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Paiman EHM, de Mutsert R, Widya RL, Rosendaal FR, Jukema JW, Lamb HJ. The role of insulin resistance in the relation of visceral, abdominal subcutaneous and total body fat to cardiovascular function. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2020; 30:2230-2241. [PMID: 32912791 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2020.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The separate cardiovascular effects of type 2 diabetes and adiposity remain to be examined. This study aimed to investigate the role of insulin resistance in the relations of visceral (VAT), abdominal subcutaneous (aSAT) adipose tissue and total body fat (TBF) to cardiovascular remodeling. METHODS AND RESULTS In this cross-sectional analysis of the population-based Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity study, 914 middle-aged individuals (46% men) were included. Participants underwent magnetic resonance imaging. Standardized linear regression coefficients (95%CI) were calculated, adjusted for potential confounding factors. All fat depots and insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), separate from VAT and TBF, were associated with lower mitral early and late peak filling rate ratios (E/A): -0.04 (-0.09;0.01) per SD (54 cm2) VAT; -0.05 (-0.10;0.00) per SD (94 cm2) aSAT; -0.09 (-0.16;-0.02) per SD (8%) TBF; -0.11 (-0.17;-0.05) per 10-fold increase in HOMA-IR, whereas VAT and TBF were differently associated with left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic volume: -8.9 (-11.7;-6.1) mL per SD VAT; +5.4 (1.1;9.7) mL per SD TBF. After adding HOMA-IR to the model to evaluate the mediating role of insulin resistance, change in E/A was -0.02 (-0.07;0.04) per SD VAT; -0.03 (-0.08;0.02) per SD aSAT; -0.06 (-0.13;0.01) per SD TBF, and change in LV end-diastolic volume was -7.0 (-9.7;-4.3) mL per SD VAT. In women, adiposity but not HOMA-IR was related to higher aortic arch pulse wave velocity. CONCLUSION Insulin resistance was associated with reduced diastolic function, separately from VAT and TBF, and partly mediated the associations between adiposity depots and lower diastolic function.
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- Elisabeth H M Paiman
- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Dadson P, Rebelos E, Honka H, Juárez-Orozco LE, Kalliokoski KK, Iozzo P, Teuho J, Salminen P, Pihlajamäki J, Hannukainen JC, Nuutila P. Change in abdominal, but not femoral subcutaneous fat CT-radiodensity is associated with improved metabolic profile after bariatric surgery. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2020; 30:2363-2371. [PMID: 32919861 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2020.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Computed tomography (CT)-derived adipose tissue radiodensity represents a potential noninvasive surrogate marker for lipid deposition and obesity-related metabolic disease risk. We studied the effects of bariatric surgery on CT-derived adipose radiodensities in abdominal and femoral areas and their relationships to circulating metabolites in morbidly obese patients. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined 23 morbidly obese women who underwent CT imaging before and 6 months after bariatric surgery. Fifteen healthy non-obese women served as controls. Radiodensities of the abdominal subcutaneous (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT), and the femoral SAT, adipose tissue masses were measured in all participants. Circulating metabolites were measured by NMR. At baseline, radiodensities of abdominal fat depots were lower in the obese patients as compared to the controls. Surprisingly, radiodensity of femoral SAT was higher in the obese as compared to the controls. In the abdominal SAT depot, radiodensity strongly correlated with SAT mass (r = -0.72, p < 0.001). After surgery, the radiodensities of abdominal fat increased significantly (both p < 0.01), while femoral SAT radiodensity remained unchanged. Circulating ApoB/ApoA-I, leucine, valine, and GlycA decreased, while glycine levels significantly increased as compared to pre-surgical values (all p < 0.05). The increase in abdominal fat radiodensity correlated negatively with the decreased levels of ApoB/ApoA-I ratio, leucine and GlycA (all p < 0.05). The increase in abdominal SAT density was significantly correlated with the decrease in the fat depot mass (r = -0.66, p = 0.002). CONCLUSION Higher lipid content in abdominal fat depots, and lower content in femoral subcutaneous fat, constitute prominent pathophysiological features in morbid obesity. Further studies are needed to clarify the role of non-abdominal subcutaneous fat in the pathogenesis of obesity. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT01373892.
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- Prince Dadson
- Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, Italy
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- Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Division of Digestive Surgery and Urology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Department of Surgery, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Clinical Nutrition and Obesity Centre, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Department of Endocrinology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
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Jung CH, Rhee EJ, Kwon H, Chang Y, Ryu S, Lee WY. Visceral-to-Subcutaneous Abdominal Fat Ratio Is Associated with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Liver Fibrosis. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul) 2020; 35:165-176. [PMID: 32207277 PMCID: PMC7090310 DOI: 10.3803/enm.2020.35.1.165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND We evaluated the association of visceral-to-subcutaneous fat ratio (VSR) with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and advanced fibrosis degree based on noninvasive serum fibrosis markers in the general population with NAFLD. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study, in 7,465 Korean adults who underwent health screening examinations. NAFLD was defined as fatty liver detected on ultrasonography, and visceral and subcutaneous abdominal fat was measured using computed tomography. We predicted fibrosis based on the fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) score and aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI) and categorized the risk for advanced fibrosis as low, indeterminate, or high. RESULTS The multivariable-adjusted prevalence ratios for indeterminate to high risk of advanced fibrosis based on FIB-4, determined by comparing the second, third, and fourth quartiles with the first quartile of VSR, were 3.38 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.64 to 17.97), 9.41 (95% CI, 1.97 to 45.01), and 19.34 (95% CI, 4.06 to 92.18), respectively. The multivariable-adjusted prevalence ratios for intermediate to high degree of fibrosis according to APRI also increased across VSR quartiles (5.04 [95% CI, 2.65 to 9.59], 7.51 [95% CI, 3.91 to 14.42], and 19.55 [95% CI, 9.97 to 38.34], respectively). High VSR was more strongly associated with the prevalence of NAFLD in nonobese subjects than in obese subjects, and the associations between VSR and intermediate to high probability of advanced fibrosis in NAFLD were stronger in obese subjects than in nonobese subjects. CONCLUSION High VSR values predicted increased NAFLD risk and advanced fibrosis risk with NAFLD, and the predictive value of VSR for indeterminate to high risk of advanced fibrosis was higher in obese subjects than in nonobese subjects.
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- Chan Hee Jung
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Clinical Research Design & Evaluation, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Clinical Research Design & Evaluation, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea.
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Allman BR, Morrissey MC, Kim JS, Panton LB, Contreras RJ, Hickner RC, Ormsbee MJ. Fat metabolism and acute resistance exercise in trained women. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2019; 126:739-745. [PMID: 30605402 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00752.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This study investigated the effect of acute full-body resistance exercise [RE; one set of 10 repetitions at 40% 1 repetition maximum (1RM) and three sets of 10 repetitions at 65% 1RM] on subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SCAAT) lipolysis and whole body substrate oxidation in young (age: 22 ± 1 yr), normal-weight and body fatness (body mass index: 20 ± 1 kg/m2; %body fat: 28.7 ± 1.4%), resistance-trained women. Microdialysis was used to measure SCAAT lipolysis at baseline, mid-RE, post-RE, and 30 min post-RE, and indirect calorimetry was used to measure whole body substrate oxidation at baseline and immediately post-RE in 13 women. Plasma concentrations of glucose, insulin, nonesterified fatty acids (NEFA), glycerol, growth hormone (GH), epinephrine (Epi), and norepinephrine (NE) were measured at baseline, mid-RE, and post-RE. Lipolysis (dialysate glycerol concentration) was elevated post-RE (baseline: 596.7 ± 82.8, post-RE: 961.4 ± 116.3 µM, P = 0.01). Energy expenditure (baseline: 1,560 ± 49; post-RE: 1,756 ± 68 kcal/day; P = 0.02) and fat oxidation (baseline: 5.64 ± 0.24; post-RE: 7.57 ± 0.41 g/h; P = 0.0003) were elevated post-RE. GH (baseline: 513.1 ± 147.4; mid-RE: 1,288.3 ± 83.9; post-RE: 1,522.8 ± 51.1 pg/ml, P = 0.000), Epi (baseline: 23.2 ± 2.7; mid-RE: 92.5 ± 16.6; post-RE: 84.5 ± 21.4 pg/ml, P = 0.000), and NE (baseline: 139.2 ± 13.6; mid-RE: 850.9 ± 155.3; post-RE: 695.3 ± 93.5 pg/ml, P = 0.000) were higher at mid-RE and post-RE. Therefore, one of the potential mechanisms behind RE-induced fat mass changes in resistance-trained women may be in part due to the accumulated effect of transient increases in SCAAT lipolysis, fat oxidation, and energy expenditure, mediated by GH, Epi, and NE release.
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- Brittany R Allman
- Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Institute of Sports Sciences & Medicine, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida
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- Department of Kinesiology, Korey Stringer Institute, University of Connecticut , Storrs, Connecticut
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- Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Institute of Sports Sciences & Medicine, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida
- Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Institute of Successful Longevity, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida
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- Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Institute of Sports Sciences & Medicine, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida
- Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Institute of Successful Longevity, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida
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- Department of Psychology, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida
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- Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Institute of Sports Sciences & Medicine, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida
- Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Institute of Successful Longevity, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida
- Discipline of Biokinetics, Exercise, and Leisure Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal , Durban , South Africa
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- Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Institute of Sports Sciences & Medicine, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida
- Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Institute of Successful Longevity, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida
- Discipline of Biokinetics, Exercise, and Leisure Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal , Durban , South Africa
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Miranda ER, Fuller KNZ, Perkins RK, Kroeger CM, Trepanowski JF, Varady KA, Haus JM. Endogenous secretory RAGE increases with improvements in body composition and is associated with markers of adipocyte health. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2018; 28:1155-1165. [PMID: 30297199 PMCID: PMC6231965 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2018.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2018] [Revised: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is implicated in obesogenesis. Conversely, soluble RAGE (sRAGE) competitively inhibits RAGE. Our aim was to determine the effects of weight-loss via alternate day fasting (ADF) on sRAGE isoforms and evaluate potential relationships with body composition. METHODS AND RESULTS 42 obese participants were randomized to control (CON) or ADF. For 24 weeks, the ADF group consumed 25% or 125% of their caloric requirements on alternating days while the CON group did not change their diet. Body fat was measured via DXA, visceral fat (VAT) via MRI and subcutaneous fat (SAT) was derived by subtracting VAT from total fat. sRAGE isoforms were measured via ELISAs. After 24 weeks, ADF -6.8 (-9.5, -3.5)kg (Median, IQR) lost more weight than CON -0.3 (-1.9, 1.0)kg (p < 0.05). The change in endogenous secretory RAGE (esRAGE) was different between ADF 15 (-30, 78)pg/mL and CON -21 (-72, 16)pg/mL after 24 weeks (p < 0.05). To examine the effect of changes in body composition, the cohort was stratified by median weight-, fat-, SAT-, and VAT-loss. The changes in all sRAGE isoforms were different between those above and below median weight-loss (p < 0.05) with sRAGE isoforms tending to decrease in individuals below the median. Changes in total sRAGE and esRAGE were different between individuals above compared to below median fat- and SAT-loss (p < 0.05). Those above median fat-loss increased esRAGE by 29 (-5, 66)pg/mL (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION Improvements in body composition are related to increased sRAGE isoforms, implicating sRAGE as a potential target for the treatment of obesity. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT00960505.
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- E R Miranda
- School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States
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- Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
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Vogel MAA, Jocken JWE, Sell H, Hoebers N, Essers Y, Rouschop KMA, Cajlakovic M, Blaak EE, Goossens GH. Differences in Upper and Lower Body Adipose Tissue Oxygen Tension Contribute to the Adipose Tissue Phenotype in Humans. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2018; 103:3688-3697. [PMID: 30020463 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2018-00547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES Upper and lower body adipose tissue (AT) exhibits opposing associations with obesity-related cardiometabolic diseases. Recent studies have suggested that altered AT oxygen tension (pO2) may contribute to AT dysfunction. Here, we compared in vivo abdominal (ABD) and femoral (FEM) subcutaneous AT pO2 in women who are overweight and have obesity, and investigated the effects of physiological AT pO2 on human adipocyte function. DESIGN ABD and FEM subcutaneous AT pO2 and AT blood flow (ATBF) were assessed in eight [BMI (body mass index) 34.4 ± 1.6 kg/m2] postmenopausal women who were overweight with obesity and impaired glucose metabolism. ABD and FEM AT biopsy specimens were collected to determine adipocyte morphology and AT gene expression. Moreover, the effects of prolonged exposure (14 days) to physiological AT pO2 on adipokine expression/secretion, mitochondrial respiration, and glucose uptake were investigated in differentiated human multipotent adipose-derived stem cells. RESULTS AT pO2 was higher in ABD than FEM AT (62.7 ± 6.6 vs 50.0 ± 4.5 mm Hg, P = 0.013), whereas ATBF was comparable between depots. Maximal uncoupled oxygen consumption rates were substantially lower in ABD than FEM adipocytes for all pO2 conditions. Low physiological pO2 (5% O2) decreased proinflammatory gene expression, increased basal glucose uptake, and altered adipokine secretion in ABD and FEM adipocytes. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated for the first time, to our knowledge, that AT pO2 is higher in ABD than FEM subcutaneous AT in women who are overweight/with obesity, partly due to a lower oxygen consumption rate in ABD adipocytes. Moreover, low physiological pO2 decreased proinflammatory gene expression and improved the metabolic phenotype in differentiated human adipocytes, whereas more heterogeneous effects on adipokine secretion were found.
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- Max A A Vogel
- Department of Human Biology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Human Biology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Paul-Langerhans-Group for Integrative Physiology, German Diabetes Center, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Human Biology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Human Biology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Maastricht Radiation Oncology (MaastRO) Laboratory, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, MATERIALS-Institute for Surface Technologies and Photonic, Sensors and Functional Printing, Weiz, Austria
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- Department of Human Biology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Human Biology, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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Tanaka M, Koga R, Tsuda H, Imai K, Abe S, Masuda T, Iwamoto M, Nakazono E, Kamohara T, Kinukawa N, Sakata T. Subcutaneous Fat Accumulation Shows a Beneficial Correlation with Serum Cholesterol in Postmenopausal Japanese Women. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2016; 232:1064-70. [PMID: 17720952 DOI: 10.3181/0610-rm-257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study aimed to investigate whether accumulation of subcutaneous abdominal fat has a beneficial correlation with lipid metabolism in premenopausal and/or postmenopausal Japanese women. The study enrolled 146 premenopausal women, ranging in age from 19 to 54 years, and 82 postmeno-pausal women, ranging in age from 47 to 66 years. Fat distribution, including abdominal visceral fat area (VFA) and abdominal subcutaneous fat area (SFA), were measured in an outpatient clinic by magnetic resonance imaging. Homogeneity of the regression slopes for SFA to total cholesterol ( P = 0.030), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ( P = 0.020), apolipoprotein B (apoB) ( P = 0.001), and the ratio of apoB to apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) ( P = 0.003) were not found between premenopausal and postmenopausal women, even after adjustment for both VFA and age. However, the regression slopes for VFA to all measured lipid parameters, as well as apolipoproteins, were homogeneous between the premenopausal and postmeno-pausal groups. Abdominal SFA in postmenopausal women correlated negatively with total cholesterol ( P = 0.007), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ( P = 0.002), apoB ( P < 0.001), and the ratio of apoB to apoA-I ( P = 0.001), after adjustment for age and VFA, but this was not the case in premenopausal women. The mechanisms involved in the beneficial effects of subcutaneous fat accumulation in postmenopausal women remain obscure, but upregulated aromatase expression, derived from adipose tissue, may possibly improve lipid and apolipoprotein metabolism.
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- Misuzu Tanaka
- Health Promotion Center, Nakamura-Gakuen University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Kamimura MA, Carrero JJ, Canziani MEF, Watanabe R, Lemos MM, Cuppari L. Visceral obesity assessed by computed tomography predicts cardiovascular events in chronic kidney disease patients. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2013; 23:891-897. [PMID: 22841184 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2012.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2011] [Revised: 06/08/2012] [Accepted: 06/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although there is emerging evidence that excess visceral fat is associated with a cluster of cardiometabolic abnormalities in these patients, the impact of visceral obesity evaluated by a gold-standard method on future outcomes has not been studied. We aimed to investigate whether visceral obesity assessed by computed tomography was able to predict cardiovascular events in CKD patients. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 113 nondialyzed CKD patients [60% men; 31% diabetics; age 55.3 ± 11.3 years; body mass index (BMI) 27.2 ± 5.3 kg/m(2); estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) 33.7 ± 13.6 ml/min/1.73 m(2)]. Visceral and subcutaneous abdominal fat were assessed by computed tomography at L4-L5. Visceral to subcutaneous fat ratio >0.55 (highest tertile cut-off) was defined as visceral obesity. Cardiovascular events including acute myocardial infarction, angina, arrhythmia, uncontrolled blood pressure, stroke and cardiac failure were recorded during 24 months. Cardiovascular events were 3-fold higher in patients with visceral obesity than in those without visceral obesity. The Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated that patients with visceral obesity had shorter cardiovascular event-free time than those without visceral obesity (P = 0.021). In the univariate Cox analysis, visceral obesity was associated with higher risk of cardiovascular events (hazard ratio = 3.4; 95% confidence interval = 1.1-10.5; P = 0.03). The prognostic power of visceral obesity for cardiovascular events remained significant after adjustments for sex, age, diabetes, previous cardiovascular disease, smoking, sedentary lifestyle, BMI, GFR, hypertension, dyslipidemia and inflammation. CONCLUSION Visceral obesity assessed by computed tomography was a predictor of cardiovascular events in CKD patients.
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- M A Kamimura
- Division of Nephrology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Perry A, Wang X, Goldberg R, Ross R, Jackson L. Androgenic sex steroids contribute to metabolic risk beyond intra-abdominal fat in overweight/obese black and white women. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2013; 21:1618-24. [PMID: 23670917 DOI: 10.1002/oby.20204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Accepted: 11/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the independent contribution of androgenic sex hormones beyond visceral adipose tissue (VAT) on metabolic risk. DESIGN AND METHODS A cross-sectional evaluation of 66 (36 white and 30 black) premenopausal overweight/obese women using multiple regression analyses to determine the independent effects of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), total testosterone (TT), and free testosterone using the free androgen index (FAI) on metabolic variables above VAT. RESULTS SHBG contributed to the variance in insulin (P = 0.003), insulin resistance using HOMA-IR (P = 0.006), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol2 (P = 0.029). TT contributed to the variance in systolic and diastolic blood pressure (P < 0.001), total cholesterol (P = 0.003), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (P = 0.003), and apolipoprotein B (P = 0.004). FAI contributed to the variance in the greatest number of metabolic variables beyond VAT. There was also a significant race-FAI interaction for fasting glucose (P = 0.013). A Pearson's correlation coefficient showed a significant relationship between FAI and glucose in white women (r = 0.48, P = 0.003) while showing no relationship in black women (r = -0.01, P = 0.941). CONCLUSIONS Our study showed that androgenic sex steroids contributed significantly to the variance in metabolic variables associated with health risk. However, they do not provide sufficient information relevant to glucose status in black women.
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- Arlette Perry
- Laboratory of Clinical and Applied Physiology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
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Petäjä EM, Sevastianova K, Hakkarainen A, Orho-Melander M, Lundbom N, Yki-Järvinen H. Adipocyte size is associated with NAFLD independent of obesity, fat distribution, and PNPLA3 genotype. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2013; 21:1174-9. [PMID: 23913731 DOI: 10.1002/oby.20114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Adipocyte hypertrophy has been suggested to be causally linked with inflammation and systemic insulin resistance. The aim of the study was to determine whether increased adipocyte size is associated with increased liver fat content due to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in humans independent of obesity, fat distribution and genetic variation in the patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing 3 gene (PNPLA3; adiponutrin) at rs738409. DESIGN AND METHODS One hundred nineteen non-diabetic subjects in a cross-sectional study with a median age of 39 years, mean ± SD BMI of 30.0 ± 5.7 kg m(-2) were studied. Abdominal subcutaneous (SC) adipocyte size, liver fat [proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1) H-MRS)], intra-abdominal (IA), and abdominal SC adipose tissue volumes [magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)] and the PNPLA3 genotype at rs738409 were determined. Univariate and multiple linear regression analysis were used to identify independent predictors of liver fat content. RESULTS In multiple linear regression analysis, age, gender, BMI, the IA/SC ratio, and PNPLA3 genotype explained 42% of variation in liver fat content. Addition of adipocyte size (P < 0.0001) to the model increased the percent of explanation to 53%. Thus, 21% of known variation in liver fat could be explained by adipocyte size alone. CONCLUSIONS Increased adipocyte size highly significantly contributes to liver fat accumulation independent of other causes.
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- Elina M Petäjä
- Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research, Helsinki, Finland.
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Arngrim N, Simonsen L, Holst JJ, Bülow J. Reduced adipose tissue lymphatic drainage of macromolecules in obese subjects: a possible link between obesity and local tissue inflammation? Int J Obes (Lond) 2013; 37:748-50. [PMID: 22751255 DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2012.98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate subcutaneous adipose tissue lymphatic drainage (ATLD) of macromolecules in lean and obese subjects and, furthermore, to evaluate whether ATLD may change in parallel with adipose tissue blood flow. Lean and obese male subjects were studied before and after an oral glucose load. Adipose-tissue blood flow was measured in the anterior subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue by the (133)Xe-washout technique. ATLD was measured as the disappearance rate of (99m)Tc-labelled nanoaggregated human albumin, during fasting and after an oral glucose load. A significant increase in ATLD was seen after the glucose load in the lean subjects. In the obese subjects, ATLD remained constant throughout the study and was significantly lower compared to the lean subjects. These results indicate a reduced ability to remove macromolecules from the interstitial space through the lymphatic system in obese subjects. Furthermore, they suggest that postprandial changes in ATLD taking place in lean subjects are not observed in obese subjects. This may have a role in the development of obesity-related inflammation in hypertrophic adipose tissue.
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- N Arngrim
- Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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This study examines intercorrelations among waist circumference (WC), intraperitoneal fat (IPF), and subcutaneous abdominal fat (SAF) in ethnically diverse Dallas Heart Study consisting of 1538 women and 1212 men (50% Black). Correlations between fat depots and triglyceride or HOMA2-IR, biomarkers of metabolic syndrome, are also reported. Total abdominal fat (TAF), ASF, and IPF masses were measured by magnetic resonance imaging. The highest correlations with WC according to ethnicity and gender were noted for TAF (R (2) = 0.81 - 0.88) with progressively lower correlations with ASF (0.65-0.82) and IPF (0.29-0.85). The percentage of IPF relative to TAF was not significantly correlated with WC. For all WC categories, higher IPF/ASF ratios were associated with higher triglyceride levels. In contrast, differences in ratios had little or no association with HOMA2-IR. However, when all data were pooled, IPF was positively correlated with both triglyceride (r = 0.358 (men) and 0.363 (women)) and HOMA2-IR (r = 0.480 (men) and 0.517 (women)); after adjustment for ASF, IPF was still correlated with triglyceride (r = 0.353 (men) and 0.348 (women)) and HOMA2-IR (r = 0.290 (men) and 0.221 (women)). WC measures TAF reliably, but its association with IPF depends on IPF/ASF ratios that vary by gender and ethnicity.
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- Scott M. Grundy
- Departments of Internal Medicine, Clinical Nutrition and Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Departments of Internal Medicine, Clinical Nutrition and Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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The aim of this study was to determine whether amyloid precursor protein (APP) is expressed in human adipose tissue, dysregulated in obesity, and related to insulin resistance and inflammation. APP expression was examined by microarray expression profiling of subcutaneous abdominal adipocytes (SAC) and cultured preadipocytes from obese and nonobese subjects. Quantitative real-time PCR (QPCR) was performed to confirm differences in APP expression in SAC and to compare APP expression levels in adipose tissue, adipocytes, and stromal vascular cells (SVCs) from subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) specimens. Adipose tissue samples were also examined by western blot and immunofluorescence confocal microscopy. Microarray studies demonstrated that APP mRNA expression levels were higher in SAC (approximately 2.5-fold) and preadipocytes (approximately 1.4) from obese subjects. Real-time PCR confirmed increased APP expression in SAC in a separate group of obese compared with nonobese subjects (P=0.02). APP expression correlated to in vivo indices of insulin resistance independently of BMI and with the expression of proinflammatory genes, such as monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) (R=0.62, P=0.004), macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha) (R=0.60, P=0.005), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) (R=0.71, P=0.0005). Full-length APP protein was detected in adipocytes by western blotting and APP and its cleavage peptides, Abeta40 and Abeta42, were observed in SAT and VAT by immunofluorescence confocal microscopy. In summary, APP is highly expressed in adipose tissue, upregulated in obesity, and expression levels correlate with insulin resistance and adipocyte cytokine expression levels. These data suggest a possible role for APP and/or Abeta in the development of obesity-related insulin resistance and adipose tissue inflammation.
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- Yong-Ho Lee
- Diabetes and Metabolism Translational Medicine Unit, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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BACKGROUND Clock genes play a role in adipose tissue (AT) in animal experimental models. However, it remains to be elucidated whether these genes are expressed in human AT. OBJECTIVE We investigated the expression of several clock genes, Bmal1, Per2 and Cry1, in human AT from visceral and subcutaneous abdominal depots. A second objective was to elucidate whether these clock genes expressions were related to the metabolic syndrome features. METHODS Visceral and subcutaneous AT samples were obtained from morbid obese men (n=8), age: 42+/-13 years and body mass index>/=40 kg/m(2), undergoing laparoscopic surgery due to obesity. Biopsies were taken as paired samples at the beginning of the surgical process (1100 hour). Metabolic syndrome features such as waist circumference, plasma glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol were also studied. Homeostasis model assessment index of insulin resistance was also calculated. The expression of the different clock genes, hBmal1, hPer2 and hCry1, was determined by quantitative real-time PCR. RESULTS Clock genes were expressed in both human AT depots. hBmal1 expression was significantly lower than hPer2 and hCry1 in both AT (P<0.001). All genes were highly correlated to one another in the subcutaneous fat, while no correlation was found between Bmal1 and Per2 in the visceral AT. Clock genes AT expression was associated with the metabolic syndrome parameters: hPer2 expression level from visceral depot was inversely correlated to waist circumference (P<0.01), while the three clock genes studied were significantly and negatively correlated to total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol (P<0.01). CONCLUSION We have demonstrated for the first time in humans that clock genes are expressed in both subcutaneous and visceral fat. Their association with abdominal fat content and cardiovascular risk factors may be an indicator of the potential role of these clock genes in the metabolic syndrome disturbances.
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- P Gómez-Abellán
- Department of Physiology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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