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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Volume 290, Issue 5, Pages E961-E967Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00506.2005
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adipokines; macrophages; adiponectin; weight loss; exercise
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Obesity is associated with low-grade inflammation, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. This study investigated the effect of a 15-wk lifestyle intervention ( hypocaloric diet and daily exercise) on inflammatory markers in plasma, adipose tissue ( AT), and skeletal muscle ( SM) in 27 severely obese subjects ( mean body mass index: 45.8 kg/m(2)). Plasma samples, subcutaneous abdominal AT biopsies, and vastus lateralis SM biopsies were obtained before and after the intervention and analyzed by ELISA and RT-PCR. The intervention reduced body weight ( P < 0.001) and increased insulin sensitivity ( homeostasis model assessment; P < 0.05). Plasma adiponectin ( P < 0.001) increased, and C-reactive protein ( P < 0.05), IL-6 ( P < 0.01), IL-8 ( P < 0.05), and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 ( P < 0.01) decreased. AT inflammation was reduced, determined from an increased mRNA expression of adiponectin ( P < 0.001) and a decreased expression of macrophage-specific markers ( CD14, CD68), IL-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha ( P < 0.01). After adjusting for macrophage infiltration in AT, only IL-6 mRNA was decreased ( P < 0.05). Only very low levels of inflammatory markers were found in SM. The intervention had no effect on adiponectin receptor 1 and 2 mRNA in AT or SM. Thus hypocaloric diet and increased physical activity improved insulin sensitivity and reduced low-grade inflammation. Markers of inflammation were particularly reduced in AT, whereas SM does not contribute to this attenuation of whole body inflammation.
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