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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Volume 92, Issue 2, Pages 666-672Publisher
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-1303
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- NCATS NIH HHS [UL1 TR001998] Funding Source: Medline
- NCRR NIH HHS [M01RR14288, M01 RR014288] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [R01 HD034522-04] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK071346-01, R01 DK039176, R37 DK039176, DK 52398, R01 DK071346-04, DK 71346, DK 39176, R01 DK071346-02, R01 DK071346-03, R01 DK071277, R01 DK071346, R01 DK052398, DK 71277] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R25 GM083247] Funding Source: Medline
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Context: Visfatin ( VF) is a recently described adipokine preferentially secreted by visceral adipose tissue ( VAT) with insulin mimetic properties. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association of VF with insulin sensitivity, intramyocellular lipids ( IMCL), and inflammation in humans. Design and Patients: VF mRNA was examined in paired samples of VAT and abdominal sc adipose tissue ( SAT) obtained from subjects undergoing surgery. Plasma VF and VF mRNA was also examined in SAT and muscle tissue, obtained by biopsy from well-characterized subjects with normal or impaired glucose tolerance, with a wide range in body mass index ( BMI) and insulin sensitivity ( SI). Setting: The study was conducted at a University Hospital and General Clinical Research Center. Intervention: SI was measured, and fat and muscle biopsies were performed. In impaired glucose tolerance subjects, these procedures were performed before and after treatment with pioglitazone or metformin. Main Outcome Measures: We measured the relationship between VF and obesity, SI, adipose tissue inflammation, IMCL, and response to insulin sensitizers. Results: No significant difference in VF mRNA was seen between SAT and VAT depots. VAT VF mRNA associated positively with BMI, whereas SAT VF mRNA decreased with BMI. SAT VF correlated positively with SI, and the association of SAT VF mRNA with SI was independent of BMI. IMCL and markers of inflammation ( adipose CD68 and plasma TNF alpha) were negatively associated with SAT VF. Impaired glucose tolerance subjects treated with pioglitazone showed no change in SAT VF mRNA despite a significant increase in SI. Plasma VF and muscle VF mRNA did not correlate with BMI or SI or IMCL, and there was no change in muscle VF with either pioglitazone or metformin treatments. Conclusion: SAT VF is highly expressed in lean, more insulin-sensitive subjects and is attenuated in subjects with high IMCL, low SI, and high levels of inflammatory markers. VAT VF and SAT VF are regulated oppositely with BMI.
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