Project description:<p>The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) was a multicenter controlled clinical trial examining the efficacy of an intensive lifestyle intervention or metformin to prevent or delay the development of diabetes in a population selected to be at high risk due to the presence of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and obesity. Development of diabetes, defined by 1997 American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria, was the primary outcome while cardiovascular disease and its risk factors were important secondary outcomes. The pharmacological intervention was double blinded and placebo controlled. After randomization, participants had quarterly clinical evaluations and had, in addition, a fasting plasma glucose at semi-annual visits and a 75 gram oral glucose tolerance test at annual visits. Volunteers were recruited from populations known to be at particularly high risk for impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes including the following: persons with a family history of NIDDM, the elderly, overweight individuals, women with a history of diabetes during pregnancy ("gestational diabetes"), and minority populations including African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian and Pacific Island Americans, and Native Americans.</p> <p>The primary focus of the genetic investigations have been on candidate genes, including candidates derived from GWAS of diabetes, lipid and glycemia-related phenotypes. </p> <p><b>Please note</b> more phenotype data for the DPPG cohort is available through the NIDDK Data Repository. Information on obtaining this phenotype data can be found by going to <a href="https://www.niddkrepository.org/studies/dppos/?query=DPP">https://www.niddkrepository.org/studies/dppos/?query=DPP</a> and <a href="https://www.niddkrepository.org/studies/dpp/?query=DPP">https://www.niddkrepository.org/studies/dpp/?query=DPP</a>. Data will need to be requested from both data sets. A linking file will be available to the NIDDK Data Repository.</p>
Project description:BackgroundWe evaluated whether diet quality is a predictor of weight loss and reduced diabetes risk, independent of caloric intake in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) cohort, a randomized clinical trial of adults at risk for diabetes.MethodsThis secondary analysis included 2914 participants with available data (964 intensive lifestyle (ILS), 977 metformin, 973 placebo). Dietary intake was assessed using a 117-item food frequency questionnaire. Diet quality was quantified using the Alternative Healthy Eating Index 2010 (AHEI). AHEI ranges from 0 to 110, with higher scores corresponding to higher quality diets. ILS participants had greater improvement (p < 0.001) in AHEI over 1-year (4.2 ± 9.0) compared to metformin (1.2 ± 8.5) and placebo (1.4 ± 8.4). We examined the association between AHEI change and weight change from baseline to 1-year using linear regression, and that between 1-year AHEI change and incident diabetes, using hazard models over an average 3 years follow-up. Models were evaluated within treatment group and adjusted for relevant characteristics including caloric intake, physical activity, BMI and AHEI. Models testing incident diabetes were further adjusted for baseline fasting and 2 h glucose.ResultsAn increase in AHEI score was associated with weight loss in ILS [β per 10-point increase (SE) -1.2 kg (0.3, p < 0.001)], metformin [- 0. 90 kg (0.2, p < 0.001)] and placebo [- 0.55 kg (0.2, p = 0.01)]. However, AHEI change was not associated with incident diabetes in any group before or after adjustment for weight change.ConclusionsControlling for weight, diet quality was not associated with diabetes incidence but helps achieve weight loss, an important factor in diabetes prevention.
Project description:The goal of this observation study is to deliver an education program designed to increase knowledge of colorectal cancer prevention and nutrition education in minorities with Type 2 diabetes. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* What factors are associated with colorectal cancer screening among patients with type 2 diabetes?
* Will implementing a customized patient-centered, culturally appropriate colorectal cancer education, and nutrition education program reduce the risk for colorectal cancer among patients with type 2 diabetes?
* What is the impact of a patient-centered, culturally appropriate colorectal cancer education, and nutrition education intervention program on colorectal cancer screening and dietary indices among patients with type 2 diabetes compared to outcomes with patients who do not receive the intervention (usual care)?
Participants randomized to the intervention group will:
* receive a customized patient-centered, culturally appropriate education program
* participate in eight (8) education sessions
* be given booklet with colorectal cancer education and nutrition education to use as a workbook
Researchers will compare colorectal cancer knowledge, perceptions, self-care, and social norms scores and dietary indices of the intervention group to the control group immediately and 6-months post intervention to see if the education program increased colorectal cancer knowledge and screenings and changes in dietary habits.
Project description:The dorsal patterning in Drosophila is controlled by an extracellular gradient of the morphogens Decapentlaplegic/Screw (Dpp/Scrw), which are members of BMP/TGF-β family. Dpp/Scrw signal is transduced to the nucleus by the transcription factors, Mad/Medea. The transcriptional effectors exert their regulation in a graded-manner eliciting at least three threshold responses: high, intermediate and low. However, the mechanism underlying differential response to Dpp is poorly understood, due in part to the insufficient number of well-studied target genes. Gene expression changes were analysed in ectopic overexpressing Dpp mutant embryos to identify new target genes of Dpp/Mad pathway.
Project description:Pacific Islander populations, including Marshallese, face a disproportionately high burden of health disparities relative to the general population.A community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach was utilized to engage Marshallese participants in a comparative effectiveness trial testing 2 Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) interventions designed to reduce participant's weight, lower HbA1c, encourage healthy eating, and increase physical activity.To compare the effectiveness of the faith-based (WORD) DPP to the culturally adapted (Pacific Culturally Adapted Diabetes Prevention Program [PILI]) DPP, a clustered randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 384 Marshallese participants will be implemented in 32 churches located in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Churches will be randomly assigned to WORD DPP arm or to PILI DPP arm.WORD DPP focuses on connecting faith and health to attain a healthy weight, eat healthy, and be more physically active. In contrast, PILI DPP is a family and community focused DPP curriculum specifically adapted for implementation in Pacific Islander communities. PILI focuses on engaging social support networks to maintain a healthy weight, eat healthy, and be more physically active. All participants are assessed at baseline, immediate post intervention, and 12 months post intervention.Both interventions aim to cause weight loss through improving physical activity and healthy eating, with the goal of preventing the development of T2D. The clustered RCT will determine which intervention is most effective with the Marshallese population. The utilization of a CBPR approach that involves local stakeholders and engages faith-based institutions in Marshallese communities will increase the potential for success and sustainability. This study is registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03270436).
Project description:In animals, the brain regulates feeding behavior in response to local energy demands of peripheral tissues, which secrete orexigenic and anorexigenic hormones. Although skeletal muscle is a key peripheral tissue, it remains unknown whether muscle-secreted hormones regulate feeding. In Drosophila , we find that decapentaplegic (dpp), the homolog of human bone morphogenetic proteins BMP2 and BMP4, is a muscle-secreted factor (a myokine) that is induced by nutrient sensing and that circulates and signals to the brain. Muscle-restricted dpp RNAi promotes foraging and feeding initiation whereas dpp overexpression reduces it. This regulation of feeding by muscle-derived Dpp stems from modulation of brain tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) expression and dopamine biosynthesis. Consistently, Dpp receptor signaling in dopaminergic neurons regulates TH expression and feeding initiation via the downstream transcriptional repressor Schnurri. Moreover, pharmacologic modulation of TH activity rescues the changes in feeding initiation due to modulation of dpp expression in muscle. These findings indicate that muscle-to-brain endocrine signaling mediated by the myokine Dpp regulates feeding behavior.
Project description:ChIP-seq profiles for CTCF and TGF-beta signaling factors before and after treatment with DPP Examination of transcription factor dynamics during signaling
Project description:In the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum, Hedgehog (Hh) and Decapentaplegic (Dpp) signaling play key roles in the formation of the two major embryonic axes (Akiyama-Oda and Oda, 2010, Development 137, 1263-1273; Akiyama-Oda and Oda, 2006, Development 133, 2347-2357). Patched (Ptc), a receptor for Hh,functions as a negative regulator of Hh signaling. Double parental RNA interference (pRNAi) against spider homologs of ptc and dpp, Pt-ptc and Pt-dpp, respectively, results in severe defects in axis formation. In this microarray experiment, we attempted to identify candidate genes whose expressions are regulated by Hh and Dpp signaling during axis formation.