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ABSTRACT: Background & aims
To study the origin of fat excess in the livers of morbidly obese (MO) individuals, we analysed lipids and lipases in both plasma and liver and genes involved in lipid transport, or related with, in that organ.Methods
Thirty-two MO patients were grouped according to the absence (healthy: DM - DL -) or presence of comorbidities (dyslipidemic: DM - DL +; or dyslipidemic with type 2 diabetes: DM + DL +) before and one year after gastric bypass.Results
The livers of healthy, DL and DM patients contained more lipids (9.8, 9.5 and 13.7 times, respectively) than those of control subjects. The genes implicated in liver lipid uptake, including HL, LPL, VLDLr, and FAT/CD36, showed increased expression compared with the controls. The expression of genes involved in lipid-related processes outside of the liver, such as apoB, PPAR? and PGC1?, CYP7a1 and HMGCR, was reduced in these patients compared with the controls. PAI1 and TNF? gene expression in the diabetic livers was increased compared with the other obese groups and control group. Increased steatosis and fibrosis were also noted in the MO individuals.Conclusions
Hepatic lipid parameters in MO patients change based on their comorbidities. The gene expression and lipid levels after bariatric surgery were less prominent in the diabetic patients. Lipid receptor overexpression could enable the liver to capture circulating lipids, thus favouring the steatosis typically observed in diabetic and dyslipidaemic MO individuals.
SUBMITTER: Pardina E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4802404 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pardina Eva E Ferrer Roser R Rossell Joana J Baena-Fustegueras Juan Antonio JA Lecube Albert A Fort Jose Manuel JM Caubet Enric E González Óscar Ó Vilallonga Ramón R Vargas Víctor V Balibrea José María JM Peinado-Onsurbe Julia J
BBA clinical 20160108
<h4>Background & aims</h4>To study the origin of fat excess in the livers of morbidly obese (MO) individuals, we analysed lipids and lipases in both plasma and liver and genes involved in lipid transport, or related with, in that organ.<h4>Methods</h4>Thirty-two MO patients were grouped according to the absence (healthy: DM - DL -) or presence of comorbidities (dyslipidemic: DM - DL +; or dyslipidemic with type 2 diabetes: DM + DL +) before and one year after gastric bypass.<h4>Results</h4>The l ...[more]