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Bartziokas K, Papaioannou AI, Drakopanagiotakis F, Gouveri E, Papanas N, Steiropoulos P. Unraveling the Link between Ιnsulin Resistance and Bronchial Asthma. Biomedicines 2024; 12:437. [PMID: 38398039 PMCID: PMC10887139 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12020437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2024] [Revised: 02/10/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Evidence from large epidemiological studies has shown that obesity may predispose to increased Th2 inflammation and increase the odds of developing asthma. On the other hand, there is growing evidence suggesting that metabolic dysregulation that occurs with obesity, and more specifically hyperglycemia and insulin resistance, may modify immune cell function and in some degree systemic inflammation. Insulin resistance seldom occurs on its own, and in most cases constitutes a clinical component of metabolic syndrome, along with central obesity and dyslipidemia. Despite that, in some cases, hyperinsulinemia associated with insulin resistance has proven to be a stronger risk factor than body mass in developing asthma. This finding has been supported by recent experimental studies showing that insulin resistance may contribute to airway remodeling, promotion of airway smooth muscle (ASM) contractility and proliferation, increase of airway hyper-responsiveness and release of pro-inflammatory mediators from adipose tissue. All these effects indicate the potential impact of hyperinsulinemia on airway structure and function, suggesting the presence of a specific asthma phenotype with insulin resistance. Epidemiologic studies have found that individuals with severe and uncontrolled asthma have a higher prevalence of glycemic dysfunction, whereas longitudinal studies have linked glycemic dysfunction to an increased risk of asthma exacerbations. Since the components of metabolic syndrome interact with one another so much, it is challenging to identify each one's specific role in asthma. This is why, over the last decade, additional studies have been conducted to determine whether treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus affects comorbid asthma as shown by the incidence of asthma, asthma control and asthma-related exacerbations. The purpose of this review is to present the mechanism of action, and existing preclinical and clinical data, regarding the effect of insulin resistance in asthma.
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- 1st University Department of Respiratory Medicine, “Sotiria” Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece;
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- Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece;
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- Diabetes Centre, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece; (E.G.); (N.P.)
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- Diabetes Centre, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece; (E.G.); (N.P.)
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- Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece;
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Win M, Erkalp K, Demirgan S, Ozcan FG, Sevdi MS, Selcan A. Comparison of the patients with diabetes mellitus using either insulin or oral antidiabetic drug in terms of difficult laryngoscopy: A randomized controlled study. Niger J Clin Pract 2023; 26:1423-1429. [PMID: 37929516 DOI: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_635_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Aim We aimed to evaluate the differences in the difficult laryngoscopy as a general anesthetic component in patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) using either insulin or oral antidiabetic drug (OADD). Materials and Methods This study was planned for a total of 230 patients including DM patients and non-DM patients as a control group who would undergo elective surgery between 30.01.2020-30.04.2020. Age, gender, body mass index (BMI), Mallampati scores, thyromental distance (TMD), inter-incisor distance (IID), and neck extension measurements were noted. Preoperative HbA1C levels, DM type, diagnosis time, and duration of insulin or OADD use were recorded. Patients without DM (Group C), patients using insulin (Group I), and patients using OADD (Group D) were separated respectively. Cormack-Lehane (CL) classification of the airway, number of laryngoscopic attempts, intubation success at the first attempt, intubation duration, performance of backward-upward-rightward pressure (BURP) maneuver, and requirement of use of different airway equipment were compared between the groups. Results The data of 192 patients were compared. The mean IID (mm) was lower in Groups I and D than C. It was the lowest in Group I. Presence of neck extension of more than 30° in Groups I and D was lower than C. Classification of CL in Groups I and D was higher than C. Number of laryngoscopic attempts was higher in Groups I and D than C. Intubation success at the first attempt was lower in Groups I and D than C. The intubation duration was longer in Groups I and D than C. It was the longest in Group I. The more BURP maneuvering was required in Groups I and D than C. In Groups I and D, the number of uses of different airway equipment was higher than in Group C. The rate of using a videolaryngoscope (VL) in Group I was higher than in Groups D and C. Conclusion Difficult laryngoscopy was more common in DM patients. Moreover, in patients with DM using insulin, VL use was more often and intubation duration was longer than in patients with DM using OADD.
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- M Win
- Bezmialem University, Dragos Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Institute of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Health Sciences University, Bagcilar Traning and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Health Sciences University, Basaksehir Cam ve Sakura Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bagcilar Traning and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bagcilar Traning and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Utility of Hypoglycemic Agents to Treat Asthma with Comorbid Obesity. Pulm Ther 2022; 9:71-89. [PMID: 36575356 PMCID: PMC9931991 DOI: 10.1007/s41030-022-00211-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Adults with obesity may develop asthma that is ineffectively controlled by inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta-adrenoceptor agonists. Mechanistic and translational studies suggest that metabolic dysregulation that occurs with obesity, particularly hyperglycemia and insulin resistance, contributes to altered immune cell function and low-grade systemic inflammation. Importantly, in these cases, the same proinflammatory cytokines believed to contribute to insulin resistance may also be responsible for airway remodeling and hyperresponsiveness. In the past decade, new research has emerged assessing whether hypoglycemic therapies impact comorbid asthma as reflected by the incidence of asthma, asthma-related emergency department visits, asthma-related hospitalizations, and asthma-related exacerbations. The purpose of this review article is to discuss the mechanism of action, preclinical data, and existing clinical studies regarding the efficacy and safety of hypoglycemic therapies for adults with obesity and comorbid asthma.
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Fu D, Zhao H, He L, Feng H. DM-induced Hypermethylation of IR and IGF1R attenuates mast cell activation and airway responsiveness in rats. J Cell Mol Med 2020; 24:14381-14391. [PMID: 33145961 PMCID: PMC7754055 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.16059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Diabetes has been reported to modulate the airway smooth muscle reactivity and lead to attenuation of allergic inflammatory response in the lungs. In this study, we aimed to study the effect of insulin on cell activation and airway responsiveness in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). The airway contraction in rat model groups including a non‐DM group, a non‐DM+INDUCTION group, a DM+INDUCTION group and a DM+INDUCTION+INSULIN group was measured to observe the effect of insulin on airway responsiveness. Radioenzymatic assay was conducted to measure the levels of histamine, and ELISA assay was conducted to measure bronchial levels of interleukin (IL)‐1b, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)‐a, cytokine‐induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC)‐1, P‐selectin and β‐hexosaminidase. The tension in the main and intrapulmonary bronchi of DM+INDUCTION rats was lower than that of the non‐DM+INDUCTION rats, whereas the treatment of insulin partly restored the normal airway responsiveness to OA in DM rats. The release of histamine was remarkably suppressed in DM+INDUCTION rats but was recovered by the insulin treatment. Also, OA significantly increased the levels of IL‐1b, TNF‐a, CINC‐1 and P‐selectin in non‐DM rats, whereas insulin treatment in DM+INDUCTION rats partly restored the normal levels of IL‐1b, TNF‐a, CINC‐1 and P‐selectin in DM rats. Moreover, the expression of IR and IGF1R was evidently suppressed in DM rats, with the methylation of both IR and IGF1R promoters was aggravated in DM rats. Therefore, we demonstrated that DM‐induced hypermethylation inhibited mast cell activation and airway responsiveness, which could be reversed by insulin treatment.
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- Dan Fu
- Department of Endocrinology, Endocrinology Research Center, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Diabetic Systems Center, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Excellence, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, China
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Preserving Airway Smooth Muscle Contraction in Precision-Cut Lung Slices. Sci Rep 2020; 10:6480. [PMID: 32296115 PMCID: PMC7160136 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63225-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Precision-cut lung slices (PCLS) are ideal for measuring small airway contraction. However, these measurements are currently limited to acute exposure scenarios that typically last a few minutes to a few hours. Using an insulin-supplemented culture medium, we prolong the small airway contractility in mouse PCLS for up to two weeks. Compared to conventional culture medium, insulin-supplemented culture medium provides no additional benefit in preserving cellular viability or airway structure. However, it protects the airway smooth muscle (ASM) against a loss of smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (SMMHC) expression. We elucidate the significance of this new culture medium for chronic disease modeling of IL-13-induced airway hyper-responsiveness.
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Milanese M, Miraglia Del Giudice E, Peroni DG. Asthma, exercise and metabolic dysregulation in paediatrics. Allergol Immunopathol (Madr) 2019; 47:289-294. [PMID: 30789156 DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2018.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Asthma is the most frequent chronic disease in childhood. Chest tightness, cough, wheezing and dyspnoea during or after exercise may be unique manifestations of asthma in up to 90% of subjects. Physical activity may be reduced by uncontrolled asthma symptoms and parental beliefs, impairing physical fitness of asthmatic children. Clinicians working in the field of allergy are aware of evidence supporting the benefits of physical activity for patients with asthma. Treatment of asthma is required in order to obtain its control and to avoid any limitation in sports and active play participation. As exercise performance in children with controlled asthma is not different from that of healthy controls, any exercise limitation cannot be accepted. Overweight and obesity may interfere with asthma and exercise, leading to dyspnoea symptoms. Evidences on the effect of insulin resistance on airway smooth muscle and on bronchial hyperactivity are presented. CONCLUSION: Exercise is part of the strategy to obtain the best control of asthma in childhood, but we have to optimise the asthma control therapy before starting exercise programming. Furthermore, it is crucial to give best attention on the effects of obesity and insulin resistance, because they could in turn influence patients' symptoms.
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- Manlio Milanese
- Division of Respiratory Diseases, Azienda Sanitaria Locale 2 Savonese, Savona, Italy
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- Department of Women, Child and General and Special Surgery, Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Paediatric, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
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Perdue AD, Cottrell LA, Lilly CL, Gower WA, Ely BA, Foringer B, Wright ML, Neal WA. Pediatric metabolic outcome comparisons based on a spectrum of obesity and asthmatic symptoms. J Asthma 2018; 56:388-394. [PMID: 29676936 DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2018.1463377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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RATIONALE Asthma and obesity are 2 of the most prevalent public health issues for children in the U.S. Trajectories of both have roughly paralleled one another over the past several decades causing many to explore their connection to one another and to other associated health issues such as diabetes and dyslipidemia. Earlier models have commonly designated obesity as the central hub of these associations; however, more recent models have argued connections between pediatric asthma and other obesity-related metabolic conditions regardless of children's obesity risk. OBJECTIVES To examine the relationships between asthma, obesity, and abnormal metabolic indices. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study of 179 children ages 7 to 12 years recruited from a rural, Appalachian region. Our model controlled for children's smoke exposure, body mass index percentile, and gender to examine the association between children's asthma (based on pulmonary function tests, medical history, medications, and parent report of severity), lipids (fasting lipid profile), and measures of altered glucose metabolism (glycosylated hemoglobin and homeostatic model assessment 2-insulin resistance). RESULTS Our findings revealed a statistically significant model for low density lipids, high density lipids, log triglyceride, and homeostatic model assessment 2-insulin resistance; however, Asthma had a significant effect for the mean triglycerides. We also found an asthma-obesity interaction effect on children's glycosylated hemoglobin with asthmatic obese children revealing significantly higher glycosylated hemoglobin values than non-asthmatic obese children. CONCLUSIONS Our findings support a connection between asthma and children's glycosylated hemoglobin values; however, this association remains entwined with obesity factors.
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- Ashley D Perdue
- a Institute for Community and Rural Health , Morgantown , WV , USA
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- b Department of Pediatrics , West Virginia University School of Medicine , Morgantown , WV , USA
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- c Department of Biostatistics , West Virginia University School of Public Health , Morgantown , WV , USA
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- d Department of Pediatrics , Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , NC , USA
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- b Department of Pediatrics , West Virginia University School of Medicine , Morgantown , WV , USA
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- e Division of Respiratory Therapy , West Virginia Hospital Association , Morgantown , WV , USA
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- b Department of Pediatrics , West Virginia University School of Medicine , Morgantown , WV , USA
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- b Department of Pediatrics , West Virginia University School of Medicine , Morgantown , WV , USA
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Cardet JC, Ash S, Kusa T, Camargo CA, Israel E. Insulin resistance modifies the association between obesity and current asthma in adults. Eur Respir J 2016; 48:403-10. [PMID: 27103388 PMCID: PMC5815169 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00246-2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Insulin resistance potentiates the association between obesity and childhood asthma, but this relationship appears inconsistent in relatively small studies of adults. We investigated effect modification in adults using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2012, a large, nationally representative database.Insulin resistance and a history of physician-diagnosed current asthma were obtained from 12 421 adults, ages 18-85 years. We used logistic regression to determine associations between obesity and current asthma, adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity, poverty income ratio and smoking status. An interaction term evaluated effect modification by insulin resistance of the obesity-asthma association.As expected, obesity was positively associated with current asthma. Insulin resistance modified this association, with obesity measured as body mass index, waist circumference or waist-to-height ratio. The relationship between obesity and current asthma was stronger with increasing insulin resistance tertiles (OR 2.05, 95% CI 2.76-3.00; p-value for interaction 0.03). This association was robust to adjustments for other components of the metabolic syndrome (hypertriglyceridaemia, hypertension, hyperglycaemia and systemic inflammation). None of these components were themselves effect modifiers of the obesity-asthma association.In this large, nationally representative sample, insulin resistance modified the association between obesity and current asthma in adults. Targeting insulin resistance may represent a novel therapeutic strategy for obese patients with asthma.
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- Juan Carlos Cardet
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Dept of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Dept of Emergency Medicine and Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Dept of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Chang HS, Lee SH, Lee JU, Park JS, Chung IY, Park CS. Functional Characterization of Exonic Variants of the PPARGC1B Gene in Coregulation of Estrogen Receptor Alpha. DNA Cell Biol 2016; 35:314-21. [PMID: 27027322 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2015.3195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 beta (PPARGC1B) is a coactivator of estrogen receptor (ER)α and ERβ. We previously demonstrated a significant association between a variant of exon 5 of the PPARGC1B gene (+102525 G>A, R265Q) and airway hyperreactivity (AHR). The aims of the study were to evaluate the genetic effects of variants of the PPARGC1B gene on the function of ERs. PPARGC1B +102525G and A gene constructs were generated using PCR and cloned into a pCMV4 promoter vector. A luciferase reporter assay was undertaken in 293T cells cotransfected with one of the PPARGC1B +102525G>A constructs, ERα, and an estrogen response element (ERE) containing a luciferase construct after treatment with 17β-estradiol. According to the luciferase reporter assay, the +102525A allele showed higher ERα activity than the +102525G allele in response to stimulation with 17β-estradiol. In addition, the interaction between ERα and PPARGC1B was evaluated by coprecipitation assay. Human influenza hemagglutinin-tagged PPARGC1B coprecipitated more intensely with ERα in the +102525A than the +102525G construct after 17β estradiol treatment. The variant +102525A allele enhances the activity of ERα to a greater degree than the +102525G allele of PPARGC1B.
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- Hun Soo Chang
- 1 Department of Medical Bioscience, Graduate School, Soonchunhyang University , Asan, Republic of Korea
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- 1 Department of Medical Bioscience, Graduate School, Soonchunhyang University , Asan, Republic of Korea
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- 1 Department of Medical Bioscience, Graduate School, Soonchunhyang University , Asan, Republic of Korea
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- 2 Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital , Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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- 3 Division of Molecular and Life Sciences, College of Science and Technology, Hanyang University , Ansan, Republic of Korea
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- 1 Department of Medical Bioscience, Graduate School, Soonchunhyang University , Asan, Republic of Korea.,2 Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital , Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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Morishita R, Franco MDC, Suano-Souza FI, Solé D, Puccini RF, Strufaldi MWL. Body mass index, adipokines and insulin resistance in asthmatic children and adolescents. J Asthma 2016; 53:478-84. [PMID: 26526038 DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2015.1113544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to describe the body mass index, insulin resistance, levels of adipokines and inflammatory markers in Brazilian asthmatic children and adolescents and to investigate their possible association with the severity and control of asthma. METHODS Cross-sectional study (n = 92; age: 3-18 years). Assessed data: Body weight and height, used to calculate the body mass index (BMIZ) and height-for-age (HAZ). Laboratory measurements: Lipid profile; glycemia and insulin for homeostasis model assessment (HOMA); adipokines; tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), C-reactive protein (CRP) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1); total immunoglobulin E (IgE) and specific IgE against aeroallergens. RESULTS The median age was 9.6 years (3.0-16.6); most participants were male (n = 52, 56.5%), pre-pubertal (n = 54, 58.6%) and had atopic asthma (n = 85, 92.4%). Overweight/obesity (38%) showed an inverse correlation with age (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 0.781; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.66-0.92) and a direct correlation with the leptin concentration (adjusted OR = 1.13; 95% CI 1.04-1.22). Insulin concentration was independently associated with moderated persistent asthma (adjusted OR = 1.31; 95% CI 1.09-1.52). HOMA showed a direct correlation with the leptin (β = 0.475; 95% CI 0.117-0.268) and total IgE (β = 0.197; 95% CI 0.002-0.096) levels and an inverse correlation with the TNF-α levels (β = -0.255; 95% CI;-0.366-0.055). CONCLUSIONS Asthma was associated with insulin resistance and a systemic inflammatory response possibly mediated by adipokines, with leptin levels standing out among the participants with excess weight.
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- b Nephrology Unit, Department of Physiology, Federal University of São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil
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Sharif M, Khan BT, Aleem SB, Anwar MA. A comparative study of the beneficial effects of ipratropium and beclomethasone against insulin-induced tracheal tissue contraction in a guinea pig model. Med Princ Pract 2015; 24:92-5. [PMID: 25278282 PMCID: PMC5588183 DOI: 10.1159/000366259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2013] [Accepted: 08/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the acute effects of insulin on airway reactivity and the protective effects of beclomethasone and ipratropium against insulin-induced airway hyperresponsiveness on isolated tracheal smooth muscle in a guinea pig model. MATERIALS AND METHODS The trachea of each guinea pig was excised; one end of the tracheal strip was attached to the hook of the oxygen tube of a tissue bath and the other end was connected to a research-grade isometric force displacement transducer. The effects of varying concentrations of insulin (10(-7) to 10(-3)M) and insulin pretreated with a fixed concentration of beclomethasone (10(-6)M) and ipratropium (10(-6)M) on the isolated tracheal tissue were studied by constructing cumulative concentration-response curves. Changes in tracheal smooth muscle contractions were recorded on a 4-channel oscillograph. RESULTS The means ± standard error of the mean of the maximum amplitude of contraction with increasing concentrations of insulin and of insulin pretreated with fixed concentrations of beclomethasone and ipratropium were 35 ± 1.13, 22 ± 1.15 and 27.8 ± 1.27 mm, respectively. CONCLUSION The data showed that beclomethasone inhibited the contractile response of insulin to a greater extent than ipratropium. Thus we suggest that inhalational insulin pretreated with beclomethasone may be more efficacious than with ipratropium for the amelioration of potential respiratory adverse effects such as bronchoconstriction.
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- Mahjabeen Sharif
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Army Medical College Rawalpindi, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
- *Dr. Mahjabeen Sharif, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Army Medical College Rawalpindi, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000 (Pakistan), E-Mail
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Army Medical College Rawalpindi, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Physiology, Army Medical College Rawalpindi, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission General Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Nie Z, Jacoby DB, Fryer AD. Hyperinsulinemia potentiates airway responsiveness to parasympathetic nerve stimulation in obese rats. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2014; 51:251-61. [PMID: 24605871 PMCID: PMC4148040 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2013-0452oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Obesity is a substantial risk factor for developing asthma, but the molecular mechanisms underlying this relationship are unclear. We tested the role of insulin in airway responsiveness to nerve stimulation using rats genetically prone or resistant to diet-induced obesity. Airway response to vagus nerve stimulation and airway M2 and M3 muscarinic receptor function were measured in obese-prone and -resistant rats with high or low circulating insulin. The effects of insulin on nerve-mediated human airway smooth muscle contraction and human M2 muscarinic receptor function were tested in vitro. Our data show that increased vagally mediated bronchoconstriction in obesity is associated with hyperinsulinemia and loss of inhibitory M2 muscarinic receptor function on parasympathetic nerves. Obesity did not induce airway inflammation or increase airway wall thickness. Smooth muscle contraction to acetylcholine was not increased, indicating that hyperresponsiveness is mediated at the level of airway nerves. Reducing serum insulin with streptozotocin protected neuronal M2 receptor function and prevented airway hyperresponsiveness to vagus nerve stimulation in obese rats. Replacing insulin restored dysfunction of neuronal M2 receptors and airway hyperresponsiveness to vagus nerve stimulation in streptozotocin-treated obese rats. Treatment with insulin caused loss of M2 receptor function, resulting in airway hyperresponsiveness to vagus nerve stimulation in obese-resistant rats, and inhibited human neuronal M2 receptor function in vitro. This study shows that it is not obesity per se but hyperinsulinemia accompanying obesity that potentiates vagally induced bronchoconstriction by inhibiting neuronal M2 muscarinic receptors and increasing acetylcholine release from airway parasympathetic nerves.
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- Zhenying Nie
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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Asthma is a prevalent respiratory disorder triggered by a variety of inhaled environmental factors, such as allergens, viruses, and pollutants. Asthma is characterized by an elevated activation of the smooth muscle surrounding the airways, as well as a propensity of the airways to narrow excessively in response to a spasmogen (i.e. contractile agonist), a feature called airway hyperresponsiveness. The level of airway smooth muscle (ASM) activation is putatively controlled by mediators released in its vicinity. In asthma, many mediators that affect ASM contractility originate from inflammatory cells that are mobilized into the airways, such as eosinophils. However, mounting evidence indicates that mediators released by remote organs can also influence the level of activation of ASM, as well as its level of responsiveness to spasmogens and relaxant agonists. These remote mediators are transported through circulating blood to act either directly on ASM or indirectly via the nervous system by tuning the level of cholinergic activation of ASM. Indeed, mediators generated from diverse organs, including the adrenals, pancreas, adipose tissue, gonads, heart, intestines, and stomach, affect the contractility of ASM. Together, these results suggest that, apart from a paracrine mode of regulation, ASM is subjected to an endocrine mode of regulation. The results also imply that defects in organs other than the lungs can contribute to asthma symptoms and severity. In this review, I suggest that the endocrine mode of regulation of ASM contractility is overlooked.
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- Ynuk Bossé
- Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de QuébecUniversité Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada G1V 4G5
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Assad N, Qualls C, Smith LJ, Arynchyn A, Thyagarajan B, Schuyler M, Jacobs DR, Sood A. Body mass index is a stronger predictor than the metabolic syndrome for future asthma in women. The longitudinal CARDIA study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013; 188:319-26. [PMID: 23905525 PMCID: PMC5448505 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201303-0457oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2013] [Accepted: 05/24/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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RATIONALE It is hypothesized that the metabolic syndrome explains the association between body mass index (BMI) and asthma in adults. OBJECTIVES Our objective was to longitudinally compare the relative strengths of the associations of the metabolic syndrome and BMI with incident asthma in adults. METHODS We included 4,619 eligible participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) cohort followed over 25 years. Incident asthma was defined by a new self-reported provider asthma diagnosis plus either the presence of asthma symptoms and/or use of asthma medications. Cox proportional hazard analyses were performed. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Six hundred two subjects (417 women and 185 men) developed incident asthma over 25 years of follow-up. Metabolic syndrome predicted incident asthma among women but not men (unadjusted hazard ratios, 1.50 and 0.98; P = 0.01 and 0.93, respectively). BMI had a similar predictive association among women but not men (unadjusted hazard ratios, 1.19 and 1.04 per 5 units of BMI; P < 0.001 and 0.60, respectively). The association of metabolic syndrome with incident asthma in women was no longer statistically significant after adjustment for BMI (P = 0.44). In contrast, the association of BMI with incident asthma in women remained statistically significant after adjusting for the metabolic syndrome (P = 0.01). In a stepwise model, BMI was a stronger predictor than the metabolic syndrome (P = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS BMI is a stronger predictor of incident asthma among women than the metabolic syndrome. Other obesity-associated factors that are not a part of the metabolic syndrome may play a role in the BMI-asthma association in women.
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- Nour Assad
- Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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Sexton P, Metcalf P, Kolbe J. Respiratory Effects of Insulin Sensitisation with Metformin: A Prospective Observational Study. COPD 2013; 11:133-42. [DOI: 10.3109/15412555.2013.808614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Agrawal A, Mabalirajan U, Ahmad T, Ghosh B. Emerging interface between metabolic syndrome and asthma. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2010; 44:270-5. [PMID: 20656947 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2010-0141tr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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There is growing epidemiological evidence that obesity increases the risk of developing asthma. In some studies, insulin resistance or metabolic syndrome is a stronger risk factor than body mass. The obese-asthma subphenotype is marked by a paucity of inflammation but also by marked symptoms, poor response to glucocorticoids, and peripheral airway dysfunction. Although obesity may predispose to increased Th2 inflammation or atopic tendencies, other mechanisms that are independent of inflammatory cells need to be considered. There is growing evidence of the influence of hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and insulin-like growth factors on airway structure and function. Also, studies from mouse models of asthma have highlighted the importance of nitric oxide-arginine metabolism abnormalities and oxonitrosative stress in lungs. Such changes are well established features of the metabolic syndrome and may represent an interface between these diseases that can be therapeutically targeted. Such therapies, including administration of l-arginine or statins, increasing endothelial nitric oxide synthase, or the use of arginase inhibitors, have been successful in experimental models but have not yet translated to the clinical arena. We review the current understanding of the potential mechanistic links between obesity and asthma, emphasizing the potential influence of metabolic abnormalities on asthmatic processes, therapeutic implications, and expected challenges.
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- Anurag Agrawal
- Centre for Translational Research in Asthma & Lung disease, Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, Delhi, India.
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