Functions and tocopherol content of blood platelets from elderly people after low intake of purified eicosapentaenoic acid

Thrombosis Research
M CrosetM Lagarde

Abstract

Elderly people present an increased incidence of atherosclerosis and vascular cerebral damages, associated with blood platelet hyperactivity and a stimulation of arachidonic acid metabolism in vivo. The effects of a low intake of purified eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) on platelet hyperactivity in old human subjects has been investigated. In a randomized, double blind study, 8 people took during 2 months a daily intake of 100 mg of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) given as a triglyceride (1,3-dioctanoyl,2-eicosapentaenoyl-glycerol), and 8 other subjects ingested a placebo. A slight, but significant reduction of platelet-rich plasma aggregation in response to epinephrine and arachidonic acid occurred after EPA intake, as well as a decreased aggregation of washed platelets induced by thrombin, although collagen- and U-46619-induced aggregations were not significantly modified. EPA intake failed to affect arachidonic acid metabolism in thrombin-stimulated platelets or in clotted venous blood. The urinary excretion of thromboxane, 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and their 2,3-dinor-metabolites was also not modified. Similarly, no change in the plasma and platelet lipid fatty acid compositions could be observed. Platelet, but not plasma, alpha- and gamma...Continue Reading

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