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01.07.2012 | Original Article
Branched-chain amino acid-enriched nutrients improve nutritional and metabolic abnormalities in the early post-transplant period after living donor liver transplantation
verfasst von:
Ryuichi Yoshida, Takahito Yagi, Hiroshi Sadamori, Hiroaki Matsuda, Susumu Shinoura, Yuzo Umeda, Daisuke Sato, Masashi Utsumi, Takeshi Nagasaka, Nami Okazaki, Ai Date, Ayako Noguchi, Akemi Tanaka, Yuko Hasegawa, Yachiyo Sakamoto, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara
Erschienen in:
Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences
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Ausgabe 4/2012
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Abstract
Background/purpose
Malnutrition and metabolic disorder of patients undergoing living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) can affect post-transplant prognosis. The aim of this study was to establish whether perioperative usage of branched-chain amino-acid (BCAA)-enriched nutrients improve metabolic abnormalities of patients undergoing LDLT.
Methods
We designed a randomized pilot study (UMIN registration number; 000004323). Twenty-five consecutive adult elective LDLT recipients were enroled and divided into two groups: the BCAA group (BCAA-enriched nutrients, n = 12) and the control group (standard diet, n = 13). Metabolic and nutritional parameters, including BCAA-to-tyrosine ratio (BTR), retinol binding protein (RBP), and prealbumin were regularly measured from 1 week before to 4 weeks after LDLT. Non-protein respiratory quotient (npRQ) was measured before and 4 weeks after LDLT.
Results
BTR and RBP improved considerably in the BCAA group compared with the controls. npRQ significantly increased from 1 week before LDLT to 4 weeks after LDLT in the BCAA group (0.77 ± 0.05 to 0.84 ± 0.06, P = 0.002), but not in the control group (0.78 ± 0.04 to 0.81 ± 0.05).
Conclusions
Supplementation with BCAA-enriched nutrients might improve persistent nutritional and metabolic disorders associated with end-stage liver disease in the early post-transplant period, and consequently shorten the post-transplant catabolic phase after LDLT. A larger multicenter trial is needed to confirm these findings.