Metabolic signature of obesity-associated insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with an increased risk of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, some obese individuals maintain their insulin sensitivity and exhibit a lower risk of associated comorbidities. The underlying metabolic pathways differentiating obese insulin sensitive (OIS) and obese insulin resistant (OIR) individuals remain unclear. METHODS: In this study, 107 subjects underwent untargeted metabolomics of serum samples using the Metabolon platform. Thirty-two subjects were lean controls whilst 75 subjects were obese including 20 OIS, 41 OIR, and 14 T2DM individuals. RESULTS: Our results showed that phospholipid metabolites including choline, glycerophosphoethanolamine and glycerophosphorylcholine were significantly altered from OIS when compared with OIR and T2DM individuals. Furthermore, our data confirmed changes in metabolic markers of liver disease, vascular disease and T2DM, such as 3-hydroxymyristate, dimethylarginine and 1,5-anhydroglucitol, respectively. CONCLUSION: This pilot data has identified phospholipid metabolites as potential novel biomarkers of obesity-associated insulin sensitivity and confirmed the association of known metabolites with increased risk of obesity-associated insulin resistance, with possible diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Further studies are warranted to confirm these associations in prospective cohorts and to investigate their functionality.

publication date

  • October 22, 2019

Research

keywords

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Obesity

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC6805293

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85073746865

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.3945/an.114.007955

PubMed ID

  • 31640727

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 17

issue

  • 1