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:Trimethylamine-oxide (TMAO) is present in seafood which is considered to be beneficial for health. Deep-water animals accumulate TMAO to protect proteins, such as lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), against hydrostatic pressure stress (HPS). We hypothesized that TMAO exerts beneficial effects on the circulatory system and protects cardiac LDH exposed to HPS produced by the contracting heart. Male, Sprague-Dawley and Spontaneously-Hypertensive-Heart-Failure (SHHF) rats were treated orally with either water (control) or TMAO. In vitro, LDH with or without TMAO was exposed to HPS and was evaluated using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. TMAO-treated rats showed higher diuresis and natriuresis, lower arterial pressure and plasma NT-proBNP. Survival in SHHF-control was 66% vs 100% in SHHF-TMAO. In vitro, exposure of LDH to HPS with or without TMAO did not affect protein structure. In conclusion, TMAO reduced mortality in SHHF, which was associated with diuretic, natriuretic and hypotensive effects. HPS and TMAO did not affect LDH protein structure. :Heart failure is a common cause of death in industrialized countries with aging populations. Japan, however, has lower rates of heart failure and fewer deaths linked to this disease than the United States or Europe, despite having the highest proportion of elderly people in the world. Dietary differences between these regions may explain the lower rate of heart failure in Japan. The Japanese diet is rich in seafood, which contains nutrients that promote heart health, such as omega-3 fatty acids. Seafood also contains other compounds, including trimethylamine oxide (TMAO). Fish that live in deep waters undergo high pressures, which can damage their proteins, but TMAO seems to protect the proteins from harm. In humans, eating seafood increases TMAO levels in the blood and urine, but it is unclear what effects this has on heart health. Increased levels of TMAO in the blood are associated with cardiovascular diseases, but scientists are not sure whether TMAO itself harms the heart. A toxic byproduct of gut bacteria called TMA is converted in TMAO in the body, so it is possible that TMA rather than TMAO is to blame. To assess the effects of dietary TMAO on heart failure, Gawrys-Kopczynska et al. fed the compound to healthy rats and rats with heart failure for one year. TMAO had no effects on the healthy rats. Of the rats with heart failure that were fed TMAO, all of them survived the year, while one third of rats with heart failure that were not fed TMAO died. TMAO-treated rats with heart failure had lower blood pressure and urinated more than untreated rats with the condition. The experiments suggest that dietary TMAO may mimic the effects of heart failure treatments, which remove excess water and salt and lower pressure on the heart. More studies are needed to confirm whether TMAO has this same effect on humans.
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Gawrys-Kopczynska M,Konop M,Maksymiuk K,Kraszewska K,Derzsi L,Sozanski K,Holyst R,Pilz M,Samborowska E,Dobrowolski L,Jaworska K,Mogilnicka I,Ufnal Mdoi
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