torstai 29. toukokuuta 2014

Milloin kova rasva, sokeri ja alkoholi ovat haitaksi - ja milloin eivät?

1. Johdanto

HS julkaisi puolitoista vuotta sitten Jani Kaaron artikkelin Tutkijat: Kovat rasvat aiheuttavat lihavuuteen liittyvän tulehduksen, joka käsitteli metaboliseen oireyhtymään liittyvää tulehdustilaa.[1]



Kaaro esitti useiden todisteiden viittaavan siihen että “tyydyttynyt rasva on se todellinen konna tulehdusreaktion takana” ja että syy on että se aktivoi elimistössä immuunijärjestelmään keskeisesti kuuluvia TLR-reseptoreita samalla tavalla kuin bakteerit, jolloin käynnistyy elimistöä rappeuttava tulehdustila. Tämä tulehdustila sitten johtaa insuliiniresistenssiin, korkeaan verenpaineeseen, keskivartalolihavuuteen ja lukuisiin muihin ongelmiin.

Tässä ollaan mielestäni jo vahvasti nykysairauksien syiden jäljillä. Kaaro on täysin oikeassa siinä että varsinkin TLR-reseptorien välityksellä syntyvä matala-asteinen tulehdustila on monien tutkijoiden mielestä keskeinen tekijä lukuisten kroonisten sairauksien taustalla.

Tässä olikin hyvä jutun alku, joten pohditaanpa ravinnon ja tulehduksen yhteyttä hieman perusteellisemmin!




2. Huono ruokavalio voi aiheuttaa haitallista endotoksemiaa

Aika ajoin rasva, hedelmäsokeri tai alkoholi saavat tietyissä piireissä huonon maineen koska nämä ruoka-aineet ovat etenkin erinäisissä eläintutkimuksissa aiheuttaneet metaboliseen oireyhtymään liittyviä ongelmia kuten tulehdusta, insuliiniresistenssiä ja dyslipidemiaa.

Näitä mainittuja ravintoaineita yhdistää se, että huonoon ruokavalioon yhdistettynä kyseiset ravintoaineet voivat aiheuttaa ns. metabolista endotoksemiaa, joka tarkoittaa yksinkertaisesti lisääntynyttä suolistobakteerien soluseinien lipopolysakkaridien (LPS) pääsyä verenkiertoon.

Endotoksemian määrä riippuu monesta tekijästä: Ruoka-aineet voivat vaikuttaa esimerkiksi suoliston bakteerikantaan, bakteerien määrään, suoliston seinämän läpäisevyyteen tai suoraan LPS:ien imeytymiseen. Myös erilaiset suolistossa tai veressä olevat tekijät kuten sappihapot, intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) tai lipoproteiinit voivat vaikuttaa esimerkiksi LPS:n detoksifikaatioon.[2]

Miten elimistö reagoi endotoksemiaan? Tulehduksella.

Suuri osa näiden ravintoaineiden (rasva, sokeri, alkoholi) haitoista johtuu tulehduksesta, jonka aiheuttaa endotoksemia.


1) Huono ruokavalio voi aiheuttaa endotoksiinien pääsyä verenkiertoon.
2) Elimistö reagoi näihin endotoksiineihin tulehdusreaktiolla.
3) Tulehdus aiheuttaa metaboliseen oireyhtymään liittyvän ongelmien kirjon.

Aiheesta on hyvin paljon näyttöä eläimillä, ja ihmisilläkin on havaittu lukuisia yhteyksiä endotoksemian ja metabolisen oireyhtymän välillä:[3-6]

- Hiirillä endotoksemian aiheuttaminen aiheuttaa lihomista, insuliiniresistenssiä ja kolesteroliongelmia
- Ihmisillä endotoksemian aiheuttaminen aiheuttaa rasvakudoksen tulehdusta ja insuliiniresistenssiä

Viime aikoina erinäisissä uutisissa hedelmäsokeria on pidetty osasyyllisenä maksaongelmiin kuten rasvamaksaan. Tämä on sinänsä loogista, sillä hedelmäsokeri voi ainakin tietyissä tilanteissa aiheuttaa ongelmia endotoksemian kautta.

Erään tutkimuksen mukaan rasvamaksapotilailla on veressä endotoksiinia lähes 30-kertaisesti verrattuna terveisiin ihmisiin. Rotilla jo pelkkä endotoksiinimäärän kaksinkertaistuminen riittää aiheuttamaan merkittäviä terveysongelmia.[6-8]




3. Tulehdusprosessi synnyttää ongelmat

Endotoksemia aiheuttaa elimistössä tulehdusprosessin, jota on eläinkokeissa kokeiltu estää tehokkaasti esimerkiksi lääkkein, geenimuunnoksilla tai tulehdussolujen poistolla.

Kun näin tehdään, muuttuvat sokeri, rasva ja alkoholi koe-eläimille hyvin harmittomiksi - tällöin esimerkiksi maksavauriota, lihavuutta ja insuliiniresistenssiä ei pääse yleensä syntymään suurillakaan annoksilla.[6,9-15]

Täten voidaan todeta että ongelmien todellinen aiheuttaja ei ole alkoholi, rasva, sokeri eikä vielä endotoksemiakaan vaan vasta tulehdusprosessin käynnistyminen synnyttää merkittävimmät ongelmat.




4. Lihavuus tukee tulehdusprosessia

Sen lisäksi, että elimistö reagoi suolistobakteereista johtuvaan endotoksemiaan tulehduksella, niin myös oman rasvakudoksen koko saattaa vaikuttaa kuvioon.

Erityisesti viskeraalisen rasvakudoksen kasvaessa tapahtuu kaksi asiaa:
  • Rasvakudos erittää tulehdusproteiineja
  • Rasvakudoksesta vapautuu rasvahappoja verenkiertoon (liiat rasvahapot voivat häiritä aineenvaihduntaa)

Nämä molemmat asiat voivat edistää kroonisten sairauksien kehittymistä.

Lihavuustutkija Stephan Guyenetin luennosta What Causes Leptin Resistance? (2014)




5. Glysiini-aminohappo voi estää tulehduksen ja parantaa metabolisen oireyhtymän

Eläinkokeissa aiheeseen liittyy kiinnostavaa näyttöä eräästä yleisestä ravintoaineesta nimeltä glysiini (aminohappo). Glysiinin runsaampi syöminen hillitsee elimistössä tulehdusprosessia, joten se vähentää tulehduksen aiheuttamia haittoja.

Useissa tutkimuksissa on osoitettu että suuri määrä sokeria, alkoholia tai rasvaa voi aiheuttaa koe-eläimille rasvamaksaa, insuliiniresistenssiä ja hapetusstressiä. Glysiinin tai sitä runsaasti sisältävän proteiinin (kampasimpukka) lisääminen ruokavalioon estää nämä haitat lähes täydellisesti - suojaamalla suolistoa ja hillitsemällä tulehdusta.[16-20]

Annetaan vielä esimerkki eräästä tutkimuksesta:
Vuonna 2004 julkaistussa meksikolaistutkimuksessa rottien juomaveteen lisättiin 30% sokeria, jolloin rottien ainoa veden lähde sisälsi sokeria lähes kolminkertaisesti verrattuna tyypilliseen tuoremehuun tai virvoitusjuomaan. Tämän vuoksi rotat saivat vedenjuonnin ohessa niin valtavan määrän sokeria että varsinaiselle proteiinia, vitamiineja sekä mineraaleja sisältävälle ruoalle ei jäänyt juurikaan tilaa ja sen saanti vähenikin yli 50 prosentin verran.
Tuloksena syntynyt ravinneköyhä, äärimmäisen runsassokerinen ruokavalio aiheutti rotille huomattavaa verenpaineen nousua, keskivartalolihavuutta, veriarvojen huononemista sekä muita ongelmia. 
Kuitenkin, jos juomaveteen lisättiin sokerin lisäksi myös 1% glysiiniä, lähes kaikki ravinneköyhän ja sokeripitoisen ruokavalion haitat kumoutuivat neljässä viikossa - vaikka rotat olivat noudattaneet haitallista ruokavaliota tätä ennen kaksikymmentä viikkoa eli viisinkertaisen ajan.[18] 

Rottien verenpaineen lasku glysiinilisän myötä sekä rasvasolujen
 pienempi koko glysiiniryhmässä. (El Hafidi et al. 2004)


Esimerkkinä mainitun tutkimuksen tulosta voisi olla vaikea uskoa todelliseksi, jollei sitä olisi toistettu muutamaankin otteeseen.

Myöhemmät eläintutkimukset ovat lähinnä osoittaneet, että glysiinin hyödyt eivät tosiaankaan rajoitu pelkästään verenpaineen alenemiseen ja rasvamassan vähenemiseen vaan ovat paljon kattavampia. Valitettavasti ihmistutkimuksissa tulokset ovat olleet pääosin maltillisempia.




6. Tulehdus sotkee energia-aineenvaihduntaa, mutta AMPK voi vielä pelastaa

Endotoksemian aiheuttamalla tulehduksella on elimistön soluihin erilaisia vaikutusmekanismeja, joiden kautta haittavaikutukset ilmenevät:
  • Keramidien synteesi 
    • → NLRP3 → IL-1beta → Insuliiniresistenssi → Puutteita solujen energia-aineenvaihdunnassa
  • Typpioksidi (iNOS)
    • → Puutteita solujen energia-aineenvaihdunnassa
  • Adiponektiinin aleneminen
    • → Vähäisempi Sirt1/AMPK -aktivaatio → Puutteita solujen energia-aineenvaihdunnassa
  • Vapaiden rasvahappojen tasojen nousu
    • → DAG → PKC-theta → Insuliiniresistenssi → Puutteita solujen energia-aineenvaihdunnassa

Yllä olevat kohdat ovat vain viitteellisiä, mutta sanoma on silti se, että tulehdukseen liittyy useita mekanismeja jotka muuttavat solujen aineenvaihduntaa ja johtavat kroonisiin sairauksiin.

Näiltä haitoilta voi kuitenkin suojautua. Eläintutkimuksissa esimerkiksi erinäiset paastot ja aikarajoitetut syömismallit ovat suojanneet roskaruoan haitoilta. Ruokailun rajoittaminen 9 tai 12 tuntiin päivässä estää koe-eläimillä lukuisia huonon ruokavalion haittoja, vaikka kalorien kokonaissaanti ei muuttuisikaan.

Paastojen, joidenkin erikoisruokavalioiden (kuten ketogeenisen) sekä liikunnan hyötyjä on monesti perusteltu sillä, että ne aktivoivat solun energia-aineenvaihdunnan kannalta keskeistä AMPK-entsyymiä.

Erilaiset AMPK:ta aktivoivat aineet kuten AICAR, metformiini, koentsyymi Q10, aspiriini tai butyraatti, ovat koe-eläintutkimuksissa estäneet huomattavasti erilaisia roskaruokaan tai diabetekseen liittyviä haittoja. Tieteen uusin löytö lienee AICARin synteesiä lisäävä mitokondriopeptidi MOTS-c, joka estää koe-eläimillä lihavuutta ja muita roskaruoan aiheuttamia haittoja.

Täten tulehduksen estämisen lisäksi myös solujen energia-aineenvaihduntaan vaikuttaminen esimerkiksi AMPK:ta aktivoivilla menetelmillä tai ravintolisillä saattaisi suojata erinäisiltä kroonisilta sairauksilta. Jälleen kerran näyttäisi kuitenkin siltä, että vaikutukset ilmenevät koe-eläimillä hieman suurempina kuin ihmisillä.




7. Päätelmät

Kova rasva, sokeri tai alkoholi eivät usein aiheuta terveysongelmia suoraan, vaan ongelmat johtuvat ensisijaisesti elimistön omasta tulehdusprosessista, jota roskaruoka voi edistää lisäämällä endotoksiinien määrää veressä. Tulehdusprosessi taas voi sotkea solujen energia-aineenvaihduntaa.

Erilaiset ravintoaineet kuten glysiini, tauriini, antioksidantit, kuitu, maitohappobakteerit, histidiini*, karnosiini*, lyhytketjuiset rasvahapot, sinkki ja K-vitamiinit saattavat suojata endotoksemialta ja tulehdukselta vaikuttamalla esimerkiksi suolistoon tai tulehdussoluihin. Paastot, aikarajoitteinen syöminen, ketogeeninen ruokavalio, liikunta, ubikinoni, voihappo ja metformiini saattavat taas parantaa solujen energia-aineenvaihduntaa muun muassa AMPK-aktivaation kautta. Näyttöä on tosin eniten eläinkokeista, joita ei voi suoraan soveltaa ihmisiin.[21-47]

Antioksidanttien ja kuitujen endotoksemialta suojaava vaikutus voisi hypoteettisesti selittää, miksi Ruotsin maajusseilla runsas maitorasvan kulutus yhdistettynä runsaaseen kasvisten kulutukseen korreloi selvästi alentuneen sydäntautiriskin kanssa, vaikka maitorasva onkin pahamaineista "kovaa rasvaa".[48]

Lopuksi täytynee todeta kaiken näytön perusteella seuraavasti,

Jos keskittyisimme paremmin länsimaisten sairauksien mekanismeihin, voisimme estää sairaudet paremmin. Tällä hetkellä ravintokeskustelu junnaa usein pinnallisella tasolla, ja rasvan tai sokerin haittoja perustellaan muun muassa kolesteroliarvoilla tai verensokeritasojen heilahteluilla. Samalla tulehdusprosessin ja solusignaloinnin suuri merkitys kroonisten sairauksien taustalla jää helposti unohduksiin.





Lisämerkinnät

* Histidiini-aminohaposta ja karnosiinista vielä sellainen maininta, että eläinkoetulokset ovat näidenkin osalta vähintäänkin lupaavia.

Glysiinitutkimuksissa hyvin tehokas suoja sokerin tai alkoholin haittoja vastaan on saatu lisäämällä koe-eläinten juomaveteen 1% glysiiniä eli 10 grammaa litraa kohden. Näiden kahden ravinteen kohdalla jo 0.1% eli 1 gramma vesilitraa kohden näyttää taas tuottavan kohtalaisen suuria hyötyjä.

Eräässä kohtalaisen suuressa ihmistutkimuksessa ylipainosta kärsivät naiset söivät päivittäin 4 gramman annoksen histidiiniä (melko suuri annos), mikä johti 12 viikon aikana merkittävään tulehdusmarkkerien laskuun, insuliiniherkkyyden paranemiseen sekä lähes kolmen kilon vähennykseen rasvamassassa. Tarkasta vaikutusmekanismista minulla ei ole tietoa, mutta vaikutus saattaa liittyä mm. karnosiinipitoisuuden nousuun ja esimerkiksi sen lipidiperoksideilta suojaavaan vaikutukseen.[33,49]

Mainittakoon myös että histidiini ja karnosiini nostavat toistensa veritasoja, ja että karnosiini on dipeptidi joka koostuu histidiinistä sekä beeta-alaniinista. Karnosiinia pidetään tietyissä piireissä hyvin terveellisenä ravinteena, ja esimerkiksi Tohtori Tolonen on mainostanut sitä Suomessa hyvin paljon. Eläinkokeiden perusteella histidiini ja karnosiini ovat suunnilleen yhtä tehokkaita, mutta histidiini on selkeästi halvempi tuote, erityisesti jauheena (joskin vaikeammin saatavilla - esimerkiks iHerb ei näytä myyvän jauhemuotoa lainkaan).






Lisämateriaali, I: Videoita ja esitelmiä





Lihavuustutkija Stephan Guyenetin tulehdusta ja lihavuutta käsittelevä luento Ancestral Health Symposium 2014 -tapahtumasta. Todella laadukasta katsottavaa, ja näkemykset hyvin samanlaiset kuin minulla.

Seuraavan kuvan Guyenetin luennosta jätän tähän kertausta varten:



Guyenet näyttää, että tulehdus sekä korkea leptiini voivat erityisesti SOCS3:n kautta häiritä leptiinin STAT3-välitteistä signalointia solussa.

Samoin runsas määrä rasvametaboliitteja (diasyyliglyserolit ja Acyl-CoA) solun sisällä voivat PKC-thetan kautta häiritä leptiinin PI3K-välitteistä signalointia (palmitiinihappo lisää rasvametaboliitteja enemmän kuin oleiinihappo). Lisäksi tulehdus häiritsee leptiinin STAT3-välitteistä signalointia myös PTP1B:n kautta, ja liikunta taas voi parantaa leptiiniherkkyyttä vähentämällä PTP1B-aktiivisuutta IL-6 -sytokiinin kautta.






Upgraded Life Festival -tapahtumassa esittämäni glysiini-esitelmän luentodiat, jossa esitellään glysiinin vaikutuksia lyhyesti mutta laajasti.





Lisämateriaali, II: Kova rasva ja suora TLR4-aktivaatio

Olen käsittänyt että kovan rasvan aiheuttama tulehdus on ensisijaisesti epäsuoraa eli endotoksemian kautta aiheutuvaa.

On kuitenkin olemassa runsaasti julkaisuja, joissa näytetään että kova rasva voi mm. koeputkessa itsessäänkin aktivoida kyseistä reseptoria.[53-57] Ilmeisesti Kaaron artikkelissa tarkoitetaan juuri tätä mekanismia. Ylipainoisilla ihmisillä on enemmän rasvakudosta, jonka vapauttama kova rasva voisi itsessäänkin aiheuttaa tulehdusta.

Mikäli tämä mekanismi on myös keskeinen kovan rasvan haitoille, niin se saattaisi myös osittain selittää glysiinin tai histidiinin suurta tehoa joissakin tutkimuksissa. Eläinkokeissa glysiini hillitsee rasvakudoksen tulehdusta, ja jos rasvakudoksen tulehdus on merkittävä ongelmien lähde, niin se varmasti selittää vaikutuksia jonkun verran.[58-60]

Vaikka lähinnä kova rasva näyttäisikin aktivoivan TLR4-reseptoria suorasti, en tiedä tekeekö se itsessään kovasta rasvasta jotenkin "huonomman" rasvan. Koeputkitason tutkimuksissa on myös pehmeistä rasvoista huomattu haitallisia puolia kuten mm. aivojen turpoaminen. On myös kymmenittäin eläintutkimuksia, joissa kovan rasvan syöttäminen suojaa pehmeän rasvan aiheuttamalta maksavauriolta.[61-66]

Näiden havaintojen pohjalta olen oikeastaan miettinyt, että kova rasva (voi, kookosrasva) voisi olla lähtökohtaisesti jopa terveellisin rasvan lähde sillä siihen ei liity monia pehmeisiin rasvoihin liittyviä biokemiallisia ongelmia, mutta toisaalta kontekstin on oltava sellainen jossa terveellinen ruokavalio (ja esim glysiini) minimoivat TLR4-välitteisen tulehdusreaktion haitat.



Lisämateriaali, III: Lisäpohdintaa sairauksien mekanismeista

Metabolisen oireyhtymän syymekanismeja ja hoitoa pohdittaessa voi TLR4-aktivaatioon liittyvien tulehdusmekanismien lisäksi kiinnittää huomion voi esimerkiksi kiinnittää myös kortisoliaineenvaihduntaan (HSD-11β -entsyymit), mitokondrioiden toimintaan, solujen antioksidantteihin, lipidiperoksidaatioon, prostaglandiiniaineenvaihduntaan (COX-2, PGE2...), vapaiden rasvahappojen fysiologisiin vaikutuksiin (NEFA/FFA) sekä kilpirauhashormonien vaikutuksiin. Itse näen mm. Robert Naviauxin ja Ray Peatin vaihtoehtoiset näkökulmat hyvin kiinnostavina kokonaiskuvan kannalta.

Suoliston terveys on olennaisessa roolissa kun pohditaan endotoksemian ehkäisyä. Alentunut aineenvaihdunta (esim fibromyalgiassa tai kilpirauhasen vajaatoiminnassa) voinee suolen toimintaa hidastamalla lisätä bakteerien kasvua ohutsuolessa, mikä vaikuttaisi haitallisesti ohutsuoleen ja täten pahentaisi myös endotoksemiaa. En ole vielä perehtynyt aiheeseen kunnolla, mutta tähän voisin kesän aikana yrittää paneutua.[50-52]








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[extra] Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex Vol. 67, March-April 2010 Obesity as an inflammatory process. Blancas-Flores G, Almanza-Pérez JC, López-Roa RI, Alarcón-Aguilar FJ, García-Macedo R, Cruz M.

[extra] EMBO Mol Med. 2011 Sep;3(9):559-72. doi: 10.1002/emmm.201100159. Epub 2011 Aug 3. Intestinal mucosal adherence and translocation of commensal bacteria at the early onset of type 2 diabetes: molecular mechanisms and probiotic treatment. Amar J, Chabo C, Waget A, Klopp P, Vachoux C, Bermúdez-Humarán LG, Smirnova N, Bergé M, Sulpice T, Lahtinen S, Ouwehand A, Langella P, Rautonen N, Sansonetti PJ, Burcelin R. "Here, we demonstrate that before the onset of diabetes, after only one week of a high-fat diet (HFD), live commensal intestinal bacteria are present in large numbers in the adipose tissue and the blood where they can induce inflammation. This translocation is prevented in mice lacking the microbial pattern recognition receptors Nod1 or CD14, but overtly increased in Myd88 knockout and ob/ob mouse. [...] The bacterial translocation process from intestine towards tissue can be reversed by six weeks of treatment with the probiotic strain Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis 420, which improves the animals' overall inflammatory and metabolic status."

[extra] PLoS One. 2014 May 14;9(5):e96864. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096864. eCollection 2014. Acute binge drinking increases serum endotoxin and bacterial DNA levels in healthy individuals. Bala S, Marcos M, Gattu A, Catalano D, Szabo G.

[extra] Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2005 Nov;29(11 Suppl):166S-71S. Activation of the innate immune system and alcoholic liver disease: effects of ethanol per se or enhanced intestinal translocation of bacterial toxins induced by ethanol? Bode C, Bode JC.

[extra] J Hepatol. 1991 Mar;12(2):162-9. Plasma endotoxin concentrations in patients with alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver disease: reevaluation with an improved chromogenic assay. Fukui H, Brauner B, Bode JC, Bode C. "The results indicate that, irrespective of the stage of liver disease, alcohol abuse favours the development of endotoxemia."

[extra] J Hepatol. 2000 May;32(5):742-7. Increased intestinal permeability to macromolecules and endotoxemia in patients with chronic alcohol abuse in different stages of alcohol-induced liver disease. Parlesak A, Schäfer C, Schütz T, Bode JC, Bode C. "Polyethylene glycol Mr 10,000 was detected significantly less frequently in urine from healthy controls (0/30) than in urine of patients with alcoholic liver disease (20/54, [...] Endotoxin concentrations in the plasma of alcoholics were increased more than 5-fold compared to healthy controls [...] The results of this study indicate that alcohol abuse impairs the function of the intestinal barrier, which might enhance the translocation of bacterial toxins, thereby contributing to inflammatory processes in alcoholic liver disease."


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[extra] Nutr Metab (Lond). 2013 Jan 10;10(1):6. Dietary oil composition differentially modulates intestinal endotoxin transport and postprandial endotoxemia. Mani V, Hollis JH, Gabler NK.

[extra] Exp Physiol. 2014 Jun 27. [Epub ahead of print] Fructose supplementation worsens the deleterious effects of short term high fat feeding on hepatic steatosis and lipid metabolism in adult rats. Crescenzo R, Bianco F, Coppola P, Mazzoli A, Tussellino M, Carotenuto R, Liverini G, Iossa S.

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[extra] Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2013 Jun;33(6):1162-70. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.300572. Epub 2013 Apr 4. Dietary carnosine prevents early atherosclerotic lesion formation in apolipoprotein E-null mice. Barski OA, Xie Z, Baba SP, Sithu SD, Agarwal A, Cai J, Bhatnagar A, Srivastava S.

[extra] Br J Pharmacol. 2012 Jun;166(4):1344-56. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.01834.x. D-Carnosine octylester attenuates atherosclerosis and renal disease in ApoE null mice fed a Western diet through reduction of carbonyl stress and inflammation. Menini S, Iacobini C, Ricci C, Scipioni A, Blasetti Fantauzzi C, Giaccari A, Salomone E, Canevotti R, Lapolla A, Orioli M, Aldini G, Pugliese G.


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[extraBr J Nutr. 2012 Jul 14;108(1):57-61. doi: 10.1017/S0007114511005289. Histidine and arginine are associated with inflammation and oxidative stress in obese women. Niu YC, Feng RN, Hou Y, Li K, Kang Z, Wang J, Sun CH, Li Y. "Among the amino acids determined, serum histidine, arginine, threonine, glycine, lysine and serine were found to be significantly lower in obese women as compared to non-obese controls (P < 0·001). The difference was the greatest for histidine (P < 0·001)."

[extra] Gastroenterology. 2009 Feb;136(2):564-74.e2. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.09.062. Epub 2008 Oct 7. Dietary histidine ameliorates murine colitis by inhibition of proinflammatory cytokine production from macrophages. Andou A, Hisamatsu T, Okamoto S, Chinen H, Kamada N, Kobayashi T, Hashimoto M, Okutsu T, Shimbo K, Takeda T, Matsumoto H, Sato A, Ohtsu H, Suzuki M, Hibi T.

[extra] Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2007 May;292(5):L1095-104. Epub 2007 Jan 12. Protective effect of orally administered carnosine on bleomycin-induced lung injury. Cuzzocrea S, Genovese T, Failla M, Vecchio G, Fruciano M, Mazzon E, Di Paola R, Muià C, La Rosa C, Crimi N, Rizzarelli E, Vancheri C.

[extra] Diabetes. 2013 Jul;62(7):2266-77. doi: 10.2337/db12-1701. Epub 2013 Mar 8. Histidine augments the suppression of hepatic glucose production by central insulin action. Kimura K1, Nakamura Y, Inaba Y, Matsumoto M, Kido Y, Asahara S, Matsuda T, Watanabe H, Maeda A, Inagaki F, Mukai C, Takeda K, Akira S, Ota T, Nakabayashi H, Kaneko S, Kasuga M, Inoue H.

[extra] Hum Exp Toxicol. 2010 Aug;29(8):659-65. The effect of carnosine pretreatment on oxidative stress and hepatotoxicity in binge ethanol administered rats. Artun BC, Küskü-Kiraz Z, Güllüoğlu M, Cevikbaş U, Koçak-Toker N, Uysal M. "In conclusion, carnosine prevented the increases in serum transaminase activities and lipid peroxides in liver of ethanol-treated rats, without any change on steatosis in liver."


[extra] Neurosci Lett. 2012 Feb 21;510(1):1-5. Effects of L-carnosine on splenic sympathetic nerve activity and tumor proliferation. Horii Y, Shen J, Fujisaki Y, Yoshida K, Nagai K. "The tumor volumes of the control mice given water gradually and markedly increased and reached a value of 869.8 ± 132.9 mm3 on day 22 after implantation (Fig. 3b). The tumor volumes of the l-carnosine group also increased; however, the increase was less than that of the control group, reaching a value of 407.8 ± 121.7 mm3 (46.9% of the tumor volume of the control group) on day 22."

[extra] Nutr Clin Pract. 2013 Oct;28(5):609-16. doi: 10.1177/0884533613493333. Epub 2013 Jul 8. Effects of L-carnosine and its zinc complex (Polaprezinc) on pressure ulcer healing. Sakae K, Agata T, Kamide R, Yanagisawa H. "After 4 weeks, the rate of pressure ulcer healing, assessed by the mean weekly improvement in PUSH score, was significantly greater in the CAR (1.6 ± 0.2, P = .02) and PLZ groups (1.8 ± 0.2, P = .009) than in the control group (0.8 ± 0.2)."

[extra] J Periodontol. 2002 Jan;73(1):73-8. Systemic release of endotoxins induced by gentle mastication: association with periodontitis severity. Geerts SO, Nys M, De MP, Charpentier J, Albert A, Legrand V, Rompen EH. "For standardizing the mastication session, the patients were asked to gently chew 2 chewing gums 50 times on each side of the jaw under the supervision of a dental practitioner (SG)." "Overall, blood levels of endotoxin after mastication were found to be significantly higher than before mastication (0.89 +/- 3.3 pg/ml versus 3.0 +/- 5.8 pg/ml; P= 0.0002). Likewise, the incidence of positive endotoxemia rose from 6% before mastication to 24% after mastication (P = 0.001)."

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[extra] Innate Immun. 2008 Aug;14(4):247-53. doi: 10.1177/1753425908095130. Lipopolysaccharide associates with pro-atherogenic lipoproteins in periodontitis patients. Kallio KA, Buhlin K, Jauhiainen M, Keva R, Tuomainen AM, Klinge B, Gustafsson A, Pussinen PJ. "Endotoxemia increases with severity of periodontitis. In periodontitis, LPS associates preferentially with the pro-atherogenic VLDL-IDL fraction. Periodontal treatment has only minor effects on plasma LPS activity or distribution, which reflects persistence of the disease."

[extra] Intern Med. 2011;50(15):1569-74. Inflammatory cytokines, adiponectin, insulin resistance and metabolic control after periodontal intervention in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic periodontitis. Sun WL, Chen LL, Zhang SZ, Wu YM, Ren YZ, Qin GM.

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[extraEndocrinology. 2011 Apr;152(4):1314-26. doi: 10.1210/en.2010-0659. Epub 2011 Jan 25. Low-grade hypothalamic inflammation leads to defective thermogenesis, insulin resistance, and impaired insulin secretion. Arruda AP, Milanski M, Coope A, Torsoni AS, Ropelle E, Carvalho DP, Carvalheira JB, Velloso LA. "In Wistar rats, hypothalamic TNFα blunts the anorexigenic effect of leptin, which is accompanied by reduced leptin signaling and increased expression of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3. In addition, hypothalamic TNFα reduces O(2) consumption and the expression of thermogenic proteins in brown adipose tissue and skeletal muscle. Furthermore, hypothalamic inflammation increases base-line plasma insulin and insulin secretion by isolated pancreatic islets, which is accompanied by an impaired insulin signal transduction in liver and skeletal muscle. Hypothalamic inflammation induced by stearic acid also reduces O(2) consumption and blunts peripheral insulin signal transduction. The use of intracerebroventricular infliximab restores O(2) consumption in obese rats, whereas TNF receptor 1-knockout mice are protected from diet-induced reduced thermogenesis and defective insulin signal transduction. Thus, low-grade inflammation of the hypothalamus is sufficient to induce changes in a number of parameters commonly impaired in obesity and DM2, and TNFα is an important mediator of this process."

[extra] Diabetes. 2012 Jun;61(6):1455-62. doi: 10.2337/db11-0390. Epub 2012 Apr 20. Inhibition of hypothalamic inflammation reverses diet-induced insulin resistance in the liver. Milanski M, Arruda AP, Coope A, Ignacio-Souza LM, Nunez CE, Roman EA, Romanatto T, Pascoal LB, Caricilli AM, Torsoni MA, Prada PO, Saad MJ, Velloso LA. "Obese rodents were treated by intracerebroventricular injections, with immunoneutralizing antibodies against Toll-like receptor (TLR)4 or tumor necrosis factor (TNF)α, and insulin signal transduction, hepatic steatosis, and gluconeogenesis were evaluated. The inhibition of either TLR4 or TNFα reduced hypothalamic inflammation, which was accompanied by the reduction of hypothalamic resistance to leptin and improved insulin signal transduction in the liver. This was accompanied by reduced liver steatosis and reduced hepatic expression of markers of steatosis. Furthermore, the inhibition of hypothalamic inflammation restored defective liver glucose production"

[extra] J Biol Chem. 2009 Dec 25;284(52):36213-22. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.030874. Epub 2009 Oct 26. Deletion of tumor necrosis factor-alpha receptor 1 (TNFR1) protects against diet-induced obesity by means of increased thermogenesis. Romanatto T1, Roman EA, Arruda AP, Denis RG, Solon C, Milanski M, Moraes JC, Bonfleur ML, Degasperi GR, Picardi PK, Hirabara S, Boschero AC, Curi R, Velloso LA.

[extra] Diabetologia. 2007 Jun;50(6):1267-76. Epub 2007 Apr 11. C3H/HeJ mice carrying a toll-like receptor 4 mutation are protected against the development of insulin resistance in white adipose tissue in response to a high-fat diet. Poggi M, Bastelica D, Gual P, Iglesias MA, Gremeaux T, Knauf C, Peiretti F, Verdier M, Juhan-Vague I, Tanti JF, Burcelin R, Alessi MC.

[extra] Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Jun;16(6):1248-55. doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.210. Epub 2008 Apr 10. Tlr-4 deficiency selectively protects against obesity induced by diets high in saturated fat. Davis JE1, Gabler NK, Walker-Daniels J, Spurlock ME.

[extra] J Nutr Biochem. 2011 Feb;22(2):136-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2009.12.008. Absence of Tlr2 protects against high-fat diet-induced inflammation and results in greater insulin-stimulated glucose transport in cultured adipocytes. Davis JE, Braucher DR, Walker-Daniels J, Spurlock ME.

[extra] Cell Metab. 2009 Oct;10(4):249-59. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2009.08.013. MyD88 signaling in the CNS is required for development of fatty acid-induced leptin resistance and diet-induced obesity. Kleinridders A, Schenten D, Könner AC, Belgardt BF, Mauer J, Okamura T, Wunderlich FT, Medzhitov R, Brüning JC. [Wikipedia: "Model organisms have been used in the study of MYD88 function. The gene was originally discovered and cloned by Dan Liebermann and Barbara Hoffman in mice.[3] In that species it is a universal adapter protein as it is used by almost all TLRs (except TLR 3) to activate the transcription factor NF-κB."]

[extra] Circ Res. 2007 Jun 8;100(11):1589-96. Epub 2007 May 3. Toll-like receptor-4 mediates vascular inflammation and insulin resistance in diet-induced obesity. Kim F1, Pham M, Luttrell I, Bannerman DD, Tupper J, Thaler J, Hawn TR, Raines EW, Schwartz MW.

[extra] FASEB J. 2012 Aug;26(8):3493-502. doi: 10.1096/fj.12-208868. Epub 2012 May 16. Timed high-fat diet resets circadian metabolism and prevents obesity. Sherman H, Genzer Y, Cohen R, Chapnik N, Madar Z, Froy O. "Although timed HF-diet-fed mice consumed the same amount of calories as ad libitum low-fat diet-fed mice, they showed 12% reduced body weight, 21% reduced cholesterol levels, and 1.4-fold increased insulin sensitivity. Compared with the HF diet ad libitum, the timed HF diet led to 18% lower body weight, 30% decreased cholesterol levels, 10% reduced TNF-α levels, and 3.7-fold improved insulin sensitivity. Timed HF-diet-fed mice exhibited a better satiated and less stressed phenotype of 25% lower ghrelin and 53% lower corticosterone levels compared with mice fed the timed low-fat diet."


[extra] FASEB J. 2010 Dec;24(12):4948-59. doi: 10.1096/fj.10-164921. Epub 2010 Aug 19. Germ-free C57BL/6J mice are resistant to high-fat-diet-induced insulin resistance and have altered cholesterol metabolism. Rabot S, Membrez M, Bruneau A, Gérard P, Harach T, Moser M, Raymond F, Mansourian R, Chou CJ.

[extra] PLoS One. 2010 Aug 16;5(8):e12191. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012191. High-fat diet: bacteria interactions promote intestinal inflammation which precedes and correlates with obesity and insulin resistance in mouse. Ding S, Chi MM, Scull BP, Rigby R, Schwerbrock NM, Magness S, Jobin C, Lund PK. "Bacteria and HF diet interact to promote proinflammatory changes in the small intestine, which precede weight gain and obesity and show strong and significant associations with progression of obesity and development of insulin resistance. To our knowledge, this is the first evidence that intestinal inflammation is an early consequence of HF diet which may contribute to obesity and associated insulin resistance. Interventions which limit intestinal inflammation induced by HF diet and bacteria may protect against obesity and insulin resistance."

[extra] Diabetes Care. 2011 Aug;34(8):1809-15. doi: 10.2337/dc10-2197. Epub 2011 Jun 2. Bacterial endotoxin activity in human serum is associated with dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, obesity, and chronic inflammation. Lassenius MI, Pietiläinen KH, Kaartinen K, Pussinen PJ, Syrjänen J, Forsblom C, Pörsti I, Rissanen A, Kaprio J, Mustonen J, Groop PH, Lehto M; FinnDiane Study Group.

[extra] Atherosclerosis. 2009 Apr;203(2):494-502. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.06.018. Epub 2008 Jul 1. Ethnic and sex differences in circulating endotoxin levels: A novel marker of atherosclerotic and cardiovascular risk in a British multi-ethnic population. Miller MA, McTernan PG, Harte AL, Silva NF, Strazzullo P, Alberti KG, Kumar S, Cappuccio FP. "Endotoxin levels were positively associated with waist, waist-hip ratio, total cholesterol, serum triglycerides and serum insulin levels and negatively associated with serum HDL-cholesterol."

[extra] Dig Dis Sci. 2012 Jul;57(7):1932-41. doi: 10.1007/s10620-012-2112-9. Epub 2012 Mar 17. Nutrition, intestinal permeability, and blood ethanol levels are altered in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Volynets V, Küper MA, Strahl S, Maier IB, Spruss A, Wagnerberger S, Königsrainer A, Bischoff SC, Bergheim I. "Despite no differences in the prevalence of bacterial overgrowth and in the orocecal transit time, intestinal permeability, alcohol, and endotoxin levels in plasma were significantly higher in patients with NAFLD than in controls."

[extra] Surgery. 2012 Apr;151(4):587-93. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.09.038. Epub 2011 Nov 16. Reduction in endotoxemia, oxidative and inflammatory stress, and insulin resistance after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery in patients with morbid obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Monte SV, Caruana JA, Ghanim H, Sia CL, Korzeniewski K, Schentag JJ, Dandona P. "LPS, NF-κB DNA binding, TLR-4, TLR-2, and CD14 expression, CRP, MMP-9, and MCP-1 decreased significantly after RYGB. The mechanism underlying resolution of insulin resistance and T2DM after RYGB may be attributable, at least in part, to the reduction of endotoxemia and associated proinflammatory mediators."

[extra] Diabetes Care. 2009 Dec;32(12):2281-7. doi: 10.2337/dc09-0979. Epub 2009 Sep 15. Increase in plasma endotoxin concentrations and the expression of Toll-like receptors and suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 in mononuclear cells after a high-fat, high-carbohydrate meal: implications for insulin resistance. Ghanim H1, Abuaysheh S, Sia CL, Korzeniewski K, Chaudhuri A, Fernandez-Real JM, Dandona P. "HFHC meal intake induced an increase in plasma LPS concentration and the expression of SOCS-3, TLR2, and TLR4 protein, reactive oxygen species generation, and nuclear factor-kappaB binding activity (P < 0.05 for all). These increases were totally absent after the AHA meal rich in fiber and fruit."

[extra] Diabetologia. 2007 Nov;50(11):2374-83. Epub 2007 Sep 6. Selective increases of bifidobacteria in gut microflora improve high-fat-diet-induced diabetes in mice through a mechanism associated with endotoxaemia. Cani PD, Neyrinck AM, Fava F, Knauf C, Burcelin RG, Tuohy KM, Gibson GR, Delzenne NM. "Since bifidobacteria have been reported to reduce intestinal endotoxin levels and improve mucosal barrier function, we specifically increased the gut bifidobacterial content of HF-diet-fed mice through the use of a prebiotic (oligofructose [OFS]). [...] Finally, in HF-OFS-treated-mice, Bifidobacterium spp. significantly and positively correlated with improved glucose tolerance, glucose-induced insulin secretion and normalised inflammatory tone (decreased endotoxaemia, plasma and adipose tissue proinflammatory cytokines)."

[extra] Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Nov;86(5):1286-92. A high-fat meal induces low-grade endotoxemia: evidence of a novel mechanism of postprandial inflammation. Erridge C, Attina T, Spickett CM, Webb DJ. "Baseline endotoxin concentrations were 8.2 pg/mL (interquartile range: 3.4-13.5 pg/mL) but increased significantly (P < 0.05) by approximately 50% after a high-fat meal or after a high-fat meal with cigarettes but not after no meal or cigarettes alone. These results were validated by the observations that a high-fat meal with or without cigarettes, but not no meal or smoking, also significantly (P < 0.05) reduced plasma endotoxin neutralization capacity, which is an indirect measure of endotoxin exposure"

[extra] Atherosclerosis. 2011 May;216(1):1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.02.043. Epub 2011 Feb 26. Diet, commensals and the intestine as sources of pathogen-associated molecular patterns in atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Erridge C. "This review summarises the evidence supporting the proposal that 'pathogen-associated molecular patterns' (PAMPs) derived from dietary and commensal sources may contribute to the chronic inflammatory processes that underpin the development of these diseases via stimulation of TLR2 and TLR4."

[extra] Diabetes Care. 2010 May;33(5):991-7. doi: 10.2337/dc09-1630. Epub 2010 Jan 12. Differential effects of cream, glucose, and orange juice on inflammation, endotoxin, and the expression of Toll-like receptor-4 and suppressor of cytokine signaling-3. Deopurkar R, Ghanim H, Friedman J, Abuaysheh S, Sia CL, Mohanty P, Viswanathan P, Chaudhuri A, Dandona P. "Although both glucose and cream induce NF-kappaB binding and an increase in the expression of SOCS3, TNF-alpha, and IL-1beta in MNCs, only cream caused an increase in LPS concentration and TLR-4 expression. Equicaloric amounts of orange juice or water did not induce a change in any of these indexes. These changes are relevant to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and insulin resistance."

[extra] Metabolism. 2006 Sep;55(9):1177-85. Glucose ingestion induces an increase in intranuclear nuclear factor kappaB, a fall in cellular inhibitor kappaB, and an increase in tumor necrosis factor alpha messenger RNA by mononuclear cells in healthy human subjects. Aljada A, Friedman J, Ghanim H, Mohanty P, Hofmeyer D, Chaudhuri A, Dandona P.

[extra] Diabetologia. 2007 Feb;50(2):278-85. Epub 2006 Dec 16. Role of inflammatory mediators in the suppression of insulin receptor phosphorylation in circulating mononuclear cells of obese subjects. Ghanim H, Aljada A, Daoud N, Deopurkar R, Chaudhuri A, Dandona P. "We conclude that in obesity the MNC is characterised by reduced p-INSR-beta and increased inflammatory mediators including IKBKB, PRKCB2 and SOCS3. The increase in SOCS3 but not IKBKB or PRKCB2 is related inversely to p-INSR-beta and might mediate the inhibition of p-INSR-beta."

[extra] Gut. 2012 Dec;61(12):1701-7. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-301689. Epub 2012 Apr 25. Gut-derived lipopolysaccharide augments adipose macrophage accumulation but is not essential for impaired glucose or insulin tolerance in mice. Caesar R1, Reigstad CS, Bäckhed HK, Reinhardt C, Ketonen M, Lundén GÖ, Cani PD, Bäckhed F.

[extra] J Clin Invest. 2003 Dec;112(12):1796-808. Obesity is associated with macrophage accumulation in adipose tissue. Weisberg SP1, McCann D, Desai M, Rosenbaum M, Leibel RL, Ferrante AW Jr. "Adipose tissue macrophage numbers increase in obesity and participate in inflammatory pathways that are activated in adipose tissues of obese individuals."

[extra] FASEB J. 2008 Jul;22(7):2416-26. doi: 10.1096/fj.07-102723. Epub 2008 Mar 7. Gut microbiota modulation with norfloxacin and ampicillin enhances glucose tolerance in mice. Membrez M, Blancher F, Jaquet M, Bibiloni R, Cani PD, Burcelin RG, Corthesy I, Macé K, Chou CJ.

[extra] PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e32967. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032967. Epub 2012 Mar 7. Leptin resistance in vagal afferent neurons inhibits cholecystokinin signaling and satiation in diet induced obese rats. de Lartigue G, Barbier de la Serre C, Espero E, Lee J, Raybould HE.

[extra] Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Jul;301(1):E187-95. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00056.2011. Epub 2011 Apr 26. Diet-induced obesity leads to the development of leptin resistance in vagal afferent neurons. de Lartigue G, Barbier de la Serre C, Espero E, Lee J, Raybould HE.

[extra] MBio. 2014 Jun 10;5(3). pii: e01011-14. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01011-14. Saccharomyces boulardii Administration Changes Gut Microbiota and Reduces Hepatic Steatosis, Low-Grade Inflammation, and Fat Mass in Obese and Type 2 Diabetic db/db Mice. Everard A, Matamoros S, Geurts L, Delzenne NM, Cani PD.

[extra] Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2012;5:175-89. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S33473. Epub 2012 Jul 6. Comparison with ancestral diets suggests dense acellular carbohydrates promote an inflammatory microbiota, and may be the primary dietary cause of leptin resistance and obesity. Spreadbury I.

[extra] Gastroenterology. 2012 May;142(5):1100-1101.e2. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.01.034. Epub 2012 Feb 8. A high-fat diet is associated with endotoxemia that originates from the gut. Pendyala S1, Walker JM, Holt PR. "Placing 8 healthy subjects on a Western-style diet for 1 month induced a 71% increase in plasma levels of endotoxin activity (endotoxemia), whereas a prudent-style diet reduced levels by 31%. The Western-style diet might, therefore, contribute to endotoxemia by causing changes in gastrointestinal barrier function or the composition of the microbiota."

[extra] Cell. 2011 Nov 11;147(4):868-80. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.09.051. CD14 controls the LPS-induced endocytosis of Toll-like receptor 4. Zanoni I, Ostuni R, Marek LR, Barresi S, Barbalat R, Barton GM, Granucci F, Kagan JC. "These data establish that upon microbial detection, an upstream PRR (CD14) controls the trafficking and signaling functions of a downstream PRR (TLR4)."

[extra] Ann Surg. 2003 Feb;237(2):246-55. Protective effects of medium-chain triglycerides on the liver and gut in rats administered endotoxin. Kono H, Fujii H, Asakawa M, Yamamoto M, Matsuda M, Maki A, Matsumoto Y. "All rats given corn oil died after LPS administration; however, this mortality was prevented by MCT in a dose-dependent manner. Rats given corn oil showed liver injury after LPS administration. In contrast, MCT prevented this pathologic change nearly completely. MCT blunted CD14 expression on the Kupffer cells and TNF-alpha production by isolated Kupffer cells; however, there were no differences in phagocytic index between the two groups. The length of the intestinal epithelium was increased in the MCT group compared to the corn oil group. Further, after LPS administration, increases in gut permeability and injury were prevented by MCT. Importantly, MCT also prevented hepatic energy charge and gut injuries in this condition."

[extra] Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2013 Dec;305(12):G919-32. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00226.2013. Epub 2013 Oct 10. Dietary fat sources differentially modulate intestinal barrier and hepatic inflammation in alcohol-induced liver injury in rats. Zhong W, Li Q, Xie G, Sun X, Tan X, Sun X, Jia W, Zhou Z.


[extra] J Gastroenterol. 2013 Aug 17. Toll-like receptor 4 activation in Barrett's esophagus results in a strong increase in COX-2 expression. Verbeek RE, Siersema PD, Ten Kate FJ, Fluiter K, Souza RF, Vleggaar FP, Bus P, van Baal JW.

[extra] Gastroenterology. 2006 Sep;131(3):862-77. Cox-2 is regulated by Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) signaling: Role in proliferation and apoptosis in the intestine. Fukata M, Chen A, Klepper A, Krishnareddy S, Vamadevan AS, Thomas LS, Xu R, Inoue H, Arditi M, Dannenberg AJ, Abreu MT.

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[extra] Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2011 Jul;17(7):1464-73. Constitutive activation of epithelial TLR4 augments inflammatory responses to mucosal injury and drives colitis-associated tumorigenesis. Fukata M1, Shang L, Santaolalla R, Sotolongo J, Pastorini C, España C, Ungaro R, Harpaz N, Cooper HS, Elson G, Kosco-Vilbois M, Zaias J, Perez MT, Mayer L, Vamadevan AS, Lira SA, Abreu MT.

[extra] J Immunol. 2009 Feb 15;182(4):2476-84. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.0802059. Lactate boosts TLR4 signaling and NF-kappaB pathway-mediated gene transcription in macrophages via monocarboxylate transporters and MD-2 up-regulation. Samuvel DJ1, Sundararaj KP, Nareika A, Lopes-Virella MF, Huang Y.

[extra] J Neurosci. 2010 Jun 16;30(24):8285-95. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0976-10.2010. Pivotal role of TLR4 receptors in alcohol-induced neuroinflammation and brain damage. Alfonso-Loeches S, Pascual-Lucas M, Blanco AM, Sanchez-Vera I, Guerri C.

[extra] Front Cell Neurosci. 2014 May 27;8:146. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00146. eCollection 2014. TLR4-mediated brain inflammation halts neurogenesis: impact of hormonal replacement therapy. Mouihate A. "These data strongly suggest that combined 17β-estradiol and progesterone, and not 17β-estradiol alone, rescues neurogenesis from the deleterious effect of brain inflammation likely via the inhibition of the signaling pathways leading to the activation of proinflammatory genes."

[extra] Wiad Lek. 2013;66(1):3-9. [The role of TLR4 receptor in development of inflammation and carcinogenesis in ulcerative colitis and pharmacotherapy of this disorder]. [Article in Polish] Szumilas D1, Krysiak R, Okopień B. "The increased expression of TLR4 and the development of the uncontrolled inflammatory response in UC (increased production of COX-2, PGE2, TNFalpha and CCL2) impairs regeneration of the mucosa, resulting in its damage, and may later lead to the development of colon cancer."

[extra] AAPS J. 2014 Mar;16(2):246-57. doi: 10.1208/s12248-013-9558-3. Epub 2014 Jan 15. Antitumor activity of gemcitabine can be potentiated in pancreatic cancer through modulation of TLR4/NF-κB signaling by 6-shogaol. Zhou L, Qi L, Jiang L, Zhou P, Ma J, Xu X, Li P. "Overall, our results suggest that 6-shogaol can inhibit the growth of human pancreatic tumors and sensitize them to gemcitabine by suppressing of TLR4/NF-κB-mediated inflammatory pathways linked to tumorigenesis."

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[extra] Aging Cell. 2013 Dec;12(6):1041-9. doi: 10.1111/acel.12133. Epub 2013 Aug 20. The phytochemical, EGCG, extends lifespan by reducing liver and kidney function damage and improving age-associated inflammation and oxidative stress in healthy rats. Niu Y, Na L, Feng R, Gong L, Zhao Y, Li Q, Li Y, Sun C.

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[extra] J Immunol. 2010 Jul 1;185(1):33-45. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.0903742. Epub 2010 May 28. TLR4 signaling inhibitory pathway induced by green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate through 67-kDa laminin receptor. Hong Byun E1, Fujimura Y, Yamada K, Tachibana H.

[extra] Mediators Inflamm. 2009;2009:704706. doi: 10.1155/2009/704706. Epub 2010 Feb 16. Oxymatrine downregulates TLR4, TLR2, MyD88, and NF-kappaB and protects rat brains against focal ischemia. Fan H, Li L, Zhang X, Liu Y, Yang C, Yang Y, Yin J. "The excessive inflammatory immune reaction often resides in region of necrosis and ischemic tissue after cerebral infarction and leads to inflammatory injury. The relationship between toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4), toll-like receptor-2 (TLR2), and nonbiological inflammatory injury has been proved [1–3]. It is believed that injured tissue and necrotic cells release endogenous activators (adjuvants). These activators can combine with TLR4 in the cell membrane. [...] An excessive inflammatory reaction can also damage target cells and tissue [4, 5]. Reducing the inflammatory injury is therefore regarded to be one of major ways to treat acute cerebral infarction."

[extra] Stroke. 2013 Jan;44(1):205-12. Safety and efficacy evaluation of carnosine, an endogenous neuroprotective agent for ischemic stroke. Bae ON, Serfozo K, Baek SH, Lee KY, Dorrance A, Rumbeiha W, Fitzgerald SD, Farooq MU, Naravelta B, Bhatt A, Majid A. "In both permanent and transient ischemic models, carnosine treatment exhibited significant cerebroprotection against histological and functional damage, with wide therapeutic and clinically relevant time windows. Carnosine was well tolerated and exhibited no toxicity."

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[extra] Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2007 Jun;27(6):1433-9. Epub 2007 Mar 15. Endotoxemia, immune response to periodontal pathogens, and systemic inflammation associate with incident cardiovascular disease events. Pussinen PJ, Tuomisto K, Jousilahti P, Havulinna AS, Sundvall J, Salomaa V. "The corresponding HRs for high endotoxin concentration were 1.82 (1.22 to 2.73, alone), 3.92 (1.99 to 7.74, with CRP), 3.54 (1.78 to 7.03, with IL-6), and 2.26 (1.13 to 4.52, with tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha) after adjusting for age and gender. These associations were abolished after adjusting for serum lipids."

[extra] Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2004 Dec;24(12):2227-36. Epub 2004 Oct 7. Potential role of endotoxin as a proinflammatory mediator of atherosclerosis. Stoll LL, Denning GM, Weintraub NL. "In this article, we outline the main elements of the endotoxin signaling receptor complex that initiates proinflammatory signaling (lipopolysaccharide binding protein [LBP], CD14, TLR-4, and MD-2) and discuss how changes in expression of these molecules may affect proatherogenic responses in the vessel wall. We also describe some of the proinflammatory effects of endotoxin that may be relevant to atherosclerosis, and discuss how serum lipoproteins, especially high-density lipoprotein, may modulate endotoxin-induced inflammatory responses. Further, we discuss recent findings suggesting that the lipid-lowering statins may have an additional protective role in blocking at least some of these proinflammatory signaling pathways."

[extra] Metab Brain Dis. 2014 Mar;29(1):19-36. doi: 10.1007/s11011-013-9435-x. Epub 2013 Sep 10. Mitochondrial dysfunctions in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome explained by activated immuno-inflammatory, oxidative and nitrosative stress pathways. Morris G, Maes M. "Increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor-α, and elastase, and increased O&NS may inhibit mitochondrial respiration, decrease the activities of the electron transport chain and mitochondrial membrane potential, increase mitochondrial membrane permeability, interfere with ATP production and cause mitochondrial shutdown. The activated O&NS pathways may additionally lead to damage of mitochondrial DNA and membranes thus decreasing membrane fluidity. Lowered levels of antioxidants, zinc and coenzyme Q10, and ω3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in ME/cfs may further aggravate the activated immuno-inflammatory and O&NS pathways."hi

[extra] Neurochem Res. 2005 Oct;30(10):1283-8. Carnosine protects the brain of rats and Mongolian gerbils against ischemic injury: after-stroke-effect. Dobrota D, Fedorova T, Stvolinsky S, Babusikova E, Likavcanova K, Drgova A, Strapkova A, Boldyrev A. "In this study, the therapeutic effect of carnosine was estimated on animals when this drug was administered intraperitoneally (100 mg/kg body weight) after ischemic episode induced by experimental global brain ischemia. Treatment of the animals with carnosine after ischemic episode under long-term (7-14 days) reperfusion demonstrated its pronounced protective effect on neurological symptoms and animal mortality. Carnosine also prevented higher lipid peroxidation of brain membrane structures and increased a resistance of neuronal membranes to the in vitro induced oxidation. Measurements of malonyl dialdehyde (MDA) in brain homogenates showed its increase in the after brain stroke animals and decreased MDA level in the after brain stroke animals treated with carnosine."

[extra] Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2014 May 2. Anserine and carnosine supplementation in the elderly: Effects on cognitive functioning and physical capacity. Szcześniak D, Budzeń S, Kopeć W, Rymaszewska J. [13 weeks, 0.33g/d carnosine, 0.66g/d anserine -> BMI decreased by 0.51]


[extra] Journal of Human Kinetics, Volume 40, Issue 1 (Mar 2014). Effect of Choline Supplementation on Rapid Weight Loss and Biochemical Variables Among Female Taekwondo and Judo Athlete. Gehan Elsawy, Osama Abdelrahman, Amr Hamza. [significantly increased fat loss and decreased MDA with 4g/d choline]

[extra] Diabetes. 2006 Sep;55(9):2554-61. Exercise improves insulin and leptin sensitivity in hypothalamus of Wistar rats. Flores MB, Fernandes MF, Ropelle ER, Faria MC, Ueno M, Velloso LA, Saad MJ, Carvalheira JB.

[extra] PLoS Biol. 2010 Aug 24;8(8). pii: e1000465. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000465. IL-6 and IL-10 anti-inflammatory activity links exercise to hypothalamic insulin and leptin sensitivity through IKKbeta and ER stress inhibition. Ropelle ER, Flores MB, Cintra DE, Rocha GZ, Pauli JR, Morari J, de Souza CT, Moraes JC, Prada PO, Guadagnini D, Marin RM, Oliveira AG, Augusto TM, Carvalho HF, Velloso LA, Saad MJ, Carvalheira JB.

[extra] Mol Cell Biol. 2014 Jul 28. pii: MCB.00157-14. [Epub ahead of print] 12-Lipoxygenase Promotes Obesity-Induced Oxidative Stress in Pancreatic Islets. Tersey SA, Maier B, Nishiki Y, Maganti AV, Nadler JL, Mirmira RG. "High fat diets lead to obesity, inflammation, and dysglycemia. 12-lipoxygenase (12-LO) is activated by high fat diets and catalyzes the oxygenation of cellular arachidonic acid to form proinflammatory intermediates. [...] Whereas knockout mice and control littermates displayed identical weight gain, body fat distribution, and macrophage infiltration into fat, knockout mice exhibited greater adaptive islet hyperplasia, improved insulin secretion, and complete protection from dysglycemia."

[extra] Mol Cell Biochem. 2009 Feb;322(1-2):127-35. doi: 10.1007/s11010-008-9949-4. Epub 2008 Nov 11. Curcumin attenuates inflammation through inhibition of TLR-4 receptor in experimental colitis. Lubbad A, Oriowo MA, Khan I. "TNBS-induced increase in the level of MPO activity and MDA concentrations was reversed by curcumin treatment, whereas the same dose of curcumin did not affect their levels in the non-colitis animals. Increases in the levels of TLR-4, MyD88, and NFkB proteins in inflamed tissue were also suppressed significantly by curcumin treatment."

[extra] Cell. 2014 Aug 14;158(4):705-21. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.05.052. Altering the Intestinal Microbiota during a Critical Developmental Window Has Lasting Metabolic Consequences. Cox LM, Yamanishi S, Sohn J, Alekseyenko AV, Leung JM, Cho I, Kim SG, Li H, Gao Z, Mahana D, Zárate Rodriguez JG, Rogers AB, Robine N, Loke P, Blaser MJ. "LDP that is limited to early life transiently perturbs the microbiota, which is sufficient to induce sustained effects on body composition, indicating that microbiota interactions in infancy may be critical determinants of long-term host metabolic effects. In addition, LDP enhances the effect of high-fat diet induced obesity. The growth promotion phenotype is transferrable to germ-free hosts by LDP-selected microbiota, showing that the altered microbiota, not antibiotics per se, play a causal role."

[extra] Diabetes Care. 2008 Sep;31(9):1827-31. doi: 10.2337/dc08-0561. Epub 2008 Jun 12. Acute modulation of toll-like receptors by insulin. Ghanim H, Mohanty P, Deopurkar R, Sia CL, Korzeniewski K, Abuaysheh S, Chaudhuri A, Dandona P.

[extra] Diabetes Care. 2010 Nov;33(11):2416-23. doi: 10.2337/dc10-0929. Epub 2010 Aug 10. Insulin suppresses endotoxin-induced oxidative, nitrosative, and inflammatory stress in humans. Dandona P, Ghanim H, Bandyopadhyay A, Korzeniewski K, Ling Sia C, Dhindsa S, Chaudhuri A. "The coinfusion of insulin led to a total elimination of the increase in NOM, free fatty acids, and TBARS and a significant reduction in ROS generation by PMNLs and plasma MIF, visfatin, and myoglobin concentrations. Insulin did not affect TNF-α, MCP-1, IL-6, LBP, resistin, and HMG-B1 increases induced by the LPS."

[extra] Oncogene. 2014 Jan 2;33(1):74-84. doi: 10.1038/onc.2012.540. Epub 2012 Nov 26. Enhancement of leptin receptor signaling by SOCS3 deficiency induces development of gastric tumors in mice. Inagaki-Ohara K, Mayuzumi H, Kato S, Minokoshi Y, Otsubo T, Kawamura YI, Dohi T, Matsuzaki G, Yoshimura A. "These data suggest that SOCS3 is an antigastric tumor gene that suppresses leptin overexpression and ObRb/STAT3 hyperactivation, supporting the hypothesis that the leptin/ObRb/STAT3 axis accelerates tumorigenesis and that it may represent a new therapeutic target for the treatment of gastric cancer."

[extra] Nat Med. 2004 Jul;10(7):734-8. Epub 2004 Jun 27. Enhanced leptin sensitivity and attenuation of diet-induced obesity in mice with haploinsufficiency of Socs3. Howard JK, Cave BJ, Oksanen LJ, Tzameli I, Bjørbaek C, Flier JS.

[extra] Nat Med. 2004 Jul;10(7):739-43. Epub 2004 Jun 20. Socs3 deficiency in the brain elevates leptin sensitivity and confers resistance to diet-induced obesity. Mori H, Hanada R, Hanada T, Aki D, Mashima R, Nishinakamura H, Torisu T, Chien KR, Yasukawa H, Yoshimura A. "These data indicate that Socs3 is a key regulator of diet-induced leptin as well as insulin resistance. Our study demonstrates the negative regulatory role of Socs3 in leptin signaling in vivo, and thus suppression of Socs3 in the brain is a potential therapy for leptin-resistance in obesity."

[extra] Dev Cell. 2002 Apr;2(4):489-95. PTP1B regulates leptin signal transduction in vivo. Zabolotny JM, Bence-Hanulec KK, Stricker-Krongrad A, Haj F, Wang Y, Minokoshi Y, Kim YB, Elmquist JK, Tartaglia LA, Kahn BB, Neel BG.

[extra] Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Sep 1;305(5):E649-59. Acute exercise suppresses hypothalamic PTP1B protein level and improves insulin and leptin signaling in obese rats. Chiarreotto-Ropelle EC, Pauli LS, Katashima CK, Pimentel GD, Picardi PK, Silva VR, de Souza CT, Prada PO, Cintra DE, Carvalheira JB, Ropelle ER, Pauli JR. "Interestingly, the anti-inflammatory action and the reduction of PTP1B activity mediated by exercise occurred in an interleukin-6 (IL-6)-dependent manner because exercise failed to reduce inflammation and PTP1B protein level after the disruption of hypothalamic-specific IL-6 action in obese rats. Conversely, intracerebroventricular administration of recombinant IL-6 reproduced the effects of exercise, improving hypothalamic insulin and leptin action by reducing the inflammatory signaling and PTP1B activity in obese rats at rest. Taken together, our study reports that physical exercise restores insulin and leptin signaling, at least in part, by reducing hypothalamic PTP1B protein level through the central anti-inflammatory response."

[extra] Nat Med. 2006 Aug;12(8):917-24. Epub 2006 Jul 16. Neuronal PTP1B regulates body weight, adiposity and leptin action. Bence KK, Delibegovic M, Xue B, Gorgun CZ, Hotamisligil GS, Neel BG, Kahn BB. "Thus, PTP1B regulates body mass and adiposity primarily through actions in the brain. Furthermore, neuronal PTP1B regulates adipocyte leptin production and probably is essential for the development of leptin resistance."

[extra] Cell. 2008 Oct 3;135(1):61-73. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.07.043. Hypothalamic IKKbeta/NF-kappaB and ER stress link overnutrition to energy imbalance and obesity. Zhang X, Zhang G, Zhang H, Karin M, Bai H, Cai D. "Overnutrition atypically activates hypothalamic IKKbeta/NF-kappaB at least in part through elevated endoplasmic reticulum stress in the hypothalamus. While forced activation of hypothalamic IKKbeta/NF-kappaB interrupts central insulin/leptin signaling and actions, site- or cell-specific suppression of IKKbeta either broadly across the brain or locally within the mediobasal hypothalamus, or specifically in hypothalamic AGRP neurons significantly protects against obesity and glucose intolerance. The molecular mechanisms involved include regulation by IKKbeta/NF-kappaB of SOCS3, a core inhibitor of insulin and leptin signaling."

[extra] J Clin Invest. 2009 Sep;119(9):2577-89. doi: 10.1172/JCI36714. Epub 2009 Aug 10. Palmitic acid mediates hypothalamic insulin resistance by altering PKC-theta subcellular localization in rodents. Benoit SC, Kemp CJ, Elias CF, Abplanalp W, Herman JP, Migrenne S, Lefevre AL, Cruciani-Guglielmacci C, Magnan C, Yu F, Niswender K, Irani BG, Holland WL, Clegg DJ. "CNS exposure to palmitic acid via direct infusion or by oral gavage increased the localization of PKC-theta to cell membranes in the hypothalamus, which was associated with impaired hypothalamic insulin and leptin signaling. This finding was specific for palmitic acid, as the monounsaturated fatty acid, oleic acid, neither increased membrane localization of PKC-theta nor induced insulin resistance. Finally, arcuate-specific knockdown of PKC-theta attenuated diet-induced obesity and improved insulin signaling. These results suggest that many of the deleterious effects of high-fat diets, specifically those enriched with palmitic acid, are CNS mediated via PKC-theta activation, resulting in reduced insulin activity."

[extra] Diabetes. 1999 Jun;48(6):1270-4. Free fatty acid-induced insulin resistance is associated with activation of protein kinase C theta and alterations in the insulin signaling cascade. Griffin ME, Marcucci MJ, Cline GW, Bell K, Barucci N, Lee D, Goodyear LJ, Kraegen EW, White MF, Shulman GI. "We conclude that acute elevations of plasma FFA levels for 5 h induce skeletal muscle insulin resistance in vivo via a reduction in insulin-stimulated muscle glycogen synthesis and glucose oxidation that can be attributed to reduced glucose transport activity. These changes are associated with abnormalities in the insulin signaling cascade and may be mediated by FFA activation of PKC theta."

[extra] Mol Immunol. 2009 Dec;47(2-3):420-5. doi: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.08.023. Epub 2009 Sep 20. Molecular mechanism underlying the suppression of lipid oxidation during endotoxemia. Maitra U, Chang S, Singh N, Li L. "In this report, we have demonstrated that LPS suppresses free fatty acid (FFA) oxidation, and consequently contributes to elevated plasma levels of FFA and triglyceride (TG). Furthermore, this process depends upon the interleukin-1 receptor associated kinase 1 (IRAK-1), one of the key TLR4 intracellular signaling kinases. IRAK-1(-/-) mice fail to exhibit the dramatic rise in plasma FFA and TG levels compared to wild-type (WT) mice following lethal LPS injection. Mechanistically, we demonstrated that LPS suppresses FFA oxidation through decreasing the expression levels of key FFA oxidative genes including CPT-1 and MCAD in both liver and kidney tissues of WT but not IRAK-1(-/-) mice."

[extra] Mol Immunol. 2012 Apr;50(4):244-52. Reduced oxidative tissue damage during endotoxemia in IRAK-1 deficient mice. Singh N, Li L. "In contrast, LPS challenge failed to reduce the activities of GPx and SOD in IRAK-1 deficient tissues."

[extra] Chang, Samantha, and Liwu Li. "Metabolic endotoxemia: a novel concept in chronic disease pathology." J Med Sci 3 (2011): 191-209.

[extra] Hepatology. 2003 Mar;37(3):551-7. Oral bile acids reduce bacterial overgrowth, bacterial translocation, and endotoxemia in cirrhotic rats. Lorenzo-Zúñiga V, Bartolí R, Planas R, Hofmann AF, Viñado B, Hagey LR, Hernández JM, Mañé J, Alvarez MA, Ausina V, Gassull MA.

[extra] Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Nov 2;101(44):15718-23. The gut microbiota as an environmental factor that regulates fat storage. Bäckhed F, Ding H, Wang T, Hooper LV, Koh GY, Nagy A, Semenkovich CF, Gordon JI. "We found that conventionalization of adult germ-free (GF) C57BL/6 mice with a normal microbiota harvested from the distal intestine (cecum) of conventionally raised animals produces a 60% increase in body fat content and insulin resistance within 14 days despite reduced food intake."

[extra] ISME J. 2013 Apr;7(4):880-4. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2012.153. Epub 2012 Dec 13. An opportunistic pathogen isolated from the gut of an obese human causes obesity in germfree mice. Fei N, Zhao L."Here we show that one endotoxin-producing bacterium isolated from a morbidly obese human's gut induced obesity and insulin resistance in germfree mice. The endotoxin-producing Enterobacter decreased in relative abundance from 35% of the volunteer's gut bacteria to non-detectable, during which time the volunteer lost 51.4 kg of 174.8 kg initial weight and recovered from hyperglycemia and hypertension after 23 weeks on a diet of whole grains, traditional Chinese medicinal foods and prebiotics. [...] Mono-association of germfree C57BL/6J mice with strain Enterobacter cloacae B29 isolated from the volunteer's gut induced fully developed obesity and insulin resistance on a high-fat diet but not on normal chow diet, whereas the germfree control mice on a high-fat diet did not exhibit the same disease phenotypes."

[extra] Gastroenterology. 2012 Oct;143(4):913-6.e7. Transfer of intestinal microbiota from lean donors increases insulin sensitivity in individuals with metabolic syndrome. Vrieze A, Van Nood E, Holleman F, Salojärvi J, Kootte RS, Bartelsman JF, Dallinga-Thie GM, Ackermans MT, Serlie MJ, Oozeer R, Derrien M, Druesne A, Van Hylckama Vlieg JE, Bloks VW, Groen AK, Heilig HG, Zoetendal EG, Stroes ES, de Vos WM, Hoekstra JB, Nieuwdorp M. "Subjects were assigned randomly to groups that were given small intestinal infusions of allogenic or autologous microbiota. Six weeks after infusion of microbiota from lean donors, insulin sensitivity of recipients increased (median rate of glucose disappearance changed from 26.2 to 45.3 μmol/kg/min; P < .05) along with levels of butyrate-producing intestinal microbiota."

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  1. Mitahan siniset - 455-470 nm - valon aallonpituudet voi olla apuna tossa tulehduksessa? Ittella on kokemuksia vain lokaalin inflammaation hoidossa, esim bursiitti tai tendovaginiitti etc. Todella tehokas hoito akuutissa inflammaatiossa.

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    1. Itse toistaiseksi uskon, että sininen valo toimii lähinnä kudoksen pinnalla (esim aknen hoidossa), sillä eihän se optisten ominaisuuksiensa vuoksi läpäise kudosta juuri yhtään.

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