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Association between increased plasma levels of homocysteine and depression observed in individuals with primary lactose malabsorption.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Current literature proposes associations between homocysteine (HCY), folic acid (FA), vitamin B12 metabolism and depression. However, the exact underlying biological mechanisms remain unclear. This study aimed at evaluating a possible link between primary adult-type lactose malabsorption (PALM), HCY, FA and vitamin B12 metabolism and depressive disorder. METHODS:Plasma levels of HCY, FA and vitamin B12 were determined in 78 patients with PALM and 160 individuals with lactase persistence sub-grouped by the presence or absence of major depression. RESULTS:In 78 patients with PALM, the subgroup of 22 individuals with major depression showed significantly higher median (interquartile range) HCY (10.10 [8.46-12.03] vs. 8.9 [7.54-9.86] ?mol/L, p = 0.029) and lower plasma FA levels (5.7 [4.68-9.14] vs. 6.95 [5.24-10.56] ?mol/L, p = 0.272) compared to the subgroup of 56 individuals without depression, respectively. No such associations could be observed for those 160 individuals without PALM (i.e., lactase persistence) Plasma HCY levels were positively correlated with depressive symptoms (p = 0.052), and showed negative correlations with FA (p = < 0.001) and vitamin B12 (p = 0.029), respectively. CONCLUSION:Depressed individuals with PALM were found with significantly higher HCY and lower FA levels compared to non-depressed individuals with PALM, however, this association was absent in the subgroup of lactase persistent individuals. These findings suggest an association between increased HCY levels, lactose malabsorption and depression.

SUBMITTER: Enko D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6107192 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Association between increased plasma levels of homocysteine and depression observed in individuals with primary lactose malabsorption.

Enko Dietmar D Meinitzer Andreas A Brandmayr Wolfgang W Halwachs-Baumann Gabriele G Schnedl Wolfgang J WJ Kriegshäuser Gernot G

PloS one 20180823 8

<h4>Background</h4>Current literature proposes associations between homocysteine (HCY), folic acid (FA), vitamin B12 metabolism and depression. However, the exact underlying biological mechanisms remain unclear. This study aimed at evaluating a possible link between primary adult-type lactose malabsorption (PALM), HCY, FA and vitamin B12 metabolism and depressive disorder.<h4>Methods</h4>Plasma levels of HCY, FA and vitamin B12 were determined in 78 patients with PALM and 160 individuals with la ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundAdult lactase non-persistence (LNP) is due to low lactase expression, resulting in lactose malabsorption (LM). LNP is a genetic trait, but is typically determined by LM markers including breath H2, blood glucose, and urinary galactose after a lactose tolerance test. Known validity of these markers using milk is limited, despite being common practice. Compositional variation, such as ?-casein variants, in milk may impact diagnostic efficacy. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy to detect LNP using these commonly measured LM markers after both lactose and milk challenges.MethodsFourty healthy young women were challenged with 50?g lactose then randomized for separate cross-over visits to ingest 750?mL milk (37.5?g lactose) as conventional (both A1 and A2 ?-casein) and A1 ?-casein-free (a2 Milk™) milk. Blood, breath and urine were collected prior to and up to 3?h following each challenge. The presence of C/T13910 and G/A22018 polymorphisms, determined by restriction fragment length polymorphism, was used as the diagnostic reference for LNP.ResultsGenetic testing identified 14 out of 40 subjects as having LNP (C/C13910 and G/G22018). All three LM markers (breath H2, plasma glucose and urinary galactose/creatinine) discriminated between lactase persistence (LP) and LNP following lactose challenge with an area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) of 1.00, 0.75 and 0.73, respectively. Plasma glucose and urinary galactose/creatinine were unreliable (AUC?<?0.70) after milk ingestion. The specificity of breath H2 remained high (100%) when milk was used, but sensitivity was reduced with conventional (92.9%) and a2 Milk™ (78.6%) compared to lactose (sensitivities adjusted for lactose content). The breath H2 optimal cut-off value was lower with a2 Milk™ (13?ppm) than conventional milk (21?ppm). Using existing literature cut-off values the sensitivity and specificity of breath H2 was greater than plasma glucose to detect LNP following lactose challenge whereas values obtained for urinary galactose/creatinine were lower than the existing literature cut-offs.ConclusionThis study showed accurate diagnosis of LNP by breath H2 irrespective of the substrate used, although the diagnostic threshold may vary depending on the lactose substrate or the composition of the milk.Trial registrationACTRN12616001694404 . Registered prospectively on December 9, 2016.

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Association between increased plasma levels of homocysteine and depression observed in individuals with primary lactose malabsorption.

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Association between increased plasma levels of homocysteine and depression observed in individuals with primary lactose malabsorption.

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