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. 2018 Jun 15;10(6):776. doi: 10.3390/nu10060776

Table 3.

Effects of olive oil-based intravenous lipid emulsions on lipid peroxidation.

Study Population Intervention and Control
(n) [Lipid Dose]
Duration Outcomes
In vitro studies
Watkins et al., 1998 [55] In vitro: HT-29 human colonic adenocarcinoma cells Oleic acid
Linoleic acid
Docosahexaenoic acid
Eicosapentaenoic acid
Arachidonic acid
Control
36 h ROS production was: oleic acid 6%; linoleic acid 35%, arachidonic acid 94%, eicosapentaenoic acid 40%, and docosahexaenoic acid 429% greater than control
Nanhuck et al., 2009 [31] In vitro: isolated human PBMCs and PMNs OO
SO
FO
SMOF
All ILEs were delivered as 0.01%, 0.02%, or 0.04%
18 h In both PMBCs and PMNs, OO and SO consistently showed no effects on LTB4, FO dramatically increased LTB4 in both LPS-stimulated and unstimulated cells
Effects on PGE2 were similar, but were not always linear
In both PMBCs and PMNs, FO significantly increased lipid peroxide generation, compared with the other ILE and control. SMOF induced a small increase at the highest dose compared with the control, but not the other ILEs
Animal studies
Fuhrman et al., 2006 [56] BALB/c mice Oleic acid
Linoleic acid
Docosahexaenoic acid
OO
SO
FO
Saline
2 h Oxidative stress responses increased after intake of all unsaturated fatty acids and oil supplements. However, FO and docosahexaenoic acid induced the greatest increases compared with saline
Xu et al., 2016 [54] Guinea pigs OO
SO
FO
SMOF
10 day MDA levels were increased in the SO, FO, and SMOF groups, with the highest levels seen in the FO group and the lowest seen in the OO group (OO vs. FO; p < 0.05)
Adult studies
Demirer et al., 2016 [34] Abdominal surgery (oncology) OO {100%} (n = 13) (NR)
SO + MCT/LCT {75% + 25%} (n = 18) (NR)
OO + FO {85% + 15%} (n = 21) (NR)
≥4 day TAS decreased slightly in all groups (p = NS) and TBARS increased in all groups, but were lowest in the OO group (p ≤ 0.0015) and remained significant after Bonferroni’s was performed
Jia et al., 2015 [20] ICU OO (n = 226) (0.8 g/kg/day)
SO (n = 232) (0.8 g/kg/day)
5–14 day F2-I and MDA were not significantly different from baseline or between groups
Onar et al., 2011 [38] Abdominal surgery (oncology) OO (n = 10) (0.75 g/kg/day)
SO (n = 10) (0.75 g/kg/day)
7 day TBARS increased in both groups, no significant difference between groups
Olthof et al., 2013 [36] Long-term PN OO (n = 20) (NR)
Healthy controls (n = 21)
≥6 months Total glutathione concentration was not different between groups, oxidized glutathione was higher in PN group (p < 0.001). Lipid peroxidation products, plasma concentrations of vitamin E, and glutathione were not different between groups. Protein carbonyl levels were below detection limits in both groups
Reimund et al., 2005 [39] Long-term PN OO (n = 14) (31% of calories) 3 months Vitamin E and MDA did not change from baseline to 3 months
Umpierrez et al., 2012 [40] ICU OO (n = 51) (22 kcal/kg/day)
SO (n = 49) (22 kcal/kg/day)
28 day Markers of oxidative stress were similar between groups at baseline, Day 3, and Day 7
Pediatric studies
Goulet et al., 1999 [51] Long-term PN OO (n = 9) (1.92 g/kg/day)
SO (n = 9) (1.69 g/kg/day)
Mean >30 months LV-TBARS (p = 0.0027), the ratio of LDL-TBARS to LDL (p = 0.0262), and the ratio of LV-TBARS to LV (p = 0.0146) were significantly increased in the SO group compared with the OO group
Hartman et al., 2009 [62] Bone marrow transplant OO (n = 15) (1.1 g/kg/day)
MCT/LCT (n = 13) (1.1 g/kg/day)
14 day TBARS and vitamin E did not change from baseline and there were no differences between groups
Preterm neonate studies
Deshpande et al., 2014 [64] <30 week OO (n = 17) (18.45 g/kg/day)
SMOF (n = 17) (18.25 g/kg/day)
7 day F2-I did not change from baseline in the OO group and decreased in the FO group. Difference between groups in change from baseline was significant (p = 0.0372)
Vitamin E increased significantly in both groups (OO p = 0.0007, FO p = 0.0004), and the change from baseline was significantly higher for FO than for OO (p = 0.0091)
Deshpande et al., 2009 [59] 23–28 week OO (n = 24) (1.89 g/kg/day)
SO (n = 21) (1.89 g/kg/day)
5 day F2-I decreased significantly in both groups (OO p = 0.006, SO p = 0.013), but there was no difference between groups in the change from baseline
Koksal et al., 2011 [43] ≤34 week OO (n = 32) (up to 3 g/kg/day)
SO (n = 32) (up to 3 g/kg/day)
7 day TAC decreased in both groups from baseline, but there was no difference between groups
Pitkanen et al., 2004 [63] 28–33 week OO (0.48 g/kg/day)
MCT/LCT (0.48 g/kg/day)
3 h * Pentane levels significantly increased in both groups during PN infusion, difference between groups was not significant
Roggero et al., 2010 [60] 28–33 week OO (n = 12) (up to 3 g/kg/day)
SO (n = 12) (up to 3 g/kg/day)
MCT/LCT (n = 12) (up to 3 g/kg/day)
7 day F2-I and TRAP concentrations were not statistically different within and among the 3 groups at any time of the study. No significant interaction effect between the type of lipid emulsion administered and the repeated values of F2-I and TRAP was found. F2-I values showed a trend to decrease throughout the study in all the 3 groups
Unal et al., 2017 [65] 25–32 week OO (n = 134) (up to 3 g/kg/day)
SMOF (n = 93) (up to 3 g/kg/day)
Median 7 day TAC, TOS, and OSI significantly decreased from baseline to Week 3 in both groups (all p < 0.001)
Webb et al., 2008 [61] 25 week–7 day OO (n = 39) (23.1 kcal/kg/day)
SO (n = 40) (24.3 kcal/kg/day)
5 day F2-I levels were not different between groups at baseline or Day 5

* Patients (n = 13) received a 3-h infusion of each lipid emulsion (in random order) on 2 consecutive days. F2-I—F2-isoprostane; LV—low-density lipoprotein + very low-density lipoprotein; MCT/LCT—medium-chain triglycerides/long-chain triglycerides; MDA—malondialdehyde; OO—olive oil; OSI—oxidative stress index; PBMC—peripheral blood mononuclear cells; PMNs—polymorphonuclear cells; PN—parenteral nutrition; SMOF—soybean oil/MCT/olive oil/fish oil; SO—soybean oil; TAC—total antioxidant capacity; TAS—total antioxidant status; TBARS—thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; TOS—total oxidant status; TRAP—total radical-trapping antioxidant potential.