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NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Volume 26, Issue 7, Pages 637-642Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2016.03.013
Keywords
Body fat distribution; Insulin sensitivity; Intrahepatic fat; Obesity
Funding
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research [BMBF-0313868]
- German Obesity Network of Competence [01 Gl0830]
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Background & aims: Amino acids may interfere with insulin action, particularly in obese individuals. We hypothesized that increased circulating branched-chain and aromatic amino acids herald insulin resistance and ectopic fat storage, particularly hepatic fat accumulation. Methods and results: We measured fasting branched-chain and aromatic amino acids (tryptophan, tyrosine, and phenylalanine) by mass spectrometry in 111 overweight to obese subjects. We applied abdominal magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy to assess adipose tissue distribution and ectopic fat storage, respectively. Plasma branched-chain amino acids concentrations were related to insulin sensitivity and intrahepatic fat independent from adiposity, age and gender, but not to abdominal adipose tissue or intramyocellular fat. Conclusions: In weight stable overweight and obese individuals, branched-chain amino acid concentrations are specifically associated with hepatic fat storage and insulin resistance. (C) 2016 The Italian Society of Diabetology, the Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis, the Italian Society of Human Nutrition, and the Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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