Dietary -sitostanol related to absorption, synthesis and serum level of cholesterol in different apolipoprotein E phenotypes
- 1 February 1994
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier BV in Atherosclerosis
- Vol. 105 (2), 217-226
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9150(94)90052-3
Abstract
Effects of small amounts of sitosterol, sitostanol and sitostanol esters ( < 1 g/day of free sterols) dissolved in rapeseed oil (RSO) were studied on serum lipids and cholesterol metabolism in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia and different apolipoprotein E phenotypes on an RSO diet. One of the four groups was an RSO-fed control. Serum total and LDL cholesterol reductions were small in different plant sterol-fed groups, tended to be highest in the sitostanol ester group (−7%), but were significantly reduced by about 5% in the combined plant sterol groups. The reductions were −8% in the subjects with E4 allele and insignificant in those with apo E3/3 phenotype. Cholesterol precursor sterols in serum, markers of cholesterol synthesis, were increased only in the subjects with ϵ4 allele. Cholesterol absorption was reduced by 7%, being 31% in the subjects with ϵ4 allele, and fecal elimination of cholesterol was increased, a finding also indicating increased cholesterol synthesis. The changes in cholesterol absorption were related to those in fecal plant sterols (change in dietary intake) and serum total and LDL cholesterol ( P=0.04, 0.01 and 0.05, respectively). Thus, small amounts of dietary plant sterols ( < 1 g/day), especially sitostanol esters dissolved in dietary fats, decrease serum total and LDL cholesterol by a proportional decrease in cholesterol absorption which, in turn, is associated with a compensatory increase in cholesterol synthesis. The effects are most consistent in subjects with E4 allele, but for effective hypocholesterolemic treatment dietary amount of sitostanol ester should exceed 1 g/day.Keywords
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