Cord Blood Levels of EPA, a Marker of Fish Intake, Correlate with Infants' T- and B-Lymphocyte Phenotypes and Risk for Allergic Disease
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2020

Maternal fish intake during pregnancy has been associated with reduced allergy development in the offspring and here, we hypothesized that components of fish stimulate fetal immune maturation. The aim of this study was to investigate how maternal fish intake during pregnancy and levels of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) in the infant's cord serum correlated with different subsets of B- and T-cells in cord blood and B-cell activating factor (BAFF) in cord plasma, and with doctor-diagnosed allergy at 3 and 8 years of age in the FARMFLORA birth-cohort consisting of 65 families. Principal component analysis showed that infant allergies at 3 or 8 years of age were negatively associated with the proportions of n-3 LCPUFAs (eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid, and docosahexaenoic acid) in infant cord serum, which, in turn correlated positively with maternal fish intake during pregnancy. Both maternal fish intake and cord serum n-3 LCPUFAs correlated negatively to CD5(+) B cells and the FOXP3(+)CD25(high) of the CD4(+) T cell subsets in cord blood, but not to BAFF in cord plasma. Our observational study suggests that fish might contain components that promote maturation of the infant's immune system in a manner that protects against allergy development.

fish

farming

n-3 LCPUFA

regulatory T cells

T cells

eicosapentaenoic acid

B cell

allergy

fatty acids

Författare

Malin Barman

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Livsmedelsvetenskap

Hardis Rabe

Göteborgs universitet

Bill Hesselmar

Göteborgs universitet

Susanne Johansen

Skaraborgs Sjukhus

Ann-Sofie Sandberg

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Livsmedelsvetenskap

Agnes E Wold

Göteborgs universitet

Nutrients

2072-6643 (ISSN) 20726643 (eISSN)

Vol. 12 10 1-18 3000

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DOI

10.3390/nu12103000

PubMed

33007868

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