The aim was to identify minor genetic variations (single nucleotide polymorphisms) that explain the interindividual variability in bioavailability of fat soluble micronutrients (fat soluble vitamins and carotenoids).
Healthy male volunteers were genotyped and submitted to 5 test-meals containing either no micronutrient of interest, 100 g tomato puree as a source of carotenoids, a lutein supplement, a vitamin E supplement or a vitamin D supplement. Blood samples were taken in the postprandial period (up to 8 hours after the test-meals intake) and the concentration of the studied micronutrients were measured in the chylomicrons. Multivariate analysis were then performed to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms that best explained the variance in the interindividual response (0 to 8 h area under the curve) in micronutrients.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
45
Centre d'Investigation Clinique de l'hôpital de la Conception
Marseille, France
micronutrient concentration in plasma chylomicrons
The subjects were submitted to test-meals rich in micronutrients of interest and the ability of each subject to absorb the studied micronutrients was evaluated by measuring the postprandial chylomicron response (0 to 8 h area under the curve of the chylomicron micronutrient concentration) in each micronutrient.
Time frame: 8 hours
micronutrient concentration in adipose tissue
A first sample of adipose tissue was taken before the intake of the test-meal rich in fat soluble micronutrients. A second sample was taken 8 h after the test-meal intake. The aim was to assess whether the consumption of the studied fat soluble micronutrient modified the concentration of this micronutrient in adipose tissue.
Time frame: 8 hours
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