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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 46, 659-664, Copyright © 1987 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Pyridoxine supplementation: effect on lymphocyte responses in elderly persons

MC Talbott, LT Miller and NI Kerkvliet
Department of Foods and Nutrition, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331.

The effect of pyridoxine supplementation on lymphocyte responsiveness was investigated in 15 persons aged 65-81 y. Eleven subjects received 50 mg/d pyridoxine HCl (PN). Four subjects received a placebo. Lymphocyte proliferation to T and B cell mitogens, lymphocyte subpopulations with monoclonal antibodies, and plasma pyridoxal 5'- phosphate (PLP) were measured before and after 1 and 2 mo of supplementation. After 1 and 2 mo plasma PLP levels increased by 195 +/- 88 nM and 201 +/- 84 nM, respectively, in subjects receiving PN. With PN supplementation, lymphocyte proliferation increased significantly in response to phytohemagglutinin (p less than 0.01), pokeweed mitogen (p less than 0.01), and Staphylococcus aureus (Cowain I) (p less than 0.05). For PN-treated subjects with low presupplement plasma PLP levels, lymphocyte blastogenesis also increased significantly (p less than 0.01) in response to concanavalin A. Percentages of T3+ and T4+ but not T8+ cells increased significantly (p less than 0.05) in PN- treated subjects. These results suggest that improving vitamin B-6 status is important in stimulating immunocompetence in the elderly.


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