2025/08/20 by Jin, Xu
#Alternative and Complementary Medicine #Angiogenesis #Anti-thrombotic effect #Astaxanthin #Atherosclerosis #Blood-brain barrier penetration #Cardiovascular Diseases #Chemicals and Drugs #ChoBioavailabilityline #Choline #Community Health #DHA-PC #DPA-PC #Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition #Digestive System Diseases #Diseases #Dry eye #Dyslipidemia #EPA-PC #Endocrine System Diseases #Endothelial repair #Eye Diseases #Gallstone prevention #Human and Clinical Nutrition #Immune System Diseases #Immunology and Infectious Disease #Immunoprophylaxis and Therapy #Inflammation resolution #International and Community Nutrition #Joint recovery #Krill oil #Life Sciences #Lipids #Male Urogenital Diseases #Medicine and Health Sciences #Menopause #Mental and Social Health #Mitochondrial protection #Muscle protection #NAFLD #Nervous System Diseases #Neuroscience and Neurobiology #Nutrition #Nutritional Epidemiology #Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases #Other Life Sciences #Other Medicine and Health Sciences #Other Neuroscience and Neurobiology #Other Nutrition #Phosphatidylcholine #Phospholipid #Phospholipid-bound Omega-3s #Pregnancy nutrition #Reverse cholesterol transport #Specialized pro-resolving mediators #Sports Sciences #Substance Abuse and Addiction #Synaptic function
paper · doi:10.17605/osf.io/z8mwc
This project, grounded in the Keyora Phospholipid–Omega Framework, investigates the integrative role of phospholipid-bound omega-3 fatty acids - via Antarctic krill oil, phosphatidylcholine-conjugated EPA/DHA, and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA) - in the regulation of cognitive, cardiovascular, metabolic, and systemic health. Unlike traditional triglyceride or ethyl ester forms, phospholipid-bound omega-3s exhibit superior absorption, direct membrane incorporation, and efficient blood–brain barrier penetration, ensuring enhanced bioavailability and targeted delivery. Mechanistically, these lipids provide broad physiological benefits: 1. Neurocognitive Support: DHA-PC crosses the blood–brain barrier to sustain synaptic integrity, neurotransmission, and mood stability, while DPA improves cerebral microcirculation and contributes to neuroinflammation resolution. 2. Cardiovascular and Metabolic Regulation: EPA/DHA-PC improve lipid profiles, reduce triglycerides, inhibit LDL oxidation, and modulate vascular tone. DPA provides unique angiogenic and antithrombotic effects, supporting endothelial repair and reverse cholesterol transport. 3. Hepatic Function: Phosphatidylcholine enables VLDL assembly and triglyceride export, preventing fatty liver progression and maintaining bile acid homeostasis. 4. Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant Defense: Omega-3-derived specialized pro-resolving mediators and DPA-exclusive lipid mediators accelerate inflammation resolution, while astaxanthin enhances mitochondrial resilience and suppresses oxidative stress. 5. Reproductive and Systemic Health: Omega-3 phospholipids and DPA improve sperm motility, support female hormonal balance and fetal neurodevelopment, and enhance resilience in high-demand physical and cognitive states. Together, this phospholipid–omega-3–astaxanthin matrix addresses three major nutritional gaps of modern diets - insufficient choline, low omega-3 intake, and inadequate antioxidant defense. Its multi-dimensional benefits span cognition, cardiovascular and hepatic health, immune modulation, reproductive capacity, ocular protection, and recovery, offering a safe and highly bioavailable strategy for long-term health optimization across diverse populations