title: Effects of C358A missense polymorphism of the degrading enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase on weight loss, adipocytokines, and insulin resistance after 2 hypocaloric diets.
abstract: It has been demonstrated that the polymorphism 385 C/A of fatty acid amide hydrolase was associated with obesity. We decided to investigate the role of a polymorphism (cDNA 385 C->A) on insulin resistance and weight loss secondary to a low-fat vs a low-carbohydrate diet. A population of 248 patients with obesity was analyzed. Basal measurements were performed, and values were compared to those at the end of a 3-month period in which subjects received either diet I (low fat) or diet II (low carbohydrate). One hundred seventy-eight patients (71.8%) had the genotype C358C (wild-type group), and 70 (28.2%) patients had the genotype C358A (62 patients, 25%) or A358A (8 patients, 3.2%) (mutant-type group). With diet I, body mass index, weight, fat mass, waist circumference, and systolic blood pressures decreased in the wild-type and mutant-type groups. With diet II, body mass index, weight, fat mass, waist circumference, and systolic blood pressures decreased in both genotypes. With diet I, leptin, glucose, total cholesterol, triglyceride, insulin, and homeostasis model assessment for insulin sensitivity (HOMA) decreased in the wild-type group. In the mutant-type group, only cholesterol decreased in a significant way. With diet II, leptin, interleukin-6, glucose, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, insulin, HOMA, and C-reactive protein decreased in the wild-type genotype. The allele A358 of fatty acid amide hydrolase was associated with a lack of improvement on glucose insulin, HOMA, and leptin levels in both diets after weight loss.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Medicine School and Unit of Investigation, Hospital Rio Hortega, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
authors.forename: Daniel Antonio
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Deluis
authors.forename: Manuel Gonzalez
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Sagrado
authors.forename: Rocio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aller
authors.forename: Olatz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Izaola
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Conde
mesh_terms: D054392:Adipokines / Q000097:blood*; D000328:Adult; D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000235:genetics*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000235:genetics; D002153:Calorimetry, Indirect; D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000235:genetics*; D000099252:Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolases
chemical_list: D054392:Adipokines; D000581:Amidohydrolases; D001786:Blood Glucose; D016207:Cytokines; D000099252:Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolases