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Circulating Docosahexaenoic Acid Associates with Insulin-Dependent Skeletal Muscle and Whole Body Glucose Uptake in Older Women Born from Normal Weight Mothers
Badeau, R.M.; Honka, M.-J.; Bucci, M.; Iozzo, P.; Eriksson, J.G.; Nuutila, P. Circulating Docosahexaenoic Acid Associates with Insulin-Dependent Skeletal Muscle and Whole Body Glucose Uptake in Older Women Born from Normal Weight Mothers. Nutrients2017, 9, 110.
Badeau, R.M.; Honka, M.-J.; Bucci, M.; Iozzo, P.; Eriksson, J.G.; Nuutila, P. Circulating Docosahexaenoic Acid Associates with Insulin-Dependent Skeletal Muscle and Whole Body Glucose Uptake in Older Women Born from Normal Weight Mothers. Nutrients 2017, 9, 110.
Badeau, R.M.; Honka, M.-J.; Bucci, M.; Iozzo, P.; Eriksson, J.G.; Nuutila, P. Circulating Docosahexaenoic Acid Associates with Insulin-Dependent Skeletal Muscle and Whole Body Glucose Uptake in Older Women Born from Normal Weight Mothers. Nutrients2017, 9, 110.
Badeau, R.M.; Honka, M.-J.; Bucci, M.; Iozzo, P.; Eriksson, J.G.; Nuutila, P. Circulating Docosahexaenoic Acid Associates with Insulin-Dependent Skeletal Muscle and Whole Body Glucose Uptake in Older Women Born from Normal Weight Mothers. Nutrients 2017, 9, 110.
Abstract
Background: Obesity among pregnant women is common, and their offspring are predisposed to obesity, insulin resistance, and diabetes. Circulating metabolites that are related to insulin resistance and are associated with this decreased tissue-specific uptake are unknown. Here, we assessed metabolite profiles in elderly women and who were either female offspring from obese mothers (OOM) or offspring of lean mothers (OLM). Metabolic changes were tested for associations with metrics for insulin resistance. Methods: 37 elderly women were separated into an elderly offspring from obese mothers (OOM; n = 17) and elderly offspring from lean/normal weight mothers (OLM; n = 20) groups. We measured plasma metabolites using 1H-NMR and also insulin-dependent tissue specific glucose uptake in skeletal muscle were assessed. Associations were made between metabolites and glucose uptake. Results: Compared to the OLM group, we found that the 22:6 docosahexaenoic acid percentage of the total long chain n-3 fatty acids (DHA/FA) was significantly lower in OOM (P = 0.015). DHA/FA associated significantly to skeletal muscle GU (P = 0.031) and M-value in the OLM group only (P = 0.050). Conclusions: DHA/FA is associated with insulin-dependent skeletal muscle glucose uptake and that this association is significantly weakened in the offspring of obese mothers.
Keywords
22:6 docosahexaenoic acid; ω-3 fatty acids; offspring of obese mothers; offspring of lean mothers; insulin-dependent skeletal muscle glucose uptake
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Endocrinology and Metabolism
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