Abstract
Choline is an important source of phospholipids and methyl groups in mammalian cells. High demands for methyl and phospholipids in malignant cells suggest that choline metabolism may be disturbed in patients with cancer. This case-control study investigated differences in concentrations of choline metabolites between 80 elderly men (age ≥ 65 years) with prostate cancer (PCa) and 51 men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Plasma/serum concentrations of free choline, betaine, dimethylglycine, folate, total homocysteine (tHcy), cystathionine, methylmalonic acid, S-adenosyl homocysteine (SAH), S-adenosyl methionine (SAM), and phospholipids were measured. Men with BPH and those with PCa showed no significant differences in the concentrations of free choline (median = 9.7 vs. 10.0 μmol/L), folate (17.4 vs. 19.8 nmol/L), tHcy (16.0 vs. 16.2 μmol/L), SAH (18.8 vs. 18.2 nmol/L), and phosphatidylcholine (1634 vs. 1610 μmol/L). The concentrations of methylmalonic acid were lower in men with PCa (203 vs. 228 nmol/L) but the difference was not significant after adjusting for age. Sphingomyelin species (16:0, 18:0, 18:1, 20:0, 22:0, 22; 1, 23:0, 23:1, 24:0, 24:1, and 24:2) were significantly lower in men with PCa than in the controls (6...Continue Reading
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