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ArticleJournal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle2024

Targeted nutritional intervention attenuates experimental lung cancer cachexia.

Wouter R P H van de Worp, Jan Theys, Cecile J A Wolfs, Frank Verhaegen, Annemie M W J Schols, Ardy van Helvoort, Ramon C J Langen

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Article in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Wouter R P H van de WorpDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, NUTRIM - Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8672-3247
Jan TheysDepartment of Precision Medicine, GROW - Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Cecile J A WolfsDepartment of radiation Oncology (Maastro), GROW - Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Frank VerhaegenDepartment of radiation Oncology (Maastro), GROW - Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Annemie M W J ScholsDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, NUTRIM - Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Ardy van HelvoortDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, NUTRIM - Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Ramon C J LangenDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, NUTRIM - Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

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Danone Nutricia Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCachexia, a syndrome with high prevalence in non-small cell lung cancer patients, impairs quality of life and reduces tolerance and responsiveness to cancer therapy resulting in decreased survival. Optimal nutritional care is pivotal in the treatment of cachexia and a recommended cornerstone of multimodal therapy. Here, we investigated the therapeutic effect of an intervention diet consisting of a specific combination of high protein, leucine, fish oil, vitamin D, galacto-oligosaccharides, and fructo-oligosaccharides on the development and progression of cachexia in an orthotopic lung cancer mouse model.

methodsEleven-week-old male 129S2/Sv mice were orthotopically implanted with 344P lung epithelial tumour cells or vehicle (control). Seven days post-implantation tumour-bearing (TB) mice were allocated to either intervention- or isocaloric control diet. Cachexia was defined as 5 days of consecutive body weight loss, after which mice were euthanized for tissue analyses.

resultsTB mice developed cachexia accompanied by significant loss of skeletal muscle mass and epididymal fat mass compared with sham operated mice. The cachectic endpoint was significantly delayed (46.0 ± 15.2 vs. 34.7 ± 11.4 days), and the amount (-1.57 ± 0.62 vs. -2.13 ± 0.57 g) and progression (-0.26 ± 0.14 vs. -0.39 ± 0.11 g/day) of body weight loss were significantly reduced by the intervention compared with control diet. Moreover, systemic inflammation (pentraxin-2 plasma levels) and alterations in molecular markers for proteolysis and protein synthesis, indicative of muscle atrophy signalling in TB-mice, were suppressed in skeletal muscle by the intervention diet.

conclusionsTogether, these data demonstrate the potential of this multinutrient intervention, targeting multiple components of cachexia, as integral part of lung cancer management.

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CachexiaDisease Models, AnimalLung NeoplasmsAnimalsMaleMiceCachexiaInterventionLung cancerMuscle wastingNutrition

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PMCPMC11446694

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