Temporal Changes of Protein Composition in Breast Milk of Chinese Urban Mothers and Impact of Caesarean Section Delivery

Autor: Yumei Zhang, Carlos Antonio De Castro, Michael Affolter, Ornella Avanti-Nigro, Rosemarie Jenni, Gerard Vinyes-Pares, Ai Zhao, Sagar K. Thakkar, Clara Lucia Garcia-Rodenas, Laurent Favre, Iris Roggero, Peiyu Wang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
breast milk
proteins
immune factors
Chinese mothers
CAESAREAN-section
Time Factors
Urban Population
medicine.medical_treatment
Physiology
Lactation
Medicine
Nutrition and Dietetics
biology
Geography
Lactoferrin
Protein composition
Milk Proteins
medicine.anatomical_structure
Female
Antibody
lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
China
Serum albumin
Immunoglobulins
Mothers
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
lcsh:TX341-641
Breast milk
Article
Transforming Growth Factor beta1
03 medical and health sciences
Transforming Growth Factor beta2
Internal medicine
Humans
Caesarean section
Immune Factors
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Milk
Human

business.industry
Cesarean Section
030104 developmental biology
Endocrinology
Cross-Sectional Studies
biology.protein
business
Food Science
Zdroj: Nutrients; Volume 8; Issue 8; Pages: 504
Nutrients, Vol 8, Iss 8, p 504 (2016)
Nutrients
ISSN: 2072-6643
DOI: 10.3390/nu8080504
Popis: Human breast milk (BM) protein composition may be impacted by lactation stage or factors related to geographical location. The present study aimed at assessing the temporal changes of BM major proteins over lactation stages and the impact of mode of delivery on immune factors, in a large cohort of urban mothers in China. 450 BM samples, collected in three Chinese cities, covering 8 months of lactation were analyzed for α-lactalbumin, lactoferrin, serum albumin, total caseins, immunoglobulins (IgA, IgM and IgG) and transforming growth factor (TGF) β1 and β2 content by microfluidic chip- or ELISA-based quantitative methods. Concentrations and changes over lactation were aligned with previous reports. α-lactalbumin, lactoferrin, IgA, IgM and TGF-β1 contents followed similar variations characterized by highest concentrations in early lactation that rapidly decreased before remaining stable up to end of lactation. TGF-β2 content displayed same early dynamics before increasing again. Total caseins followed a different pattern, showing initial increase before decreasing back to starting values. Serum albumin and IgG levels appeared stable throughout lactation. In conclusion, BM content in major proteins of urban mothers in China was comparable with previous studies carried out in other parts of the world and C-section delivery had only very limited impact on BM immune factors.
Databáze: OpenAIRE