Impact of administration of folic acid on selected indicators of inflammation in patients with primary arterial hypertension
Journal Title: Advances in Hygiene and Experimental Medicine - Year 2015, Vol 69, Issue 0
Abstract
The results of epidemiological and clinical tests have shown that in patients with primary arterial hypertension, a chronic mild inflammation develops. The purpose of the study was to determine whether administration of folic acid to patients with primary arterial hypertension influences concentrations of indicators of inflammation: hsCRP, sICAM-1 and sVCAM-1. The examination was carried out in 41 patients with primary arterial hypertension, aged 19–65 (21 men and 20 women), without complications of hypertension and/or coexisting diseases. The examined patients were administered 15 mg of folic acid once a day for 45 days. Before and after administration of folic acid, concentrations of folic acid, homocysteine, hsCRP, sICAM-1 and sVCAM-1 in serum were assessed. Concentrations of folic acid and homocysteine were determined using the immunoenzymatic method (Abbott) on an AxSYM analyzer. The level of C-reactive protein (CRP) was determined with an ultra-sensitive turbidimetric assay on a Dimension analyzer (Siemens). Next, concentrations of adhesion particles sICAM-1 and sVCAM-1 were assessed with the ELISA technique (R&D). After the administration of folic acid in patients with primary arterial hypertension, a significant decrease in median concentrations of homocysteine in blood was observed. Simultaneously, the median hsCRP, ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 concentrations in serum in patients with primary arterial hypertension were significantly reduced.Administration of folic acid to persons with primary arterial hypertension in a dose of 15 mg/ day for 45 days caused a decrease in the concentration of homocysteine in serum. That could indirectly result in the decrease in concentrations of the indicators of inflammation (hsCRP, ICAM-1 and VCAM-1), as it is apparent from previous studies that hyperhomocysteinemia stimulates the synthesis of CRP and the expression of adhesion molecules.
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Aleksandra Baszczuk, Zygmunt Kopczyński, Jarosław Kopczyński, Maciej Cymerys, Anna Thielemann, Lena Bielawska
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