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Plasma MOTS-c levels are associated with insulin sensitivity in lean but not in obese individuals

Cataldo, Luis Rodrigo LU orcid ; Fernández-Verdejo, Rodrigo ; Santos, José Luis and Galgani, Jose Eduardo (2018) In Journal of Investigative Medicine 66(6). p.1019-1022
Abstract

Mitochondrial open reading frame of the 12S rRNA-c (MOTS-c) is a mitochondrial-derived peptide that attenuates weight gain and hyperinsulinemia when administered to high fat-fed mice. MOTS-c is therefore a potential regulator of metabolic homeostasis under conditions of high-energy supply. However, the effect of insulin resistance and obesity on plasma MOTS-c concentration in humans is unknown. To gain insight into MOTS-c regulation, we measured plasma MOTS-c concentration and analyzed its relationship with insulin sensitivity surrogates, in lean and obese humans (n=10 per group). Obese individuals had impaired insulin sensitivity as indicated by low Matsuda and high Homeostatic Model Assessment (HOMA) indexes. Although plasma MOTS-c... (More)

Mitochondrial open reading frame of the 12S rRNA-c (MOTS-c) is a mitochondrial-derived peptide that attenuates weight gain and hyperinsulinemia when administered to high fat-fed mice. MOTS-c is therefore a potential regulator of metabolic homeostasis under conditions of high-energy supply. However, the effect of insulin resistance and obesity on plasma MOTS-c concentration in humans is unknown. To gain insight into MOTS-c regulation, we measured plasma MOTS-c concentration and analyzed its relationship with insulin sensitivity surrogates, in lean and obese humans (n=10 per group). Obese individuals had impaired insulin sensitivity as indicated by low Matsuda and high Homeostatic Model Assessment (HOMA) indexes. Although plasma MOTS-c concentration was similar in lean and obese individuals (0.48±0.16 and 0.52±0.15 ng/mL; p=0.60), it was correlated with HOMA (r=0.53; p<0.05) and Matsuda index (r=-0.46; p<0.05). Notably, when the groups were analyzed separately, the associations remained only in lean individuals. We conclude that plasma MOTS-c concentration is unaltered in human obesity. However, MOTS-c associates positively with insulin resistance mostly in lean individuals, indicating that plasma MOTS-c concentration depends on the metabolic status in this population. Such dependence seems altered when obesity settles. The implications of plasma MOTS-c for human metabolic homeostasis deserve future examination.

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  author       = {{Cataldo, Luis Rodrigo and Fernández-Verdejo, Rodrigo and Santos, José Luis and Galgani, Jose Eduardo}},
  issn         = {{1708-8267}},
  keywords     = {{Journal Article}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{03}},
  number       = {{6}},
  pages        = {{1019--1022}},
  publisher    = {{BMJ Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{Journal of Investigative Medicine}},
  title        = {{Plasma MOTS-c levels are associated with insulin sensitivity in lean but not in obese individuals}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jim-2017-000681}},
  doi          = {{10.1136/jim-2017-000681}},
  volume       = {{66}},
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