Relationship of ANGPTL6 With Neonatal Glucose Homeostasis and Fat Mass Is Disrupted in Gestational Diabetic Pregnancies
Autor: | Abel Valencia-Martínez, Ute Schaefer-Graf, Encarnación Amusquivar, Emilio Herrera, Henar Ortega-Senovilla |
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Rok vydání: | 2022 |
Předmět: |
Blood Glucose
Leptin Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Biochemistry (medical) Clinical Biochemistry Infant Newborn Biochemistry Diabetes Gestational Angiopoietin-like Proteins Glucose Endocrinology Pregnancy Animals Homeostasis Humans Insulin Female Adiponectin Angiopoietin-Like Protein 6 Insulin Resistance Vitamin A Retinol-Binding Proteins Plasma |
Zdroj: | The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 107:e4078-e4085 |
ISSN: | 1945-7197 0021-972X |
Popis: | Context Angiopoietin-like protein 6 (ANGPTL6) is a hepatokine, which, in animal studies, improves insulin sensitivity and increases energy expenditure to counteract insulin resistance. Objective Evaluate in a human population, the role of serum ANGPTL6 in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) or its presence in fetal circulation. Research design and methods A total of 190 women (115 controls and 75 GDM) and their offspring were studied. Insulin, glucose, ANGPTL6, retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4), and retinol, as well as leptin and adiponectin, were determined in maternal serum obtained at term and from umbilical artery blood at delivery. Results At term, pregnant women with GDM showed higher serum concentrations of ANGPTL6, insulin, homeostatic model assessment, and apo-RBP4 (free RBP4) than controls but not of glucose, which remained similar in both groups. Also, in arterial cord serum, ANGPTL6 concentration was increased in GDM neonates with respect to the control group (201 ± 12 ng/mL vs 119 ± 8 ng/mL, respectively). No effect of maternal insulin treatment of some GDM mothers in neonates of either sex on ANGPTL6 levels was observed. In GDM, circulating ANGPTL6 showed no correlation with glucose or insulin concentration or with neonatal adiposity. However, in control pregnancies, the variation in glucose concentration was positively correlated with ANGPTL6 concentration, both in maternal and in cord samples, and cord ANGPTL6 was negatively correlated with neonatal fat mass. Furthermore, in control pregnant women, serum concentrations of ANGPTL6 and apo-RBP4 were negatively correlated. Conclusion Serum ANGPTL6 levels are associated with maternal glucose homeostasis and fetal adiposity in normal pregnancy. ANGPTL6 levels in maternal and cord serum GDM pregnancy at term are increased, although its mechanism and physiological role are unknown yet. |
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