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Health Functionalities of Betaine in Patients With Homocystinuria
Homocystinuria is a medical condition that can have widespread and harmful effects on multiple organ systems within the body. This disease is caused by a deficiency in one of the enzymes involved in the methionine metabolism pathway. One example would be a deficiency in cystathionine-β-synthase (CBS...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8459993/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34568401 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.690359 |
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author | Truitt, Chelsea Hoff, Wouter D. Deole, Ratnakar |
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description | Homocystinuria is a medical condition that can have widespread and harmful effects on multiple organ systems within the body. This disease is caused by a deficiency in one of the enzymes involved in the methionine metabolism pathway. One example would be a deficiency in cystathionine-β-synthase (CBS), which is seen in classical homocystinuria. A deficiency in CBS can lead to elevated levels of homocysteine (HCY) and possible depletion of methionine and/or cysteine. There are several different treatment options for patients with this condition, one of which is the administration of the drug betaine. Here we review the use of betaine to decrease these elevated levels of homocysteine back to within normal ranges. Published literature indicates that the use of this choline derivative is most beneficial to patients who are either not compliant with the recommended low methionine and low protein diet or wish to consume a less restricted diet. |
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spelling | pubmed-84599932021-09-24 Health Functionalities of Betaine in Patients With Homocystinuria Truitt, Chelsea Hoff, Wouter D. Deole, Ratnakar Front Nutr Nutrition Homocystinuria is a medical condition that can have widespread and harmful effects on multiple organ systems within the body. This disease is caused by a deficiency in one of the enzymes involved in the methionine metabolism pathway. One example would be a deficiency in cystathionine-β-synthase (CBS), which is seen in classical homocystinuria. A deficiency in CBS can lead to elevated levels of homocysteine (HCY) and possible depletion of methionine and/or cysteine. There are several different treatment options for patients with this condition, one of which is the administration of the drug betaine. Here we review the use of betaine to decrease these elevated levels of homocysteine back to within normal ranges. Published literature indicates that the use of this choline derivative is most beneficial to patients who are either not compliant with the recommended low methionine and low protein diet or wish to consume a less restricted diet. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8459993/ /pubmed/34568401 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.690359 Text en Copyright © 2021 Truitt, Hoff and Deole. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Nutrition Truitt, Chelsea Hoff, Wouter D. Deole, Ratnakar Health Functionalities of Betaine in Patients With Homocystinuria |
title | Health Functionalities of Betaine in Patients With Homocystinuria |
title_full | Health Functionalities of Betaine in Patients With Homocystinuria |
title_fullStr | Health Functionalities of Betaine in Patients With Homocystinuria |
title_full_unstemmed | Health Functionalities of Betaine in Patients With Homocystinuria |
title_short | Health Functionalities of Betaine in Patients With Homocystinuria |
title_sort | health functionalities of betaine in patients with homocystinuria |
topic | Nutrition |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8459993/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34568401 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.690359 |
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