title: Effects of long-term oral beta-carotene supplementation on lipid peroxidation in patients with cystic fibrosis.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of oral beta-carotene supplementation for the correction of an oxidant-antioxidant imbalance in cystic fibrosis (CF). We studied 24-patients with cystic fibrosis and 14 healthy controls. 13 CF-patients were allocated to a CF-supplementation group, which received 1 mg beta-carotene/kg BW/d up to a body weight (BW) of 50 kg, patients with a BW greater 50 kg received 50 mg beta-carotene/d for 12 weeks. For the following 12 weeks all patients of the CF-supplementation group were treated with 10 mg beta-carotene/d. Placebos with starch were applied to 11 CF-patients. Baseline plasma beta-carotene concentrations of CF patients (mean +/- SD, 0.08 +/- 0.04 mumol/l) were significantly lower than those of age-matched controls (o.3 +/- 0.1 mumol/l) (p < 0.001). beta-carotene concentrations of the CF-supplementation group increased rapidly and reached a value of 0.6 mumol/l after 12 weeks of supplementation. Normal values were measured for plasma ascorbate and alpha-tocopherol. Plasma retinol concentrations were in the lower normal range and did not increase during supplementation. Total antioxidative capacity in plasma of the CF-supplementation group increased after 12 weeks of supplementation at an extent of 12%. Positive influence was indicated by a decrease of plasma malondialdehyde. Thus oral beta-carotene supplementation is effective in normalizing status of beta-carotene and malondialdehyde in CF patients.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Ernährungwissenschaften, Wien.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rust
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Eichler
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Renner
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Elmadfa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000097:blood; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D000077276:Lycopene; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000097:blood; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000097:blood; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood; D019207:beta Carotene / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D019207:beta Carotene; D014801:Vitamin A; D014810:Vitamin E; D002338:Carotenoids; C041635:alpha-carotene; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D001205:Ascorbic Acid; D000077276:Lycopene