Vitamin B12 deficiency and altered one-carbon metabolites in early pregnancy is associated with maternal obesity and dyslipidaemia

Autor: Yonas Ghebremichael Weldeselassie, Catherine Wood, Ilona Goljan, Theresia H. Mina, Craig Webster, Rebecca M. Reynolds, Antonysunil Adaikalakoteswari, Ponnusamy Saravanan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Adaikalakoteswari, A, Wood, C, Mina, T, Webster, C, Goljan, I, Weldeselassie, Y, Reynolds, R & Saravanan, P 2020, ' Vitamin B12 deficiency and altered one-carbon metabolites in early pregnancy is associated with maternal obesity and dyslipidaemia ', Scientific Reports . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68344-0
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020)
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68344-0
Popis: Vitamin B12 (B12) is a micronutrient essential for one-carbon (1C) metabolism. B12 deficiency disturbs the 1C cycle and alters DNA methylation which is vital for most metabolic processes. Studies show that B12 deficiency may be associated with obesity, insulin resistance and gestational diabetes; and with obesity in child-bearing women. We therefore hypothesised that the associations between B12 deficiency, BMI and the metabolic risk could be mediated through altered 1C metabolites in early pregnancy. We explored these associations in two different early pregnancy cohorts in the UK (cohort 1; n = 244 and cohort 2; n = 60) with anthropometric data at 10–12 weeks and plasma/serum sampling at 16–18 weeks. B12, folate, total homocysteine (tHcy), methionine, MMA, metabolites of 1C metabolism (SAM, SAH) and anthropometry were measured. B12 deficiency (
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