Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate oxidative stress, antioxidant power, and antioxidant potential of breastmilk of breast-feeding mothers from the early postpartum period to the first 3 months postpart...Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate oxidative stress, antioxidant power, and antioxidant potential of breastmilk of breast-feeding mothers from the early postpartum period to the first 3 months postpartum, and to examine the dynamics and the relationships among them. Method: For 47 pu-erperant women who gave vaginal birth without any pregnancy complications, the oxidative stress levels (d-ROMs levels) and antioxidant power (BAP levels) in the maternal plasma as well as antioxidant potential of breastmilk (BAP levels in breastmilk) were measured 3 times, i.e., in the early puerperium (4 or 5 days after giving birth), one month after giving birth, and 3 months after giving birth. Results: The d-ROMs levels in the maternal plasma were significantly high in the early puerperium (p p p p p p < 0.05). Discussion: Regarding the oxidative stress and the antioxidant defense system of breast-feeding mothers, the d-ROMs level was highest and the BAP level was lowest in the early puerperium. The BAP level then showed a clear tendency to recover in the first 3 months after giving birth. Conclusion: When the maternal antioxidant potential remains at a low level after giving birth, careful consideration should be given to the mother’s health and wellbeing because there is a possibility that it might affect the antioxidant potential of breastmilk.展开更多
BACKGROUND Mesenchymal stem cells are pluripotent cells that have the ability to generate cells from a cell line or in other cell types from different tissues but from the same origin.Although those cells have more li...BACKGROUND Mesenchymal stem cells are pluripotent cells that have the ability to generate cells from a cell line or in other cell types from different tissues but from the same origin.Although those cells have more limited differentiation capacity than embryonic stem cells,they are easily obtained from somatic tissue and can be grown in large quantities.This characteristic of undifferentiated stem cells differentiating into different cell lines arouses strategies in regenerative medicine for the treatment of different diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases.AIM To evaluate the cell differentiation capacity of human breastmilk stem cells for the three germ layers by a systematic review.METHODS The searched databases were PubMed,EMBASE,OVID,and COCHRANE LIBRARY,published between 2007 and 2018 in the English language.All were in vitro studies for analysis of the"cell differentiation potential"in the literature using the keywords“human breastmilk,”“stem cells,”and keywords combined with the Boolean operator“NOT”were used to exclude those articles that had the word“CANCER”and their respective synonyms,which were previously consulted according to medical subject heading terms.PRISMA 2009 guidelines were followed in this study.RESULTS A total of 315 titles and abstracts of articles were examined.From these,21 were in common with more than one database,leaving 294 articles for analysis.Of that total,five publications met the inclusion criteria.When analyzing the publications,it was demonstrated that human breastmilk stem cells have a high cellular plasticity,exhibiting the ability to generate cells of all three germ layers,endoderm,mesoderm,and ectoderm,demonstrating their stemness.Those cells expressed the genes,TRA-1-60/81,octamer-binding transcription factor 4,and NANOG,of which NANOG,a critical regulator for self-renewal and maintenance,was the most highly expressed.Those cells have the ability to differentiate in vitro into adipocytes,chondrocytes,osteocytes,oligodendrocytes,astrocytes,and neurons as well hepatocytes,β-pancreatic cells,and cardiomyocytes.CONCLUSION Although the literature has been scarce,the pluripotentiality of these cells represents great potential for tissue engineering and cellular therapy.Further studies for safe clinical translation are needed.展开更多
BACKGROUND Oral intake is dependent on the gastric ability to accommodate the food bolus.Comparatively,neonates have a smaller gastric capacity than adults and this may limit the volume of their milk intake.Yet,we pre...BACKGROUND Oral intake is dependent on the gastric ability to accommodate the food bolus.Comparatively,neonates have a smaller gastric capacity than adults and this may limit the volume of their milk intake.Yet,we previously reported that the newborn rat gastric milk volume is greatest after birth and,when normalized to body weight,decreases with postnatal age.Such age-dependent changes are not the result of intake differences,but greater gastric accommodation and reduced emptying rate.AIM Hypothesizing that breastmilk-derived adiponectin is the factor regulating gastric accommodation in neonates,we comparatively evaluated its effects on the rat fundic muscle tone at different postnatal ages.METHODS In freshly dispersed smooth muscle cells(SMC),we measured the adiponectin effect on the carbachol-induced length changes.RESULTS Adiponectin significantly reduced the carbachol-stimulated SMC shortening independently of age.In the presence of the inhibitor iberiotoxin,the adiponectin effect on SMC shortening was suppressed,suggesting that it is mediated via largeconductance Ca^(2+)sensitive K^(+)channel activation.Lastly,we comparatively measured the newborn rat gastric milk curd adiponectin content in one-and twoweek-old rats and found a 50%lower value in the latter.CONCLUSION Adiponectin,a major component of breastmilk,downregulates fundic smooth muscle contraction potential,thus facilitating gastric volume accommodation.This rodent’s adaptive response maximizes breastmilk intake volume after birth.展开更多
Background: The amounts of micronutrients in the diets of infants, and the factors that influence them needs to be monitored at the population level in order to avert detrimental developmental defects that impose life...Background: The amounts of micronutrients in the diets of infants, and the factors that influence them needs to be monitored at the population level in order to avert detrimental developmental defects that impose lifetime-limitations on an infant’s regulatory and defense systems. This study therefore, sought to evaluate if increasing levels of the toxic metals, Hg, Pb and Cd in breast milk will result in reducing amounts of the micronutrients Zn, Se and Cu in breast milk. Methods: Breast milk samples of 114 women living in two mining areas (57 women each) in Ghana, whose babies’ amounts of breast milk intake at three months postpartum, and amounts of toxic metals had previously been determined in a prospective study, were analyzed for micronutrients by a combination of acid and microwave digestion, and quantifications were by two different modes (hydrogen and helium) of Octapole Reaction System Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (7500 ce. Agilent), equipped with an ASX-510 Auto-sampler (Cetac). Results: All the breast milk specimen collected contained detectable amounts of Cu, Zn, both at levels less than have been previously reported, and Se. For specimen that did not contain Pb the amount of Se ranged from about 110 to 245 ng/g of milk, however, as the amount of Pb increased, the corresponding highest detected amount of Se reduced steeply, resulting in a right-angle triangle-shaped scatter plot. Similar relationships were observed between other toxic metals and micronutrients studied. A curve fitting regression analysis showed significant quadratic and cubic relationships between the amounts of Hg and Se, as well as between Pb, As and Cu. Conclusion: The results clearly suggest a double burden of malnutrition in these mining areas, where high loads of maternal toxic metals in breast milk, related significantly with a progressive reduction in the amounts of the micronutrients Cu and Se in breast milk, potentially reducing in infants’ intake of these micronutrients.展开更多
文摘Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate oxidative stress, antioxidant power, and antioxidant potential of breastmilk of breast-feeding mothers from the early postpartum period to the first 3 months postpartum, and to examine the dynamics and the relationships among them. Method: For 47 pu-erperant women who gave vaginal birth without any pregnancy complications, the oxidative stress levels (d-ROMs levels) and antioxidant power (BAP levels) in the maternal plasma as well as antioxidant potential of breastmilk (BAP levels in breastmilk) were measured 3 times, i.e., in the early puerperium (4 or 5 days after giving birth), one month after giving birth, and 3 months after giving birth. Results: The d-ROMs levels in the maternal plasma were significantly high in the early puerperium (p p p p p p < 0.05). Discussion: Regarding the oxidative stress and the antioxidant defense system of breast-feeding mothers, the d-ROMs level was highest and the BAP level was lowest in the early puerperium. The BAP level then showed a clear tendency to recover in the first 3 months after giving birth. Conclusion: When the maternal antioxidant potential remains at a low level after giving birth, careful consideration should be given to the mother’s health and wellbeing because there is a possibility that it might affect the antioxidant potential of breastmilk.
基金Supported by Araucária Foundation(ParanáState-Brazil)the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel-Brazil(Capes),Financial code 001
文摘BACKGROUND Mesenchymal stem cells are pluripotent cells that have the ability to generate cells from a cell line or in other cell types from different tissues but from the same origin.Although those cells have more limited differentiation capacity than embryonic stem cells,they are easily obtained from somatic tissue and can be grown in large quantities.This characteristic of undifferentiated stem cells differentiating into different cell lines arouses strategies in regenerative medicine for the treatment of different diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases.AIM To evaluate the cell differentiation capacity of human breastmilk stem cells for the three germ layers by a systematic review.METHODS The searched databases were PubMed,EMBASE,OVID,and COCHRANE LIBRARY,published between 2007 and 2018 in the English language.All were in vitro studies for analysis of the"cell differentiation potential"in the literature using the keywords“human breastmilk,”“stem cells,”and keywords combined with the Boolean operator“NOT”were used to exclude those articles that had the word“CANCER”and their respective synonyms,which were previously consulted according to medical subject heading terms.PRISMA 2009 guidelines were followed in this study.RESULTS A total of 315 titles and abstracts of articles were examined.From these,21 were in common with more than one database,leaving 294 articles for analysis.Of that total,five publications met the inclusion criteria.When analyzing the publications,it was demonstrated that human breastmilk stem cells have a high cellular plasticity,exhibiting the ability to generate cells of all three germ layers,endoderm,mesoderm,and ectoderm,demonstrating their stemness.Those cells expressed the genes,TRA-1-60/81,octamer-binding transcription factor 4,and NANOG,of which NANOG,a critical regulator for self-renewal and maintenance,was the most highly expressed.Those cells have the ability to differentiate in vitro into adipocytes,chondrocytes,osteocytes,oligodendrocytes,astrocytes,and neurons as well hepatocytes,β-pancreatic cells,and cardiomyocytes.CONCLUSION Although the literature has been scarce,the pluripotentiality of these cells represents great potential for tissue engineering and cellular therapy.Further studies for safe clinical translation are needed.
基金Supported by Canadian Institutes of Health Research,No.CIA310955.
文摘BACKGROUND Oral intake is dependent on the gastric ability to accommodate the food bolus.Comparatively,neonates have a smaller gastric capacity than adults and this may limit the volume of their milk intake.Yet,we previously reported that the newborn rat gastric milk volume is greatest after birth and,when normalized to body weight,decreases with postnatal age.Such age-dependent changes are not the result of intake differences,but greater gastric accommodation and reduced emptying rate.AIM Hypothesizing that breastmilk-derived adiponectin is the factor regulating gastric accommodation in neonates,we comparatively evaluated its effects on the rat fundic muscle tone at different postnatal ages.METHODS In freshly dispersed smooth muscle cells(SMC),we measured the adiponectin effect on the carbachol-induced length changes.RESULTS Adiponectin significantly reduced the carbachol-stimulated SMC shortening independently of age.In the presence of the inhibitor iberiotoxin,the adiponectin effect on SMC shortening was suppressed,suggesting that it is mediated via largeconductance Ca^(2+)sensitive K^(+)channel activation.Lastly,we comparatively measured the newborn rat gastric milk curd adiponectin content in one-and twoweek-old rats and found a 50%lower value in the latter.CONCLUSION Adiponectin,a major component of breastmilk,downregulates fundic smooth muscle contraction potential,thus facilitating gastric volume accommodation.This rodent’s adaptive response maximizes breastmilk intake volume after birth.
文摘Background: The amounts of micronutrients in the diets of infants, and the factors that influence them needs to be monitored at the population level in order to avert detrimental developmental defects that impose lifetime-limitations on an infant’s regulatory and defense systems. This study therefore, sought to evaluate if increasing levels of the toxic metals, Hg, Pb and Cd in breast milk will result in reducing amounts of the micronutrients Zn, Se and Cu in breast milk. Methods: Breast milk samples of 114 women living in two mining areas (57 women each) in Ghana, whose babies’ amounts of breast milk intake at three months postpartum, and amounts of toxic metals had previously been determined in a prospective study, were analyzed for micronutrients by a combination of acid and microwave digestion, and quantifications were by two different modes (hydrogen and helium) of Octapole Reaction System Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (7500 ce. Agilent), equipped with an ASX-510 Auto-sampler (Cetac). Results: All the breast milk specimen collected contained detectable amounts of Cu, Zn, both at levels less than have been previously reported, and Se. For specimen that did not contain Pb the amount of Se ranged from about 110 to 245 ng/g of milk, however, as the amount of Pb increased, the corresponding highest detected amount of Se reduced steeply, resulting in a right-angle triangle-shaped scatter plot. Similar relationships were observed between other toxic metals and micronutrients studied. A curve fitting regression analysis showed significant quadratic and cubic relationships between the amounts of Hg and Se, as well as between Pb, As and Cu. Conclusion: The results clearly suggest a double burden of malnutrition in these mining areas, where high loads of maternal toxic metals in breast milk, related significantly with a progressive reduction in the amounts of the micronutrients Cu and Se in breast milk, potentially reducing in infants’ intake of these micronutrients.
