scholarly journals Post-Prandial Changes in Salivary Glucocorticoids: Effects of Dietary Cholesterol and Associations with Bile Acid Excretion

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham W. Anderson ◽  
Christopher J. Kenyon ◽  
Emad A.S. Al-Dujaili

Mechanisms to explain post-prandial increases in circulating glucocorticoids are not well understood and may involve increased adrenal secretion and/or altered steroid metabolism. We have compared salivary levels of cortisol and cortisone levels in healthy male and female volunteers fed either a low or cholesterol-rich midday meal. Urinary levels of steroids, bile acids and markers of lipid peroxidation were also measured. Males and females showed expected circadian changes in salivary steroids and postprandial peaks within 1h of feeding. After a high-cholesterol meal, postprandial cortisol increases were higher in males whereas post-prandial cortisone levels were higher in females. Urinary cortisol but not cortisone levels were higher on the day when males and females ate a high-cholesterol meal. Urinary bile acid excretion and anti-oxidant markers of lipid peroxidation, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), and total phenol content were not affected by dietary cholesterol but tended to be higher in males. Cross-tabulation of correlation coefficients indicated positive associations between urinary markers of peroxidation, bile acids, and cortisol:cortisone ratios. We conclude that dietary cholesterol (a substrate for steroidogenesis) does not have an acute effect on adrenal glucocorticoid synthesis and that gender but not a high-cholesterol meal may influence the interconversion of cortisol and cortisone. Longer term studies of the effects of dietary cholesterol are needed to analyze the associations between bile acids, steroid metabolism, and secretion and lipid peroxidation.

1962 ◽  
Vol 203 (6) ◽  
pp. 1029-1032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean D. Wilson

The influence of dietary cholesterol on fecal excretion of bile acids has been studied in rats fed isocaloric quantities of purified diets that varied only in cholesterol content. Addition of dietary cholesterol clearly resulted in an increase in excretion of total bile acids, as well as in conversion of cholesterol-4-C14 to bile acid-C14. An acceleration in bile acid excretion as a result of cholesterol feeding was demonstrated to be independent of dietary cholic acid and to occur despite suppression of the bowel flora. These results suggest that not only does absorbed dietary cholesterol play a role in determining the rate of bile acid formation but that the adaptation of bile acid synthesis to cholesterol feeding may in part be a determining factor in the varying response of different species to cholesterol feeding.


1990 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 2019-2027
Author(s):  
ML Overturf ◽  
SA Smith ◽  
AM Gotto ◽  
JD Morrisett ◽  
T Tewson ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1836-1845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanyue Zhu ◽  
Jingnan Chen ◽  
Zouyan He ◽  
Wangjun Hao ◽  
Jianhui Liu ◽  
...  

Soybean germ oil is beneficial in management of hypercholesterolemia in hamsters fed a high cholesterol diet.


2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (Supplement_4) ◽  
pp. 317-318
Author(s):  
Renan Antunes Donadelli ◽  
Julia G Pezzali ◽  
Patrícia M Oba ◽  
Kelly S Swanson ◽  
Craig N Coon ◽  
...  

Abstract In 2018 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a statement that grain-free diets may be related to the increased incidence of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs. This statement was made despite all implicated diets meeting nutrient requirements published by the Association of American Feed Controls Official (AAFCO) and enforced by State Officials. Many of these dogs presented with low plasma or whole blood taurine concentrations, and as such, we hypothesized that feeding these diets would result in reduced taurine status over a 26 wk feeding period. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of feeding a grain-free diet to large breed dogs on taurine status and overall health. Eight Labrador Retrievers (4 males, 4 females; Four Rivers Kennel, MO) were individually housed and fed a commercial complete and balanced grain-free diet (Acana Pork and Squash formula; APS; moisture 8.40%, crude protein 37.81%, crude fat 18.78%, ash 8.06%, and total dietary fiber 11.40%) for 26 weeks. Fasted blood samples were collected at week 0 and 26 for analyses of plasma and whole blood taurine. Urine was collected by free catch and analyzed for taurine and creatinine. Fresh fecal samples were collected and analyzed for bile acids. Data were analyzed using the GLIMMIX procedure with repeated measures in SAS (v. 9.4). Dogs were healthy throughout the duration of the trial. Urinary taurine to creatinine ratio did not change throughout the feeding period (wk 0 = 0.25 vs. wk 26 = 0.28). Fecal bile acid excretion increased after 26 weeks of feeding APS to dogs. Despite the higher fecal excretion of bile acids, plasma and whole blood taurine increased over the 26 wk feeding period. In conclusion, feeding APS for 26 wk results in increased taurine status in large breed dogs, despite higher excretion of fecal bile acids.


1996 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Färkkilä ◽  
K. J. Kairemo ◽  
M. J. Taavitsainen ◽  
T. A. Strandberg ◽  
T. A. Miettinen

1. Plasma lathosterol concentration, known to reflect cholesterol and bile acid synthesis, was evaluated as a screening test for bile acid malabsorption, comparing it with faecal bile acid measurements, SeHCAT test and Schilling test in 22 subjects of whom six were healthy controls and 16 had Crohn's disease with ileal resections of varying length. 2. Plasma lathosterols and other non-cholesterol sterols were determined by GLC. Faecal bile acids were measured by GLC, and SeHCAT retention times by gamma camera. The study subjects were divided into two groups according to the degree of bile acid malabsorption: controls (faecal bile acids<10 mg day−1 kg−1, n = 9) and bile acid malabsorption (faecal bile acids > 10 mg day−1 kg−1, n = 13). 3. Faecal bile acid excretion was 5.9 ± 1.0 mg day−1 kg−1 in control subjects and 45.7 ± 6.1 mg day−1 kg−1 in the bile acid malabsorption group. The biological half-life of 75SeHCAT (T½) was 95.6 ± 16.3 h and 14.1 ± 4.1 h, respectively. Plasma lathosterol levels were significantly elevated in patients with bile acid malabsorption (742 ± 84 μg/ml compared with 400 ± 59 μg/ml in control subjects) and correlated closely with faecal bile acid levels (r = 0.779, P<0.001), with 75SeHCAT T½ (r = −0.524, P<0.05) and with Schilling test (r = −0.591, P<0.05). Significant correlations were also obtained for Δ8-cholestenol with faecal bile acids (r = 0.784, P<0.001) and 75SeHCAT (r = −0.505, P<0.05). The biological half-life of SeHCAT correlated with faecal bile acid excretion (r = −0.702, P<0.01). Using mean + 2 SD of lathosterol (In μg/ml cholesterol) as a cut-off value and 10 mg day−1 kg−1 as the upper limit for faecal bile acid excretion, the test gives 100% sensitivity and 82% specificity for plasma lathosterol determination to detect bile acid malabsorption. 4. The results indicate that both the 75SeHCAT test and plasma lathosterol detect bile acid malabsorption in patients with ileal resections for Crohn's disease. However, plasma lathosterol is a simpler and less expensive method.


1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 334-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtis D. Klaassen

Relatively similar concentrations of the inorganic ions were detected in rat, rabbit, and dog bile; however, dog bile had a higher concentration of protein, cholesterol, phospholipid phosphorous, and percentage solids than rat bile, and rabbit bile had the lowest concentration. The biliary excretion of bile acids was altered in each species by: (1) interruption of the enterohepatic circulation; (2) rapid administration of an exogenous load of bile acids; and (3) constant infusion of an exogenous load of bile acids. Bile acid and phospholipid phosphorous concentration and percentage solids increased after bile acid administration in all three species; however, species differences in bilirubin concentration were observed and a marked decrease was detected in rabbit and dog bile but it markedly increased in rat bile. When the enterohepatic circulation was interrupted in the dog and rat, the bile acid concentration markedly decreased with only minor changes in bile flow. This not only supports the theory that there is a bile salt independent fraction of bile formation, but also demonstrates that canalicular bile formation can be maintained at relatively normal rates with almost no excretion of bile acids. Marked discrepancy between bile acid excretion and bile flow was observed in the rat after bile acid administration, in that a marked increase in bile acid excretion was observed but little or no increase in flow. When bile flow was plotted against bile acid excretion for the three species, the slope of the line was less during bile acid administration than during depletion, indicating that the bile acids are accompanied by less water during bile acid administration than during depletion. Variation in the bile flow intercept with zero bile acid excretion (thought to represent the bile salt-independent fraction) was relatively large, which is probably due in part to alteration in the production of the bile salt independent fraction when bile acid secretion is altered. It appears that both the choleretic property of bile acids varies during various rates of bile acid excretion and the bile salt-independent fraction is not constant. Therefore, calculation of the bile salt independent fraction as previously performed should be interpreted with extreme caution. Thus, it appears difficult to determine the quantitative importance of bile acid excretion in bile formation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 514-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nunzia Iaccarino ◽  
Bekzod Khakimov ◽  
Mette Skau Mikkelsen ◽  
Tina Skau Nielsen ◽  
Morten Georg Jensen ◽  
...  

This study demonstrates that structurally different barley β-glucans promote the primary and secondary bile acids’ excretion in a selective manner depending on β-glucans molecular structure.


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