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The heart-brain axis: A proteomics study of meditation on the cardiovascular system of Tibetan Monks
BACKGROUND: There have been mixed reports on the beneficial effects of meditation in cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is widely considered the leading cause of death worldwide. METHODS: To clarify the role of meditation in modulating the heart-brain axis, we implemented an extreme phenotype strat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9118669/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35576643 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104026 |
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author | Xue, Ting Chiao, Benjamin Xu, Tianjiao Li, Han Shi, Kai Cheng, Ying Shi, Yuan Guo, Xiaoli Tong, Shanbao Guo, Menglin Chew, Soo Hong Ebstein, Richard P. Cui, Donghong |
author_facet | Xue, Ting Chiao, Benjamin Xu, Tianjiao Li, Han Shi, Kai Cheng, Ying Shi, Yuan Guo, Xiaoli Tong, Shanbao Guo, Menglin Chew, Soo Hong Ebstein, Richard P. Cui, Donghong |
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description | BACKGROUND: There have been mixed reports on the beneficial effects of meditation in cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is widely considered the leading cause of death worldwide. METHODS: To clarify the role of meditation in modulating the heart-brain axis, we implemented an extreme phenotype strategy, i.e., Tibetan monks (BMI > 30) who practised 19.20 ± 7.82 years of meditation on average and their strictly matched non-meditative Tibetan controls. Hypothesis-free advanced proteomics strategies (Data Independent Acquisition and Targeted Parallel Reaction Monitoring) were jointly applied to systematically investigate and target the plasma proteome underlying meditation. Total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), apolipoprotein B (Apo B) and lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] as the potential cardiovascular risk factors were evaluated. Heart rate variability (HRV) was assessed by electrocardiogram. FINDINGS: Obesity, hypertension, and reduced HRV is offset by long-term meditation. Notably, meditative monks have blood pressure and HRV comparable to their matched Tibetan controls. Meditative monks have a protective plasma proteome, related to decreased atherosclerosis, enhanced glycolysis, and oxygen release, that confers resilience to the development of CVD. In addition, clinical risk factors in plasma were significantly decreased in monks compared with controls, including total cholesterol, LDL-C, Apo B, and Lp(a). INTERPRETATION: To our knowledge, this work is the first well-controlled proteomics investigation of long-term meditation, which opens up a window for individuals characterized by a sedentary lifestyle to improve their cardiovascular health with an accessible method practised for more than two millennia. FUNDING: See the Acknowledgements section. |
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spelling | pubmed-91186692022-06-07 The heart-brain axis: A proteomics study of meditation on the cardiovascular system of Tibetan Monks Xue, Ting Chiao, Benjamin Xu, Tianjiao Li, Han Shi, Kai Cheng, Ying Shi, Yuan Guo, Xiaoli Tong, Shanbao Guo, Menglin Chew, Soo Hong Ebstein, Richard P. Cui, Donghong eBioMedicine Articles BACKGROUND: There have been mixed reports on the beneficial effects of meditation in cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is widely considered the leading cause of death worldwide. METHODS: To clarify the role of meditation in modulating the heart-brain axis, we implemented an extreme phenotype strategy, i.e., Tibetan monks (BMI > 30) who practised 19.20 ± 7.82 years of meditation on average and their strictly matched non-meditative Tibetan controls. Hypothesis-free advanced proteomics strategies (Data Independent Acquisition and Targeted Parallel Reaction Monitoring) were jointly applied to systematically investigate and target the plasma proteome underlying meditation. Total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), apolipoprotein B (Apo B) and lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] as the potential cardiovascular risk factors were evaluated. Heart rate variability (HRV) was assessed by electrocardiogram. FINDINGS: Obesity, hypertension, and reduced HRV is offset by long-term meditation. Notably, meditative monks have blood pressure and HRV comparable to their matched Tibetan controls. Meditative monks have a protective plasma proteome, related to decreased atherosclerosis, enhanced glycolysis, and oxygen release, that confers resilience to the development of CVD. In addition, clinical risk factors in plasma were significantly decreased in monks compared with controls, including total cholesterol, LDL-C, Apo B, and Lp(a). INTERPRETATION: To our knowledge, this work is the first well-controlled proteomics investigation of long-term meditation, which opens up a window for individuals characterized by a sedentary lifestyle to improve their cardiovascular health with an accessible method practised for more than two millennia. FUNDING: See the Acknowledgements section. Elsevier 2022-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9118669/ /pubmed/35576643 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104026 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Articles Xue, Ting Chiao, Benjamin Xu, Tianjiao Li, Han Shi, Kai Cheng, Ying Shi, Yuan Guo, Xiaoli Tong, Shanbao Guo, Menglin Chew, Soo Hong Ebstein, Richard P. Cui, Donghong The heart-brain axis: A proteomics study of meditation on the cardiovascular system of Tibetan Monks |
title | The heart-brain axis: A proteomics study of meditation on the cardiovascular system of Tibetan Monks |
title_full | The heart-brain axis: A proteomics study of meditation on the cardiovascular system of Tibetan Monks |
title_fullStr | The heart-brain axis: A proteomics study of meditation on the cardiovascular system of Tibetan Monks |
title_full_unstemmed | The heart-brain axis: A proteomics study of meditation on the cardiovascular system of Tibetan Monks |
title_short | The heart-brain axis: A proteomics study of meditation on the cardiovascular system of Tibetan Monks |
title_sort | heart-brain axis: a proteomics study of meditation on the cardiovascular system of tibetan monks |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9118669/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35576643 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104026 |
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