Diet/Exercise versus pioglitazone: effects of insulin sensitization with decreasing or increasing fat mass on adipokines and inflammatory markers.
BACKGROUND
Plasma adipokine concentrations are variably related to fatness/insulin resistance and may act via endocrine mechanisms. We assessed the relationship among plasma adipokine concentrations and their relationship with insulin sensitivity and body composition in obese adults before and after insulin sensitization accomplished using diet/exercise or pioglitazone.


METHODS
Plasma adipokine concentrations, insulin sensitivity, and body composition were assessed in 39 upper-body obese insulin-resistant, nondiabetic adults before and after 19 wk of diet/exercise or 30 mg/d pioglitazone.


RESULTS
Diet/exercise reduced body fat and visceral fat and improved insulin sensitivity parameters; pioglitazone improved insulin sensitivity to a similar degree but increased body fat. Adiponectin increased more after pioglitazone (4770 +/- 487 vs. 8351 +/- 693.6 ng/ml, P < 0.001) than after diet/exercise (4704 +/- 367 to 5426 +/- 325.3 ng/ml, P < 0.01), whereas TNFalpha, IL-6, and resistin did not change. C-reactive protein decreased with diet/exercise. Adipokine concentrations were not correlated with each other at baseline or after insulin sensitization, except TNFalpha and IL-6 (r = 0.43, P < 0.05); IL-6 was inversely correlated with resistin. Only adiponectin was correlated (P < 0.05) with indices of insulin sensitivity. Adiponectin concentrations were inversely correlated with visceral fat and with sc fat depots in men but positively correlated with sc fat in women.


CONCLUSIONS
Plasma adipokine concentrations were not consistently interrelated, and only adiponectin displayed the expected relationship with insulin sensitivity and sensitization. These findings do not support an endocrine role for resistin, TNFalpha, and IL-6 in mediating changes in insulin resistance after diet/exercise or pioglitazone.
Shadid
Samyah
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Endocrine Research Unit, 5-194 Joseph, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Stehouwer
Coen D A
CD
Jensen
Michael D
MD
D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D052242:Adiponectin / Q000097:blood; D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D000077205:Pioglitazone; D052243:Resistin / Q000097:blood; D045162:Thiazolidinediones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
D052242:Adiponectin; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D015850:Interleukin-6; D052243:Resistin; D045162:Thiazolidinediones; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D000077205:Pioglitazone