Abstract
BackgroundObesity, widely recognized as a serious health concern, is characterized by profoundly altered metabolism. However, the intermediate metabolites involved in this change remain largely unknown.Objective: We conducted targeted metabolomics profiling to identify moieties associated with adult obesity.MethodsIn this case-control study of Iranian adults, 200 obese patients were compared with 100 controls based on 104 metabolites profiled by a targeted metabolomic approach using liquid chromatography coupled to triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The analysis comprised acylcarnitines, diacyl-phosphatidylcholines (PCaa), acyl-alkyl-phosphatidylcholines (PCae), sphingomyelins (SM), lyso-phospholipids (LPC) and amino acids. We performed multivariable linear regression to identify metabolites associated with obesity, adjusting for age, sex, total energy intake, total physical activity, smoking, and alcohol consumption. The Bonferroni correction was used to adjust for multiple testing.ResultsA pattern of 19 metabolites was significantly associated with obesity. Branched chain amino acids, alanine, glutamic acid, proline, tyrosine LPCa C16:1, PCaa C32:1, PCaa C32:2 and PCaa C38:3 were positively, while serine, asparagine, LPCa C18:1, LPCa C18:2, LPCe C18:0, PCae C34:3, PCae C38:4 and PCae C40:6 were negatively associated with obesity (all p < 0.00048).ConclusionsA metabolomic profile containing 9 amino acids and 10 polar lipids may serve as a potential biomarker of adult obesity. Further studies are warranted to replicate these findings as well as investigate potential changes in this profile after weight reduction.
Highlights
Obesity, defined as body mass index (BMI) greater than 30 kg/m2, has increased from 28.8 to 36.9% among males and from 29.8 to 38% among females since 1980 worldwide [1]
After enrollment, trained staff instructed each participant on filling out three food records and asked them to present at the Diabetes Clinic of the Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences on a specified date
Population characteristics A total of 200 obese patients and 100 normal weight adults with the mean (interquartile range (IQR)) age of 36 (31–42) participated in our study (Table 1)
Summary
Obesity, defined as body mass index (BMI) greater than 30 kg/m2, has increased from 28.8 to 36.9% among males and from 29.8 to 38% among females since 1980 worldwide [1]. This serious public health problem is associated with several metabolic disorders, including but not limited to type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and some cancers [2]. Much of the current etiologic understanding of obesity was derived from studies assessing the effects of genetic and environmental risk factors [3]. Objective: We conducted targeted metabolomics profiling to identify moieties associated with adult obesity
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