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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 65, 1858-1866, Copyright © 1997 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Plasma vitamin C concentrations in patients with cystic fibrosis: evidence of associations with lung inflammation

BM Winklhofer-Roob, H Ellemunter, M Fruhwirth, SE Schlegel-Haueter, G Khoschsorur, MA van't Hof and DH Shmerling
Department of Pediatrics, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Vitamin C status and possible associations with the disease process in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients were investigated. Plasma vitamin C concentrations in patients from two different mid-European populations (Swiss, n = 62; Austrian, n = 60) taking no or low-dose vitamin C from multivitamin supplements did not differ from each other or from control subjects (n = 34). Vitamin C concentrations decreased with age (5.05 mumol.L-1, y-1). When followed up for 12 mo, patients had the highest plasma vitamin C concentrations in February and the lowest in May and August (P < 0.01); the decrease in vitamin C was accompanied by increases in plasma malondialdehyde (P < 0.001) and tumor necrosis factor alpha concentrations (P < 0.01). During supplementation with vitamin E for 2 mo or beta-carotene for 12 mo vitamin C concentrations did not change. They correlated inversely with white blood cell count (r = -0.36, P = 0.008), bands (r = -0.36, P = 0.02), alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (r = -0.45, P = 0.002), interleukin 6 (r = -0.46, P = 0.0006), and neutrophil elastase/alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor complexes (r = -0.34, P = 0.02). In patients with vitamin C concentrations < 40 mumol/L, all indexes of inflammation were relatively high, whereas those with concentrations > 80 mumol/L (upper quartile of control subjects) showed clearly lower values. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that by scavenging oxygen free radicals vitamin C interacts with an inflammation-amplifying cycle of activation of alveolar macrophages and neutrophils, release of proinflammatory cytokines and oxygen free radicals, and inactivation of antiproteases.


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