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Cuban policosanol improves high-density lipoprotein cholesterol efflux capacity in healthy Japanese subjects
Front Nutr. 2024 Jan 8:10:1297008. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1297008.
Yoshinari Uehara # 1 2 3, Tomohiro Komatsu # 2 3, Kei Sasaki 3, Satomi Abe 2, Shihoko Nakashima 1, Taiki Yamamoto 1, Ji-Eun Kim 4, Kyung-Hyun Cho 4 5
Abstract:
Policosanol supplementation has been reported to increase high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol (HDL-C). However, the association between Cuban policosanol supplementation and HDL cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC), an important function of HDL, remains unclear. We performed a lipoprotein analysis investigating 32 Japanese healthy participants (placebo, n = 17 or policosanol supplementation for 12 weeks, n = 15) from a randomized Cuban policosanol clinical trial. First, HDL CEC and HDL-related factors were measured before and after policosanol supplementation. Then, through electron microscopy after ultracentrifugation and high-performance liquid chromatography, HDL morphology and subclass were analyzed, respectively. Finally, the effects of policosanol supplementation regarding HDL function, HDL-related factors, and HDL morphology/component were examined. Cuban policosanol considerably increased the HDL CEC and HDL-C and apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I) levels. Furthermore, policosanol supplementation led to larger HDL particles, increased cholesterol content in larger HDL particles, and reduced triglyceride content in smaller HDL particles. In participants with high baseline HDL-C levels, the policosanol effects for HDL CEC are observed. HDL CEC fluctuation induced by policosanol was highly associated with HDL-C and ApoA-I changes. In conclusion, for the first time, we demonstrated that policosanol supplementation increased the HDL CEC in healthy participants.
PMID: 38260075
Free Full-Text: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10800607/
Tags: atherosclerosis, cholesterol efflux, HDL, humans, policosanol