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Bulato C, Novembrino C, Anzoletti MB, Spiezia L, Gavasso S, Berbenni C, Tagariello G, Farina C, Nardini I, Campello E, Peyvandi F, Simioni P. "In vitro" correction of the severe factor V deficiency-related coagulopathy by a novel plasma-derived factor V concentrate. Haemophilia 2018; 24:648-656. [PMID: 29578313 DOI: 10.1111/hae.13465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Severe congenital factor V (FV) deficiency is a rare bleeding disorder characterized by very low/undetectable levels of FV. Fresh frozen plasma is the standard treatment for bleeding manifestations. Recently, a novel plasma-derived FV concentrate has been developed. AIM To evaluate the "in vitro" ability of the novel FV concentrate to normalize clotting times and generate normal amount of thrombin in plasma collected from patients with severe FV deficiency. METHODS Prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), FV activity and antigen levels and thrombin generation were measured pre- and postspiking of plasma samples of 10 patients with increasing doses of FV concentrate (from 0 to 100 IU/dL). RESULTS Prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time ratios as well as all thrombin generation parameters were fully corrected by the addition of FV concentrate at a final concentration of 25 IU/dL. However, the addition of FV at a concentration of 1-3 IU/dL was already sufficient to correct peak height and endogenous thrombin potential (but not lag time and time to peak) after activation with 5 pmol/L tissue factor. FV activity and antigen levels showed a linear response to supplementation with the novel FV concentrate. CONCLUSION The novel plasma-derived FV concentrate was effective to correct "in vitro" severe FV deficiency in patients. The optimal FV concentration to fully normalize both global clotting times and thrombin generation parameters using the novel plasma-derived FV concentrate was 25 IU/dL.
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- C Bulato
- Department of Medicine - DIMED, Thrombotic and Haemorrhagic Diseases Unit, Veneto Region Haemophilia and Thrombophilia Centre, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
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- Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine - DIMED, Thrombotic and Haemorrhagic Diseases Unit, Veneto Region Haemophilia and Thrombophilia Centre, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Medicine - DIMED, Thrombotic and Haemorrhagic Diseases Unit, Veneto Region Haemophilia and Thrombophilia Centre, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
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- Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Transfusion Service, Haemophilia Centre and Haematology, Castelfranco Veneto Hospital, Castelfranco Veneto, Treviso, Italy
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- Kedrion S.p.A., Barga, Lucca, Italy
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- Department of Medicine - DIMED, Thrombotic and Haemorrhagic Diseases Unit, Veneto Region Haemophilia and Thrombophilia Centre, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
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- Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medicine - DIMED, Thrombotic and Haemorrhagic Diseases Unit, Veneto Region Haemophilia and Thrombophilia Centre, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
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Braham S, Novembrino C, Moia M, Torresani E, Tripodi A. Evaluation of a new PT-INR monitoring system in patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome. Int J Lab Hematol 2016; 38:497-504. [DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.12523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- S. Braham
- Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Centre; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milan Italy
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Milan Italy
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- Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Centre; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milan Italy
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Milan Italy
- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology; Milan Italy
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- Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Centre; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milan Italy
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Milan Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Milan Italy
- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology; Milan Italy
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- Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Centre; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milan Italy
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Milan Italy
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De Giuseppe R, Forti S, de Liso F, De Vita C, Novembrino C, Maiavacca R, Venturelli G, Bamonti F, Cortelezzi A. PP285-MON: Evaluation of Bone Mineral Density in Down Syndrome Population. Clin Nutr 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(14)50619-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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De Liso F, Bonara P, Vigna L, Novembrino C, De Giuseppe R, Bamonti F, Carbonelli V, Frugoni C, Tirelli A, Maiavacca R, Riboldi L. Oxidative Stress and Low-Grade Inflammatory Status as Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Italian Occupational Overweight/Obese Subjects. EUR J INFLAMM 2013. [DOI: 10.1177/1721727x1301100321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Obesity is associated with increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases. Adipocytokines (e.g. leptin), produced by the endocrine function of adipose tissue, can contribute to cardiometabolic risk in overweight and obese people. Oxidative stress, imbalance between oxidants and antioxidants, is considered a cardiovascular risk factor. High serum oxidized LDL (oxLDL) levels, marker of lipid peroxidation, a primary cause of atherosclerosis, can contribute to its progression. The aims of this study are to assess markers of oxidative status and cytokine profile and evaluate their role as cardiometabolic risk factors and possible correlations. In this cross-sectional study, we enrolled 76 occupational overweight-obese adults (46 females, 30 males; aged 46.8±9.5; BMI 33.7±4.8 kg/m2) without any previous cardiovascular disease. Oxidative status was measured by evaluating serum Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) levels, Total Antioxidant Capacity (TAC) and oxLDL concentrations. All subjects' soluble cytokine and adhesion molecule levels were evaluated by cytofluorimetric method and compared with 35 controls matched for sex and age. ROS and oxLDL levels were high in 84% and 92% of the study population, respectively, despite adequate TAC (68%). Female ROS levels were significantly higher than those of males (414±99.3 vs 318±48.2 UCarr, p<0.0001), while their oxLDL levels were lower (95.3±22 vs 105.2±19.4 U/L, p=0.1). Leptin and sICAM-1 (intracellular adhesion molecule involved in leukocyte migration to inflamed area) levels of the study population were significantly higher than those of controls (93.8±89.1 vs 25.3±23 ng/mL, p=0.0002 and 505.8±236.7 vs 339.2±119.6 ng/mL, p=0.0009, respectively). Overweight/obese occupational subjects showed oxidative stress conditions accompanied by low chronic inflammatory status, possibly contributing to increased cardiometabolic risk.
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- F. De Liso
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Chirurgiche e Odontoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Milano, UOC Ematologia e CTMO, Fondazione IRCCS Ca‘ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- UO Mediana Interna 1b, Fondazione IRCCS Ca‘ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento Area della Medicina Preventiva, U.O. Medicina del Lavoro 1, Fondazione IRCCS Ca‘ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratorio Centrale di Analisi Chimico Cliniche e Microbiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca‘ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Chirurgiche e Odontoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Milano, UOC Ematologia e CTMO, Fondazione IRCCS Ca‘ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Chirurgiche e Odontoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Milano, UOC Ematologia e CTMO, Fondazione IRCCS Ca‘ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e del Trapianti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca‘ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- UO Medicina Trasfusionale, Fondazione IRCCS Ca‘ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratorio Centrale di Analisi Chimico Cliniche e Microbiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca‘ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratorio Centrale di Analisi Chimico Cliniche e Microbiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca‘ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento Area della Medicina Preventiva, U.O. Medicina del Lavoro 1, Fondazione IRCCS Ca‘ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Vigna L, Novembrino C, De Giuseppe R, de Liso F, Sommaruga D, Agnelli G, Belluigi V, Riboldi L, Bamonti F. Nutritional and oxidative status in occupational obese subjects. Mediterr J Nutr Metab 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s12349-010-0003-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Vigna L, Novembrino C, De Giuseppe R, de Liso F, Sommaruga D, Agnelli G, Belluigi V, Riboldi L, Bamonti F. Nutritional and oxidative status in occupational obese subjects. Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism 2010. [DOI: 10.3233/s12349-010-0003-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- L. Vigna
- Dipartimento Medicina Preventiva, del Lavoro e dell' Ambiente-Clinica del Lavoro L. Devoto, U.O. Medicina del Lavoro I, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Via S. Barnaba 8, 20122 Milan, Italy. e-mail:
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milan, Italy
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- Servizio Dietetico Direzione Sanitaria di Presidio, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento Medicina Preventiva, del Lavoro e dell' Ambiente-Clinica del Lavoro L. Devoto, U.O. Medicina del Lavoro I, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Via S. Barnaba 8, 20122 Milan, Italy. e-mail:
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- Dipartimento Medicina Preventiva, del Lavoro e dell' Ambiente-Clinica del Lavoro L. Devoto, U.O. Medicina del Lavoro I, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Via S. Barnaba 8, 20122 Milan, Italy. e-mail:
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milan, Italy
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Moroni G, Novembrino C, Quaglini S, De Giuseppe R, Gallelli B, Uva V, Montanari V, Messa P, Bamonti F. Oxidative stress and homocysteine metabolism in patients with lupus nephritis. Lupus 2009; 19:65-72. [PMID: 19933721 DOI: 10.1177/0961203309346906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The objective of this study was to compare oxidative status and homocysteinemia in patients with lupus nephritis (LN) and in controls. Total antioxidant capacity (TAC), reactive oxygen species (ROS), homocysteine and related vitamins were measured in 68 patients with LN and in 50 controls. LN patients had lower TAC (p = 0.05) and higher ROS and homocysteinemia (p = 0.01) than controls. TAC, significantly lower in active than in quiescent LN (p = 0.01), was correlated with albuminemia (p = 0.02), inversely with proteinuria (p = 0.01) and anti-DNA antibodies (p = 0.004). ROS values, higher both in active and in inactive LN, correlated with age (p = 0.02), C-reactive protein (CRP) (p = 0.0005) and inversely with prednisone dosage (p = 0.05). At multivariate analysis, CRP (p = 0.04) and age (p = 0.005) were independent ROS predictors. Homocysteine, higher in active than in quiescent LN (p = 0.016) and in patients with antiphospholipid antibodies (p=0.05), correlated with serum creatinine (p = 0.00001) and proteinuria (p = 0.015). At multivariate analysis serum creatinine (p = 0.006) and active nephritis (p = 0.003) were independent predictors of hyperhomocysteinemia. Patients with LN showed impaired oxidative status, even without clinical signs of renal activity. ROS production may be counterbalanced by adequate antioxidant capacity in some patients with quiescent LN. The association of hyperhomocysteinemia and antiphospholipid antibodies positivity may increase the risk of cardiovascular and/or thrombotic events in LN patients.
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- G Moroni
- Divisione di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Fondazione IRCCS, 20122 Milano, Italy.
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Accinni R, Rosina M, Bamonti F, Della Noce C, Tonini A, Bernacchi F, Campolo J, Caruso R, Novembrino C, Ghersi L, Lonati S, Grossi S, Ippolito S, Lorenzano E, Ciani A, Gorini M. Effects of combined dietary supplementation on oxidative and inflammatory status in dyslipidemic subjects. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2006; 16:121-127. [PMID: 16487912 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2005.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2004] [Revised: 04/28/2005] [Accepted: 05/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Dyslipidemia is one of the main risk factors for atherosclerosis, usually the underlying cause of cardiovascular diseases which are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. The aim of this study was to assess the effects and the advantages of a combined dietary supplementation with PUFA n-3, vitamin E, niacin and gamma-oryzanol on lipid profile, inflammatory status and oxidative balance. METHODS AND RESULTS Fifty-seven dyslipidemic volunteers were randomly assigned to receive: placebo (group A, 19 subjects); PUFA n-3 and vitamin E (group B, 18 subjects); the same as B plus gamma-oryzanol and niacin (group C, 20 subjects). Lipid profile, reactive oxygen species (ROS), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), vitamin E, interleukin 1-beta (IL1-beta), tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) and thromboxane B2 (TXB2) were determined at baseline (T0) and after four months (T1). All dyslipidemic subjects showed, at baseline, oxidative stress and, after four months, all biochemical markers improved significantly in groups treated with dietary supplementation. Particularly in group C all lipid patterns improved significantly. CONCLUSIONS Our findings demonstrate that the strategy of combining different compounds, which protect each other and act together at different levels of the lipid chain production, improves lipid profile, inflammatory and oxidative status, allowing us to reduce the dose of each compound under the threshold of its side effects.
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- R Accinni
- Institute of Clinical Physiology CNR, Niguarda Cà Granda Hospital, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore, 3, 20162 Milan, Italy.
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de Vecchi AF, Novembrino C, Patrosso MC, Cresseri D, Ippolito S, Rosina M, Colucci P, Lando G, Bamonti Catena F. Effect of Incremental Doses of Folate on Homocysteine and Metabolically Related Vitamin Concentrations in Nondiabetic Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis. ASAIO J 2003; 49:655-9. [PMID: 14655730 DOI: 10.1097/01.mat.0000094486.12329.6b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The role of folate supplementation in reducing hyperhomocystinemia in patients on dialysis has been reported, but the optimal dose of folate is still unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether greater than 5 mg/day folate supplementation provides any additional effect on plasma homocysteine (HCY) levels. The study was prospective, open, and had no control group. Of the 64 eligible nondiabetic patients on peritoneal dialysis with hyperhomocystinemia (>20 micromol/L), 56 were given oral folate (5 mg/day) for 3 months. When Hcy did not fall below 20 micromol/L, folate doses were increased by 5 mg every 3 months to up to 15 mg/day. With 5 mg/day supplementation, serum folate concentrations increased above the upper confidence limit in 23 patients and erythrocyte folate concentrations in 27 patients. Hcy levels decreased to less than 15 micromol/L in 6 cases and by more than 50% in 12 cases. Nineteen of the remaining patients were given 10 mg/day folate. After increasing the dose, serum and erythrocyte folate levels rose above the upper detection limit. In one patient, plasma Hcy concentrations decreased to less than 15 micromol/L. Ten patients were given 15 mg/day oral folate for an additional 3 months with no effect on homocystinemia. This study confirms that oral folate supplementation may improve hyperhomocystinemia even in patients on dialysis with normal serum or erythrocyte folate concentrations. In fact, serum and erythrocyte levels cannot predict the effect of supplementation on plasma Hcy levels. However, 5 mg/day folate supplementation normalized Hcy in 10% of cases and reduced Hcy levels in another 21%. Increasing the folate dose to greater than 5 mg/day had a minimal (10 mg/day) or no (15 mg/day) additional effect on Hcy concentrations. Despite the minimal effect of increasing folate doses, given the low cost, the absence of side effects, and the high cardiovascular risk for patients on peritoneal dialysis, a careful attempt to increase the dose of oral folate up to 10 mg/day might be suggested.
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- A F de Vecchi
- Divisione di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Università degli Studi at IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, UOS Dialisi, Milano, Italy
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Corghi E, Patrosso C, Bamonti F, Baragetti I, Novembrino C, Lando G, De Franceschi M, Buccianti G. [Intravenous folinic acid and vitamin B12 supplementation and homocysteine concentration in hemodialysis patients]. G Ital Nefrol 2002; 19:301-7. [PMID: 12195398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Hyperhomocysteinemia is one of the causes of the increased incidence of cardiovascular disease in uremia. Since homocysteine (Hcy) metabolism depends on the availability of folate and vitamin B12, we have measured the effects of chronic i.v. supplementation of folinic acid and vitamin B12 in a group of patients on maintenance hemodialysis. METHODS We compared the blood concentration of total Hcy (tHcy), vitamin B12 and folate and the intraerythrocyte concentration of folate in a group of 27 hemodialysis patients (Treated group), given an i.v supplementation with folinic acid (0.9 mg) and Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamine 1.5 mg and hydroxycobalamine 1.5 mg) three times per week at the end of each dialysis session with those measured in a similar group of 28 hemodialysis patients without supplementation (No Treatment group). The patients were also characterized for the thermolabile variant (mutation C667-->T) of the enzyme methylene-tetrahydrofolate reductase (tMTHFR). RESULTS High plasma levels (< 11.7 micromol/L) of tHcy were observed in 54/55 patients. T patients had Hcy values significantly lower than NT ones (31.7+/-3.6 vs. 1.1+/-8.3micromol/L, p < 0.05). Serum vitamin B12 (1200 73.6 vs. 762+/-72.2 pmol/L, p < 0.001) and intraerythrocyte folate levels were also significantly higher in the T group (2176+/-127 vs. 1511+/-156, p < 0.005), while no significant difference was observed for serum folate. The distribution of tMTHFR genotypes was similar in the two groups. Homozygous patients showed higher levels of Hcy in comparison with wild type patients both in the whole population (62.32+/-15.9 vs.30.43+/-3.2, p < 0.05) and in the NT group (87.8+/-25.3 vs.36.8+/-13.1., p < 0.05), while no significant difference was observed among genotypes in the T group. CONCLUSIONS Uremic patients on hemodialysis, when supplemented with even low i.v. dose of folinic acid and vitamin B12, show significantly lower plasma levels of tHcy than non-supplemented patients.
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- Divisione di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo di Monza, Presidio Ospedale Bassini, Cinisello Balsamo (MI).
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De Vecchi AF, Patrosso C, Novembrino C, Finazzi S, Colucci P, De Franceschi M, Fasano MA, Bamonti-Catena F. Folate supplementation in peritoneal dialysis patients with normal erythrocyte folate: effect on plasma homocysteine. Nephron Clin Pract 2001; 89:297-302. [PMID: 11598393 DOI: 10.1159/000046089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The possible role of folate supplementation in reducing hyperhomocysteinemia in dialysis patients has been reported in several recent papers. However, scant data are available for peritoneal dialysis patients; besides, none of these studies investigated either the role of intraerythrocyte folate concentration or the presence of side effects caused by folate administration. Sixty-six peritoneal dialysis patients with hyperhomocysteinemia (>15 micromol/l) and normal folate status (as assessed by erythrocyte folate level >600 nmol/l) were randomly allocated to receive either oral folate (5 mg/day) or no vitamin supplementation. After 2 months of therapy, patients were requested to answer a questionnaire investigating the occurrence of symptoms possibly related to folate supplementation. Twenty-nine treated patients and 30 untreated controls completed the study. In the treated patients, serum and erythrocyte folate increased significantly (p < 0.0001) (respectively from 10.6 +/- 4.9 to 237 +/- 231 nmol/l and from 1,201 +/- 297 to 2,881 +/- 294 nmol/l) to levels at the uppermost limit of detection by laboratory methods. Serum vitamin B(12) levels did not change. Plasma homocysteine levels decreased from 54 +/- 32 to 23 +/- 14 micromol/l after folate supplementation and remained unchanged in the control group. After 4 months of folate therapy, homocysteine concentration was within the normal range in 5 patients (17%) and below 30 micromol/l in the other 21 (72%). Folate therapy resulted in a decrease in homocysteine of more than 50% in 45% of the patients and decrease of more than 20% in a further 38%. No significant symptoms were reported. Thus, serum and erythrocyte folate increase confirms that normal folate levels are inadequate in dialysis patients, even if serum and erythrocyte levels before folate supplementation cannot predict the effect on homocysteine plasma levels.
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- A F De Vecchi
- Divisione di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Università degli Studi, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Milano, Italia.
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Buccianti G, Bamonti Catena F, Patrosso C, Corghi E, Novembrino C, Baragetti I, Lando G, De Franceschi M, Maiolo AT. Reduction of the homocysteine plasma concentration by intravenously administered folinic acid and vitamin B(12) in uraemic patients on maintenance haemodialysis. Am J Nephrol 2001; 21:294-9. [PMID: 11509801 DOI: 10.1159/000046264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hyperhomocysteinaemia is an independent cardiovascular risk factor which can induce vascular lesions, thus contributing to the early development of atherosclerosis. Low-dose folic acid supplementation reduces the pretreatment homocysteine plasma levels by 25-35%. Recent studies report that higher intravenous or oral administration of the active form of folic acid reduces the homocysteine plasma concentration by nearly 70%. The reduction could also be influenced by the thermolabile variant of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (tMTHFR) and by the dialysis modality. METHODS A cross-sectional clinical study was performed to evaluate the effect of a drug containing folinic acid and vitamin B(12) on the plasma homocysteine concentration and whether this variable could also be influenced by the presence of a genetic variant of the methionine pathway and the use of different dialysis modalities. The plasma homocysteine concentration was measured in 55 patients undergoing haemodialysis, 27 of whom have been treated intravenously for megaloblastic anaemia using a drug containing low concentrations of folinic acid and vitamin B(12) at the end of each dialysis session for 6 months. The presence of tMTHFR was sought by molecular analysis, and the role of the dialysis modality was also investigated. RESULTS The patients given the folic acid treatment had lower homocysteine plasma levels than those not so treated. The plasma homocysteine concentration was significantly higher in the tMRHFR homozygotes than in the patients with a normal genotype, significantly lower in the treated than in the untreated homozygotes, and significantly higher in the untreated homozygotes than in the untreated subgroup with a normal genotype. The homocysteine level was also significantly lower in the patients who underwent convective haemodialysis than in those who received standard bicarbonate dialysis. CONCLUSIONS A drug containing low concentrations of folinic acid combined with vitamin B(12) using an intermittent intravenous regimen is effective in reducing the homocysteine plasma concentration in uraemic patients. The homocysteine levels seem also to depend on genotype and dialysis modality.
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- G Buccianti
- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, S. Gerardo Hospital, Cinisello Balsamo, Italy.
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Cavalca V, Cighetti G, Bamonti F, Loaldi A, Bortone L, Novembrino C, De Franceschi M, Belardinelli R, Guazzi MD. Oxidative stress and homocysteine in coronary artery disease. Clin Chem 2001; 47:887-92. [PMID: 11325893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Oxidative stress is present in cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), and hyperhomocysteinemia, an independent risk factor for these diseases, may play a role by inducing production of oxygen free radicals. METHODS To evaluate the possible role of homocysteine (Hcy) in inducing oxidative stress in coronary artery disease (CAD), plasma Hcy was measured in 68 consecutive cardiovascular patients, and plasma malondialdehyde (MDA), both free and total (free + bound), was measured in 40 patients with CAD (18 with chronic stable angina and 22 with unstable angina). As controls, we tested 70 healthy volunteers. Hcy was measured by an immunoenzymatic method and MDA, an index of lipid peroxidation, by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. RESULTS Plasma Hcy concentrations were significantly higher in cardiovascular patients than in controls (10.2 vs 8.9 micromol/L; P <0.0002), with no significant difference between values in the stable and unstable angina subgroups. Similarly, total MDA was significantly higher in the CAD group than in the controls (2.6 vs 1.3 micromol/L; P <0.00001), again with no significant difference between stable and unstable angina patients. By contrast, free MDA, which was significantly higher in the CAD patients than the controls (0.4 vs 0.2 micromol/L; P < 0.00001), was also significantly higher in the unstable than in the stable angina group (0.5 vs 0.3 micromol/L; P <0.03). However, no correlation was observed among Hcy and free and total MDA. CONCLUSIONS Our findings show that a moderate increase of Hcy is associated with CVD but that Hcy at the detected values cannot be considered completely responsible for oxidative damage. That lipid peroxidation is involved in CAD is shown by our observation of significantly increased plasma free and total MDA concentrations compared with controls. Moreover, free MDA values discriminated between unstable and chronic stable angina, and could thus represent a new diagnostic tool.
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- V Cavalca
- Istituto di Cardiologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20138 Milan, Italy.
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De Vecchi AF, Bamonti-Catena F, Finazzi S, Patrosso C, Taioli E, Novembrino C, Colucci P, Lando G, De Franceschi M, Marocchi A, Maiolo AT. Homocysteine, vitamin B12, serum and erythrocyte folate in peritoneal dialysis patients. Clin Nephrol 2001; 55:313-7. [PMID: 11334318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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Plasma homocysteine (tHcy) is an important risk factor for atherosclerosis in dialysis patients. Few data were reported on the prevalence and severity of hyperhomocysteinemia in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. In addition, little attention was paid to the search of factors possibly involved in the pathogenesis of hyperhomocysteinemia in these patients. A cross-sectional study was performed in 107 stable PD patients. None of them was given folate or vitamin B12 supplementation before or during the study. Plasma tHcy, serum vitamin B12, serum and erythrocyte folate were measured by immunoenzymatic methods. Genetic analysis of the methylentetrahydrofolate-reductase thermolabile mutation (tMTHFR) was performed in 61 patients. 97% of patients had tHcy levels higher than normal. tHcy was not different between men and women, patients with or without malnutrition, with or without clinically evident atherosclerotic vasculopathy, with or without anemia. tHcy levels were significantly higher in homozygotes for the tMTHFR mutation than in patients carrying the wild type form. Significant univariate correlation was found between hyperhomocysteinemia and time since the start of dialysis, serum and erythrocyte folate and vitamin B12. The best fitted model equation was log tHcy = 108.53 + 0.1606 (duration of dialysis) -1.1053 (s-F) -0.7980 (age) 0.0215 (vitamin B12). Our results agree with those reported by other authors in hemodialysis patients. Despite the large number of PD patients with normal serum vitamin B12 and folate status, the relation between tHcy and vitamin B12 or folate suggests that the supplementation of these vitamins could be useful irrespective of their serum levels, especially in younger patients or in those treated for a long period of time with peritoneal dialysis.
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- A F De Vecchi
- Divisione di Nefrologia e Dialisi, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Milano, Italy.
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De Vecchi AF, Bamonti-Catena F, Finazzi S, Campolo J, Taioli E, Novembrino C, Colucci P, Accinni R, De Franceschi M, Fasano MA, Maiolo AT. Homocysteine, vitamin B12, and serum and erythrocyte folate in peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis patients. Perit Dial Int 2000; 20:169-73. [PMID: 10809239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Plasma homocysteine (Hcy) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. High levels of plasma Hcy have been observed in end-stage renal disease patients. Few studies have compared peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD) patients and few data are available on erythrocyte folate (ery-F) levels in dialysis patients. OBJECTIVES To evaluate plasma Hcy concentrations, vitamin B12 (B12), and folate status in dialysis patients; to analyze the possible causes of high Hcy levels; to follow up changes in folate and B12 concentrations after 6 months. DESIGN A cross-sectional observational study. SETTING Nephrology division and laboratory of hematology in a university and clinical research hospital. PATIENTS The study included 82 patients treated with PD for 37 + 37 months and 70 patients treated with HD for 136 + 95 months. LABORATORY METHODS: Plasma Hcy was measured by the immunoenzymatic IMx Hcy FPIA method (Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostic Division, Abbott Park, IL, U.S.A.), serum folate (s-F) and ery-F by the Stratus folate fluorometric enzyme-linked assay, and B12 by the Stratus vitamin B12 fluorometric enzyme-linked assay (DADE-Behring, Newark, DE, U.S.A.). RESULTS Ninety-six percent of PD and 97% of HD patients had Hcy levels above the cutoff (13.5 micromol/L). Homocysteine level was higher in HD than in PD patients, while the prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia was similar with the two techniques. Erythrocyte folate was significantly higher in PD (1333 +/- 519 pmol/L) than in HD (1049 +/-511 pmol/L, p < 0.01). Statistically significant correlations were observed between Hcy and B12, s-F, ery-F, and dialysis duration. Multivariate analysis showed a strong correlation between s-F and Hcy. After 6 months there were no differences in Hcy, B12, s-F, and ery-F levels. CONCLUSIONS Plasma Hcy levels were high in more than 95% of our dialysis patients, with no relation to the type of dialysis. Vitamin B12 and folate were normal in the majority of our patients. However, serum folate was the major determinant of Hcy levels. Such a relation between Hcy and folate suggests that levels of folate within the reference interval are inadequate for dialysis patients.
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- A F De Vecchi
- Divisione di Nefrologia e Dialisi, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Milano, Italy.
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