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Title: | 5-cis-, Trans- and Total Lycopene Plasma Concentrations Inversely Relate to Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Subjects |
Author: | Chiva Blanch, Gemma Jiménez, Claudia Pinyol, Montserrat Herreras, Zoe Catalán, Marta Martínez Huélamo, Miriam Lamuela Raventós, Rosa Ma. Sala Vila, Aleix Cofán Pujol, Montserrat Gilabert, Rosa Jiménez, Amanda Ortega, Emilio |
Keywords: | Diabetis Aterosclerosi Malalties cardiovasculars Tomàquets Diabetes Atherosclerosis Cardiovascular diseases Tomatoes |
Issue Date: | 6-Jun-2020 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Abstract: | Diabetic subjects are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Atherosclerosis, the common soil of most of the cardiovascular complications, is more prevalent and extensive in this population due not only to hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia, but also to inflammation and oxidative stress. Lycopenes are bioactive compounds with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities mostly supplied by tomato and tomato byproducts. We investigated the association between circulating lycopenes and carotid plaque burden in diabetic patients, in a cross-sectional study in 105 newly diagnosed diabetic subjects. Atheroma plaque (wall thickness ≥ 1.5 mm), number of plaques, and plaque burden (sum of maximum heights of all plaques) were assessed by sonographic evaluation of carotid arteries. Plasma lycopenes (5-cis-, 9-cis-, 13-cis-, and trans-lycopene) were quantified by high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry HPLC-MS. Atheroma plaque was observed in 75 participants, from which 38 presented one plaque and 37 two or more carotid plaques. No differences were observed in the plasmatic concentrations of lycopenes between subjects with and without atherosclerotic plaque presence. However, plaque burden was inversely associated with 5-cis-lycopene, all cis-lycopene isomers, trans-lycopene, and total lycopene isomers (all, p < 0.05). High plasma levels of lycopenes inversely relate to atherosclerotic burden. We provide novel evidence that suggests that the consumption of compounds found in tomato and tomato byproducts might be beneficial for the prevention of atherosclerosis. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061696 |
It is part of: | Nutrients, 2020, vol. 12, num. 6, p. 1696 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/172677 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061696 |
ISSN: | 2072-6643 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Nutrició, Ciències de l'Alimentació i Gastronomia) |
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