TY - JOUR
T1 - LysoPC-acyl C16
T2 - 0 is associated with brown adipose tissue activity in men
AU - Boon, Mariette R.
AU - Bakker, Leontine E. H.
AU - Prehn, Cornelia
AU - Adamski, Jerzy
AU - Vosselman, Maarten J.
AU - Jazet, Ingrid M.
AU - Arias-Bouda, Lenka M. Pereira
AU - van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter D.
AU - van Dijk, Ko Willems
AU - Rensen, Patrick C. N.
AU - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.
PY - 2017/5
Y1 - 2017/5
N2 - Introduction Brown adipose tissue (BAT) recently emerged as a potential therapeutic target in the treatment of obesity and associated disorders due to its fat-burning capacity. The current gold standard in assessing BAT activity is -[F-18] FDG PET-CT scan, which has severe limitations including radiation exposure, being expensive, and being labor-intensive. Therefore, indirect markers are needed of human BAT activity and volume.Objective We aimed to identify metabolites in serum that are associated with BAT volume and activity in men. Methods We assessed 163 metabolites in fasted serum of a cohort of twenty-two healthy lean men (age 24.1 (21.7-26.6) years, BMI 22.1 (20.5-23.4) kg/m(2)) who subsequently underwent a cold-induced -[F-18] FDG PETCT scan to assess BAT volume and activity. In addition, we included three replication cohorts consisting of in total thirty-seven healthy lean men that were similar with respect to age and BMI compared to the discovery cohort.Results After correction for multiple testing, fasting concentrations of lysophosphatidylcholine-acyl (LysoPC-acyl) C16: 1, LysoPC-acyl C16: 0 and phosphatidylcholine-diacyl C32: 1 showed strong positive correlations with BAT volume (beta= 116 (85-148) mL, R-2 = 0.81, p = 4.6 x 10-7; beta = 79 (93-119) mL, R-2 = 0.57, p = 5.9 x 10(-4) and beta= 91 (40-141) mL, R-2 = 0.52, p = 1.0 x 10(-3), respectively) as well as with BAT activity (beta= 0.20 (0.11-0.29) g/mL, R-2 = 0.59, p = 1.9 x 10(-4); beta = 0.15 (0.06-0.23) g/mL, -R2 = 0.47, p = 2.0 x 10-3 and beta= 0.13 (0.01-0.25) g/mL, R-2 = 0.28, p = 0.04, respectively). When tested in three independent replication cohorts (total n = 37), the association remained significant between LysoPC-acyl C16: 0 and BAT activity in a pooled analysis (beta= 0.15 (0.07-0.23) g/mL, R-2 = 0.08, p = 4.2 x 10(-4)).Conclusions LysoPC-acyl C16: 0 is associated with BAT activity in men. Since BAT is regarded as a promising tool in the battle against obesity and related disorders, the identification of such a noninvasive marker is highly relevant.
AB - Introduction Brown adipose tissue (BAT) recently emerged as a potential therapeutic target in the treatment of obesity and associated disorders due to its fat-burning capacity. The current gold standard in assessing BAT activity is -[F-18] FDG PET-CT scan, which has severe limitations including radiation exposure, being expensive, and being labor-intensive. Therefore, indirect markers are needed of human BAT activity and volume.Objective We aimed to identify metabolites in serum that are associated with BAT volume and activity in men. Methods We assessed 163 metabolites in fasted serum of a cohort of twenty-two healthy lean men (age 24.1 (21.7-26.6) years, BMI 22.1 (20.5-23.4) kg/m(2)) who subsequently underwent a cold-induced -[F-18] FDG PETCT scan to assess BAT volume and activity. In addition, we included three replication cohorts consisting of in total thirty-seven healthy lean men that were similar with respect to age and BMI compared to the discovery cohort.Results After correction for multiple testing, fasting concentrations of lysophosphatidylcholine-acyl (LysoPC-acyl) C16: 1, LysoPC-acyl C16: 0 and phosphatidylcholine-diacyl C32: 1 showed strong positive correlations with BAT volume (beta= 116 (85-148) mL, R-2 = 0.81, p = 4.6 x 10-7; beta = 79 (93-119) mL, R-2 = 0.57, p = 5.9 x 10(-4) and beta= 91 (40-141) mL, R-2 = 0.52, p = 1.0 x 10(-3), respectively) as well as with BAT activity (beta= 0.20 (0.11-0.29) g/mL, R-2 = 0.59, p = 1.9 x 10(-4); beta = 0.15 (0.06-0.23) g/mL, -R2 = 0.47, p = 2.0 x 10-3 and beta= 0.13 (0.01-0.25) g/mL, R-2 = 0.28, p = 0.04, respectively). When tested in three independent replication cohorts (total n = 37), the association remained significant between LysoPC-acyl C16: 0 and BAT activity in a pooled analysis (beta= 0.15 (0.07-0.23) g/mL, R-2 = 0.08, p = 4.2 x 10(-4)).Conclusions LysoPC-acyl C16: 0 is associated with BAT activity in men. Since BAT is regarded as a promising tool in the battle against obesity and related disorders, the identification of such a noninvasive marker is highly relevant.
KW - [F-18] FDG PET-CT scan
KW - Brown adipose tissue
KW - LysoPC-acyl C16:0
KW - Metabolomics
KW - LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM
KW - HUMANS
KW - FAT
KW - THERMOGENESIS
U2 - 10.1007/s11306-017-1185-z
DO - 10.1007/s11306-017-1185-z
M3 - Article
SN - 1573-3882
VL - 13
JO - Metabolomics
JF - Metabolomics
IS - 5
M1 - 48
ER -