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The Dynamic Platelet Transcriptome in Obesity and Weight Loss

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.315186

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cardiovascular disease; gene expression; obesity; platelet; transcriptome

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  1. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) [U54HL112311, U01HL126495]
  2. FHS (Framingham Heart Study
  3. NHLBI/National Institutes of Health [NIH]) [HHSN268201500001I]
  4. NIH [N01-HC-25195]
  5. American Heart Association [SFRN31740000]
  6. Mathers Foundation Award

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The study found significant changes in platelet gene expression after massive weight loss, while platelet function remained unchanged. These genes may be related to improved cardiometabolic risk, but showed no association with incident diabetes or cardiovascular endpoints. Further research is needed to clarify the mechanistic importance of these observations.
Objective: Adiposity is associated with oxidative stress, inflammation, and glucose intolerance. Previous data suggest that platelet gene expression is associated with key cardiometabolic phenotypes, including body mass index but stable in healthy individuals over time. However, modulation of gene expression in platelets in response to metabolic shifts (eg, weight reduction) is unknown and may be important to defining mechanism. Approach and Results: Platelet RNA sequencing and aggregation were performed from 21 individuals with massive weight loss (>45 kg) following bariatric surgery. Based on RNA sequencing data, we measured the expression of 67 genes from isolated platelet RNA using high-throughput quantitative reverse transcription quantitative PCR in 1864 FHS (Framingham Heart Study) participants. Many transcripts not previously studied in platelets were differentially expressed with bariatric surgical weight loss, appeared specific to platelets (eg, not differentially expressed in leukocytes), and were enriched for a nonalcoholic fatty liver disease pathway. Platelet aggregation studies did not detect alteration in platelet function after significant weight loss. Linear regression models demonstrated several platelet genes modestly associated with cross-sectional cardiometabolic phenotypes, including body mass index. There were no associations between studied transcripts and incident diabetes or cardiovascular end points. Conclusions: In summary, while there is no change in platelet aggregation function after significant weight loss, the human platelet experiences a dramatic transcriptional shift that implicates pathways potentially relevant to improved cardiometabolic risk postweight loss (eg, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease). Further studies are needed to determine the mechanistic importance of these observations.

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