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Altering dietary lysine:arginine ratio has little effect on cardiovascular risk factors and vascular reactivity in moderately hypercholesterolemic adults.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20042191     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Information is scarce regarding the effect of dietary protein type, with specific focus on the lysine-to-arginine (Lys:Arg) ratio, on cardiovascular risk factors and vascular reactivity in humans.
OBJECTIVE: Determine the effect of dietary Lys:Arg ratio on cardiovascular risk factors and vascular reactivity in moderately hypercholesterolemic adults.
DESIGN: Randomized cross-over design of two 35-day diet phases; thirty adults (21 females and 9 males, >or=50 years, LDL cholesterol>or=120 mg/dL). Diets had 20% energy (E) protein, 30%E fat, 50%E carbohydrate and were designed to have low (0.7) or high (1.4) Lys:Arg ratio. Measures included fasting and postprandial lipid, lipoprotein, apolipoprotein concentrations; fasting high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), small dense LDL (sdLDL) cholesterol, remnant lipoprotein cholesterol (RemLC), glycated albumin, adiponectin and immunoreactive insulin concentrations, endogenous cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) and lecithin:cholesterol acyl transferase (LCAT) activities; cholesterol fractional synthesis rate (FSR); and flow mediated dilation (FMD) and peripheral artery tonometry (PAT).
RESULTS: No differences were observed in fasting and/or postprandial total, LDL, HDL and sdLDL cholesterol, RemLC, Lp(a) or apo B concentrations, LCAT and CETP activities, FSR, glycated albumin, immunoreactive insulin, FMD or PAT. The low, relative to the high, Lys:Arg ratio diet resulted in lower postprandial VLDL cholesterol (-24%, P=0.001) and triglycerides (-23%, P=0.001), and small but significant differences in fasting (-3%, P=0.003) and postprandial (-3%, P=0.018) apo AI, and fasting adiponectin concentrations (+7%, P=0.035). Fasting and postprandial hsCRP concentrations were 23% lower after the low Lys:Arg ratio diet (P=0.020 for both).
CONCLUSIONS: Diets differing in Lys:Arg ratios had no or small effects on cardiovascular risk factors and vascular reactivity.
Authors:
Sonia Vega-López; Nirupa R Matthan; Lynne M Ausman; Scott V Harding; Todd C Rideout; Masumi Ai; Seiko Otokozawa; Alicia Freed; Jeffrey T Kuvin; Peter J Jones; Ernst J Schaefer; Alice H Lichtenstein
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.     Date:  2009-12-05
Journal Detail:
Title:  Atherosclerosis     Volume:  210     ISSN:  1879-1484     ISO Abbreviation:  Atherosclerosis     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-31     Completed Date:  2010-12-06     Revised Date:  2011-07-28    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0242543     Medline TA:  Atherosclerosis     Country:  Ireland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  555-62     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adiponectin / metabolism
Aged
Arginine / metabolism*
Blood Vessels / metabolism
Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control*
Cholesterol / metabolism
Cross-Over Studies
Diet*
Female
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia / diet therapy*
Lysine / metabolism*
Male
Middle Aged
Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase / metabolism
Risk Factors
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL 58008/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL058008-02/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL058008-03/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL058008-04/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL058008-05/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Adiponectin; 56-87-1/Lysine; 57-88-5/Cholesterol; 74-79-3/Arginine; EC 2.3.1.43/Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase
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