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Fasting and post prandial pancreatic and enteroendocrine hormone levels in obese and non-obese participants.

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Article

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Bannon, Christopher A 
Meek, Claire L 
Reimann, Frank 
Gribble, Fiona M 

Abstract

Circulating insulin levels are known to be increased in people with higher body mass index (BMI) due to effects of adiposity on insulin resistance, whilst gut hormones have a more complex relationship, with fasting peptideYY (PYY) reported to be inversely related to BMI. This study aimed to further explore fasting and post prandial pancreatic and gut hormone concentrations in plasma samples from obese and non-obese participants. Participants with healthy BMI (n=15), overweight BMI (n=29) and obesity (n=161) had samples taken fasting and 30 min post mixed liquid meal for analysis of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), PYY, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), insulin and glucagon. Data visualiation used linear discriminant analysis for dimensionality reduction, to visualise the data and assess scaling of each hormone. Fasting levels of insulin, GIP and PYY were shown to be key classifiers between the 3 groups on ANCOVA analysis, with an observation of increased GIP levels in overweight, but not obese participants. In non-obese subjects, fasting GIP, PYY and insulin correlated with BMI, whereas in subjects with obesity only the pancreatic hormones glucagon and insulin correlated with BMI. Concentrations of total GLP-1 in the fasting state correlated strongly with glucagon levels, highlighting potential assay cross-reactivities. The study, which included a relatively large number of subjects with severe obesity, supported previous evidence of BMI correlating negatively with fasting PYY and positively with fasting insulin. The observation of increased fasting GIP levels in overweight but not obese participants deserves further validation and mechanistic investigation.

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BMI, GIP, GLP-1, Glucagon, Immunoassay, Insulin, Obesity, PYY, Humans, Obesity, Male, Female, Adult, Fasting, Peptide YY, Middle Aged, Glucagon-Like Peptide 1, Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide, Body Mass Index, Insulin, Postprandial Period, Glucagon, Gastrointestinal Hormones

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Peptides

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0196-9781
1873-5169

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Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
Wellcome Trust (220271/Z/20/Z)
Wellcome Trust (100574/Z/12/Z)
Medical Research Council (MC_PC_12012)
Diabetes UK (17/0005712)
BBC Novo Nordisk Diabetes UK