title: Serum chemerin levels during normal human pregnancy.
abstract: During gestation there are important changes in maternal metabolism and an increase in insulin resistance, coinciding with an increase in adiposity. Chemerin is an adipocytokine which is expressed and secreted in various tissues, including placenta, and may play an important role in metabolic regulation during pregnancy. The aim of this study was to determine serum levels of chemerin during gestation and compare them to other indicators of insulin resistance. A cross-sectional study was carried out analyzing serum chemerin levels of 20 pregnant women during three gestational periods, early, middle, and late (between the 10th and 14th, the 23rd and 26th, and the 34th and 37th week) and 20 non-pregnant women were used as a control group. An analysis of chemerin levels during the menstrual cycle was performed in an eumenorrheic group (n=16) in the early follicular (cycle day 4±1) and the midluteal phase (cycle day 22±1), demonstrating that serum chemerin levels did not fluctuate significantly. Serum levels of chemerin were significantly elevated during late gestation when compared to early (P<0.001) and middle (P=0.001) gestation and a negative correlation between serum chemerin and adiponectin levels (r=-0.1643) became more significant when the non-pregnant group was included in the calculations (r=-0.2471). There was no significant association of triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, insulin, and HOMA levels with chemerin. Although chemerin rose significantly and is negatively associated with adiponectin levels, it is not correlated with other markers of insulin sensitivity, suggesting that more study is needed to determine whether chemerin is useful in predicting insulin resistance during gestation.
authors: Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors: Maria F
authors: MF
authors: Garces
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Sanchez
authors: Ariel I
authors: AI
authors: Ruíz-Parra
authors: Jorge Andrés
authors: JA
authors: Rubio-Romero
authors: Edith
authors: E
authors: Angel-Müller
authors: Miguel A
authors: MA
authors: Suarez
authors: Luisa F
authors: LF
authors: Bohórquez
authors: Susana B
authors: SB
authors: Bravo
authors: Rubén
authors: R
authors: Nogueiras
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Diéguez
authors: Jorge E
authors: JE
authors: Caminos
mesh_terms: D052242:Adiponectin / Q000097:blood; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D018925:Chemokines / Q000097:blood*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000097:blood*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: C499918:ADIPOQ protein, human; D052242:Adiponectin; D018925:Chemokines; D007328:Insulin; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C478630:RARRES2 protein, human; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol