Inverse Regulation of Inflammation and Mitochondrial Function in Adipose Tissue Defines Extreme Insulin Sensitivity in Morbidly Obese Patients
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Qatanani, Mohammed
Tan, Yejun
Dobrin, Radu
Greenawalt, Danielle M.
Hu, Guanghui
Zhao, Wenqing
Olefsky, Jerrold M.
Sears, Dorothy D.
Kemp, Daniel M.
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Qatanani, Mohammed, Yejun Tan, Radu Dobrin, Danielle M. Greenawalt, Guanghui Hu, Wenqing Zhao, Jerrold M. Olefsky, Dorothy D. Sears, Lee M. Kaplan, and Daniel M. Kemp. 2013. “Inverse Regulation of Inflammation and Mitochondrial Function in Adipose Tissue Defines Extreme Insulin Sensitivity in Morbidly Obese Patients.” Diabetes 62 (3): 855-863. doi:10.2337/db12-0399. http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db12-0399.Abstract
Obesity is associated with insulin resistance, a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, not all obese individuals are insulin resistant, which confounds our understanding of the mechanistic link between these conditions. We conducted transcriptome analyses on 835 obese subjects with mean BMI of 48.8, on which we have previously reported genetic associations of gene expression. Here, we selected ∼320 nondiabetic (HbA1c <7.0) subjects and further stratified the cohort into insulin-resistant versus insulin-sensitive subgroups based on homeostasis model assessment–insulin resistance. An unsupervised informatics analysis revealed that immune response and inflammation-related genes were significantly downregulated in the omental adipose tissue of obese individuals with extreme insulin sensitivity and, to a much lesser extent, in subcutaneous adipose tissue. In contrast, genes related to β-oxidation and the citric acid cycle were relatively overexpressed in adipose of insulin-sensitive patients. These observations were verified by querying an independent cohort of our published dataset of 37 subjects whose subcutaneous adipose tissue was sampled before and after treatment with thiazolidinediones. Whereas the immune response and inflammation pathway genes were downregulated by thiazolidinedione treatment, β-oxidation and citric acid cycle genes were upregulated. This work highlights the critical role that omental adipose inflammatory pathways might play in the pathophysiology of insulin resistance, independent of body weight.Other Sources
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