scholarly journals Branched-Chain and Aromatic Amino Acids Are Predictors of Insulin Resistance in Young Adults

Diabetes Care ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 648-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Wurtz ◽  
P. Soininen ◽  
A. J. Kangas ◽  
T. Ronnemaa ◽  
T. Lehtimaki ◽  
...  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Zhao ◽  
Xiaokun Gang ◽  
Yujia Liu ◽  
Chenglin Sun ◽  
Qing Han ◽  
...  

A growing body of evidence has shown the intimate relationship between metabolomic profiles and insulin resistance (IR) in obese adults, while little is known about childhood obesity. In this review, we searched available papers addressing metabolomic profiles and IR in obese children from inception to February 2016 on MEDLINE, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, ClinicalTrials.gov, and EMASE. HOMA-IR was applied as surrogate markers of IR and related metabolic disorders at both baseline and follow-up. To minimize selection bias, two investigators independently completed this work. After critical selection, 10 studies (including 2,673 participants) were eligible and evaluated by using QUADOMICS for quality assessment. Six of the 10 studies were classified as “high quality.” Then we generated all the metabolites identified in each study and found amino acid metabolism and lipid metabolism were the main affected metabolic pathways in obese children. Among identified metabolites, branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), aromatic amino acids (AAAs), and acylcarnitines were reported to be associated with IR as biomarkers most frequently. Additionally, BCAAs and tyrosine seemed to be relevant to future metabolic risk in the long-term follow-up cohorts, emphasizing the importance of early diagnosis and prevention strategy. Because of limited scale and design heterogeneity of existing studies, future studies might focus on validating above findings in more large-scale and longitudinal studies with elaborate design.


2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaobo Zhang ◽  
Xiaowei Ojanen ◽  
Haihui Zhuang ◽  
Na Wu ◽  
Sulin Cheng ◽  
...  

Metabolomics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Müllner ◽  
Hanna E. Röhnisch ◽  
Claudia von Brömssen ◽  
Ali A. Moazzami

Abstract Introduction Hyperinsulinaemia and insulin resistance (IR) are strongly associated with obesity and are forerunners of type 2 diabetes. Little is known about metabolic alterations separately associated with obesity, hyperinsulinaemia/IR and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in adolescents. Objectives To identify metabolic alterations associated with obesity, hyperinsulinaemia/IR and hyperinsulinaemia/IR combined with IGT in obese adolescents. Methods 81 adolescents were stratified into four groups based on body mass index (lean vs. obese), insulin responses (normal insulin (NI) vs. high insulin (HI)) and glucose responses (normal glucose tolerance (NGT) vs. IGT) after an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). The groups comprised: (1) healthy lean with NI and NGT, (2) obese with NI and NGT, (3) obese with HI and NGT, and (4) obese with HI and IGT. Targeted nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolomics analysis was performed on fasting and seven post-OGTT plasma samples, followed by univariate and multivariate statistical analyses. Results Two groups of metabolites were identified: (1) Metabolites associated with insulin response level: adolescents with HI (groups 3–4) had higher concentrations of branched-chain amino acids and tyrosine, and lower concentrations of serine, glycine, myo-inositol and dimethylsulfone, than adolescents with NI (groups 1–2). (2) Metabolites associated with obesity status: obese adolescents (groups 2–4) had higher concentrations of acetylcarnitine, alanine, pyruvate and glutamate, and lower concentrations of acetate, than lean adolescents (group 1). Conclusions Obesity is associated with shifts in fat and energy metabolism. Hyperinsulinaemia/IR in obese adolescents is also associated with increased branched-chain and aromatic amino acids.


Author(s):  
Jukka Hintikka ◽  
Sanna Lensu ◽  
Elina Mäkinen ◽  
Sira Karvinen ◽  
Marjaana Honkanen ◽  
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We have shown that prebiotic xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS) increased beneficial gut microbiota (GM) and prevented high fat diet-induced hepatic steatosis, but the mechanisms associated with these effects are not clear. We studied whether XOS affects adipose tissue inflammation and insulin signaling, and whether the GM and fecal metabolome explain associated patterns. XOS was supplemented or not with high (HFD) or low (LFD) fat diet for 12 weeks in male Wistar rats (n = 10/group). Previously analyzed GM and fecal metabolites were biclustered to reduce data dimensionality and identify interpretable groups of co-occurring genera and metabolites. Based on our findings, biclustering provides a useful algorithmic method for capturing such joint signatures. On the HFD, XOS-supplemented rats showed lower number of adipose tissue crown-like structures, increased phosphorylation of AKT in liver and adipose tissue as well as lower expression of hepatic miRNAs. XOS-supplemented rats had more fecal glycine and less hypoxanthine, isovalerate, branched chain amino acids and aromatic amino acids. Several bacterial genera were associated with the metabolic signatures. In conclusion, the beneficial effects of XOS on hepatic steatosis involved decreased adipose tissue inflammation and likely improved insulin signaling, which were further associated with fecal metabolites and GM.


Amino Acids ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 1387-1395 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Maria Estoche ◽  
Jeferson Lucas Jacinto ◽  
Mirela Casonato Roveratti ◽  
Juliano Moro Gabardo ◽  
Cosme Franklim Buzzachera ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhanxuan Wu ◽  
Karl Fraser ◽  
Marlena Kruger ◽  
Garth Cooper ◽  
Anne-Thea McGill ◽  
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Abstract Objectives Plasma levels of branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) and aromatic amino acids (AAA) phenylalanine (phe) and tyrosine (tyr) have been associated with obesity, insulin resistance and risk of type 2 diabetes. This study aimed to investigate the response of circulating plasma and tissue levels of BCAA and AAA to weight loss, and to correlate the level of these metabolites in plasma and tissue in obese women. Methods 28 obese (mean BMI 46.2 kg/m2) women underwent low energy diet (LED)-induced weight loss (−9.2 ± 4.2 kg) followed by bariatric surgery-induced weight loss (−23.6 ± 2.5 kg). Plasma at baseline (t0), post-LED/pre-surgery (t1) and 6-month post-surgery (t2) as well as biopsies of subcutaneous abdomen adipose tissue (SAfat), superficial thigh adipose tissue (Tfat) and vastus lateralis thigh muscle (Tmuscle) at both t1 and t2 were collected, and profiled using mass spectrometry-based metabolomics approach. Paired t-tests were applied to assess between-timepoint differences, and Pearson correlation used to calculate correlation coefficient of metabolite levels between plasma and tissue. Results Plasma BCAA and AAA were all significantly reduced post-LED at t1 (fold-change of 0.76–0.85 for val, leu, ile, tyr and phe, P < 0.05) and 6-month post-surgery at t2 (fold-change of 0.74–0.85 for val, leu, ile, tyr and phe, P < 0.05) as compared to baseline t0; but not significant between t1 and t2, although trends of decrease were observed. Among the 3 tissue biopsies, only SAfat showed significantly decreased levels of tyr, leu and ile at t2 compared to t1 (fold-change for tyr 0.63, leu 0.66, ile 0.68, P < 0.05). In addition, plasma levels of val and ile were correlated with Tfat levels at both t1 and t2 (r2 = 0.47–0.57), and that of val, ile and leu were correlated with Tmuscle at t1 only (r2 = 0.64–0.67). Conclusions Circulating levels of BCAA and AAA were decreased by weight loss interventions. The decrease following an LED program was sustained after bariatric surgery without further significant decrease. Bariatric surgery also decreased BCAA levels in SAfat; moreover, our data suggested that plasma BCAA levels correlated well with peripheral tissue Tfat and Tmuscle. Funding Sources The New Zealand National Science Challenge High-Value Nutrition program.


1983 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 267-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z.Q. Shi ◽  
T.M.S. Chang

In order to clarify wether coated charcoal hemoperfusion is capable of normalizing amino acid disturbances in hepatic coma, in vitro adsorption and in vitro hemoperfusion studies were carried out. We have found that collodion-coated activated charcoal beads preferentially removed much more aromatic acids (AAA) than branched chain amino acids (BCAA). In the in vitro adsorption experiment with 50 μM amino acid standards aqueous solution, 99% of AAAs were removed by charcoal while only 50 to 81% of BCAAs were removed. As the concentration of amino acids in solution was doubled from μM to 100 μM, BCAA removal was halved while about 90% of AAA was still being removed. In vitro hemoperfusion with heparinized blood from hepatic failure rats, the clearance and the removal of AAAs were significantly greater than those of BCAAs. Consequently, the molar ratio of BCAA over AAA was markedly improved from the initial 1.09 to 3.87 after 60 min of hemoperfusion. Thus, we have demonstrated the preferential adsorption of aromatic amino acids by collodion-coated charcoal beads. The correction of BCAA/AAA molar ratio is also demonstrated.


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