An ingredient in hugely popular energy drinks can increase the risk of blood cancer, a study suggests.
Researchers in New York warn consumers to exercise ‘caution’ when it comes to consuming taurine, found in energy drinks, including Red Bull and Celsius.
They discovered for the first time that the amino acid acts as a fuel for leukemia bowls that form in bone marrow, a spongy fabric found in the middle of bones.
Taurine is produced naturally in the body, but even more consumption can make blood cancer more aggressive, warn the team of experts from the University of Rochester.
“Because Taurine is a common ingredient in energy drinks … Our work suggests that it can be interesting to carefully consider the benefits of additional taurine in leukemia patients,” says the study.
They also said that while the research is still early, they are ‘Very excited’ because focusing on the production of taurine from leukemia cells’ can be a possible way for the treatment of these aggressive diseases. “
In an experiment with mice and human leukemia cells, the researchers found that stopping taurine could slow down the cells in cells, to delay the progression of the disease.
The study, published in the magazine NatureComes as an additional research to understand whether taurine could feed other forms of cancer such as colorectal cancer.
Researchers in New York found that Taurine, an ingredient in energy drinks, could feed the growth of leukemia cells (stock image)
Taurine is a non-essential amino acid that is naturally found in the bone marrow, the brain, the heart and muscles. It is also found in meat and fish and is used in certain drinks to ratify cells and to stimulate mental brightness.
It is thought that, among other things, it helps regulate the amount of calcium in nerve cells in nerve cells and, among other things, arranges inflammation.
The new study looked at mice with a SLC6A6 gene, which transports taurine from different parts of the body.
They also took samples of human leukemia cells and transplanted them in the mice.
The team discovered that Taurine is produced by a subset of healthy cells in bone marrow, where leukemia grows.
The SLC6A6 then then transports taurine from the bone marrow to leukemia cells.
In addition, while leukemia cells feed on taurine, they will break through glycolysis, a process in which cells break down the sugar lucose to produce energy.
Glycolysis gives cancer cells the energy to distribute and multiply, making leukemia more aggressive, creating more cancer cells.
The researchers believe that this is the first time that taurine has been found in bone marrow, worsening leukemia – a blood cancer that affects 67,000 Americans and 10,000 people in the UK every year.
It is expected that around 23,000 Americans and 5,000 British will die from the disease this year.
Taurine is considered safe in small quantities, but it has been shown that higher levels vomit, stomach complaints, dizziness, diarrhea and constipation.
It is still unclear the exact role that Taurine plays in other forms of cancer, although researchers have suspected that it can be linked to the alarming rise of colon cancer in young people.
The above graph of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) shows that the leukemia of Leukeming has remained stable, although the deaths decrease
In a two -study phase, a team recruits adults aged 18 to 40 at the University of Florida who have not been diagnosed with colon cancer.
Half of the group is intended to consume at least one Red Bull or Celsius drink every day, and researchers will compare their intestinal bacteria with a control group that the drinks did not use.
The aim of the research, which is still recruiting participants, is to see whether taurine hydrogen sulfide (HS2) metabolizes metabolizing, which are ‘over -represented’ in cases of colon cancer and has been shown to cause inflammation in the colon.
Dr. Jevisha Bajaj, lead researcher of the Wilmot Cancer Institute at the University of Rochester, said in a press release that further studies should investigate the levels of taurine at leukemia patients and see how the levels can lower.
This is especially crucial because taurine supplements are often recommended to cancer patients, because taurine can lower inflammation and reduce side effects of chemotherapy.
“Our current data suggest that it would be useful to develop stable and effective ways to block taurine to enter leukemia cells,” Dr. Bajaj.
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