Metabolomics of the tryptophan-kynurenine degradation pathway and risk of atrial fibrillation and heart failure : potential modification effect of Mediterranean diet

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BACKGROUND: The tryptophan-kynurenine pathway is linked to inflammation. We hypothesize that metabolites implicated in this pathway may be associated with the risk of heart failure (HF) or atrial fibrillation (AF) in a population at high risk of cardiovascular disease.

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to prospectively analyze the associations of kynurenine-related metabolites with the risk of HF and AF and to analyze a potential effect modification by the randomized interventions of the PREDIMED (Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea) trial with Mediterranean diet (MedDiet).

METHODS: Two case-control studies nested within the PREDIMED trial were designed. We selected 324 incident HF cases and 502 incident AF cases individually matched with ≤3 controls. Conditional logistic regression models were fitted. Interactions with the intervention were tested for each of the baseline plasma metabolites measured by LC-tandem MS.

RESULTS: Higher baseline kynurenine:tryptophan ratio (OR for 1 SD: 1.20; 95% CI: 1.01, 1.43) and higher levels of kynurenic acid (OR: 1.19; 95% CI: 1.01, 1.40) were associated with HF. Quinolinic acid was associated with AF (OR: 1.15; 95% CI: 1.01, 1.32) and HF (OR: 1.25; 95% CI: 1.04, 1.49). The MedDiet intervention modified the positive associations of kynurenine (Pinteraction = 0.006), kynurenic acid (Pinteraction = 0.008), and quinolinic acid (Pinteraction = 0.033) with HF and the association between kynurenic acid and AF (Pinteraction = 0.02).

CONCLUSIONS: We found that tryptophan-kynurenine pathway metabolites were prospectively associated with higher HF risk and to a lesser extent with AF risk. Moreover, an effect modification by MedDiet was observed for the association between plasma baseline kynurenine-related metabolites and the risk of HF, showing that the positive association of increased levels of these metabolites and HF was restricted to the control group.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Jan 11;115(1):310. - PMID 35022667

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:114

Enthalten in:

The American journal of clinical nutrition - 114(2021), 5 vom: 08. Nov., Seite 1646-1654

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Razquin, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz-Canela, Miguel [VerfasserIn]
Toledo, Estefania [VerfasserIn]
Hernández-Alonso, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Clish, Clary B [VerfasserIn]
Guasch-Ferré, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Wittenbecher, Clemens [VerfasserIn]
Dennis, Courtney [VerfasserIn]
Alonso-Gómez, Angel [VerfasserIn]
Fitó, Montse [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Liming [VerfasserIn]
Corella, Dolores [VerfasserIn]
Gómez-Gracia, Enrique [VerfasserIn]
Estruch, Ramon [VerfasserIn]
Fiol, Miquel [VerfasserIn]
Lapetra, Jose [VerfasserIn]
Serra-Majem, Lluis [VerfasserIn]
Ros, Emilio [VerfasserIn]
Aros, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Salas-Salvadó, Jordi [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Frank B [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-González, Miguel A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

343-65-7
8DUH1N11BX
Atrial fibrillation
Case–control
Heart failure
Journal Article
Kynurenine
Mediterranean diet
Metabolomics
PREDIMED
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tryptophan

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Date Completed 25.11.2021

Date Revised 14.02.2023

published: Print

ErratumIn: Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Jan 11;115(1):310. - PMID 35022667

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/ajcn/nqab238

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328362522