Association of cystic fibrosis with abnormalities in fatty acid metabolism.
Publication/Presentation Date
2-5-2004
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Patients with cystic fibrosis have altered levels of plasma fatty acids. We previously demonstrated that arachidonic acid levels are increased and docosahexaenoic acid levels are decreased in affected tissues from cystic fibrosis-knockout mice. In this study we determined whether humans with mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene have a similar fatty acid defect in tissues expressing CFTR.
METHODS: Fatty acids from nasal- and rectal-biopsy specimens, nasal epithelial scrapings, and plasma were analyzed from 38 subjects with cystic fibrosis and compared with results in 13 obligate heterozygotes, 24 healthy controls, 11 subjects with inflammatory bowel disease, 9 subjects with upper respiratory tract infection, and 16 subjects with asthma.
RESULTS: The ratio of arachidonic to docosahexaenoic acid was increased in mucosal and submucosal nasal-biopsy specimens (P
CONCLUSIONS: These data indicate that alterations in fatty acids similar to those in cystic fibrosis-knockout mice are present in CFTR-expressing tissue from subjects with cystic fibrosis.
Volume
350
Issue
6
First Page
560
Last Page
569
ISSN
1533-4406
Published In/Presented At
Freedman, S. D., Blanco, P. G., Zaman, M. M., Shea, J. C., Ollero, M., Hopper, I. K., Weed, D. A., Gelrud, A., Regan, M. M., Laposata, M., Alvarez, J. G., & O'Sullivan, B. P. (2004). Association of cystic fibrosis with abnormalities in fatty acid metabolism. The New England journal of medicine, 350(6), 560–569. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa021218
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
14762183
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article