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- Title
Different Blood Metabolomics Profiles in Infants Consuming a Meat- or Dairy-Based Complementary Diet.
- Authors
Tang, Minghua; Weaver, Nicholas E.; Berman, Lillian M.; Brown, Laura D.; Hendricks, Audrey E.; Krebs, Nancy F.; Bekhit, Alaa El-Din A
- Abstract
Background: Research is limited in evaluating the mechanisms responsible for infant growth in response to different protein-rich foods; Methods: Targeted and untargeted metabolomics analysis were conducted on serum samples collected from an infant controlled-feeding trial that participants consumed a meat- vs. dairy-based complementary diet from 5 to 12 months of age, and followed up at 24 months. Results: Isoleucine, valine, phenylalanine increased and threonine decreased over time among all participants; Although none of the individual essential amino acids had a significant impact on changes in growth Z scores from 5 to 12 months, principal component heavily weighted by BCAAs (leucine, isoleucine, valine) and phenylalanine had a positive association with changes in length-for-age Z score from 5 to 12 months. Concentrations of acylcarnitine-C4, acylcarnitine-C5 and acylcarnitine-C5:1 significantly increased over time with the dietary intervention, but none of the acylcarnitines were associated with infant growth Z scores. Quantitative trimethylamine N-oxide increased in the meat group from 5 to 12 months; Conclusions: Our findings suggest that increasing total protein intake by providing protein-rich complementary foods was associated with increased concentrations of certain essential amino acids and short-chain acyl-carnitines. The sources of protein-rich foods (e.g., meat vs. dairy) did not appear to differentially impact serum metabolites, and comprehensive mechanistic investigations are needed to identify other contributors or mediators of the diet-induced infant growth trajectories.
- Subjects
HUMAN growth; MEAT; INFANT development; PHENYLALANINE; CARNITINE; METABOLOMICS; INFANTS; THREONINE; INGESTION; NUTRITIONAL requirements; ISOLEUCINE; ESSENTIAL amino acids; DAIRY products; INFANT nutrition; VALINE; DIETARY proteins; METABOLITES
- Publication
Nutrients, 2021, Vol 13, Issue 2, p388
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu13020388