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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2016

Branched-Chain Amino Acid Levels Are Related with Surrogates of Disturbed Lipid Metabolism among Older Men.

Urho M Kujala, Markku Peltonen, Merja K Laine, Jaakko Kaprio, Olli J Heinonen, Jouko Sundvall, Johan G Eriksson, Antti Jula, Seppo Sarna, Heikki Kainulainen

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Urho M KujalaDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä , Jyväskylä , Finland.
Markku PeltonenDiabetes Prevention Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, Division of Welfare and Health Promotion, National Institute for Health and Welfare , Helsinki , Finland.
Merja K LaineDepartment of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Vantaa Health Center, Vantaa, Finland.
Jaakko KaprioDepartment of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Olli J HeinonenDepartment of Health and Physical Activity, Paavo Nurmi Centre, University of Turku , Turku , Finland.
Jouko SundvallGenomics and Biomarkers Unit, Department of Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare , Helsinki , Finland.
Johan G ErikssonDiabetes Prevention Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, Division of Welfare and Health Promotion, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland; Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland.
Antti JulaPopulation Research Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare , Turku , Finland.
Seppo SarnaDepartment of Public Health, University of Helsinki , Helsinki , Finland.
Heikki KainulainenDepartment of Biology of Physical Activity, University of Jyväskylä , Jyväskylä , Finland.
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare · FIUniversity of Helsinki · FIUniversity of Jyväskylä · FIHelsinki University Hospital · FIInstitute for Molecular Medicine Finland · FIUniversity of Turku · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aims/hypothesisExisting studies suggest that decreased branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) catabolism and thus elevated levels in blood are associated with metabolic disturbances. Based on such information, we have developed a hypothesis how BCAA degradation mechanistically connects to tricarboxylic acid cycle, intramyocellular lipid storage, and oxidation, thus allowing more efficient mitochondrial energy production from lipids as well as providing better metabolic health. We analyzed whether data from aged Finnish men are in line with our mechanistic hypothesis linking BCAA catabolism and metabolic disturbances.

methodsOlder Finnish men enriched with individuals having been athletes in young adulthood (

resultsOut of the 593 participants, 59 had previously known type 2 diabetes, further 67 had screen-detected type 2 diabetes, 127 impaired glucose tolerance, and 125 impaired fasting glucose, while 214 had normal glucose regulation and one had missing glucose tolerance information. There were group differences in all of the BCAA concentrations ( CONCLUSION/

interpretationThe findings provided further support for our hypothesis by strengthening the idea that the efficiency of BCAA catabolism may be mechanistically involved in the regulation of fat oxidation, thus affecting the levels of metabolic disease risk factors.

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branched-chain amino acidsenergy metabolismlipid oxidationmetabolic diseasemitochondriatricarboxylic acid cycle

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