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Park SM, Rhee MS. Novel hypothesis for infant methemoglobinemia: Survival and metabolism of nitrite-producers from vegetables under gastrointestinal stress and intestinal adhesion. Food Res Int 2024; 190:114582. [PMID: 38945602 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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Infants have digestive environments that are more favorable for microbial proliferation and subsequent endogenous nitrite production than those of adults, but direct evidence of this has been lacking. In this study, we propose a novel epidemiology of infant methemoglobinemia by demonstrating the risk posed by nitrite-producers in the gastrointestinal tract. Nitrite-producers from vegetables (n = 323) were exposed to stress factors of the gastrointestinal environment (gastric pH, intestinal bile salts, anaerobic atmosphere) reflecting 4 different postnatal age periods (Neonate, ≤1 month; Infant A, 1-3 months; Infant B, 3-6 months; Infant C, 6-12 months). "High-risk" strains with a nitrate-to-nitrite conversion rate of ≥1.3 %, the minimum rate corresponding to nitrite overproduction, under the Neonate stress condition were analyzed for intestinal adhesion. Among all the phyla, Pseudomonadota achieved the highest survival (P < 0.05; survival rate of 51.3-71.8 %). Possible cross-protection against bile resistance due to acid shock was observed for all the phyla. All the high-risk strains exhibited moderate autoaggregation (14.0-36.4 %), whereas only a few exhibited satisfactory surface hydrophobicity (>40 %). The Pantoea agglomerans strain strongly adhered to Caco-2 cells (7.4 ± 1.1 %). This study showed the ability of the Pantoea, Enterobacter, and Klebsiella strains to survive under gastrointestinal stress for ≤12 months, to excessively produce nitrite under neonatal stress conditions, and to settle in the human intestine. To our knowledge, this is the first study to reveal the role of the natural flora of vegetables in the epidemiology of infant methemoglobinemia through a multilateral approach.
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- Sun Min Park
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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Yamamoto Y, Washio J, Shimizu K, Takahashi N. Effects of Nitrate and Nitrite on Plaque pH Decrease and Nitrite-Producing and -Degrading Activities of Plaque in vitro. Caries Res 2024:1-10. [PMID: 38955172 DOI: 10.1159/000540017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of nitrate and nitrite on the pH-lowering activity of human plaque, the nitrite-producing and -degrading activities of human plaque, and their correlation. METHODS Nitrate and nitrite were added to human plaque suspensions collected from the buccal aspect of maxillary molars of patients visiting a general dental clinic, and changes in pH were measured with and without glucose addition. Nitrite-producing and -degrading activities were evaluated by adding nitrate and nitrite to the plaque suspension and measuring the increase and decrease in nitrite with Griess reagent, respectively. RESULTS The addition of nitrate inhibited both endogenous and glucose-induced plaque pH-lowering. The addition of glucose enhanced the production of nitrite from nitrate by about 3.3-fold. The addition of nitrite also inhibited endogenous plaque pH-lowering, but the addition of glucose promoted nitrite degradation by only about 1.1-fold. Nitrite-producing activity was positively correlated with age, but not with nitrite-degrading activity. CONCLUSION This study revealed that nitrite was produced from nitrate and inhibited the pH-lowering activity of human plaque, which may contribute to caries control. Both nitrite-producing and -degrading activities occurred in human plaque, but no correlation was found between them. Furthermore, nitrite production was enhanced by glucose metabolism, which may function as a self-regulatory mechanism (resilience) to prevent excessive acidification by glucose metabolism.
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- Yuji Yamamoto
- Division of Oral Ecology and Biochemistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan
- Tsuda Dental Clinic, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Oral Ecology and Biochemistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Oral Ecology and Biochemistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan
- Shimizu Pediatric Dental Clinic, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Division of Oral Ecology and Biochemistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan
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Basaran B, Abanoz YY, Şenol ND, Oral ZFY, Öztürk K, Kaban G. The levels of heavy metal, acrylamide, nitrate, nitrite, N-nitrosamine compounds in brewed black tea and health risk assessment: Türkiye. J Food Compost Anal 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2023.105285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Pekmezci H, Basaran B. Dietary Heat-Treatment Contaminants Exposure and Cancer: A Case Study from Turkey. Foods 2023; 12:2320. [PMID: 37372531 DOI: 10.3390/foods12122320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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In this study, the 10-year dietary habits of patients diagnosed with cancer (n = 1155) were retrospectively analyzed, and the relationships between dietary (red meat, white meat, fish meat, French fries, bread, instant coffee, ready-to-drink coffee, Turkish coffee, and black tea) heterocyclic amines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, acrylamide, and N-nitrosamine-based risk scores and cancer types were statistically evaluated. The foods with the highest and lowest mean dietary heat-treatment contaminant risk scores were red meat and ready-to-drink coffee, respectively. There were statistically significant differences in the dietary heat-treatment contamination risk scores based on the cancer patients' demographic characteristics (sex, age, smoking, and body mass index) (p < 0.05). According to the cancer types, the systems with the highest and lowest dietary heat-treatment contaminant risk scores were determined as other (brain, thyroid, lymphatic malignancies, skin, oro- and hypopharynx, and hematology) and the reproductive (breast, uterus, and ovary) system, respectively. The relationship between instant coffee consumption and respiratory system cancer types, the frequency of consumption of French fries and urinary system cancer types and the consumption of meat products and gastrointestinal system cancer types were determined. It is thought that this study contains important findings regarding the relationship between dietary habits and cancer and will be a good source for other studies to be conducted in this context.
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- Hilal Pekmezci
- Department of Elderly Care, Health Care Services Vocational School, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize 53100, Türkiye
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize 53100, Türkiye
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Basaran B, Oral ZFY, Anlar P, Kaban G. Comparison and risk assessment of nitrate and nitrite levels in infant formula and biscuits for small children in Turkey. J Food Compost Anal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ahmed KA, Kim K, Ricart K, Van Der Pol W, Qi X, Bamman MM, Behrens C, Fisher G, Boulton ME, Morrow C, O'Neal PV, Patel RP. Potential role for age as a modulator of oral nitrate reductase activity. Nitric Oxide 2021; 108:1-7. [PMID: 33321206 PMCID: PMC8085911 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2020.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Reduction of salivary nitrate to nitrite by oral nitrate reductase (NR) expressing bacteria has emerged as an integral pathway in regulating nitric oxide (NO) homeostasis and signaling. The oral microbiome is critical for this pathway. Variations in this pathway may underlie variable responses in the magnitude by which dietary or therapeutic nitrate modulates NO-signaling. The relationships between oral microbes and NR activity, and the factors that affect this relationship remain unclear however. Using a cross-sectional study design, the objective of this study was to determine the relationships between oral microbes and oral NR activity using a protocol that directly measures initial NR activity. Tongue swabs were collected from 28 subjects ranging in age from 21 to 73y. Initial NR activity showed a bell-shaped dependence with age, with activity peaking at ~40-50y and being lower but similar between younger (20-30y) and older (51-73) individuals. Microbiome relative abundance and diversity analyses, using 16s sequencing, demonstrated differences across age and identified both NR expressing and non-expressing bacteria in modulating initial NR activity. Finally, initial NR activity was measured in 3mo and 13mo old C57BL/6J mice. No differences in bacterial number were observed. However initial NR activity was significantly (80%) lower in 13mo old mice. Collectively, these data suggest that age is a variable in NR activity and may modulate responsiveness to dietary nitrate.
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- Khandaker Ahtesham Ahmed
- Department of Pathology and Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics and the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Center for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Human Studies, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- College of Nursing, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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Gentle SJ, Ahmed KA, Yi N, Morrow CD, Ambalavanan N, Lal CV, Patel RP. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is associated with reduced oral nitrate reductase activity in extremely preterm infants. Redox Biol 2021; 38:101782. [PMID: 33166868 PMCID: PMC7658701 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Oral microbiome mediated nitrate reductase (NR) activity regulates nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability and signaling. While deficits in NO-bioavailability impact several morbidities of extreme prematurity including bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), whether oral NR activity is associated with morbidities of prematurity is not known. We characterized NR activity in extremely preterm infants from birth until 34 weeks' post menstrual age (PMA), determined whether changes in the oral microbiome contribute to changes in NR activity, and determined whether changes in NR activity correlated with disease. In this single center prospective cohort study (n = 28), we observed two surprising findings: (1) NR activity unexpectedly peaked at 29 weeks' PMA (p < 0.05) and (2) when infants were stratified for BPD status, infants who developed BPD had significantly less NR activity at 29 weeks' PMA compared to infants who did not develop BPD. Oral microbiota and NR activity may play a role in BPD development in extremely preterm infants, indicating potential for disease prediction and therapeutic targeting.
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- Samuel J Gentle
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Fernandes JO, Tella SOC, Ferraz IS, Ciampo LAD, Tanus-Santos JE. Assessment of nitric oxide metabolites concentrations in plasma, saliva, and breast milk and their relationship in lactating women. Mol Cell Biochem 2020; 476:1293-1302. [PMID: 33237454 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-020-03994-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) plays a role in many biological mechanisms. The amounts of physiologically produced NO are associated with the concentrations of its metabolites nitrate and nitrite. This study investigated whether there is any association between the concentrations of NO metabolites nitrate, nitrite, and nitrosylated species (RXNO) in mature breast milk, saliva, and plasma in healthy lactating women (N = 30). We hypothesized that the NO metabolites concentrations in plasma are associated with those found in saliva and in breast milk. NO metabolites concentrations were measured using chemiluminensce-based assays. Nitrate concentrations in breast milk are twice as much as plasma concentrations, whereas nitrate concentrations in saliva are about eightfold higher (both P < 0.001). Similar differences were found when nitrite concentrations were taken into consideration. RXNO concentrations in breast milk were negligible, and RXNO concentrations in saliva were approximately sixfold higher than those found in plasma samples (P < 0.0001). Nitrate concentrations in plasma are associated with nitrate concentrations in saliva (rs = 0.474, P = 0.004). However, no significant association was found between nitrate concentrations in breast milk and in plasma (P > 0.05). Our results show a significant association between nitrate concentrations in plasma with those found in saliva, whereas all other relationships were not significant. In conclusion, this report shows for the first time that the physiological concentrations of NO metabolites in human breast milk are probably independent of circulating NO metabolites concentrations and may depend mostly on endogenous NO synthesis in the breast. These findings may have clinical implications for newborns and lactating women.
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- Juliana O Fernandes
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, 14049-900, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Puericulture and Pediatrics, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Puericulture and Pediatrics, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, 14049-900, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil.
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González-Soltero R, Bailén M, de Lucas B, Ramírez-Goercke MI, Pareja-Galeano H, Larrosa M. Role of Oral and Gut Microbiota in Dietary Nitrate Metabolism and Its Impact on Sports Performance. Nutrients 2020; 12:E3611. [PMID: 33255362 PMCID: PMC7760746 DOI: 10.3390/nu12123611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Revised: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Nitrate supplementation is an effective, evidence-based dietary strategy for enhancing sports performance. The effects of dietary nitrate seem to be mediated by the ability of oral bacteria to reduce nitrate to nitrite, thus increasing the levels of nitrite in circulation that may be further reduced to nitric oxide in the body. The gut microbiota has been recently implicated in sports performance by improving muscle function through the supply of certain metabolites. In this line, skeletal muscle can also serve as a reservoir of nitrate. Here we review the bacteria of the oral cavity involved in the reduction of nitrate to nitrite and the possible changes induced by nitrite and their effect on gastrointestinal balance and gut microbiota homeostasis. The potential role of gut bacteria in the reduction of nitrate to nitrite and as a supplier of the signaling molecule nitric oxide to the blood circulation and muscles has not been explored in any great detail.
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- Rocío González-Soltero
- Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670 Madrid, Spain; (M.B.); (M.I.R.-G.)
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- Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670 Madrid, Spain; (M.B.); (M.I.R.-G.)
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- Faculty of Sports Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670 Madrid, Spain; (B.d.L.); (H.P.-G.); (M.L.)
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- Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670 Madrid, Spain; (M.B.); (M.I.R.-G.)
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- Faculty of Sports Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670 Madrid, Spain; (B.d.L.); (H.P.-G.); (M.L.)
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- Faculty of Sports Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, 28670 Madrid, Spain; (B.d.L.); (H.P.-G.); (M.L.)
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