Short-Term, High-Dose Fish Oil Supplementation Increases the Production of Omega-3 Fatty Acid-Derived Mediators in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease (the OMEGA-PAD I Trial)

S Marlene Grenon, Christopher D Owens, Emily V Nosova, Millie Hughes-Fulford, Hugh F Alley, Karen Chong, Sandra Perez, Priscilla K Yen, John Boscardin, Jason Hellmann, Matthew Spite, Michael S Conte, S Marlene Grenon, Christopher D Owens, Emily V Nosova, Millie Hughes-Fulford, Hugh F Alley, Karen Chong, Sandra Perez, Priscilla K Yen, John Boscardin, Jason Hellmann, Matthew Spite, Michael S Conte

Abstract

Background: Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) experience significant morbidity and mortality. The OMEGA-PAD I Trial, a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial, addressed the hypothesis that short-duration, high-dose n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) oral supplementation improves endothelial function and inflammation in PAD.

Methods and results: Eighty patients with stable claudication received 4.4 g of fish oil or placebo for 1 month. The primary end point was endothelial function as measured by brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation. Secondary end points included biomarkers of inflammation, n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids metabolome changes, lipid profile, and walking impairment questionnaires. Although there was a significant increase in FMD in the fish oil group following treatment (0.7±1.8% increase from baseline, P=0.04), this response was not different then the placebo group (0.6±2.5% increase from baseline, P=0.18; between-group P=0.86) leading to a negative finding for the primary endpoint. There was, however, a significant reduction in triglycerides (fish oil: -34±46 mg/dL, P<0.001; placebo -10±43 mg/dL, P=0.20; between-group differential P-value: 0.02), and an increase in the omega-3 index of 4±1% (P<0.001) in the fish oil group (placebo 0.1±0.9%, P=0.49; between-group P<0.0001). We observed a significant increase in the production of pathway markers of specialized pro-resolving mediators generated from n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the fish oil group.

Conclusions: High-dose, short-duration fish oil supplementation did not lead to a different response in the primary end point of endothelial function between the treatment and placebo group, but improved serum triglycerides and increased the production of downstream n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids-derived products and mediators in patients with PAD.

Clinical trial registration: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/. Unique identifier: NCT01310270.

Keywords: fish oil; n‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; peripheral artery disease; specialized pro‐resolving mediators; vascular function.

© 2015 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley Blackwell.

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Figure 1
Study recruitment and enrollment schema.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation increases the production of EPA-derived lipid mediators in PAD patients. (A) Plasma levels of acetylated cyclooxygenase 2/cytochrome P450 product of EPA, 18-hydroxyeicosapentaenoic acid (18-HEPE) before (Pre) and after (Post) either placebo or fish oil treatment. (B, C) Plasma levels of 5-lipoxygenase (5-HEPE) and 15-lipoxygenase (15-HEPE) products of EPA as in panel A. *P<0.05 by an paired Student’s t test.
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Figure 3
Increased production of DHA-derived lipid mediators in PAD patients. (A) Plasma levels of 4-hydroxydocosahexaenoic acid (4-HDHA) before (Pre) and after (Post) either placebo or fish oil treatment. (B) Plasma levels of 15-lipoxygenase product, 10,17-dihydroxydocosahexaenoic acid (10,17-diHDHA) as in panel A. (C) Comparison of 10,17-diHDHA levels at baseline (Pre; left panel) and 1 month after treatment of PAD patients with either placebo or fish oil (Post; right panel). NS indicate Non-significant; *P<0.05 by a paired (A, B) or unpaired (C) Student’s t test. Values in panel C are mean ± SD.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Identification of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid mediator signatures in PAD patients. (A) Hierarchical clustering and Spearman rank correlation analysis of omega-3 PUFA products based on their changes between placebo and fish oil groups 1 month post-treatment. (B) Partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) score plot of placebo (2; red) and fish oil (4; green) groups 1 month post-treatment. (C) Loadings plot showing products related to group separations shown in panel B. (D) Variable importance in projection (VIP) scores (component 1) of products from placebo (2) and fish oil (4) groups.

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