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MHO Twin Study

ABSTRACT: Not all obese individuals develop the usual comorbidities (i.e. hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes) despite the excess weight. We set out to investigate this metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) phenomenon utilizing a collection of monozygotic twins discordant for obesity. Adipose tissue samples were analyzed for diffences in their transcipt profile between groups of MHO and non-MHO twin pairs.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Jussi Naukkarinen

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-1895 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Characterising metabolically healthy obesity in weight-discordant monozygotic twins.

Naukkarinen J J Heinonen S S Hakkarainen A A Lundbom J J Vuolteenaho K K Saarinen L L Hautaniemi S S Rodriguez A A Frühbeck G G Pajunen P P Hyötyläinen T T Orešič M M Moilanen E E Suomalainen A A Lundbom N N Kaprio J J Rissanen A A Pietiläinen K H KH

Diabetologia 20131008 1

<h4>Aims/hypothesis</h4>Not all obese individuals display the metabolic disturbances commonly associated with excess fat accumulation. Mechanisms maintaining this 'metabolically healthy obesity' (MHO) are as yet unknown. We aimed to study different fat depots and transcriptional pathways in subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) as related to the MHO phenomenon.<h4>Methods</h4>Sixteen rare young adult obesity-discordant monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs (intra-pair difference (∆) in BMI ≥ 3 kg/m(2)), aged ...[more]

PMID: 24100782

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Project description:Background Subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) undergoes major changes in obesity, but little is known about the whole-genome scale patterns of these changes or about their variation between different obesity subgroups. We sought to compare how transcriptomics profiles in SAT differ between monozygotic (MZ) co-twins who are discordant for body mass index (BMI), whether the profiles vary between twin pairs and whether the variation can be linked to clinical characteristics. Methods We analyzed the transcriptomics (Affymetrix U133 Plus 2.0) patterns of SAT in young MZ twin pairs (n =26, intrapair difference in BMI>3 kg/m2, aged 23-36), from 10 birth cohorts of adult Finnish twins. The clinical data included measurements of body composition, insulin resistance, lipids, and adipokines. Results We found 2108 genes differentially expressed (FDR<0.05) in SAT of the BMI-discordant pairs. Pathway analyses of these genes revealed a significant downregulation of mitochondrial oxidative pathways (p<0.05) and upregulation of inflammation pathways (p<0.05). Hierarchical clustering of heavy/lean twin ratios, representing effects of acquired obesity in the transcriptomics data, revealed three sub-groups with different molecular profiles (FDR<0.05). Analyses comparing these sub-groups showed that, in the heavy co-twins, downregulation of the mitochondrial pathways, especially that of branched chain amino acid (BCAA) degradation was more evident in two last clusters while and upregulation of the inflammatory response was most evident in the last, presumably the unhealthiest cluster. High fasting insulin levels and large adipocyte diameter were the predominant clinical characteristic of the heavy co-twins in this cluster (Bonferroni adjusted p<0.05). Conclusions This is the first study in BMI-discordant MZ twin pairs reporting sub-types of obesity based on both SAT gene expression profiles and clinical traits. We conclude that a decrease in mitochondrial BCAA degradation and an increase in inflammation in SAT co-occur and associate with hyperinsulinemia and large adipocyte size in unhealthy obesity.

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MHO Twin Study

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Characterising metabolically healthy obesity in weight-discordant monozygotic twins.

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