Insulin regulation of regional lipolysis in upper-body obese and lean humans

BACKGROUND: Upper body obesity (UBO) results in insulin resistance with regards to free fatty acid (FFA) release; how this differs by fat depot and sex between UBO and lean adults is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that insulin suppression of FFA release from the splanchnic bed, leg fat and upper body non-splanchnic (UBNS) adipose tissue would be impaired in UBO.

METHODS: Fourteen UBO (7 men, 7 women) and 14 healthy, normal weight (7 men, 7 women) volunteers participated in studies that included femoral artery, femoral vein and hepatic vein catheterization. We then measured leg and splanchnic plasma flow as well as FFA kinetics (using isotopic tracers) under overnight fasting, low- and high-dose insulin infusion using the insulin clamp technique.

RESULTS: We found the expected insulin resistance in UBO; the most quantitatively important difference between UBO and lean adults was greater FFA release from UBNS adipose tissue when plasma insulin concentrations are in the post-prandial, physiological range. There were obesity, but not sex differences in the regulation of splanchnic FFA release and sex differences in the regulation of leg FFA release.

CONCLUSION: Reversing the defects in insulin-regulated UBNS adipose tissue FFA release would have the greatest impact on systemic FFA abnormalities in UBO.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: (not applicable)Funding: These studies were supported by grants DK45343 and DK40484 from the U.S. Public Health Service, and the Novo Nordic Foundation (grant numbers NNF18OC0031804 and NNF16OC0021406) and the Independent Research Fund Denmark (grant number 8020-00420B).

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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JCI insight - (2024) vom: 11. Apr.

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nielsen, Søren [VerfasserIn]
Jensen, Michael D [VerfasserIn]

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Adipose tissue
Endocrinology
Insulin
Journal Article
Obesity

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Date Revised 11.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1172/jci.insight.175629

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NLM370920961