scholarly journals Dietary berries, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes: an overview of human feeding trials

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 6227-6243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Calvano ◽  
Kenneth Izuora ◽  
Edwin C. Oh ◽  
Jeffrey L. Ebersole ◽  
Timothy J. Lyons ◽  
...  

This review focuses on the role of dietary berries, especially the commonly consumed blueberries, cranberries and strawberries on metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes in human trials.

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (19) ◽  
pp. 3613-3619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paloma Almeda-Valdes ◽  
Roberto J. Herrera-Mercadillo ◽  
Carlos A. Aguilar-Salinas ◽  
Misael Uribe ◽  
Nahum Méndez-Sánchez

Metabolic syndrome is a frequent metabolic disorder characterized by obesity and insulin resistance seems to be the main pathophysiological alteration. The goal of treating metabolic syndrome is to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and the development of type 2 diabetes. The lifestyle modification therapy combines specific recommendations on diet alone or combined with other strategies. In this review, we address the following topics: 1) the importance of the high prevalence of metabolic syndrome and obesity, and 2) the role of lifestyle modification focusing on dietary fat intake in the management of MS.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 1133
Author(s):  
Hatim Boughanem ◽  
Elena M. Yubero-Serrano ◽  
José López-Miranda ◽  
Francisco J. Tinahones ◽  
Manuel Macias-Gonzalez

Evidence from observational and in vitro studies suggests that insulin growth-factor-binding protein type 2 (IGFBP2) is a promising protein in non-communicable diseases, such as obesity, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, or type 2 diabetes. Accordingly, great efforts have been carried out to explore the role of IGFBP2 in obesity state and insulin-related diseases, which it is typically found decreased. However, the physiological pathways have not been explored yet, and the relevance of IGFBP2 as an important pathway integrator of metabolic disorders is still unknown. Here, we review and discuss the molecular structure of IGFBP2 as the first element of regulating the expression of IGFBP2. We highlight an update of the association between low serum IGFBP2 and an increased risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and low insulin sensitivity. We hypothesize mechanisms of IGFBP2 on the development of obesity and insulin resistance in an insulin-independent manner, which meant that could be evaluated as a therapeutic target. Finally, we cover the most interesting lifestyle modifications that regulate IGFBP2, since lifestyle factors (diet and/or physical activity) are associated with important variations in serum IGFBP2.


2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1341.2-1341
Author(s):  
A. Aleksandrov ◽  
V. Aleksandrov ◽  
L. Shilova

Background:Objectives:To assess the potential role of angiopoietin-like protein type 4 (ANGPTL4) in metabolic disorders caused by inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods:The study included 88 patients with significant RA, 64 patients with other rheumatic diseases (RD) (36 patients with osteoarthritis (OA); 28 patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA); 17 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS)) and 32 healthy individuals. Estimation of ANGPTL4 was carried out by enzyme immunoassay using the commercial test system “RayBio Human ANGPTL4 ELISA Kit” (RayBiotech, USA) in blood serum. Levels of ESR, CRP, RF, antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) and modified vimentin (anti-MCV) in the ELISA test were determined for all patients with RA.Results:The level of ANGPTL4 in the blood serum of patients with RA was significantly higher than in healthy people (p <0.001) and patients with other RD (p = 0.012 compared with OA; p = 0.046 with PsA; p = 0.008 with AS). ANGPTL4 indices in patients with RA correlated with the age of onset of RA (r = -0.658, p <0.001), disease activity according to DAS-28 (r = 0.449, p = 0.001), level of education (r = 0.235, p = 0.029), dose of glucocorticoid hormones (r = 0.321, p = 0.009) and methotrexate (r = -0.496, p = 0.05), the presence of osteopenia (r = 0.44), signs of kidney damage - proteinuria (r = 0.309, p = 0.037) and hypoalbuminemia (r = 0.386, p = 0.022), as well as with CRP levels (r = 0.488, p = 0.003), ESR (r = 0.458, p = 0.002), serum vitamin D (r = -0.417) and urinary calcium when recalculated to creatinine (r = 0.797, p = 0.032).Patients with RA showed a high frequency of insulin resistance (according to the HOMA-IR index) (1.27 [0.84–1.62] in patients with RA; 0.76 [0.44–1.02] in healthy individuals; p <0.001) and the presence of coronary heart disease, as well as a positive correlation between disease activity (according to DAS-28) and insulin resistance (according to the HOMA-IR index) (p = 0.033).Higher values of C-reactive protein (p = 0.04) and serum ANGPTL4 levels (p = 0.042, compared with patients with RA without type 2 diabetes; p = 0.026, compared with healthy individuals) were determined in the group of patients with RA with the presence of type 2 diabetes. ANGPTL4 acts as an inhibitor of lipoprotein lipase. His contribution to the development of dyslipidemia in RA can be demonstrated by the results we obtained when comparing groups of patients with / without signs of metabolic syndrome (MS). A positive correlation between ANGPTL4 and triglyceride levels (r = 0.42, p = 0.018) was found. An increase in the level of ANGPTL4 in blood serum of patients with RA with MS (p = 0.027 compared with RA without MS) can predict the development of cardiac pathology in this group of patients.Conclusion:ANGPTL4 is directly involved in the regulation of glucose homeostasis, lipid metabolism, and insulin sensitivity. Cardiovascular diseases associated with atherosclerosis, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome are known as the most common extraarticular manifestations of RA; the study of the role of ANGPTL4 in metabolic disorders caused by inflammation can show a new direction in the development of laboratory and therapeutic technologies in RA.Disclosure of Interests:None declared


Author(s):  
Patricio López-Jaramillo ◽  
Diego Gómez-Arbeláez ◽  
Jose López-López ◽  
Cristina López-López ◽  
Javier Martínez-Ortega ◽  
...  

AbstractThe metabolic syndrome comprises a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors, with insulin resistance and adiposity as its central features. Identifying individuals with metabolic syndrome is important due to its association with an increased risk of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Attention has focused on the visceral adipose tissue production of cytokines (adipokines) in metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus, as the levels of the anti-inflammatory adipokine adiponectin are decreased, while proinflammatory cytokines are elevated, creating a proinflammatory state associated with insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction. In this review, we will give special attention to the role of the leptin/adiponectin ratio. We have previously demonstrated that in individuals with severe coronary artery disease, abdominal obesity was uniquely related to decreased plasma concentrations of adiponectin and increased leptin levels. Leptin/adiponectin imbalance was associated with increased waist circumference and a decreased vascular response to acetylcholine and increased vasoconstriction due to angiotensin II. Leptin and adiponectin have opposite effects on subclinical inflammation and insulin resistance. Leptin upregulates proinflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6; these are associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus. In contrast, adiponectin has anti-inflammatory properties and downregulates the expression and release of a number of proinflammatory immune mediators. Therefore, it appears that interactions between angiotensin II and leptin/adiponectin imbalance may be important mediators of the elevated risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases associated with abdominal obesity.


Diabetes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 1758-P
Author(s):  
HUGO MARTIN ◽  
SÉBASTIEN BULLICH ◽  
FABIEN DUCROCQ ◽  
MARION GRALAND ◽  
CLARA OLIVRY ◽  
...  

Biomolecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1617
Author(s):  
Pierluigi Scalia ◽  
Antonio Giordano ◽  
Caroline Martini ◽  
Stephen J. Williams

Insulin receptor (IR) and IR-related signaling defects have been shown to trigger insulin-resistance in insulin-dependent cells and ultimately to give rise to type 2 diabetes in mammalian organisms. IR expression is ubiquitous in mammalian tissues, and its over-expression is also a common finding in cancerous cells. This latter finding has been shown to associate with both a relative and absolute increase in IR isoform-A (IR-A) expression, missing 12 aa in its EC subunit corresponding to exon 11. Since IR-A is a high-affinity transducer of Insulin-like Growth Factor-II (IGF-II) signals, a growth factor is often secreted by cancer cells; such event offers a direct molecular link between IR-A/IR-B increased ratio in insulin resistance states (obesity and type 2 diabetes) and the malignant advantage provided by IGF-II to solid tumors. Nonetheless, recent findings on the biological role of isoforms for cellular signaling components suggest that the preferential expression of IR isoform-A may be part of a wider contextual isoform-expression switch in downstream regulatory factors, potentially enhancing IR-dependent oncogenic effects. The present review focuses on the role of isoform- and paralog-dependent variability in the IR and downstream cellular components playing a potential role in the modulation of the IR-A signaling related to the changes induced by insulin-resistance-linked conditions as well as to their relationship with the benign versus malignant transition in underlying solid tumors.


2010 ◽  
Vol 63 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 611-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Branka Koprivica ◽  
Teodora Beljic-Zivkovic ◽  
Tatjana Ille

Introduction. Insulin resistance is a well-known leading factor in the development of metabolic syndrome. The aim of this study was to evaluate metabolic effects of metformin added to sulfonylurea in unsuccessfully treated type 2 diabetic patients with metabolic syndrome. Material and methods. A group of thirty subjects, with type 2 diabetes, secondary sulfonylurea failure and metabolic syndrome were administered the combined therapy of sulfonylurea plus metformin for six months. Metformin 2000 mg/d was added to previously used sulfonylurea agent in maximum daily dose. Antihypertensive and hypolipemic therapy was not changed. The following parameters were assessed at the beginning and after six months of therapy: glycemic control, body mass index, waist circumference, blood pressure, triglycerides, total cholesterol and its fractions, homeostatic models for evaluation of insulin resistance and secretion (HOMA R, HOMA B) and C- peptide. Results. Glycemic control was significantly improved after six months of the combined therapy: (fasting 7.89 vs. 10.61 mmol/l. p<0.01; postprandial 11.12 vs. 12.61 mmol/l. p<0.01, p<0.01; glycosylated hemoglobin 6.81 vs. 8.83%. p<0.01). the body mass index and waist circumference were significantly lower (26.7 vs. 27.8 kg/m2, p<0.01 and 99.7 vs. 101.4 cm for men, p<0.01; 87.2 vs. 88.5 for women, p<0.01). Fasting plasma triglycerides decreased from 3.37 to 2.45 mmol/l (p<0.001) and HOMA R from 7.04 to 5.23 (p<0.001). No treatment effects were observed on blood pressure, cholesterol, and residual insulin secretion. Conclusion. Administration of metformin in type 2 diabetes with metabolic syndrome decreased cardiovascular risk factors by reducing glycemia, triglycerides, BMI, central obesity and insulin resistance.


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