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Menopause-Associated Lipid Metabolic Disorders and Foods Beneficial for Postmenopausal Women. Nutrients 2020; 12:nu12010202. [PMID: 31941004 PMCID: PMC7019719 DOI: 10.3390/nu12010202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Menopause is clinically diagnosed as a condition when a woman has not menstruated for one year. During the menopausal transition period, there is an emergence of various lipid metabolic disorders due to hormonal changes, such as decreased levels of estrogens and increased levels of circulating androgens; these may lead to the development of metabolic syndromes including cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. Dysregulation of lipid metabolism affects the body fat mass, fat-free mass, fatty acid metabolism, and various aspects of energy metabolism, such as basal metabolic ratio, adiposity, and obesity. Moreover, menopause is also associated with alterations in the levels of various lipids circulating in the blood, such as lipoproteins, apolipoproteins, low-density lipoproteins (LDLs), high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and triacylglycerol (TG). Alterations in lipid metabolism and excessive adipose tissue play a key role in the synthesis of excess fatty acids, adipocytokines, proinflammatory cytokines, and reactive oxygen species, which cause lipid peroxidation and result in the development of insulin resistance, abdominal adiposity, and dyslipidemia. This review discusses dietary recommendations and beneficial compounds, such as vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, phytochemicals—and their food sources—to aid the management of abnormal lipid metabolism in postmenopausal women.
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Oyekale AS. Effect of Obesity and Other Risk Factors on Hypertension among Women of Reproductive Age in Ghana: An Instrumental Variable Probit Model. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:E4699. [PMID: 31779087 PMCID: PMC6926784 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16234699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Background: The growing incidence of mortality as a result cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is a major public health concern in several developing countries. In Ghana, unhealthy food consumption pattern and sedentary lifestyle are promoting overweight and obesity, with significant consequences on the incidence of CVDs. Specifically, hypertension morbidity is now a public health concern among Ghanaian health policy makers. This paper analysed the effect of body mass index (BMI)/arm circumference and other associated factors on hypertension risk among women of reproductive ages in Ghana. Methods: The data were collected as Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) in 2014. This paper analysed the subset of the data that were collected from eligible women 15-49 years of age. The total sample was 9396, while 9367 gave consents to have their blood pressure measured. Data were analysed with instrumental probit regression model with consideration of potential endogeneity of BMI and arm circumference. Results: The results showed that 25% of the women were either overweight or obese, while 13.28% were hypertensive. Women from the Greater Accra (18.15%), Ashanti (15.53%) and Volta (15.02%) regions had the highest incidences of hypertension. BMI and arm circumferences were truly endogenous and positively associated with the probability of being hypertensive. Other factors that influenced hypertension were age of women, region of residence, urban/rural residence, being pregnant, access to medical insurance, currently working, consumption of broth cubes, processed can meats, salted meat and fruits. Conclusion: It was concluded that hypertension risk was positively associated with being overweight, obesity, age and consumption of salted meat.It was inter aliaemphasized that engagement in healthy eating with less consumption of salted meats, and more consumption of fruits would assist in controlling hypertension among Ghanaian women.
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- Abayomi Samuel Oyekale
- Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, Mmabatho 2735, South Africa
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Chen LW, Kuo SF, Chen CH, Chien CH, Lin CL, Chien RN. A community-based study on the association between Helicobacter pylori Infection and obesity. Sci Rep 2018; 8:10746. [PMID: 30013128 PMCID: PMC6048143 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-28792-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection can induce chronic inflammation and is associated with insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) changes. This study aimed to evaluate the association between H. pylori infection and overweight/obesity. This research was a cross-sectional study conducted from March 2014 to November 2016, using data from the three districts in the northeastern region of Taiwan. The inclusion criteria were an age >30 years and the absence of pregnancy. Ultimately, 2686 subjects (1713 women) were included in this study. Among the subjects aged less than 50 years, the subjects with H. pylori infection had higher mean BMI values than those without H. pylori infection (40-49 years: 25.7 ± 4.4 vs. 24.7 ± 3.8, P = 0.025; 30-39 years: 24.9 ± 4.4 vs. 24.0 ± 4.1, P = 0.063). H. pylori infection increased the risk of being obese 2 (BMI ≥30) (odds ratio, OR = 1.836, 95% CI = 1.079-3.125, P = 0.025) with adjustments for demographic factors in subjects aged less than 50 years. In conclusions, subjects with H. pylori infection and age less than 50 years may increase a risk of being obesity (BMI ≥30) compared to those without this type of infection.
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- Li-Wei Chen
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan.,Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan.,Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan.,Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan.,Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan. .,Community Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan.
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Carranza-González L, León-Cachón RBR, González-Zavala MA, Ríos-Ibarra C, Morlett-Chávez J, Sánchez-Domínguez C, Cepeda-Nieto A, Salinas-Santander M. ACE, APOA5, and MTP Gene Polymorphisms Analysis in Relation to Triglyceride and Insulin Levels in Pediatric Patients. Arch Med Res 2018; 49:94-100. [PMID: 29705673 DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2018.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Obesity is a complex, chronic, and multifactorial disease that has become a major, and worldwide, public health problem contributing to an increased number of pathologies, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, and metabolic syndrome, thus suggesting a commolon origin. A diet high in sugar and fats coupled with a sedentary lifestyle has a major role in the development of obesity. However, the genetic background has also been associated with body fat accumulation. The aim of this study was to assess the effect ofACE-rs4646994, APOA5-rs662799, and MTP-rs1800591 gene polymorphisms on clinical and biochemical parameters and to evaluate the association with body phenotypes in children and adolescent population of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. METHODS Anthropometric, clinical, biochemical parameters and BMI were obtained from 405 children and adolescents. The BMI was used to determine the body phenotype. The rs4646994 gene polymorphism was determined by PCR, whereas rs662799 and rs1800591 were determined by PCR-RFLP. The obtained results were analyzed to determine their association of these single nucleotide polymorphisms with body phenotype and biochemical parameters. RESULTS TT genotype for APOA5-rs662799 was associated with increased levels of HDL-C in the analyzed population (p <0.05). The ACErs4646994gene polymorphism is associated with high Insulin levels, HOMAIR index, and triglyceride levels, mainly when presenting a I/I genotype (p <0.05). CONCLUSION The polymorphic allele of the ACE gene is capable of modulating triglyceride levels, insulin levels and HOMA-IR index in the evaluated population; it must be highlighted that this has not been reported in other studied populations elsewhere.
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- Lilia Carranza-González
- Laboratorio de Análisis Clínico, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Saltillo, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Coahuila, México
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- Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, División de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, México
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- Laboratorio de Análisis Clínico, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Saltillo, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Coahuila, México
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- Departamento de Bioingeniería, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara, Guadalajara, México
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- Departamento de Investigación Alimentaria, Escuela de Química Saltillo, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Coahuila, México
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Medicina Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, México
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- Departamento de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina de la Unidad Saltillo, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila, México
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- Departamento de Investigación, Facultad de Medicina de la Unidad Saltillo, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila, México.
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Clustering of energy balance-related behaviours and parental education in European preschool children: the ToyBox study. Br J Nutr 2017; 118:1089-1096. [DOI: 10.1017/s0007114517003129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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AbstractEnergy balance-related behaviours (EBRB) are established in childhood and seem to persist through to adulthood. A lower parental educational level was associated with unhealthy behavioural patterns. The aim of the study is to identify clusters of EBRB and examine their association with preschool children’s BMI and maternal, paternal and parental education. A subsample of the ToyBox study (n 5387) conducted in six European countries was used. Six behavioural clusters (‘healthy diet and low activity’, ‘active’, ‘healthy lifestyle’, ‘high water and screen time; low fruits and vegetables (F&V) and physical activity (PA)’, ‘unhealthy lifestyle’ and ‘high F&V consumers’) emerged. The healthiest group characterised by high water and F&V consumption and high PA z scores (‘healthy lifestyle’) was more prevalent among preschool children with at least one medium- or higher-educated parent and showed markedly healthier trends for all the included EBRB. In the opposite, the ‘unhealthy lifestyle’ cluster (characterised by high soft drinks and screen time z scores, and low water, F&V and PA z scores) was more prevalent among children with lower parental, paternal and maternal education levels. OR identified that children with lower maternal, paternal and parental education levels were less likely to be allocated in the ‘healthy lifestyle’ cluster and more likely to be allocated in the ‘unhealthy lifestyle’ cluster. The ‘unhealthy lifestyle’ cluster was more prevalent among children with parents in lower parental educational levels and children who were obese. Therefore, parental educational level is one of the key factors that should be considered when developing childhood obesity prevention interventions.
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Moran-Lev H, Lubetzky R, Mandel D, Yerushalmy-Feler A, Cohen S. Inverse Correlation between Helicobacter pylori Colonization and Pediatric Overweight: A Preliminary Study. Child Obes 2017; 13:267-271. [PMID: 28459602 DOI: 10.1089/chi.2016.0275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori, one of the most common bacterial pathogens in humans, is generally acquired during childhood. The inverse correlation between H. pylori colonization and obesity that was found in adults has not been investigated in depth in children. Our aim was to assess the correlation between overweight and obesity and H. pylori colonization in a pediatric population. METHODS H. pylori colonization in 70 symptomatic children was determined after antral biopsies during esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Data on anthropometric measurements, sociodemographic characteristics, and medical history were recorded. RESULTS The participants' mean age was 12.41 ± 3.16 years, 58% were females, and 24% were obese or overweight (BMI >85th percentile). The H. pylori colonization rate was 31%. There were no significant differences between the H. pylori-infected and H. pylori-noninfected groups in terms of age, gender, or clinical and sociodemographic characteristics. Nevertheless, the prevalence of overweight and obesity was significantly lower in children with H. pylori colonization compared to children with normal histology (31% in the noninfected group compared to 11% in the infected group, p = 0.04). The mean fat percentage was 24.3 ± 8.8 and 19.4 ± 6.9, respectively (p = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS The findings of this prospective study are in agreement with previous studies and demonstrate an inverse relationship between H. pylori colonization and overweight or obesity among symptomatic children. A larger prospective, multiethnic investigation is warranted to more definitively determine the extent of this association.
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- Hadar Moran-Lev
- 1 Department of Pediatrics, Dana Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Medical Center, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv, Israel .,2 The Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Dana Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Medical Center, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv, Israel
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- 1 Department of Pediatrics, Dana Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Medical Center, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv, Israel
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- 3 Department of Neonatology, Dana Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Medical Center, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv, Israel
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- 2 The Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Dana Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Medical Center, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv, Israel
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- 2 The Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Dana Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Medical Center, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv, Israel
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Williams EJ, Baines KJ, Berthon BS, Wood LG. Effects of an Encapsulated Fruit and Vegetable Juice Concentrate on Obesity-Induced Systemic Inflammation: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Nutrients 2017; 9:E116. [PMID: 28208713 PMCID: PMC5331547 DOI: 10.3390/nu9020116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Revised: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Phytochemicals from fruit and vegetables reduce systemic inflammation. This study examined the effects of an encapsulated fruit and vegetable (F&V) juice concentrate on systemic inflammation and other risk factors for chronic disease in overweight and obese adults. A double-blinded, parallel, randomized placebo-controlled trial was conducted in 56 adults aged ≥40 years with a body mass index (BMI) ≥28 kg/m². Before and after eight weeks daily treatment with six capsules of F&V juice concentrate or placebo, peripheral blood gene expression (microarray, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)), plasma tumour necrosis factor (TNF)α (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)), body composition (Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)) and lipid profiles were assessed. Following consumption of juice concentrate, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and plasma TNFα decreased and total lean mass increased, while there was no change in the placebo group. In subjects with high systemic inflammation at baseline (serum C-reactive protein (CRP) ≥3.0 mg/mL) who were supplemented with the F&V juice concentrate (n = 16), these effects were greater, with decreased total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and plasma TNFα and increased total lean mass; plasma CRP was unchanged by the F&V juice concentrate following both analyses. The expression of several genes involved in lipogenesis, the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) and 5' adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) signalling pathways was altered, including phosphomevalonate kinase (PMVK), zinc finger AN1-type containing 5 (ZFAND5) and calcium binding protein 39 (CAB39), respectively. Therefore, F&V juice concentrate improves the metabolic profile, by reducing systemic inflammation and blood lipid profiles and, thus, may be useful in reducing the risk of obesity-induced chronic disease.
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- Evan J Williams
- Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia.
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- Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia.
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- Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia.
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- Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia.
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Salinas-Santander MA, León-Cachón RB, Cepeda-Nieto AC, Sánchez-Domínguez CN, González-Zavala MA, Gallardo-Blanco HL, Esparza-González SC, González-Madrazo MÁ. Assessment of biochemical parameters and characterization of TNFα -308G/A and PTPN22 +1858C/T gene polymorphisms in the risk of obesity in adolescents. Biomed Rep 2015; 4:107-111. [PMID: 26870345 DOI: 10.3892/br.2015.534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Obesity is currently considered an inflammatory condition associated with autoimmune diseases, suggesting a common origin. Among other factors, candidate genes may explain the development of this disease. Polymorphisms in the tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) and lymphoid protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTPN22) genes lead to an increased risk to development of immune and inflammatory diseases. The aim of the present study was to analyze the biochemical parameters and the effect of the TNFα -308G/A and PTPN22 +1858C/T polymorphisms in the susceptibility of adolescents to obesity. A group of 253 adolescent subjects were recruited and classified as obese, overweight or normal weight according to their nutritional status. Anthropometric measurements, clinical and biochemical data were analyzed. DNA was extracted from peripheral blood samples by the phenol-chloroform method, and TNFα -308G/A and PTPN22 1858C/T polymorphisms were determined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism assays. Clinical, genetic and biochemical parameters were analyzed to determine the existence of a possible association with the development of obesity. Statistically significant differences in body mass index, insulin, triglyceride levels and homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) index were observed among the three groups analyzed (P≤0.05). The studied polymorphisms did not confer a risk for developing obesity in the analyzed population (P>0.05); however, significantly low levels of insulin and decreased rates of HOMA-IR were observed in the 1858 CT genotype carriers of the PTPN22 gene. In conclusion, no association between the TNFα -308G/A and PTPN22 +1858C/T polymorphisms and the risk to development of obesity in the adolescent population analyzed was observed. However, the 1858 CT genotype of the PTPN22 gene was associated with variations of certain biochemical parameters analyzed.
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Division of Health Sciences, University of Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León CP 66238, Mexico
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- Research Department, Saltillo Unit Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila CP 2500, Mexico
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León CP 64460, Mexico
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- Department of Genetics, School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León CP 64460, Mexico
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- Research Department, Saltillo Unit Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila CP 2500, Mexico
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- Research Department, Saltillo Unit Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila CP 2500, Mexico
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Obesity is notoriously difficult to treat. Effective treatment has been encumbered by traditional assumptions about the cause of the disease. Obesity is typically considered a manifestation of the patient’s dietary misconduct, a simple lack of willpower, or the inability to modify dysfunctional eating habits. Abundant evidence suggests that eating behavior is much more complex than patient choice alone. Eating and the system of regulating eating and body weight are largely controlled by complex signals from multiple organ systems that monitor food intake, gastrointestinal function, and energy storage and send multiple messages to the brain. The brain coordinates the physiological messages and creates additional signals about eating, appetite, hunger, and satiety. Multiple survival, environmental, and genetic factors become part of a biological regulatory system that controls eating and body weight. The system appears to be unstable and often becomes dysfunctional, particularly in an environment of abundant food and calories. Despite the difficulty in modifying the regulatory system, opportunities for management of the disease do exist. Comprehensive lifestyle management can be useful, as can selective pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery. Public policy changes will likely be helpful in changing community understanding of the disease and its management.
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- Arthur Frank
- Department of Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
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Lizcano F, Guzmán G. Estrogen Deficiency and the Origin of Obesity during Menopause. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:757461. [PMID: 24734243 PMCID: PMC3964739 DOI: 10.1155/2014/757461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 290] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2013] [Revised: 01/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Sex hormones strongly influence body fat distribution and adipocyte differentiation. Estrogens and testosterone differentially affect adipocyte physiology, but the importance of estrogens in the development of metabolic diseases during menopause is disputed. Estrogens and estrogen receptors regulate various aspects of glucose and lipid metabolism. Disturbances of this metabolic signal lead to the development of metabolic syndrome and a higher cardiovascular risk in women. The absence of estrogens is a clue factor in the onset of cardiovascular disease during the menopausal period, which is characterized by lipid profile variations and predominant abdominal fat accumulation. However, influence of the absence of these hormones and its relationship to higher obesity in women during menopause are not clear. This systematic review discusses of the role of estrogens and estrogen receptors in adipocyte differentiation, and its control by the central nervous systemn and the possible role of estrogen-like compounds and endocrine disruptors chemicals are discussed. Finally, the interaction between the decrease in estrogen secretion and the prevalence of obesity in menopausal women is examined. We will consider if the absence of estrogens have a significant effect of obesity in menopausal women.
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- Fernando Lizcano
- Biomedical Research Center, Universidad de La Sabana (CIBUS), km 7, Autopista Norte de Bogota, Chia, Colombia ; Fundacion Cardio-Infantil Instituto de Cardiologia, Bogota, Colombia
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- Biomedical Research Center, Universidad de La Sabana (CIBUS), km 7, Autopista Norte de Bogota, Chia, Colombia
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Siriwardhana N, Kalupahana NS, Cekanova M, LeMieux M, Greer B, Moustaid-Moussa N. Modulation of adipose tissue inflammation by bioactive food compounds. J Nutr Biochem 2013; 24:613-23. [PMID: 23498665 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2012.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2012] [Revised: 12/08/2012] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Adipose tissue has an important endocrine function in the regulation of whole-body metabolism. Obesity leads to a chronic low-grade inflammation of the adipose tissue, which disrupts this endocrine function and results in metabolic derangements, such as type-2 diabetes. Dietary bioactive compounds, such as polyphenols and certain fatty acids, are known to suppress both systemic and adipose tissue inflammation and have the potential to improve these obesity-associated metabolic disorders. Mechanistically, polyphenolic compounds including non-flavonoids, such as curcumin and resveratrol, and flavonoids, such as catechins (tea-polyphenols), quercetin and isoflavones, suppress nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) and mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases (MAPK) pathways while activating the 5' adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) pathway in adipose tissue. Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), such as oleic acid, also impart anti-inflammatory effects through several mechanisms. These include activation of AMPK and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ), as well as suppression of toll-like receptors (TLRs) and NF-κB pathway. This review discusses the major molecular mechanisms of dietary polyphenols and fatty acids, alone or in combination, which are responsible for adipose tissue-associated anti-inflammatory effects.
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- Nalin Siriwardhana
- Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1240, USA
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Menon V, Demaray MK. Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale for Healthy Behaviors: Scale Development and Assessment of the Relation Between Targeted Social Support and Body Size Dissatisfaction. CHILDRENS HEALTH CARE 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/02739615.2013.753800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Surgical site infections after post-bariatric abdominoplasty and flank liposuction: a case-control study focusing on the quantity of tissue removed. Surg Today 2011; 42:97-9. [PMID: 22139088 DOI: 10.1007/s00595-011-0076-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2008] [Accepted: 07/24/2009] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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We evaluated whether the quantity of fat removed during abdominoplasty and liposuction correlated with the occurrence of surgical site infection (SSI). We selected patients of similar age, sex, smoking status, obesity, and post-bariatric weight loss, retrospectively, and classified them into groups according to the development of SSI. The total amount of fat removed and aspirated was compared. The size of the flap removed from the abdomen and the amount of fat aspirated with liposuction differed significantly between the SSI and no-SSI groups (1.6 ± 0.2 vs. 0.6 ± 0.3 kg and 2 ± 0.2 vs. 0.9 ± 0.3 l, respectively; p < 0.001). The four SSI patients with the most fat removed (1.4 ± 0.2 kg) or aspirated (2 ± 0.1 l kg) had the deepest infections. SSI was strongly correlated with the size of flap resection (ρ = 0.80; p < 0.001) and liposuction (ρ = 0.72; p < 0.001). The quantity of fat removed or aspirated can influence the occurrence of SSI. If confirmed, these data could be used to better stratify patients according to their risk.
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Moreno-Navarrete JM, Botas P, Valdés S, Ortega FJ, Delgado E, Vázquez-Martín A, Bassols J, Pardo G, Ricart W, Menéndez JA, Fernández-Real JM. Val1483Ile in FASN gene is linked to central obesity and insulin sensitivity in adult white men. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009; 17:1755-61. [PMID: 19300427 DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The Val1483Ile polymorphism in the human fatty acid synthase (FASN) gene is located within the interdomain region of the FASN close to the two dynamic active centers of the FASN enzyme and putatively affects FASN action. We aimed to evaluate the association of this polymorphism with obesity phenotypes, insulin sensitivity, and adipose tissue FASN activity in adult white subjects. The polymorphism was evaluated in association with metabolic variables in two independent studies: in a case-control study of 457 men (229 with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) and 228 with altered glucose tolerance (AGT)); and in 600 population-based NGT subjects (274 men and 326 women). Adipose tissue FASN activity was analyzed using the method of Nepokroeff. The Ile variant was associated with a lower waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and a lower increase in weight over a 7-year period in NGT men. In a subset of 147 men, carriers of the Ile variant showed significantly increased insulin sensitivity. BMI (P < 0.001), WHR (P = 0.03), and Val1483Ile (P = 0.03), contributed independently to 37% of insulin sensitivity variance. In men from the population-based study, the Ile variant was associated with a lower BMI, WHR, fasting glucose, and systolic blood pressure compared with carriers of the Val variant. In agreement with these results, the adipose tissue FASN activity was significantly lower in subjects with the Ile variant (P = 0.01). In summary, adult white men with the Ile 1483 variant of the FASN gene seem protected from developing central obesity through decreased adipose tissue FASN activity.
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- José M Moreno-Navarrete
- Department of Diabetes, CIBEROBN Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición CB06/03/010, Girona, Spain
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Colby SE, Morrison S, Haldeman L. What Changes When We Move? A Transnational Exploration of Dietary Acculturation. Ecol Food Nutr 2009; 48:327-43. [DOI: 10.1080/03670240903022379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Chen JQ, Brown TR, Russo J. Regulation of energy metabolism pathways by estrogens and estrogenic chemicals and potential implications in obesity associated with increased exposure to endocrine disruptors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2009; 1793:1128-43. [PMID: 19348861 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2009.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2009] [Revised: 03/26/2009] [Accepted: 03/27/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The prevalence of obesity among children, adolescents and adults has been dramatically increasing worldwide during the last several decades. The obesity epidemic has been recognized as one of the major global health problems, because its health hazard is linked to a number of common diseases including breast and prostate cancers. Obesity is caused by combination of genetic and environmental factors. While genetic contribution to obesity has been known to be significant, the genetic factors remain relatively unchanged. Recent studies have highlighted the involvement of environmental "obesogens", i.e. the xenobiotic chemicals that can disrupt the normal development and homeostatic control over adipogenesis and energy balance. Several lines of evidence suggest that increasing exposure to chemicals with endocrine-disrupting activities (endocrine-disrupting chemicals, EDCs) contributes to the increased obesity. The cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying obesogen-associated obesity are just now being appreciated. In this paper, we comprehensively reviewed current knowledge about the role of estrogen receptors alpha and beta (ERalpha and ERbeta) in regulation of energy metabolism pathways, including glucose transport, glycolysis, tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC), adenosine nucleotide translocator (ANT) and fatty acid beta-oxidation and synthesis, by estrogens; and then examined the disturbance of E(2)/ER-mediated energy metabolism pathways by environmental obesogens; and finally, we discussed the potential implications of disturbance of energy metabolism pathways by obesogens in obesity and pointed out several key aspects of this area that need to be further explored. A better understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying obesogen-associated obesity will lead to new approaches for slow down and/or prevention of the increased trend of obesity associated with exposure to obesogens.
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- Jin-Qiang Chen
- Breast Cancer Research Laboratory, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, 19111, USA.
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Prenatally undernourished rats show increased preference for wheel running v. lever pressing for food in a choice task. Br J Nutr 2008; 101:902-8. [PMID: 18761782 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114508043353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Maternal nutrition during pregnancy has a significant influence in establishing patterns of metabolism and postnatal behaviours in offspring, and therefore shapes their risk of developing disorders in later life. Although it is well established that a mismatch between food consumption and energy expenditure leads to obesity and metabolic dysregulation, little research has investigated the biological origin of such behaviour. We conducted the present experiments to investigate effects of early-life nutrition on preference between wheel running and lever pressing for food during adult life. To address this issue we employed a well-established experimental approach in the rat which has shown that offspring of mothers undernourished during pregnancy develop obesity and metabolic disorders when kept under standard laboratory conditions. Using this experimental approach, two studies were conducted where offspring of ad libitum-fed dams and dams undernourished throughout pregnancy were given the choice between wheel running and pressing a response lever for food. Across subsequent conditions, the rate at which the response lever provided food was varied from 0.22 to 6.0 (study 1) and 0.19 to 3.0 (study 2) pellets per min. Compared with the control group, offspring from dams undernourished during pregnancy showed a consistently greater preference for running over lever pressing for food throughout both experiments of the study. The results of the present study provide experimental evidence that a mother's nutrition during pregnancy can result in a long-term shift in her offspring's lifestyle choices that are relevant to obesity prevention. Such a shift, if endorsed, will have substantial and wide-ranging health consequences throughout the lifespan.
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Childhood cancer survivors are at increased risk of many long-term treatment-related sequel such as second cancers, cardiovascular disease, and pulmonary complications. Certain treatments seem to influence the risk of becoming overweight, obese, or underweight, and abnormal body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Because BMI is modifiable, it is important to identify treatment and patient-related factors contributing to altered BMI. New research areas include exploring how genetic susceptibility through population polymorphism may contribute to BMI. Illuminating potential gene-environment interactions that influence obesity and underweight might be more readily accomplished in a study of high-risk individuals (i.e., childhood cancer survivors) with well-characterized exposures. The new Childhood Cancer Research Network in the Children's Oncology Group, when fully implemented, should make it less difficult in the future to recruit the large numbers of patients needed for such studies.
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- Julie A Ross
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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Ehlers CL, Wilhelmsen KC. Genomic screen for substance dependence and body mass index in southwest California Indians. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2007; 6:184-91. [PMID: 16764678 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2006.00246.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Substance abuse and obesity are health disparities that may afflict Native Americans more than some other ethnic groups. One theoretical assumption concerning Native people is that the long history of dependence on foraging and subsistence agriculture may have led to selective enrichment of traits that improve genetic fitness, so called 'thrifty' or 'fat sparing' genes. We have speculated that this same selective pressure may have enriched for genetic variants that increase the risk for consumption of alcohol and drugs of abuse. Here, we report the results of a genome scan that compared findings for two consumption phenotypes: 'any drug dependence and/or regular tobacco use' and body mass index (BMI) in southwest California (SWC) Indian families. Variance component analyses from SOLAR were used to generate log of the odds ratio (LOD) scores. Evidence for linkage was found on chromosome 6 for both the 'any drug' (LOD score = 3.3) and BMI (LOD score = 2.3) phenotypes. Bivariate analyses of the two phenotypes revealed a combined LOD score of 4.1 at that location. Additional loci on chromosomes 6, 15, 16 and 21 were found for the 'any drug' phenotype, and on chromosomes 8, 16 and 18 for BMI (LOD scores ranged between 1.2 and 2.3). These results provide suggestive evidence for linkage for substance abuse and BMI in this Mission Indian population and, furthermore, provide preliminary data suggesting that 'consumption phenotypes' may share some genetic determinants.
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- Cindy L Ehlers
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, USA.
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Portolés O, Sorlí JV, Francés F, Coltell O, González JI, Sáiz C, Corella D. Effect of genetic variation in the leptin gene promoter and the leptin receptor gene on obesity risk in a population-based case-control study in Spain. Eur J Epidemiol 2006; 21:605-12. [PMID: 17031518 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-006-9045-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/24/2006] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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There are no good genetic markers for incorporating the study of genetic susceptibility to obesity in epidemiological studies. In animal models, the leptin (LEP) and the leptin receptor (LEPR) genes have been shown to be very important in obesity because leptin functions as a negative feedback signal in regulating body-weight through reducing food intake and stimulating energy expenditure. In humans, several polymorphisms in these genes have been described. However, their association with obesity is still very controversial because there are no good case-control studies designed to specifically test this association. Our objective has been to conduct a population-based case-control study to estimate the risk of obesity arising from the -2548G > A and Q223R polymorphisms in the LEP and LEPR genes, respectively. 303 obese cases (101 men and 202 women) and 606 controls (202 men and 404 women) were selected from a Spanish Mediterranean population. Genetic, clinical and life-style characteristics were analyzed. No association was found between the -2548G > A polymorphism and obesity. However, the Q223R variant was significantly associated with obesity in a recessive model, the RR genotype being more prevalent in controls than in obese subjects. The inverse association between the Q223R polymorphism and obesity (OR = 0.62; 95% CI: 0.39-0.99) remained significant even after additional adjustment for education, tobacco smoking, alcohol, physical activity, origin of the obese patient, and the -2548G > A polymorphism in the LEP gene (OR = 0.54; 95% CI: 0.32-0.89). In conclusion, the -2548G > A polymorphism is not a relevant obesity marker in this Mediterranean population, although Q223R does seen to be so.
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- Olga Portolés
- Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez 15, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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Körner A, Ma L, Franks PW, Kiess W, Baier LJ, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P. Sex-specific effect of the Val1483Ile polymorphism in the fatty acid synthase gene (FAS) on body mass index and lipid profile in Caucasian children. Int J Obes (Lond) 2006; 31:353-8. [PMID: 16788566 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE A Val1483Ile polymorphism in the human fatty acid sythase gene (FAS) has recently been shown to be associated with lower percentage of body fat and substrate oxidation rates in Pima Indians, but its role in other populations has not been described. Here, we investigate the effect of this variant on obesity in Caucasian children and adolescents. SUBJECTS AND METHODS In total, 738 Caucasian children and adolescents aged 6-17 years of the Leipzig Schoolchildren cohort, which constitutes an unselected representative German population and 205 obese children (body mass index (BMI) 2.71+/-0.04 SDS) were genotyped for genotype-phenotype associations. RESULTS The frequency of the Ile-allele was lower in German Caucasians compared with Pima Indians (0.03 compared to 0.10). Using generalized linear regression models, there was no effect of the polymorphism on BMI in the whole normal population. However, we identified a significant interaction effect between sex and genotype (P=0.004). Subsequent sex stratified analyses revealed a lower BMI SDS in boys with Ile/Val genotype compared to Val/Val (-0.36+/-0.29 vs 0.09+/-0.05, P<0.05), while an opposite effect was observed in girls (0.48+/-0.19 vs 0.09+/-0.05, P<0.05). In genotype-phenotype associations in obese children, the polymorphism did not affect parameters of insulin, glucose, or lipid metabolism in the whole population. Again, however, obese boys with Ile/Val genotype had significantly higher high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels (1.46+/-0.07 vs 1.23+/-0.03 mmol/l, P<0.05). CONCLUSION In conclusion, our findings suggest a sex-specific protective effect of the Val1483Ile polymorphism in FAS for obesity in Caucasian boys. In addition, the polymorphism may be associated with a beneficial lipid profile in obese boys.
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- A Körner
- University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Li S, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Boerwinkle E, Berenson GS. Influence of lipoprotein lipase gene Ser447Stop and β1-adrenergic receptor gene Arg389Gly polymorphisms and their interaction on obesity from childhood to adulthood: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Int J Obes (Lond) 2006; 30:1183-8. [PMID: 16534528 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) Ser447Stop and beta1-adrenergic receptor (ADRB1) Arg389Gly gene polymorphisms, individually and in combination, on obesity from childhood to adulthood. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS A community-based cohort of 1331 subjects (30% black and 70% white subjects) was followed over an average period of 23 years from childhood (age range: 4-17 years) to adulthood (age range:18-44 years). MEASUREMENT Body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) and LPL Ser447Stop and the ADRB1 Arg389Gly genotypes. RESULTS The frequency of the ADRB1 Gly389 allele was 0.25 in white subjects vs 0.39 in black subjects (P < 0.001); 0.08 vs 0.05 (P = 0.280) for the LPL Stop447 allele. There was no association between the LPL Stop447 allele and BMI among white and black subjects either in childhood and adulthood levels or annual change from childhood to adulthood. The ADRB1 Gly389 allele was associated with lower BMI only in black adults (P = 0.017). Further, the interaction effect of the LPL Stop447 allele and ADRB1 Gly389 allele on adult BMI or its annual change was significant in white subjects and in the total sample (P = 0.03-0.006). Childhood values tended to show a similar trend. Having both ADRB1 Gly389 allele and LPL Stop447 allele was associated with 71% (95% confidence interval: 26-89%) less odds for developing obesity from childhood to adulthood after adjusting for age, race, sex, and childhood BMI. CONCLUSION While Gly389 allele of the ADRB1 gene lowers obesity in black subjects, this allele in conjunction with Stop447 allele of the LPL gene lowers obesity in adults and attenuates the development of obesity from childhood to adulthood. These findings underscore the importance of gene-gene interaction in the assessment of genetic influences on complex traits such as obesity.
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- S Li
- Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Young ME. The circadian clock within the heart: potential influence on myocardial gene expression, metabolism, and function. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 290:H1-16. [PMID: 16373589 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00582.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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It is becoming increasingly clear that the intrinsic properties of both the heart and vasculature exhibit dramatic oscillations over the course of the day. Diurnal variations in the responsiveness of the cardiovascular system to environmental stimuli are mediated by a complex interplay between extracellular (i.e., neurohumoral factors) and intracellular (i.e., circadian clock) influences. The intracellular circadian clock is composed of a series of transcriptional modulators that together allow the cell to perceive the time of day, thereby enabling preparation for an anticipated stimulus. These molecular timepieces have been characterized recently within both vascular smooth muscle cells and cardiomyocytes, giving rise to a multitude of hypotheses relating to the potential role(s) of the circadian clock as a modulator of physiological and pathophysiological cardiovascular events. For example, evidence strongly supports the hypothesis that the circadian clock within the heart modulates myocardial metabolism, which in turn facilitates anticipation of diurnal variations in workload, substrate availability, and/or the energy supply-to-demand ratio. The purpose of this review is therefore to summarize our current understanding of the molecular events governing diurnal variations in the intrinsic properties of the heart, with special emphasis on the intramyocardial circadian clock. Whether impairment of this molecular mechanism contributes toward cardiovascular disease associated with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, shift work, sleep apnea, and/or obesity will be discussed.
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- Martin E Young
- United States Dept. of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Dept. of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates St., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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- Gabriel A Martos-Moreno
- Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
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Morton NM, Densmore V, Wamil M, Ramage L, Nichol K, Bünger L, Seckl JR, Kenyon CJ. A polygenic model of the metabolic syndrome with reduced circulating and intra-adipose glucocorticoid action. Diabetes 2005; 54:3371-8. [PMID: 16306351 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.54.12.3371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Despite major advances in understanding monogenic causes of morbid obesity, the complex genetic and environmental etiology of idiopathic metabolic syndrome remains poorly understood. One hypothesis suggests that similarities between the metabolic disease of plasma glucocorticoid excess (Cushing's syndrome) and idiopathic metabolic syndrome results from increased glucocorticoid reamplification within adipose tissue by 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11beta-HSD-1). Indeed, 11beta-HSD-1 is now a major therapeutic target. Because much supporting evidence for a role of adipose 11beta-HSD-1 comes from transgenic or obese rodents with single-gene mutations, we investigated whether the predicted traits of metabolic syndrome and glucocorticoid metabolism were coassociated in a unique polygenic model of obesity developed by long-term selection for divergent fat mass (Fat and Lean mice with 23 vs. 4% fat as body weight, respectively). Fat mice exhibited an insulin-resistant metabolic syndrome including fatty liver and hypertension. Unexpectedly, Fat mice had a marked intra-adipose (11beta-HSD-1) and plasma glucocorticoid deficiency but higher liver glucocorticoid action. Furthermore, metabolic disease was exacerbated only in Fat mice when challenged with exogenous glucocorticoids or a high-fat diet. Our data suggest that idiopathic metabolic syndrome might associate with such a novel pattern of glucocorticoid action and sensitivity in humans, with implications for tissue-specific therapeutic targeting of 11beta-HSD-1.
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- Nicholas M Morton
- Endocrinology Unit, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, UK.
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In response to an accelerating obesity pandemic, competing weight-loss diets have propagated; those touting carbohydrate restriction are currently most in vogue. Evidence that sustainable weight loss is enhanced by means other than caloric restriction, however, is lacking. Whereas short-term weight loss is consistently achieved by any dietary approach to the restriction of choice and thereby calories, lasting weight control is not. Competing dietary claims imply that fundamental knowledge of dietary pattern and human health is lacking; an extensive literature belies this notion. The same dietary and lifestyle pattern conducive to health promotion is consistently associated with weight control. A bird's eye view of the literature on diet and weight reveals a forest otherwise difficult to discern through the trees. Competing diet claims are diverting attention and resources from what is actually and urgently needed: a dedicated and concerted effort to make the basic dietary pattern known to support both health and weight control more accessible to all.
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- David L Katz
- Yale Prevention Research Center, Derby, Connecticut 06418, USA.
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OBJECTIVE To review the role of genes and lifestyle factors, particularly dietary habits and physical activity patterns, in obesity risk as well as their potential interactions. DESIGN AND MEASUREMENTS A descriptive report of a number of genes definitely ascribed or potentially implicated in excessive fat accumulation leading to obesity as assessed by different research approaches (Mendelian transmission, genetic animal models, epidemiological association/linkage studies and genome-wide scans). Also, the involvement of macronutrient intake and composition (fat/carbohydrate) as well as the role of activity-linked energy expenditure in obesity onset is reviewed. RESULTS Examples of the role of the genotype as well as of the dietary macronutrient composition/intake and sedentary/low energy cost of physical activities in obesity prevalence are reported. CONCLUSIONS Both genes and everyday life environmental factors such as cultural and social mediated food intake and reduced domestic and living work activities are involved in the obesity pandemia. The occurrence of gene x gene and gene x environmental factors interactions makes it more difficult to interpret the specific roles of genetics and lifestyle in obesity risk.
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- Department of Physiology and Nutrition, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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Mitchell JE, Myers TC. Behavioral assessment and treatment overview. Psychiatr Clin North Am 2005; 28:105-16, viii. [PMID: 15733614 DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2004.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- James E Mitchell
- Neuropsychiatric Research Institute and the Department of Neuroscience, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 700 1st Avenue South, P.O. Box 1415, Fargo, ND 58107, USA.
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The epidemic of obesity-associated diabetes is a major crisis in modern societies, in which food is plentiful and exercise is optional. The biological basis of this problem has been explored from evolutionary and mechanistic perspectives. Evolutionary theories, focusing on the potential survival advantages of "thrifty" genes that are now maladaptive, are of great interest but are inherently speculative and difficult to prove. Mechanistic studies have revealed numerous fat-derived molecules and a link to inflammation that, together, are hypothesized to underlie the obesity-diabetes connection and thereby represent prospective targets for therapeutic intervention.
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- Mitchell A Lazar
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, and The Penn Diabetes Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6149, USA.
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Stavinoha MA, Rayspellicy JW, Hart-Sailors ML, Mersmann HJ, Bray MS, Young ME. Diurnal variations in the responsiveness of cardiac and skeletal muscle to fatty acids. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2004; 287:E878-87. [PMID: 15292029 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00189.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cardiac and skeletal muscle both respond to elevated fatty acid availability by increasing fatty acid oxidation, an effect mediated in large part by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPAR alpha). We hypothesized that cardiac and skeletal muscle alter their responsiveness to fatty acids over the course of the day, allowing optimal adaptation when availability of this substrate increases. In the current study, pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 (pdk4) was utilized as a representative PPAR alpha-regulated gene. Opposing diurnal variations in pdk4 expression were observed in cardiac and skeletal muscle isolated from the ad libitum-fed rat; pdk4 expression peaked in the middle of the dark and light phases, respectively. Elevation of circulating fatty acid levels by high-fat feeding, fasting, and streptozotocin-induced diabetes increased pdk4 expression in both heart and soleus muscle. Highest levels of induction were observed during the dark phase, regardless of muscle type or intervention. Specific activation of PPAR alpha with WY-14643 rapidly induced pdk4 expression in heart and soleus muscle. Highest levels of induction were again observed during the dark phase. The same pattern of induction was observed for the PPAR alpha-regulated genes malonyl-CoA decarboxylase and uncoupling protein 3. Investigation into the potential mechanism(s) for these observations exposed a coordinated upregulation of transcriptional activators of the PPAR alpha system during the night, with a concomitant downregulation of transcriptional repressors in both muscle types. In conclusion, responsiveness of cardiac and skeletal muscle to fatty acids exhibits a marked diurnal variation. These observations have important physiological and pathophysiological implications, ranging from experimental design to pharmacological treatment of patients.
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- Melissa A Stavinoha
- Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2121 W. Holcombe Blvd., IBT 1011B, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Eckel LA, Moore SR. Diet-induced hyperphagia in the rat is influenced by sex and exercise. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2004; 287:R1080-5. [PMID: 15297268 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00424.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Caloric intake is increased in rats fed a diet containing greater fat or sugar than that found in laboratory chow. Because such diet-induced hyperphagia has been studied primarily in sedentary male rats, our goal here was to investigate the effects of sex and exercise on caloric intake of a diet (chow supplemented with sweet milk) chosen for its ability to stimulate hyperphagia. Rats were housed individually in cages that provided access to running wheels, and daily caloric intake of chow alone and then chow plus sweet milk was monitored during sedentary and active conditions. In sedentary rats, chow intake was greater in males compared with females. Wheel running produced similar decreases in chow intake in both sexes. Availability of the chow plus milk diet increased caloric intake compared with that observed in chow-fed rats. This diet-induced hyperphagia was significantly greater in sedentary females (35.7 ± 3.1% increase) relative to sedentary males (9.1 ± 2.2% increase). In addition, 35% of sedentary females consuming the chow plus milk diet developed estrous cycle disruptions. Wheel running decreased intake of the chow plus milk diet in both sexes. In active males, diet-induced hyperphagia was abolished; caloric intake was reduced to that observed during chow feeding. In active female rats, diet-induced hyperphagia was attenuated but not abolished; caloric intake of the chow plus milk diet remained greater than that observed during chow feeding. We conclude that female rats are more vulnerable than male rats to this form of diet-induced hyperphagia.
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- Lisa A Eckel
- Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270, USA.
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Bays HE. Current and investigational antiobesity agents and obesity therapeutic treatment targets. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 12:1197-211. [PMID: 15340100 DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Public health efforts and current antiobesity agents have not controlled the increasing epidemic of obesity. Investigational antiobesity agents consist of 1) central nervous system agents that affect neurotransmitters or neural ion channels, including antidepressants (bupropion), selective serotonin 2c receptor agonists, antiseizure agents (topiramate, zonisamide), some dopamine antagonists, and cannabinoid-1 receptor antagonists (rimonabant); 2) leptin/insulin/central nervous system pathway agents, including leptin analogues, leptin transport and/or leptin receptor promoters, ciliary neurotrophic factor (Axokine), neuropeptide Y and agouti-related peptide antagonists, proopiomelanocortin and cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript promoters, alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone analogues, melanocortin-4 receptor agonists, and agents that affect insulin metabolism/activity, which include protein-tyrosine phosphatase-1B inhibitors, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma receptor antagonists, short-acting bromocriptine (ergoset), somatostatin agonists (octreotide), and adiponectin; 3) gastrointestinal-neural pathway agents, including those that increase cholecystokinin activity, increase glucagon-like peptide-1 activity (extendin 4, liraglutide, dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors), and increase protein YY3-36 activity and those that decrease ghrelin activity, as well as amylin analogues (pramlintide); 4) agents that may increase resting metabolic rate ("selective" beta-3 stimulators/agonist, uncoupling protein homologues, and thyroid receptor agonists); and 5) other more diverse agents, including melanin concentrating hormone antagonists, phytostanol analogues, functional oils, P57, amylase inhibitors, growth hormone fragments, synthetic analogues of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, antagonists of adipocyte 11B-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 activity, corticotropin-releasing hormone agonists, inhibitors of fatty acid synthesis, carboxypeptidase inhibitors, indanones/indanols, aminosterols, and other gastrointestinal lipase inhibitors (ATL962). Finally, an emerging concept is that the development of antiobesity agents must not only reduce fat mass (adiposity) but must also correct fat dysfunction (adiposopathy).
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Affiliation(s)
- Harold E Bays
- FACP Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center, 3288 Illinois Ave., Louisville, KY 40213, USA.
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