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Gao C, Gupta S, Adli T, Hou W, Coolsaet R, Hayes A, Kim K, Pandey A, Gordon J, Chahil G, Belley-Cote EP, Whitlock RP. The effects of dietary nitrate supplementation on endurance exercise performance and cardiorespiratory measures in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Int Soc Sports Nutr 2021; 18:55. [PMID: 34243756 PMCID: PMC8268374 DOI: 10.1186/s12970-021-00450-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Nitrate supplementation is thought to improve performance in endurance sports. OBJECTIVE To meta-analyze studies evaluating the effect of nitrate supplementation on endurance sports performance among adults. DATA SOURCES We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science and CINAHL without language restrictions. METHODS We included studies that: 1) compared nitrate supplementation with placebo; 2) enrolled adults engaging in an endurance-based activity; and 3) reported a performance measure or surrogate physiologic outcome. We evaluated risk of bias using the Cochrane Collaboration tool and pooled data with a random-effects model. We used the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach to evaluate confidence in estimates. RESULTS We included 73 studies (n = 1061). Nitrate supplementation improved power output (MD 4.6 watts, P < 0.0001), time to exhaustion (MD 25.3 s, P < 0.00001), and distance travelled (MD 163.7 m, P = 0.03). We found no significant difference on perceived exertion, time trial performance and work done. Nitrate supplementation decreased VO2 (MD - 0.04 L/min, P < 0.00001) but had no significant effect on VO2max or blood lactate levels. CONCLUSION The available evidence suggests that dietary nitrate supplementation benefits performance-related outcomes for endurance sports.
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- Chloe Gao
- Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.,Saint James School of Medicine, Park Ridge, USA
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. .,Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. .,Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. .,David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute, 237 Barton St. E., Hamilton, Ontario, L8L 2X2, Canada.
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Snelling TJ, Auffret MD, Duthie CA, Stewart RD, Watson M, Dewhurst RJ, Roehe R, Walker AW. Temporal stability of the rumen microbiota in beef cattle, and response to diet and supplements. Anim Microbiome 2019; 1:16. [PMID: 33499961 PMCID: PMC7807515 DOI: 10.1186/s42523-019-0018-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dietary intake is known to be a driver of microbial community dynamics in ruminants. Beef cattle go through a finishing phase that typically includes very high concentrate ratios in their feed, with consequent effects on rumen metabolism including methane production. This longitudinal study was designed to measure dynamics of the rumen microbial community in response to the introduction of high concentrate diets fed to beef cattle during the finishing period. A cohort of 50 beef steers were fed either of two basal diet formulations consisting of approximately 10:90 or 50:50 forage:concentrate ratios respectively. Nitrate and oil rich supplements were also added either individually or in combination. Digesta samples were taken at time points over ~ 200 days during the finishing period of the cattle to measure the adaptation to the basal diet and long-term stability of the rumen microbiota. RESULTS 16S rRNA gene amplicon libraries were prepared from 313 rumen digesta samples and analysed at a depth of 20,000 sequences per library. Bray Curtis dissimilarity with analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed highly significant (p < 0.001) differences in microbiota composition between cattle fed different basal diets, largely driven by reduction of fibre degrading microbial groups and increased relative abundance of an unclassified Gammaproteobacteria OTU in the high concentrate fed animals. Conversely, the forage-based diet was significantly associated with methanogenic archaea. Within basal diet groups, addition of the nitrate and combined supplements had lesser, although still significant, impacts on microbiota dissimilarity compared to pre-treatment time points and controls. Measurements of the response and stability of the microbial community over the time course of the experiment showed continuing adaptation up to 25 days in the high concentrate groups. After this time point, however, no significant variability was detected. CONCLUSIONS High concentrate diets that are typically fed to finishing beef cattle can have a significant effect on the microbial community in the rumen. Inferred metabolic activity of the different microbial communities associated with each of the respective basal diets explained differences in methane and short chain fatty acid production between cattle. Longitudinal sampling revealed that once adapted to a change in diet, the rumen microbial community remains in a relatively stable alternate state.
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- The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG UK
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- The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG UK
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- Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD UK
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Ranadheer P, Kona R, Sreeharsha RV, Venkata Mohan S. Non-lethal nitrate supplementation enhances photosystem II efficiency in mixotrophic microalgae towards the synthesis of proteins and lipids. Bioresour Technol 2019; 283:373-377. [PMID: 30929825 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.03.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The current study is aimed at understanding the effect of two different concentrations of nitrate (NaNO3) i.e., 2.94 mM (1X) and 8.82 mM (3X) on the productivity of Scenedesmus sp. in terms photosynthetic efficiency, growth, biomass and protein/lipid synthesis. The experiments were conducted by growing the microalgae in mixotrophic mode with a fixed dissolved organic carbon (110 mM). Chlorophyll a fluorescence fast kinetics parameter such as FV/FM, FM/FO, Pi_Abs, TRo/RC and ABS/RC depicted an improved PSII efficiency in 3X conditions. Higher nitrate concentration in BBM medium favored better assimilation of chlorophyll pigments, carbohydrates (160 mg/g), proteins (524 mg/g) and total lipids along with higher biomass (11.4 g/L). The microalgae cell growth, biomass and biochemical composition are significantly influenced by excess nitrates supplementation in the growth medium.
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- Palle Ranadheer
- Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences Lab, CEEFF, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences Lab, CEEFF, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad 500 007, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), India
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- Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences Lab, CEEFF, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences Lab, CEEFF, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad 500 007, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), India.
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Timpani CA, Trewin AJ, Stojanovska V, Robinson A, Goodman CA, Nurgali K, Betik AC, Stepto N, Hayes A, McConell GK, Rybalka E. Attempting to Compensate for Reduced Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Protein with Nitrate Supplementation Cannot Overcome Metabolic Dysfunction but Rather Has Detrimental Effects in Dystrophin-Deficient mdx Muscle. Neurotherapeutics 2017; 14:429-446. [PMID: 27921261 PMCID: PMC5398978 DOI: 10.1007/s13311-016-0494-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy arises from the loss of dystrophin and is characterized by calcium dysregulation, muscular atrophy, and metabolic dysfunction. The secondary reduction of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) from the sarcolemma reduces NO production and bioavailability. As NO modulates glucose uptake, metabolism, and mitochondrial bioenergetics, we investigated whether an 8-week nitrate supplementation regimen could overcome metabolic dysfunction in the mdx mouse. Dystrophin-positive control (C57BL/10) and dystrophin-deficient mdx mice were supplemented with sodium nitrate (85 mg/l) in drinking water. Following the supplementation period, extensor digitorum longus and soleus were excised and radioactive glucose uptake was measured at rest (basal) and during contraction. Gastrocnemius was excised and mitochondrial respiration was measured using the Oroboros Oxygraph. Tibialis anterior was analyzed immunohistochemically for the presence of dystrophin, nNOS, nitrotyrosine, IgG and CD45+ cells, and histologically to assess areas of damage and regeneration. Glucose uptake in the basal and contracting states was normal in unsupplemented mdx muscles but was reduced following nitrate supplementation in mdx muscles only. The mitochondrial utilization of substrates was also impaired in mdx gastrocnemius during phosphorylating and maximal uncoupled respiration, and nitrate could not improve respiration in mdx muscle. Although nitrate supplementation reduced mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide emission, it induced mitochondrial uncoupling in red gastrocnemius, increased muscle fiber peroxynitrite (nitrotyrosine), and promoted skeletal muscle damage. Our novel data suggest that despite lower nNOS protein expression and likely lower NO production in mdx muscle, enhancing NO production with nitrate supplementation in these mice has detrimental effects on skeletal muscle. This may have important relevance for those with DMD.
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- Cara A Timpani
- Centre for Chronic Disease, College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, 8001, Australia
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- Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, 8001, Australia
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- Centre for Chronic Disease, College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, 8001, Australia
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- Centre for Chronic Disease, College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, 8001, Australia
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- Centre for Chronic Disease, College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, 8001, Australia
- Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, 8001, Australia
- Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS), Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, 3021, Australia
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- Centre for Chronic Disease, College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, 8001, Australia
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- Centre for Chronic Disease, College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, 8001, Australia
- Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, 8001, Australia
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- Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, 8001, Australia
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- Centre for Chronic Disease, College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, 8001, Australia
- Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, 8001, Australia
- Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS), Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, 3021, Australia
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- Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, 8001, Australia
- Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS), Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, 3021, Australia
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- Centre for Chronic Disease, College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, 8001, Australia.
- Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, 8001, Australia.
- Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS), Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, 3021, Australia.
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Xia D, Qu X, Tran SD, Schmidt LL, Qin L, Zhang C, Cui X, Deng D, Wang S. Histological characteristics following a long-term nitrate-rich diet in miniature pigs with parotid atrophy. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2015; 8:6225-6234. [PMID: 26261499 PMCID: PMC4525833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the histological characteristics following a 2-year nitrate-rich diet in miniature pigs with parotid atrophy. Using averages collected data from three time points at 6, 12, and 24 months following the induction of parotid gland atrophy, salivary nitrate levels of the nitrate-diet parotid-atrophied group (17.3 ± 3.9 ng/µl) were close to those of the control group (19.6 ± 5.1 ng/µl). Compared to the control group, the nitrate-diet group had significantly higher nitrate levels in blood (P < 0.05) and urine (P < 0.001). Histological and electron microscopy analyses showed no abnormalities in the organs of experimental or control animals. No significant differences on apoptosis rate were found in liver and kidney tissues between the standard- and nitrate-diet groups. Therefore, dietary nitrate supplementation could restore salivary nitrate levels. High-dose nitrate loading for 2 years had no observed systemic toxicity in miniature pigs with parotid atrophy.
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- Dengsheng Xia
- Salivary Gland Disease Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Tooth Regeneration and Function Reconstruction, Capital Medical University School of StomatologyBeijing, China
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- Salivary Gland Disease Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Tooth Regeneration and Function Reconstruction, Capital Medical University School of StomatologyBeijing, China
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- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill UniversityMontreal, Canada
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- Salivary Gland Disease Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Tooth Regeneration and Function Reconstruction, Capital Medical University School of StomatologyBeijing, China
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- Salivary Gland Disease Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Tooth Regeneration and Function Reconstruction, Capital Medical University School of StomatologyBeijing, China
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- Institute for Neuroscience, Capital Medical UniversityBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research, Peking University Cancer Hospital and InstituteBeijing, China
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- Salivary Gland Disease Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Tooth Regeneration and Function Reconstruction, Capital Medical University School of StomatologyBeijing, China
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