Family history and obesity in youth, their effect on acylcarnitine/aminoacids metabolomics and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Structural equation modeling approach

Authors

Maria Elena Romero-Ibarguengoitia
Felipe Vadillo-Ortega
Augusto Enrique Caballero
Isabel Ibarra-Gonzalez
Arturo Herrera-Rosas
Maria Fabiola Serratos-Canales
Mireya Leon-Hernandez
Antonio Gonzalez-Chavez
Srinivas Mummidi, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Ravindranath Duggirala, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Juan Carlos Lopez Alvarenga, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-21-2018

Abstract

Background

Structural equation modeling (SEM) can help understanding complex functional relationships among obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), family history of obesity, targeted metabolomics and pro-inflammatory markers. We tested two hypotheses: 1) If obesity precedes an excess of free fatty acids that increase oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction, there would be an increase of serum acylcarnitines, amino acids and cytokines in obese subjects. Acylcarnitines would be related to non-alcoholic fatty disease that will induce insulin resistance. 2) If a positive family history of obesity and type 2 diabetes are the major determinants of the metabolomic profile, there would be higher concentration of amino acids and acylcarnitines in patients with this background that will induce obesity and NAFLD which in turn will induce insulin resistance.

Methods/Results

137 normoglycemic subjects, mean age (SD) of 30.61 (8.6) years divided in three groups: BMI(G1), n = 82; BMI>30 with absence of NAFLD (G2), n = 24; and BMI>30 with NAFLD (G3), n = 31. Family history of obesity (any) was present in 53%. Both models were adjusted in SEM. Family history of obesity predicted obesity but could not predict acylcarnitines and amino acid concentrations (effect size

Conclusion

Family history of obesity is the major predictor of obesity, and the metabolic abnormalities on amino acids, acylcarnitines, inflammation, insulin resistance, and NAFLD.

Comments

© 2018 Romero-Ibarguengoitia et al.

Recommended Citation

Romero-Ibarguengoitia ME, Vadillo-Ortega F, Caballero AE, Ibarra-González I, Herrera-Rosas A, et al. (2018) Family history and obesity in youth, their effect on acylcarnitine/aminoacids metabolomics and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Structural equation modeling approach. PLOS ONE 13(2): e0193138. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193138

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Publication Title

PLoS ONE

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0193138

Academic Level

faculty

Mentor/PI Department

Office of Human Genetics