The investigational food product "Cholesterol Reducing Strawberry Yogurt Drink (Tesco)" is a strawberry yogurt drink with added plant sterols. A 100g bottle (one serving) of cholesterol lowering strawberry yogurt drink contains 2g of free plant sterols. The magnitude of the effect given by this enriched food product, providing a daily intake of 1,5-2,4 g plant sterols/stanols, refers to the lowering/reducing blood cholesterol effects in the range "7 % to 10 %" within 2 to 3 weeks of treatment, as specified by Commission Regulation (EU) 384/2010 of 05/05/2010.
The dietary intervention will consist in 8 weeks consumption of PSS enriched Yogurt Drink, which provide a daily PSS intake of 3.4g/100g bottle plant sterols ester equivalent to 2g/100g bottle of free plant sterols.

The investigational food product "Low Fat Strawberry Yogurt Drinks (Morrisons)" is a strawberry flavoured yogurt drink with sweetener and sugar, vitamin C, B6 and D, British milk.
Placebo intervention consists in 8 weeks consumption of PSS non-enriched Yogurt Drinks. The placebo intervention is needed for the study design chosen (randomized double-blind placebo-controlled cross-over clinical trial). Placebo will be used in order to determine the efficacy of PSS intervention, comparing the effects of the two compounds (PSS and placebo) in the same experimental conditions and then avoiding bias.

Hypercholesterolemia

Breast Cancer

Obesity

Ingredients: Skimmed Milk, Strawberry Juice from Concentrate (5%), Plant Sterols Ester (3.4%)***, Sugar, Maize Starch, Flavourings, Colour (Anthocyanins), Starter Culture including Bifidobacterium (Milk), Thickener (Carob Gum), Sweetener (Sucralose), Milk Proteins.
*** Equivalent to 2% Free Plant Sterols

Cholesterol Reducing Strawberry Yogurt Drink (Tesco Ltd)

Ingredients: Yogurt (Milk), Water, Sugar, Strawberry Purée (1%), Modified Maize Starch, Carrot Concentrate, Flavouring, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Vitamin C, Colour (Paprika Extract), Sweetener (Sucralose), Vitamin D, Vitamin B6.

Low Fat Strawberry Yogurt Drinks (Morrisons Ltd)

University of Leeds

Plant Sterol INtervention for Cancer Prevention (PINC)

Randomised Control Cross-over Trial to Test How Dietary Plant Sterols Modify Tumour Promoting Capabilities of Non-tumour Host Cells in Volunteers With Elevated LDL-C

The changes of oxysterols content in serum/plasma after 8 weeks of phytosterols intervention compared to placebo. After the dietary intervention, we expect to observe a change of -20% in circulating 27-hydroxycholesterol content (marker of oxysterols systemic levels).
Concentration of oxysterols using LC-MS/MS measurement of plasma in 50 subjects after placebo and after intervention.

Concentration of oxysterols using LC-MS/MS measurement of host cells in 50 subjects after placebo and after intervention.
Effect of phytosterols enriched foods consumption compared to placebo intervention on migratory and chemoresistance properties of breast cancer cell lines (MDA.MB.231, MDA.MB.468, MCF7 and T47D) when in co-culture with the host-cells collected in each step of the trial.

Effect of phytosterols enriched foods consumption compared to placebo intervention on migratory and chemoresistance properties of breast cancer cell lines (MDA.MB.231, MDA.MB.468, MCF7 and T47D) when in co-culture with the host-cells collected in each step of the trial.
Changes in proteins expression of oxysterols target genes.

Effect of phytosterols enriched foods consumption compared to placebo intervention on migratory and chemoresistance properties of breast cancer cell lines (MDA.MB.231, MDA.MB.468, MCF7 and T47D) when in co-culture with the host-cells collected in each step of the trial.
Changes in gene expression of oxysterols target genes.

Study of the effect of phytosterols on LDL-C concentration in 50 subjects after placebo and after intervention using Alere Afinion™.

Study of the effect of phytosterols on HDL-C concentration in 50 subjects after placebo and after intervention using Alere Afinion™.

Study of the effect of phytosterols on Total Cholesterol concentration in 50 subjects after placebo and after intervention using Alere Afinion™.

Study of the effect of phytosterols on Triglycerides concentration in 50 subjects after placebo and after intervention using Alere Afinion™.

Study of the effect of phytosterols on non-HDL-C concentration in 50 subjects after placebo and after intervention using Alere Afinion™.

Phytosterols panel serum/plasma levels after phytosterols enriched food or placebo intervention during all the steps of the trial.

RNA sequence will be measured with RNA-seq techniques before and after phytosterols intervention to identify the molecular effectors of the paracrine regulatory systems in the oxysterols, LDL-C and secondary BCa pattern.

Changes in interactions between proteins and DNA and using Chip/seq will be measured before and after phytosterols intervention to identify the molecular effectors of the paracrine regulatory systems in the oxysterols, LDL-C and secondary BCa pattern.

Data will be published in scientific journals, which will depend on the outcome of data analysis. Anonymized research data will be deposited with the University of Leeds data repository.

James Thorne

Chief Investigator

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

University of Oslo

Enrolled participants will undergo 1:1 simple randomisation by the CI, to either Experimental arm or placebo arm.. Evaluations after intervention will be made at the end of the first 8 weeks of intervention (Day 56; 8th week) and at the end of the second 8 weeks intervention (Day 140; 20th week). Since a wash out period between the two food products consumption is provided, another evaluation after wash out period (Day 84; 12th week) will be performed. The wash out period consist in a 4 weeks food products free period, where will be ask to participants to maintain their usual dietary and life style habits excluding the consumption of any yoghurt drinks.

All trial investigators will be blinded to the intervention, except for the CI. The CI will keep a record of interventions administrated. All trial participants and outcome assessors will be blinded to the intervention. Each food product has the same flavour and taste, as well as the same packaging to ensure blinding in maintained throughout study.

phytosterol/cancro da mama

Plant Sterol INtervention for Cancer Prevention (PINC)

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