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Rodriguez L, Duchez P, Touya N, Debeissat C, Guitart AV, Pasquet JM, Vlaski-Lafarge M, Brunet de la Grange P, Ivanovic Z. α-Tocopherol Attenuates Oxidative Phosphorylation of CD34 + Cells, Enhances Their G0 Phase Fraction and Promotes Hematopoietic Stem and Primitive Progenitor Cell Maintenance. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11040558. [PMID: 33920203 PMCID: PMC8070309 DOI: 10.3390/biom11040558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Alpha tocopherol acetate (αTOA) is an analogue of alpha tocopherol (αTOC) that exists in the form of an injectable drug. In the context of the metabolic hypothesis of stem cells, we studied the impact of αTOA on the metabolic energetic profile and functional properties of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. In ex vivo experiments performed on cord blood CD34+ cells, we found that αTOA effectively attenuates oxidative phosphorylation without affecting the glycolysis rate. This effect concerns complex I and complex II of the mitochondrial respiratory chain and is related to the relatively late increase (3 days) in ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species). The most interesting effect was the inhibition of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor (HIF)-2α (Hexpression, which is a determinant of the most pronounced biological effect-the accumulation of CD34+ cells in the G0 phase of the cell cycle. In parallel, better maintenance of the primitive stem cell activity was revealed by the expansion seen in secondary cultures (higher production of colony forming cells (CFC) and Severe Combined Immunodeficiency-mice (scid)-repopulating cells (SRC)). While the presence of αTOA enhanced the maintenance of Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSC) and contained their proliferation ex vivo, whether it could play the same role in vivo remained unknown. Creating αTOC deficiency via a vitamin E-free diet in mice, we found an accelerated proliferation of CFC and an expanded compartment of LSK (lineagenegative Sca-1+cKit+) and SLAM (cells expressing Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule family receptors) bone marrow cell populations whose in vivo repopulating capacity was decreased. These in vivo data are in favor of our hypothesis that αTOC may have a physiological role in the maintenance of stem cells. Taking into account that αTOC also exhibits an effect on proliferative capacity, it may also be relevant for the ex vivo manipulation of hematopoietic stem cells. For this purpose, low non-toxic doses of αTOA should be used.
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- Laura Rodriguez
- Etablissement Français du Sang Nouvelle Aquitaine, Place Amélie Raba Léon, CS22010, CEDEX, 33075 Bordeaux, France
- Inserm Bordeaux UMR 1035, 33000 Bordeaux, France
- Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang Nouvelle Aquitaine, Place Amélie Raba Léon, CS22010, CEDEX, 33075 Bordeaux, France
- Inserm Bordeaux UMR 1035, 33000 Bordeaux, France
- Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang Nouvelle Aquitaine, Place Amélie Raba Léon, CS22010, CEDEX, 33075 Bordeaux, France
- Inserm Bordeaux UMR 1035, 33000 Bordeaux, France
- Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Inserm Bordeaux UMR 1035, 33000 Bordeaux, France
- Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Inserm Bordeaux UMR 1035, 33000 Bordeaux, France
- Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Inserm Bordeaux UMR 1035, 33000 Bordeaux, France
- Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang Nouvelle Aquitaine, Place Amélie Raba Léon, CS22010, CEDEX, 33075 Bordeaux, France
- Inserm Bordeaux UMR 1035, 33000 Bordeaux, France
- Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang Nouvelle Aquitaine, Place Amélie Raba Léon, CS22010, CEDEX, 33075 Bordeaux, France
- Inserm Bordeaux UMR 1035, 33000 Bordeaux, France
- Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang Nouvelle Aquitaine, Place Amélie Raba Léon, CS22010, CEDEX, 33075 Bordeaux, France
- Inserm Bordeaux UMR 1035, 33000 Bordeaux, France
- Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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Yu JC, Shliakhtsitsava K, Wang YM, Paul M, Farnaes L, Wong V, Kim J, Thornburg CD. Hematologic Manifestations of Nutritional Deficiencies: Early Recognition is Essential to Prevent Serious Complications. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2019; 41:e182-e185. [PMID: 30339653 PMCID: PMC7216753 DOI: 10.1097/mph.0000000000001338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Nutritional deficiencies, including deficiencies of vitamin B12, copper, and vitamin C, may result in cytopenias and hematologic symptoms. Early recognition of these deficiencies is imperative for prompt treatment and improvement in hematologic and other manifestations. We describe 5 cases which illustrate the hematologic manifestations of nutritional deficiencies and challenges to initial diagnosis and management. Supplementation of the deficient vitamin or micronutrient in all of these cases resulted in rapid resolution of cytopenias, hemorrhage, and other associated hematologic symptoms. We also review other nutritional deficiencies that manifest with hematologic symptoms and compile recommendations on treatment and expected time to response.
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- Jennifer C. Yu
- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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For living creatures with an aerobic metabolism, the univalent reduction of oxygen can lead to formation within the cell of intermediate products with marked chemical instability and strong potential toxicity. These are the free radicals (FR) superoxide and hydroxyl, hydrogen peroxide and the singlet 1O2. Their toxicity is primarily expressed through the peroxidation of membrane lipids, resulting in mitochondrial, lysosomal and parietal damage. It is enhanced by the presence of metals in trace amounts. Imbalance between the production of FR and the availability of FR scavengers (superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, etc.) may underlie different human pathologies. FR have been thought to play a part in inflammation; the aging process, carcinomatous transformations, damage due to recirculation and autoimmune diseases. As far as the kidney is concerned, the intervention of FR has been demonstrated or can be postulated in various contexts in the light of what has been observed in other pathologies: immunological nephritis, toxic nephropathies, microthrombotic and microangiopathic processes, damage caused by post-ischemic reflow, and problems in the preservation and rejection of transplants. FR have also been incriminated in lung lesions following intradialytic leukostasis and some aspects of toxicity ascribable to uremia. Subject to the precautions imposed by the need for theoretical, experimental and clinical verification, FR biochemistry offers new keys to the interpretation of a variety of kidney pathologies and opens up new prospects for treatment, both through a better understanding of the mechanism of action of drugs already known and employed, and with regard to the practical possibility of using alternative or combined forms of therapy.
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- C. Canavese
- Department of Nephrology, University of Torino, S. Giovanni - Molinette Hospital, Torino, Italia
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- Department of Nephrology, University of Torino, S. Giovanni - Molinette Hospital, Torino, Italia
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- Department of Nephrology, University of Torino, S. Giovanni - Molinette Hospital, Torino, Italia
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Deby C, Hariton C, Pincemail J, Coget J. Decreased Tocopherol Concentration of Varicose Veins is Associated with a Decrease in Antilipoperoxidant Activity without Similar Changes in Plasma. Phlebology 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/026835558900400209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Antilipoperoxidant and antiradicalar powers were determined in human varicose saphenous veins, and correlated with tocopherol content in plasma or venous homogenates. No difference was found between plasma levels of tocopherol in samples from controls (10.25 ± 1.93 μg ml−1) and from patients with varicose veins (11.50 ± 4.05 μg ml−1), while a significant decrease in tocopherol level was observed in varicose saphenous vein (4.46 ± 1.75 μg/100 mg) as compared to normal vein homogenates (6.25 ± 1.52μg/100mg). In addition, a positive linear correlation ( r = 0.939, p < 0.001) between the antilipoperoxidant activity of venous tissues and their tocopherol content was noticed, whereas no similar relation exists with the plasma tocopherol concentrations. Moreover, a negative linear correlation ( r = 0.814, p < 0.001) between plasma and vessel-wall anti-OH properties was demonstrated, without similar correlation between anti-OH power and the tocopherol levels, neither for the plasma nor for the venous samples. Concerning antiradicalar activities, a positive linear correlation ( r = 0.761, p < 0.001) was noticed between anti-OH power and anti-ferryl ion properties observed in venous wall homogenates. This study provides a new valuation in man concerning the implication of tocopherol in the oxidative status of venous tissue.
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- Carol Deby
- Unité de Biochimie de l'oxygène. Université de Liège. Sart-Tilman 400 Liège 1-Belgique
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- Laboratoires Martinet, 222 boulevard Péreire, 75848 Paris Cédex 17-France
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- Unité de Biochimie de l'oxygène. Université de Liège. Sart-Tilman 400 Liège 1-Belgique
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- C.H. U. de Lille. Service d'Angiologie du Prof. Lekieffre, 59000 Lille Cédex-France
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Jiang J, Xiao H, Wu K, Yu Z, Ren Y, Zhao Y, Li K, Li J, Li D. Retinol and α-tocopherol in human milk and their relationship with dietary intake during lactation. Food Funct 2016; 7:1985-91. [DOI: 10.1039/c5fo01293g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Human milk is considered as an optimal nutrition source for neonates, and vitamins A and E improve oxidative stress in offspring through breast milk.
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- Jiajing Jiang
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- China
- APCNS Centre of Nutrition and Food Safety
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- China
- Department of Hangzhou Food and Drug Inspection
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- China
- APCNS Centre of Nutrition and Food Safety
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- Department of Fine Chemical
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control
- Hangzhou
- China
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- China
- APCNS Centre of Nutrition and Food Safety
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- China
- APCNS Centre of Nutrition and Food Safety
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- China
- APCNS Centre of Nutrition and Food Safety
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- China
- APCNS Centre of Nutrition and Food Safety
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Porcelli PJ, Greene H, Adcock E. A modified vitamin regimen for vitamin B2, A, and E administration in very-low-birth-weight infants. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2004; 38:392-400. [PMID: 15085017 DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200404000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Very-low-birth-weight (VLBW; birth weight, <1,500 g) infants receive preterm infant formulas and parenteral multivitamin preparations that provide more riboflavin (vitamin B2) than does human milk and more than that recommended by the American Society of Clinical Nutrition. VLBW infants who are not breast-fed may have plasma riboflavin concentrations up to 50 times higher than those in cord blood. The authors examined a vitamin regimen designed to reduce daily riboflavin intake, with the hypothesis that this new regimen would result in lower plasma riboflavin concentrations while maintaining lipid-soluble vitamin levels. METHODS Preterm infants with birth weight < or =1,000 g received either standard preterm infant nutrition providing 0.42 to 0.75 mg riboflavin/kg/day (standard group), or a modified regimen providing 0.19 to 0.35 mg/kg/day (modified group). The modified group parenteral vitamin infusion was premixed in Intralipid. Enteral feedings were selected to meet daily riboflavin administration guidelines. Plasma riboflavin, vitamin A, and vitamin E concentrations were measured weekly by high-performance liquid chromatography. Data were analyzed with the independent t test, chi, and analysis of variance. RESULTS The 36 infants (17 standard group, 19 modified group) had birth weight and gestational age of 779 +/- 29 g and 25.5 +/- 0.3 weeks (mean +/- SEM) with no differences between groups. Modified group infants received 38% less riboflavin (0.281 +/- 0.009 mg/kg/day), 35% more vitamin A (318.3 +/- 11.4 microg/kg/day), and 14% more vitamin E (3.17 +/- 0.14 mg/kg/day) than standard group infants. Plasma riboflavin rose from baseline in both groups but was 37% lower in the modified group during the first postnatal month (133.3 +/- 9.9 ng/mL). Riboflavin intake and plasma riboflavin concentrations were directly correlated. Plasma vitamin A (0.222 +/- 0.022 microg/mL) and vitamin E (22.26 +/- 1.61 /mL) concentrations were greater in the modified group. CONCLUSIONS The modified vitamin regimen resulted in reduced riboflavin intake and plasma riboflavin concentration, suggesting plasma riboflavin concentration is partially dose dependent during the first postnatal month in VLBW infants. Modified group plasma vitamin A and vitamin E concentrations were greater during the first month, possibly because the vitamins were premixed with parenteral lipid emulsion. Because of the complexity of this protocol, the authors suggest that a parenteral multivitamin product designed for VLBW infants which uses weight-based dosing should be developed.
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- Peter J Porcelli
- Departments of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27103, USA.
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Brion LP, Bell EF, Raghuveer TS. Vitamin E supplementation for prevention of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2003; 2003:CD003665. [PMID: 12917978 PMCID: PMC8725195 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Treating very low birth weight (VLBW) infants with pharmacologic doses of vitamin E as an antioxidant agent has been proposed for preventing or limiting retinopathy of prematurity, intracranial hemorrhage, hemolytic anemia, and chronic lung disease. However, excessive doses of vitamin E may result in side effects. OBJECTIVES The aim of this systematic review was to assess the effects of vitamin E supplementation on morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched MEDLINE (October 2002), EMBASE (March 2002), the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CCTR) from the Cochrane Library, 2003, Issue 1, and personal files for clinical trials assessing vitamin E in preterm infants. SELECTION CRITERIA We selected trials analyzing primary outcomes (mortality or combined long-term morbidity) or secondary outcomes (other morbidity) in infants with gestational age less than 37 weeks or birth weight less than 2500 grams. The intervention was allocation to routine supplementation with vitamin E in the treatment group versus placebo, no treatment or another type, dose or route of administration of vitamin E. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS We used standard methods of the Cochrane Collaboration and of the Cochrane Neonatal Review Group. MAIN RESULTS Twenty-six randomized clinical trials fulfilled entry criteria. No study assessed combined long-term morbidity. Routine vitamin E supplementation significantly reduced the risk of germinal/intraventricular hemorrhage (typical relative risk [RR] 0.85, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.73, 0.99), increased the risk of sepsis (typical RR 1.52, CI 1.13, 2.04) and increased hemoglobin concentration by a small amount, but did not significantly affect mortality and other morbidity. In VLBW infants, vitamin E supplementation increased the risk of sepsis, and reduced the risk of severe retinopathy and blindness among those examined. Subgroup analyses in VLBW infants showed (1) an association between serum tocopherol levels greater than 3.5 mg/dl and increased risk of sepsis and reduced risk for severe retinopathy among those examined; and (2) an association between intravenous, high-dose administration of vitamin E and increased risk of sepsis. REVIEWER'S CONCLUSIONS Vitamin E supplementation in preterm infants reduced the risk of intracranial hemorrhage but increased the risk of sepsis. In very low birth weight infants it increased the risk of sepsis, and reduced the risk of severe retinopathy and blindness among those examined. Evidence does not support the routine use of vitamin E supplementation by intravenous route at high doses, or aiming at serum tocopherol levels greater than 3.5 mg/dl.
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- Luc P Brion
- University of Texas Southwestern at DallasDivision of Neonatal‐Perinatal Medicine5323 Harry Hines BoulevardDallasTexasUSA75390‐9063
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- University of IowaDepartment of Pediatrics200 Hawkins DriveIowa CityIowaUSA52242
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- University of Kansas Medical CenterPediatrics3043 Wescoe Building3901 Rainbow BlvdKansas CityUSAKS 66106
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Pediatric Hematology Oncology as a specialty was possible because of the evolution of the science of Hematology, which developed microscopy for describing blood cell morphology and methods for quantitation of these elements. Before pediatric blood diseases could be defined, it was necessary to establish the normal blood values of infancy and childhood. The unique features of the blood of the newborn were the focus of many of the early studies. After normal values were established, specific blood disease and hematologic syndromes of children began to be described in Europe and the United States. Pediatric Hematology Oncology is a broad and complex area that encompasses perturbations of the several-formed elements of the blood and their precursors in the bone marrow, as well as the coagulation-fibrinolytic systems in the plasma, the reticuloendothelial system, and malignancies of the blood and solid tissues and organs. The interactions of the blood and nutrition have long been important areas of study. Advances in Pediatric Oncology have been particularly spectacular in the last 50 years. Using multi-modal therapy including combination chemotherapy, more than 80% of children with cancer can now be cured. During the last 50 years, Pediatric Hematology Oncology has increasingly used tools of the "new biology": immunology, biochemistry, enzymology, genetics and molecular genetics, and others. During the last century, many diseases have been recognized and defined by biochemical and genetic mechanisms, and in some instances they have been prevented or cured.
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- Howard A Pearson
- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
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Achieving appropriate growth and nutrient accretion of preterm and low birth weight (LBW) infants is often difficult during hospitalization because of metabolic and gastrointestinal immaturity and other complicating medical conditions. Advances in the care of preterm-LBW infants, including improved nutrition, have reduced mortality rates for these infants from 9.6 to 6.2% from 1983 to 1997. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has responsibility for ensuring the safety and nutritional quality of infant formulas based on current scientific knowledge. Consequently, under FDA contract, an ad hoc Expert Panel was convened by the Life Sciences Research Office of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences to make recommendations for the nutrient content of formulas for preterm-LBW infants based on current scientific knowledge and expert opinion. Recommendations were developed from different criteria than that used for recommendations for term infant formula. To ensure nutrient adequacy, the Panel considered intrauterine accretion rate, organ development, factorial estimates of requirements, nutrient interactions and supplemental feeding studies. Consideration was also given to long-term developmental outcome. Some recommendations were based on current use in domestic preterm formula. Included were recommendations for nutrients not required in formula for term infants such as lactose and arginine. Recommendations, examples, and sample calculations were based on a 1000 g preterm infant consuming 120 kcal/kg and 150 mL/d of an 810 kcal/L formula. A summary of recommendations for energy and 45 nutrient components of enteral formulas for preterm-LBW infants are presented. Recommendations for five nutrient:nutrient ratios are also presented. In addition, critical areas for future research on the nutritional requirements specific for preterm-LBW infants are identified.
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- Catherine J Klein
- Life Sciences Research Office, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA.
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Prematurity anemia: effect of iron supplementation. Nutr Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0271-5317(00)00254-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Kumar RK, Edwards KN, Bury G. Haemolytic anaemia secondary to vitamin E deficiency in premature infants. Indian J Pediatr 2000; 67:537-8. [PMID: 10957841 DOI: 10.1007/bf02760488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Fishman SM, Christian P, West KP. The role of vitamins in the prevention and control of anaemia. Public Health Nutr 2000; 3:125-50. [PMID: 10948381 DOI: 10.1017/s1368980000000173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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OBJECTIVE While iron deficiency is regarded as the major cause of nutritional anaemia, changes in vitamins A, B12, C and E, folic acid and riboflavin status have also been linked to its development and control. This paper provides a systematic review of vitamin supplementation trials relating to the control of nutritional anaemia. METHODS A MEDLINE search was used to find reports of vitamin supplementation trials that reported changes in anaemia or iron status. RESULTS Vitamin A can improve haematological indicators and enhance the efficacy of iron supplementation. Both folate and vitamin B12 can cure and prevent megaloblastic anaemia. Riboflavin enhances the haematological response to iron, and its deficiency may account for a significant proportion of anaemia in many populations. Vitamin C enhances the absorption of dietary iron, although population-based data showing its efficacy in reducing anaemia or iron deficiency are lacking. Vitamin E supplementation given to preterm infants has not reduced the severity of the anaemia of prematurity. Vitamin B6 effectively treats sideroblastic anaemia. Multivitamin supplementation may raise haemoglobin (Hb) concentration, but few studies have isolated the effect of multivitamins from iron on haematological status. CONCLUSIONS In general, the public health impact of vitamin supplementation in controlling anaemia is not clear. Neither are the complex interactions involving multiple vitamins in haematopoiesis sufficiently understood to explain the observed variability in haematological responses to vitamins by age, population, vitamin mixture and dosages. Further research is needed to understand the roles of individual and combined vitamin deficiencies on anaemia to design appropriate micronutrient interventions to prevent anaemia.
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- S M Fishman
- Division of Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Manifestations of deficiencies of protein, calories, vitamins, and trace elements are described. These findings are placed in the context of the functions, food sources, and causes of deficiency of each micronutrient.
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- J P Balint
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
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Levels of certain antioxidants namely reduced glutathione (GSH), ascorbic acid (Vit C), alpha-tocopherol (Vit E) and antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and glutathione reductase (GR) were compared in monkey and rat brain microvessels which constitute the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The BBB of both the species contains appreciable amounts of the antioxidants to protect against oxidative damage. The level of protection in rat seems to be more efficient than monkey since rat microvessels contain higher concentrations of some of the bio-antioxidants. The comparative status of enzymatic and non-enzymatic protective system against oxidation in the brain microvessels has been discussed.
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- A Shukla
- Division of Pharmacology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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Geissler RG, Ganser A, Ottmann OG, Gute P, Morawetz A, Guba P, Helm EB, Hoelzer D. In vitro improvement of bone marrow-derived hematopoietic colony formation in HIV-positive patients by alpha-D-tocopherol and erythropoietin. Eur J Haematol Suppl 1994; 53:201-6. [PMID: 7957803 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1994.tb00189.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The majority of patients with progressive HIV infection develop a severe hematopoietic failure which is aggravated by the hematotoxic effect of azidothymidine (AZT) treatment. Since it was shown in a mouse model that alpha-D-tocopherol (vitamin E derivative) antagonizes the inhibitory influence of AZT on the growth of burst-forming units-erythrocyte (BFU-E), it was the aim of this study to investigate whether alpha-D-tocopherol and high dosages of erythropoietin (EPO) increase the hematopoietic colony-forming capacity of bone marrow cells from patients with progressive HIV disease and especially if they reverse the inhibitory effects of AZT. The data demonstrate that tocopherol (1-100 mumol/l) significantly increases the growth of BFU-E and colony-forming units granulocyte-monocyte (CFU-GM) from HIV-infected patients. This stimulatory effect is dose-dependent (maximum at 30-100 mumol/l) and only occurs when the agent is present from the beginning of the cultures. EPO (5-10 U/ml) also augments the numbers of BFU-E from HIV-infected patients. Tocopherol equally ameliorates the growth of BFU-E and CFU-GM from the HIV-positive cohort in the presence of AZT (10-100 mumol/l). For healthy controls, no such increase was observed, either with tocopherol or with higher dosages of EPO. In conclusion, both tocopherol and EPO partially reverse the myelosuppressive action of AZT in HIV-positive patients.
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Spontaneous atherosclerosis is largely an occlusive disease of medium-size arteries whose progression in a hyperlipidemic environment reflects chronic interactions among injury stimuli to the vessel wall and "responses to injury" by vascular tissue and certain blood components. Development of vessel lesions in animal models of spontaneous atherosclerosis and (at least in principle) in man largely reflects responses of three major cell types (vascular endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells, monocytes-macrophages) as well as the content and distribution of lipids among various lipoprotein subclasses and the increased atherogenicity of modified (e.g., oxidized) lipoproteins. The severe clinical complications associated with spontaneous atherosclerosis, along with its rather common incidence in man, have focused attention on the prevention and therapy of this vascular disease state. Some pharmacological studies in animal models of spontaneous atherosclerosis and some retrospective epidemiological studies in man suggest that vitamin E, the principal (if not sole) lipid-soluble chain-breaking tissue antioxidant, might have therapeutic benefit as an antiatherosclerotic agent. This suggestion gains support from a variety of compelling in vitro evidence demonstrating direct influences of vitamin E on cells and lipoproteins likely involved in the pathogenesis of spontaneous atherosclerosis. Biochemical and cellular data indicate that the potential antiatherogenic activity of vitamin E could reflect its activities as a regulator of endothelial, smooth muscle, or monocyte-macrophage function, an inhibitor of endothelial membrane lipid peroxidation, a modulator of plasma lipid levels and lipid distribution among circulating lipoproteins, and a preventor of lipoprotein oxidative modification. On the other hand, there is a comparative lack of conclusive evidence from animal models regarding: (a) the importance to atherogenesis of vascular and cellular processes modulated by vitamin E; (b) the influence of vitamin E on these processes in vivo and, consequently, on the initiation/progression of spontaneous atherosclerosis. Therefore, pharmacologic investigation of vitamin E (and synthetic, vitamin E-like antioxidants) in nutritional and hyperlipidemic animal models of spontaneous atherosclerosis is required to establish whether any atherosclerotic impact is associated with vitamin E and, if so, what the mechanistic basis of the therapeutic benefit is. Such a line of experimental inquiry should also increase our understanding of the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic vessel disease per se.
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- D R Janero
- Research Department, CIBA-GEIGY Corporation, Summit, NJ 07901
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Stevenson DK, Vreman HJ, Ferguson JE, Lenert LA, Leonard MB, Gale R. Continuous parenteral infusion of vitamin E pharmacokinetics and bilirubin production in premature neonates. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1989; 570:352-7. [PMID: 2629604 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1989.tb14934.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We conclude that 5 mg/kg of vitamin E, administered intra-arterially as an 8-hour continuous infusion, significantly and predictably raises serum vitamin E levels into the supraphysiologic range with no apparent side effects. In a group of premature infants whose initial serum vitamin E levels were generally greater than or equal to 0.5 mg/dL, no decrease in bilirubin production was observed. Thus, vitamin E deficiency probably does not play a prominent role in jaundice of prematurity.
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- D K Stevenson
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305
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Wharton BA. Iron nutrition in childhood: the interplay of genes, development and environment. ACTA PAEDIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. SUPPLEMENT 1989; 361:5-11. [PMID: 2485584 DOI: 10.1111/apa.1989.78.s361.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The state of a child's iron nutrition depends on his genetic endowment, the stage of development he has reached and the environment in which he lives. Genetic disorders lead more commonly to iron overload than to deficiency. Generally interplay between genes and environment is apparently of little importance when considering iron deficiency; are we missing something? The greatest demands for iron are at the time of most rapid growth, i.e. during infancy and puberty, but during early infancy body stores can meet the demand without a need for dietary iron. Oxygen, diet and microbes are the important environmental factors related to iron nutrition. The relationship of oxygen toxicity to iron nutrition in the newborn has received only fleeting study, the availability of iron from many foods is unclear; the clinical significance of iron overload and deficiency in the evolution of an infection is also unclear despite a wealth of in vitro observation. I am not convinced that the bottle fed baby should receive iron in his diet during the first 4-6 months of life. Thereafter, while the concept of universal unselective supplementation causes some uneasiness there are considerable epidemiological arguments for fortification of food with iron.
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- B A Wharton
- University of Glasgow Department of Human Nutrition, Yorkhill Hospitals
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Arnold JD, Leslie GI, Earl JW, O'Halloran M. Distribution of plasma vitamin E levels in supplemented very low birthweight infants. AUSTRALIAN PAEDIATRIC JOURNAL 1989; 25:168-70. [PMID: 2764840 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1989.tb01444.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The distribution of plasma Vitamin E (VE) was determined in 25 very low birthweight (VLBW) infants who were supplemented with 100 mg/kg per day of alpha-tocopherol acetate, given intragastrically. Their mean birthweight was 917 g and mean gestational age was 28 weeks. Mean plasma VE levels after 1 and 6 weeks' supplementation were 2.7 mg/dL (s.e.m. = 1.0) and 6.4 mg/dL (s.e.m. = 1.4), respectively (the difference was not significant). There was wide variability in plasma VE levels in these infants despite being on an identical dose of tocopherol. Plasma VE was less than 0.5 mg/dL in 12% of samples, 0.5-3.0 mg/dL in 32%, 3.1-5.0 mg/dL in 18%, and 5.1-20 mg/dL in 38%. Fifteen of the 25 infants had at least one level in the range which has been associated with an increased incidence of septicaemia and necrotizing enterocolitis (greater than 5.0 mg/dL). These data suggest that if a policy of VE supplementation for VLBW infants is chosen, monitoring of plasma VE levels appears necessary so that the dosage can be adjusted in order to maintain plasma VE within the optimal range. This study's dosage regimen of supplementing infants with 100 mg/kg per day of VE was associated with a high incidence of elevated plasma VE levels and it is concluded that it is not advisable to use such large doses of VE in the premature newborn.
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- J D Arnold
- Department of Neonatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
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Lipoprotein secretion and vitamin E transport depend on an adequate supply of inositol which functions synergistically with choline. Feeding rats a choline deficient diet was associated with decreased linoleic and arachidonic acids and increased docosapentenoic and docosahexenoic acids in liver phosphatidylethanolamine. Lipoprotein secretion by the liver is impaired by long chain omega 3 fatty acids and by the high carbohydrate diet of Kwashiorkor. Pulmonary surfactant is a lipoprotein which functions in preventing alveolar collapse in the lung. Inositol supplements to premature infants altered the composition of surfactant phospholipids and reduced the need for oxygen therapy. Oxygen free radicals, generated in oxygen therapy, convert low density lipoproteins (LDL) into potent toxins, without adequate antioxidants and free radical scavengers to block free radical generation. Vitamin E deficiency predisposes humans to increased susceptability to oxygen toxicity leading to Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a form of chronic pulmonary insufficiency.
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Shenkin A. Clinical aspects of vitamin and trace element metabolism. BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY 1988; 2:765-98. [PMID: 3072980 DOI: 10.1016/0950-3528(88)90035-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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An adequate provision of all micronutrients, vitamins and essential trace elements is necessary for maintenance of normal tissue function. In patients requiring nutritional support, these factors are essential for optimal utilization of the major nutrients and play a role in all aspects of intermediary metabolism. In this chapter, some of the main features of the micronutrients have been described, together with suggestions regarding their provision enterally or parenterally. For most of these nutrients, diagnostic methods are not available to permit accurate assessment of status and hence the level of provision necessary for optimal results. However, there is now sufficient understanding of nutritional requirements such that few patients should now develop clinical or biochemical signs of under- or overprovision of micronutrients.
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Vitamin E supplementation of premature infants. Nutr Rev 1988; 46:122-3. [PMID: 3386904 DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1988.tb05397.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Conway SP, Rawson I, Dear PR, Shires SE, Kelleher J. The early anaemia of the premature infant: is there a place for vitamin E supplementation? Br J Nutr 1986; 56:105-14. [PMID: 3676185 DOI: 10.1079/bjn19860090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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1. The efficacy of oral vitamin E supplementation in preventing the early anaemia of the premature infant was assessed in a 10-week double-blind trial. Forty-two babies received either a placebo or 5 or 15 mg supplementary vitamin E/d with oral feeding. No infant received less than the recommended vitamin E:polyunsaturated fatty acid (E:PUFA) value of 0.6. No iron supplement was given. 2. Weekly full blood counts were taken, and plasma vitamin E assay and in vitro haemolysis tests performed on blood sampled on day 1, and also at 6 and 10 weeks of age. All blood withdrawn and transfused and all feeds were documented. 3. Thirty-six (86%) of the babies had a plasma vitamin E level at birth below the accepted adult norm, i.e. less than 5200 micrograms/l. At 6 weeks of age thirty-three (79%) and at 10 weeks thirty-five (83%) of the babies had levels within the normal adult range. No baby showed either clinical or haematological evidence of a vitamin E deficiency state during the trial. 4. It is concluded that in the absence of Fe supplementation and observing the minimum recommended E:PUFA value, contemporary feeding practices allow for the absorption of sufficient vitamin E by the premature baby to prevent the development of an early haemolytic anaemia. 5. No significant relation was found between plasma vitamin E levels and the degree of peroxide haemolysis.
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- S P Conway
- Department of Paediatrics, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds
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Studies in patients with abetalipoproteinaemia, other chronic and severe fat malabsorptive states and a selective defect in vitamin E absorption, together with neuropathological studies in the vitamin E deficient human, monkey and rat indicate that vitamin E is important for normal neurological function. Appropriate vitamin E supplementation is, therefore, advisable for all patients with chronic fat malabsorption who have low serum vitamin E concentrations. Serum vitamin E concentrations should also be measured in patients with spinocerebellar disorders, whatever the aetiology.
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Muller DP, Lloyd JK, Wolff OH. The role of vitamin E in the treatment of the neurological features of abetalipoproteinaemia and other disorders of fat absorption. J Inherit Metab Dis 1985; 8 Suppl 1:88-92. [PMID: 3930848 DOI: 10.1007/bf01800666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Studies in patients with abetalipoproteinaemia and other chronic and severe fat malabsorptive states, and neuropathological studies in the vitamin E-deficient human, monkey and rat indicate that vitamin E is important for normal neurological function. Appropriate vitamin E supplementation is, therefore, advisable for all patients with chronic fat malabsorption who have low serum vitamin E concentrations.
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Muller DP, Lloyd JK, Wolff OH. Vitamin E and neurological function: abetalipoproteinaemia and other disorders of fat absorption. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1984; 101:106-21. [PMID: 6557902 DOI: 10.1002/9780470720820.ch8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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Evidence that vitamin E is important for normal neurological function in humans is presented. First, in abetalipoproteinaemia early therapy with vitamin E delays and may prevent the development of the neurological complications, and in patients with established lesions treatment can arrest or reverse the neuropathy. Second, in other chronic disorders of fat absorption with severe vitamin E deficiency, neurological manifestations which are very similar to those described in untreated abetalipoproteinaemia can be improved by vitamin E. Vitamin E supplementation is therefore advisable for all patients with chronic fat malabsorption who have low serum vitamin E concentration. Serum vitamin E concentrations should also be measured in patients with spinocerebellar disorders, whatever the aetiology.
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Three lines of evidence indicate that vitamin E is important for normal neurological function in man. First, in abetalipoproteinaemia early therapy with vitamin E delays, and may prevent, the development of neurological complications, and in patients with established lesions treatment can arrest or reverse the neuropathy. Secondly, in other chronic disorders of fat absorption with severe vitamin E deficiency, neurological manifestations can be improved by vitamin E. Thirdly, the neuropathological changes observed in vitamin-E-deficient states in man (such as abetalipoproteinaemia, chronic liver disease, and cystic fibrosis) are similar to those reported in vitamin-E-deficient rats and monkeys.
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A rapid and convenient automated procedure for the determination of alpha-tocopherol is described. As little as 0.3 ml of serum or plasma can be used at a sample rate of 20 per hour and carry-over is negligible. Within-batch precision was 4.71% at 5.0 mg alpha-tocopherol per 1, and 3.68% at 20 mg/l, compared with a between-batch precision of 6.98% at 10 mg/l. Using this procedure alpha-tocopherol has been found to be distributed in a log-normal manner and on that basis the range of values for 80 haematologically normal subjects was calculated to be 4.0 to 16.0 mg/l. In pregnancy the alpha-tocopherol was elevated, ranging from 6.7 to 24.0 mg/l. During the first year of life normal infants ranged from 2.0 to 16.0 mg/l which was higher than a small group with various disorders whose values ranged from 1.2 to 8.3 mg/l. The cord blood level was approximately one-fifth of the maternal level.
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Hågå P. Plasma vitamin E levels and vitamin E/beta-lipoprotein relationships in small preterm infants during the early anemia of prematurity. Eur J Pediatr 1981; 136:143-7. [PMID: 7227390 DOI: 10.1007/bf00441916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Matsumoto M, Wakasugi H, Ibayashi H. Serum vitamin E, lipid peroxide and glutathione peroxidase in patients with chronic pancreatitis. Clin Chim Acta 1981; 110:121-5. [PMID: 7214710 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(81)90308-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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It has been reported that lipid peroxidation increases in patients with antioxidant deficiencies, such as vitamin E and glutathione peroxidase. The relationships between serum lipid peroxide and vitamin E on the one hand and glutathione peroxidase on the other were examined in 22 patients with chronic pancreatitis, often accompanied by malabsorption of fats and fat-soluble vitamins due to the impaired exocrine pancreatic function. Both serum vitamin E concentrations and glutathione peroxidase activities were depressed, especially in patients with chronic calcifying pancreatitis. On the other hand, serum lipid peroxide levels were elevated. A significant negative correlation was found between the serum lipid peroxide levels and vitamin E concentration. These findings suggest than an elevation of the serum lipid peroxide level may be due to the lack of an antioxidative defense mechanism, such as vitamin E, against lipid peroxide.
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Simon C, Kiosz D, Hoffmann I. Serum concentrations of vitamin E in healthy infants fed commercial milks. Eur J Pediatr 1980; 133:273-6. [PMID: 6893024 DOI: 10.1007/bf00496088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Serum vitamin E concentrations were determined in 60 term and 26 premature infants during the first 2 months of life. All infants received commercial milk formula containing vitamin E. In addition, premature infants older than 10 days were given vitamin E orally as a multivitamin preparation. Thus, daily intake of vitamin E was nearly 1.2 mg/kg body weight in term infants and 2--3 mg/kg body weight in premature infants. In term infants serum levels of vitamin E rose from 2.6 mg/l (cord blood) to 7.0 mg/l (3rd--13th day) and 9.1 mg/l (16th--25th day) and remained at 10 mg/l (in the second month of life). Hemoglobin concentration and red cell number decreased continuously due to physiological anemia of infancy. In premature infants mean values of vitamin E were the same as in term infants. Vitamin E deficiency with hemolytic anemia could be demonstrated in a 2 months old infant suffering from cystic fibrosis.
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Williams ML, Oski FA. Vitamin E status of infants fed formula containing medium-chain triglycerides. J Pediatr 1980; 96:70-2. [PMID: 7350320 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(80)80332-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Ozsoylu S. Acute infantile thrombocytosis and vitamin K deficiency associated with intracranial haemorrhage. Arch Dis Child 1980; 55:84-5. [PMID: 6990876 PMCID: PMC1626717 DOI: 10.1136/adc.55.1.84-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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This article is an attempt to study the metabolic functions of vitamin C and E together. Such a study must necessarily be imcomplete owing to the extreme richness of the literature. The increasing importance of the work on free radical reactions, their toxicity and carcinogenic action, and also their relation to the metabolism of metals, particularly iron, copper, selenium, and zinc, shows a number of metabolic pathways with which both vitamins interact. It is hoped that this article will indicate future research possibilities.
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Lindenbaum J. The Hematopoietic System. Nutrition 1979. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-7213-8_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Plasma vitamin A and vitamin E levels were determined in 45 children. Seven normal children and 7 children with vitamin A deficiency were given daily supplements of 100 mg vitamin E for two weeks. Seven others received a placebo and served as controls. The mean levels of plasma vitamin E and A were 694 microgram/dl and 21 microgram/dl respectively. There was no correlation between plasma levels of the two vitamins. Administration of vitamin E resulted in a significant increase in plasma vitamin A concentration both in normal children and in those with vitamin A deficiency, while there was no change in the control group.
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Ehrenkranz RA, Bonta BW, Ablow RC, Warshaw JB. Amelioration of bronchopulmonary dysplasia after vitamin E administration. A preliminary report. N Engl J Med 1978; 299:564-9. [PMID: 355877 DOI: 10.1056/nejm197809142991102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We studied the effect of vitamin E on the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasis in neonates with respiratory-distress syndrome. Twenty infants received vitamin E administered intramuscularly during the acute phase of the syndrome, and 20 infants served as controls. Administration of vitamin E significantly increased the serum vitamin E concentration. Nine vitamin-treated and 13 control patients required supplemental oxygen for longer than 250 hours; all were treated with positive-pressure ventilation and endotracheal continuous distending airway pressure. Six of those 13 controls had x-ray changes consistent with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and four died. None of the nine vitamin-treated patients had changes characteristic of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (P = 0.046), and all survived. Administration of vitamin E during the acute phase of the respiratory-distress syndrome appears to modify the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasis.
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MESH Headings
- Bronchial Diseases/chemically induced
- Bronchial Diseases/diagnostic imaging
- Bronchial Diseases/prevention & control
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Female
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant, Premature, Diseases/chemically induced
- Infant, Premature, Diseases/diagnostic imaging
- Infant, Premature, Diseases/prevention & control
- Injections, Intramuscular
- Lung Diseases/chemically induced
- Lung Diseases/diagnostic imaging
- Lung Diseases/prevention & control
- Male
- Oxygen/toxicity
- Oxygen Inhalation Therapy/adverse effects
- Radiography
- Respiration, Artificial
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn/complications
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn/therapy
- Vitamin E/administration & dosage
- Vitamin E/blood
- Vitamin E/therapeutic use
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Bajoghli M, Ajudani TS, Gharavi M. Generalized oedema of newborn associated with the administration of dipyrone. Eur J Pediatr 1977; 126:271-4. [PMID: 590280 DOI: 10.1007/bf00477053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In fourteen infants, aged 9--60 days, with generalized oedema seen during a one year period the common denominator was the administration of dipyrone one to two days prior to the development of oedema. None of the other causes of oedema in early life could be incriminated in any of these babies. Pediatricians should be aware of this iatrogenic cause whenever they encounter a young infant with generalized oedema. Oedema disappeared in all the cases following discontinuation of dipyrone but anuria lasted for more than four days in one case. This stydy re-emphasizes the need to without this potentially dangerous drug, especially during the neonatal period.
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Petrich C, Voss HV, Gobel U. More on the relationship of vitamin E deficiency in the low-birth-weight infant. J Pediatr 1977; 91:511-3. [PMID: 894435 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(77)81346-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Heird WC, Anderson TL. Nutritional requirements and methods of feeding low birth weight infants. CURRENT PROBLEMS IN PEDIATRICS 1977; 7:1-40. [PMID: 406118 DOI: 10.1016/s0045-9380(77)80011-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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