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ArticleMarine drugs2015

A Phospholipid-Protein Complex from Antarctic Krill Reduced Plasma Homocysteine Levels and Increased Plasma Trimethylamine-N-Oxide (TMAO) and Carnitine Levels in Male Wistar Rats.

Bodil Bjørndal, Marie S Ramsvik, Carine Lindquist, Jan E Nordrehaug, Inge Bruheim, Asbjørn Svardal, Ottar Nygård, Rolf K Berge

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Article in Marine drugs, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bodil BjørndalDepartment of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway. Bodil.Bjorndal@uib.no.
Marie S RamsvikDepartment of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway. Inge.Bruheim@olympic.no.
Carine LindquistDepartment of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway. Carine.Lindquist@uib.no.
Jan E NordrehaugDepartment of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway. jan.erik.nordrehaug@sus.no.
Inge BruheimOlympic Seafood AS, N-6080 Fosnavaag, Norway. Inge.Bruheim@olympic.no.
Asbjørn SvardalDepartment of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway. Asbjorn.Svardal@uib.no.
Ottar NygårdDepartment of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway. Ottar.Nygard@helse-bergen.no.
Rolf K BergeDepartment of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway. Rolf.Berge@uib.no.
University of Bergen · NOGrieg Seafood (Norway) · NOHaukeland University Hospital · NO

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Seafood is assumed to be beneficial for cardiovascular health, mainly based on plasma lipid lowering and anti-inflammatory effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. However, other plasma risk factors linked to cardiovascular disease are less studied. This study aimed to penetrate the effect of a phospholipid-protein complex (PPC) from Antarctic krill on one-carbon metabolism and production of trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) in rats. Male Wistar rats were fed isoenergetic control, 6%, or 11% PPC diets for four weeks. Rats fed PPC had reduced total homocysteine plasma level and increased levels of choline, dimethylglycine and cysteine, whereas the plasma level of methionine was unchanged compared to control. PPC feeding increased the plasma level of TMAO, carnitine, its precursors trimethyllysine and γ-butyrobetaine. There was a close correlation between plasma TMAO and carnitine, trimethyllysine, and γ-butyrobetaine, but not between TMAO and choline. The present data suggest that PPC has a homocysteine lowering effect and is associated with altered plasma concentrations of metabolites related to one-carbon metabolism and B-vitamin status in rats. Moreover, the present study reveals a non-obligatory role of gut microbiota in the increased plasma TMAO level as it can be explained by the PPC's content of TMAO. The increased level of carnitine and carnitine precursors is interpreted to reflect increased carnitine biosynthesis.

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Animal FeedAnimalsCarnitineDietDietary ProteinsEuphausiaceaHomocysteineMaleMethionineMethylaminesPhospholipidsRatsRats, WistarCarnitineDietary ProteinsHomocysteineMethionineMethylaminesPhospholipidstrimethyloxaminecarnitineEuphausia superbahomocysteineOmega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acidsone-carbon metabolismphospholipid-protein complextrimethylamine-N-oxide

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PMID26371012
PMCPMC4584349
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