore, we fed 30 women and 29 men a baseline diet rich in saturated fat, which was followed by a diet rich in high oleic and low erucic acid rapeseed oil (total energy content of fat, 38%; saturates, 12.4%; monounsaturates, 16%; n-6 polyunsaturates, 6%; and n-3 polyunsaturates, 2%) and one rich in sunflower oil (total energy content of fat, 38%; saturates, 12.7%; monounsaturates, 10%; n-6 polyunsaturates, 13%; and n-3 polyunsaturates, 0%). The oils were incorporated into mixed natural diets that were dispensed in a random order for 3.5 weeks each in a blinded crossover design. The diet composition was confirmed by analysis of duplicate diets. Both test diets reduced serum total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels from baseline, the monounsaturated rapeseed oil diet more than the polyunsaturated sunflower oil diet (TC: -15% versus -12%, p less than 0.01; LDL cholesterol: -23% versus -17%, p less than 0.01). Very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) cholesterol and total, VLDL, and LDL triglyceride levels were lower during the sunflower oil diet compared with the rapeseed oil diet. Total high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels remained unchanged by both diets. The consumption of rapeseed oil resulted in a more favorable HDL2 to LDL cholesterol ratio (0.43 +/- 0.19 versus 0.39 +/- 0.18, p less than 0.01) and an apolipoprotein A-I to B ratio (3.0 +/- 1.4 versus 2.4 +/- 1.6, p less than 0.001) than did the sunflower oil.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Adolescent↗
PubMed1992

Lack of effect on blood pressure by polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat diets.

We carried out a blind highly controlled study to investigate the effects of a sunflower-oil-rich diet and a rapeseed-oil-rich diet on the blood pressure of normotensive subjects. Twenty-nine men and 30 women, average age 30 years (range 18-65) were first fed a baseline diet high in saturated fatty acids (19 E% (percentage of total energy), total fat 36 E%) for 2 weeks. According to the crossover design 30 subjects then received a sunflower oil diet high in polyunsaturated fatty acids (13 E%, total fat 38 E%) followed by a low erucic acid rapeseed oil diet high in monounsaturated fatty acids (16 E%, total fat 38 E%) for 3.5 weeks each. The other 29 subjects had the same diets in reverse order. At the end of the saturated fat period systolic blood pressure was 122.6 +/- 11.5(mean +/- SD) mmHg and diastolic blood pressure 75.4 +/- 7.5 mmHg; during the sunflower oil diet the figures were 119.6 +/- 10.3 and 73.9 +/- 7.4 mmHg, and during the rapeseed oil diet 120.1 +/- 11.2 and 72.6 +/- 6.4 mmHg, respectively. There was a significant difference in diastolic blood pressure only between the two oil diets (P less than 0.01). At the end of a 4 weeks' recovery period the systolic and diastolic blood pressures of the subjects were even lower (118.6 +/- 10.6 and 72.3 +/- 8.3 mmHg, respectively) than during the study. These results suggest that the dietary changes had only minor effects - if any at all - on blood pressure in healthy normotensive subjects.

Adult↗
PubMed1992

Relative bioavailability of iron in carbonyl iron and complex ferric orthophosphate to rat.

The relative biological availability (RBV of FeSO4.7H2O = 100%) of carbonyl iron and complex ferric orthophosphate in flour and bread baked with this flour was determined in a rat hemoglobin repletion assay. Hemoglobin iron gain and iron intake during repletion were used as dose-response parameters, and the relative biological values were assessed by the slope-ratio method. The RBV of carbonyl iron in flour was not calculated because the statistical validity of the slope-ratio method was not fulfilled. The RBVs of all the tested iron sources were significantly lower than that of the ferrous sulphate standard (p less than 0.01). The RBV for complex ferric orthophosphate in flour was 45 +/- 8%, and for complex ferric orthophosphate and carbonyl iron in bread 36 +/- 7% and 35 +/- 7%, respectively. There were no differences in the bioavailability of carbonyl iron and complex ferric orthophosphate (p greater than 0.01). Baking did not effect the bioavailability of complex ferric orthophosphate (p greater than 0.01).

Animals↗
PubMed1989

Selenium supplementation does not alter platelet activation in subjects with normal selenium status.

The effect of Se supplementation on the plasma concentrations of platelet specific proteins, beta-thromboglobulin (beta TG) and platelet factor 4 (PF4), was determined in twenty young women with normal selenium (Se) status using a double blind protocol. Selenium supplementation for 4 weeks (150 micrograms/day), did not elevate the initial mean plasma Se level 95 +/- 4 ng/ml above this level, nor did it alter the plasma beta TG/PF4. Moreover, all the other parameters of the body antioxidative status (plasma alpha-tocopherol, retinol and uric acid and whole blood glutathione) measured in this experiment stayed unaltered during the 4-week supplementation period. The results indicate no relationship between Se supplementation and platelet function in subjects with normal Se status.

Adult↗
PubMed1987

Relative nutritional availability to rats of selenium in Finnish spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) fertilized or sprayed with sodium selenate and in an American winter bread wheat naturally high in Se.

A Finnish national programme to fertilize crops with sodium selenate led us to compare the nutritional availability to rats of selenium in two Finnish spring wheats (Triticum aestivum L.), either fertilized or sprayed with sodium selenate, with that in an American winter bread wheat naturally high in Se. Weanling male rats were given a Se-deficient Torula yeast diet for 4 weeks followed by either continued depletion or repletion for 4 weeks with graded levels of Se as sodium selenite (standard) or wheat (test food). Plasma and liver Se levels and plasma and liver glutathione peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.9; GSH-Px) activities were used as criteria of body Se status. The availability of Se under these conditions was calculated with the point-slope technique at two dietary levels of Se (Expt 1) and with the slope-ratio method (Expt 2). In the point-slope assay, the level of dietary Se fed had a considerable effect on the apparent availability values obtained which made interpretation of the results difficult. In the slope-ratio assay, no difference in the availability of Se from the various wheats was observed when plasma or liver Se levels were used as the response criteria. The Se in the fertilized wheat was somewhat more available than that in the sprayed wheat when plasma or liver GSH-Px activities were the response criteria. Overall, availability values (%) derived by averaging all four response criteria were 86, 77 and 73 for the fertilized and sprayed Finnish wheats and the American wheat respectively (sodium selenite 100). These results show that wheat is a relatively available source of Se to rats regardless of whether its Se content is naturally high or is increased by fertilization or spraying.

Animals↗
PubMed1986

Nutritional availability to rats of selenium in four seafoods: crab (Callinectes sapidus), oyster (Crassostrea virginica), shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) and Baltic herring (Clupea harengus).

1. The present study was conducted to determine the biological availability to rats of the selenium in four high-Se seafoods: crab (Callinectes sapidus), oyster (Crassostrea virginica), shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) and Baltic herring (Clupea harengus). 2. Weanling male rats were fed on a Se-deficient Torula yeast diet for 4 weeks followed by either continued depletion or repletion for 4 weeks with 0.05, 0.1 or 0.2 microgram Se as selenite/g, or 0.1 or 0.2 microgram Se as freeze-dried cooked test food/g. Plasma and liver Se levels or glutathione peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.9; GSH-Px) activities were used as indicators of body Se status. 3. Except for oysters, the biological availability of Se in all these seafoods was close to that of selenite (selenite 100%) when the criterion used was either plasma Se level or plasma GSH-Px activity. 4. By the criterion of increased liver Se level of restored hepatic GSH-Px activity, only herring-Se had a biological availability comparable to that of selenite-Se under all conditions tested, whereas crab-Se and oyster-Se were distinctly inferior in this regard. 5. Increasing the amount of crab-Se, oyster-Se or shrimp-Se supplied in the diet from 0.1 to 0.2 microgram/g changed the apparent availability (%) of Se for hepatic GSH-Px restoration from 38 to 78, 22 to 53 and 57 to 90 respectively. 6. The present study demonstrates that the availability of Se in certain foods is a function of the criterion chosen, the level of Se supplied in the diet, and possibly other unknown interacting dietary factors.

Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena↗
PubMed1986

Bioavailability to rats of selenium in milk of cows fed sodium selenite or selenited barley.

The nutritional availability of Se to rats in two experimental Finnish milks were compared to that in American milk naturally high in Se. The experimental milks had their Se content increased by feeding cows either sodium selenite (selenited milk) or selenited barley (selenited-barley milk). Weanling male rats were fed a low-Se milk powder diet for 4 weeks followed by continued depletion or repletion with graded levels of Se as sodium selenite (standard) or different milks for 4 weeks. Plasma Se level and plasma and liver glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activities were used as criteria of body Se status. The bioavailability of Se was calculated with the slope-ratio method. The Se in the selenited-barley milk was significantly (p less than 0.01) more available than that in the selenited milk when the plasma Se level was the response criterion. On the other hand, the bioavailability of Se from the various milks was not different when plasma or liver GSH-Px activities were used as the response criteria. Overall bioavailability for the selenited milk, selenited-barley milk and American milk was only slightly less than that for the standard (sodium selenite = 1.00), showing that milk is a relatively readily available source of dietary Se.

Animal Feed↗
PubMed1986

Bioavailability of selenium in mushrooms, Boletus edulis, to young women.

The bioavailability of selenium (Se) in mushrooms, Boletus edulis, to young Finnish women was studied by giving them 150 micrograms Se as mushrooms for 4 weeks. The indicators of body selenium status were plasma and erythrocyte Se levels and plasma and platelet glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity. The Se level in erythrocytes increased significantly (26%), while only slight enhancement were found in plasma Se and plasma or platelet GSH-Px activity. The results indicate that the metabolism of mushroom-Se is different from that of wheat-Se or sodium selenate. However, by the criteria of plasma Se level or plasma and platelet GSH-Px activity the bioavailability of mushroom-Se is reasonably low.

Adult↗