Abdominal obesity and circulating metabolites: A twin study approach

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• 作者：Leonie H. Bogl^a ; ¹ ; ^{leonie-helen.bogl@helsinki.fi" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Sanna M. Kaye^b ; ¹ ; Joel T. Rä ; mö ; ^b ; ^c ; Antti J. Kangas^d ; ^e ; Pasi Soininen^d ; ^e ; Antti Hakkarainen^f ; Jesper Lundbom^f ; Nina Lundbom^f ; Alfredo Ortega-Alonso^c ; Aila Rissanen^b ; ^g ; Mika Ala-Korpela^d ; ^e ; ^h ; ⁱ ; Jaakko Kaprio^a ; ^c ; ^j ; ² ; Kirsi H. Pietilä ; inen^b ; ^c ; ^k ; ²
• 关键词：Twin study ; Bivariate twin model ; Genetic correlation ; Serum metabolites ; Obesity measures
• 刊名：Metabolism
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：65
• 期：3
• 页码：111-121
• 全文大小：800 K

文摘

To investigate how obesity, insulin resistance and low-grade inflammation link to circulating metabolites, and whether the connections are due to genetic or environmental factors.

Subjects and methods

Circulating serum metabolites were determined by proton NMR spectroscopy. Data from 1368 (531 monozygotic (MZ) and 837 dizygotic (DZ)) twins were used for bivariate twin modeling to derive the genetic (r_g) and environmental (r_e) correlations between waist circumference (WC) and serum metabolites. Detailed examination of the associations between fat distribution (DEXA) and metabolic health (HOMA-IR, CRP) was performed among 286 twins including 33 BMI-discordant MZ pairs (intrapair BMI difference ≥ 3 kg/m²).

Results

Fat, especially in the abdominal area (i.e. WC, android fat % and android to gynoid fat ratio), together with HOMA-IR and CRP correlated significantly with an atherogenic lipoprotein profile, higher levels of branched-chain (BCAA) and aromatic amino acids, higher levels of glycoprotein, and a more saturated fatty acid profile. In contrast, a higher proportion of gynoid to total fat associated with a favorable metabolite profile. There was a significant genetic overlap between WC and several metabolites, most strongly with phenylalanine (r_g = 0.40), glycoprotein (r_g = 0.37), serum triglycerides (r_g = 0.36), BCAAs (r_g = 0.30–0.40), HDL particle diameter (r_g = − 0.33) and HDL cholesterol (r_g = − 0.30). The effect of acquired obesity within the discordant MZ pairs was particularly strong for atherogenic lipoproteins.

Conclusions

A wide range of unfavorable alterations in the serum metabolome was associated with abdominal obesity, insulin resistance and low-grade inflammation. Twin modeling and obesity-discordant twin analysis suggest that these associations are partly explained by shared genes but also reflect mechanisms independent of genetic liability.