Journal
NUTRIENTS
Volume 13, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu13082516
Keywords
iron deficiency; obesity; sleeve gastrectomy; hepcidin; iron metabolism; inflammation
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- French Ministry of Health PHRC Regional 2010
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- Paris Diderot University, the Laboratory of excellence, GR-Ex, Paris, France
- program Investissements d'avenir of the French National Research Agency [ANR-11-IDEX-0005-02, ANR-11-LABX-0051]
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After sleeve gastrectomy, levels of iron-related markers such as sTfR and PPIX decreased while serum hepcidin levels increased. DMT1 abundance was negatively correlated with serum hepcidin levels, and ferroportin abundance remained unchanged. These results suggest effective iron recovery pathways post-operatively involving suppression of inflammation and improvement in iron absorption and erythropoiesis.
Iron deficiency with or without anemia, needing continuous iron supplementation, is very common in obese patients, particularly those requiring bariatric surgery. The aim of this study was to address the impact of weight loss on the rescue of iron balance in patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy (SG), a procedure that preserves the duodenum, the main site of iron absorption. The cohort included 88 obese women; sampling of blood and duodenal biopsies of 35 patients were performed before and one year after SG. An analysis of the 35 patients consisted in evaluating iron homeostasis including hepcidin, markers of erythroid iron deficiency (soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) and erythrocyte protoporphyrin (PPIX)), expression of duodenal iron transporters (DMT1 and ferroportin) and inflammatory markers. After surgery, sTfR and PPIX were decreased. Serum hepcidin levels were increased despite the significant reduction in inflammation. DMT1 abundance was negatively correlated with higher level of serum hepcidin. Ferroportin abundance was not modified. This study shed a new light in effective iron recovery pathways after SG involving suppression of inflammation, improvement of iron absorption, iron supply and efficiency of erythropoiesis, and finally beneficial control of iron homeostasis by hepcidin. Thus, recommendations for iron supplementation of patients after SG should take into account these new parameters of iron status assessment.
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