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Visceral adipose tissue visfatin in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Radhika Gaddipati*, Sasikala Mitnala
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, Nagarajarao Padaki**, Rathindra Mohan Mukherjee*, Anuradha Sekaran**, Magnus Jayaraj-Mansard**, Pradeep Rabella**, Venkat Rao-Guduru**, Nageshwar Reddy-Duwuru**
* Institute of Basic Sciences and Translational Research, Asian Health Care Foundation
** Asian Institute of Gastroenterology
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The number of obese patients were fourteen in NAFLD and six in non NAFLD groups&#46; Informed consent was obtained from all the patients and the study protocol was approved by the institutional ethical and scientific review committee&#46;</p></span></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0030">Methods</span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0035">Samples</span><p id="p0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Visceral adipose tissue from greater omentum was obtained at the time of laparoscopy in Dulbecco&#8217;s minimum essential medium &#40;DMEM&#41; containing 1000 mg&#47;L glucose and 27 BSA for estimation of pro inflammatory cytokines and visfatin&#46; Formalin preserved liver biopsy specimens taken from the patients were sub<span class="elsevierStyleBold">j</span>ected to histopathologi-cal examinations&#46; Fasting blood samples &#40;5 ml&#41; 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The bound visfatin in the adipose tissue extract was captured by HRP conjugated rabbit anti human visfatin&#46; The extent of color developed with the addition of substrate was measured at 450nm using an ELISA plate reader &#40;Bio-Rad&#44; Tokyo&#44; Japan&#41;&#46; Lipid profiles&#44; glucose and liver enzymes were estimated on autoanalyser &#40;Daytona&#44; Randox laboratories&#44; Co&#46; Antrim&#44; UK&#41; and non esterified fatty acids &#40;NEFA&#41; were measured on spectrophotometer &#40;Bec-kman Coulter&#44; Fullerton&#44; CA&#44; USA&#41; using commercial kits &#40;Randox&#41;&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0045">Histopathological examination of liver biopsy</span><p id="p0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Formalin fixed liver biopsy specimens were routinely processed&#44; sectioned and stained with haema-toxylin-eosin&#46; Biopsies were evaluated by two independent pathologists&#46; 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Grouping of the patients &#40;n &#61; 115&#59; male&#58; female ratio &#61; 63&#58;52&#41; on the basis of histopathological grading resulted in two groups&#44; NAFLD &#40;n &#61; 77&#41;&#44; non NAFLD &#40;n &#61; 38&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="t0005"></elsevierMultimedia><span id="sec0050" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0060">Histopathology of liver</span><p id="p0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Histopathological examination of liver biopsies revealed varying degrees of steatosis in NAFLD group ranging from simple steatosis &#40;457&#44; n &#61; 35&#41;&#44; moderate steatosis &#40;407&#44; n &#61; 30&#41; to NASH &#40;157&#44; n &#61; 12&#41;&#46; Subjects from Non NAFLD group were devoid of any histological signs of steatosis &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#t0005">Table 1</a>&#41;&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0055" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0065">Visceral adipose tissue visfatin</span><p id="p0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Visceral adipose tissue visfatin levels were high in non NAFLD group &#40;210 &#177; 93&#46;16 ng &#47;mg protein&#41;&#46; Significant decline in visceral visfatin level was evident in all the groups of NAFLD which was more pronounced in simple steatosis &#40;87&#46;25 &#177; 75&#46;22 ng&#47;mg protein&#41; as compared to non NAFLD group&#46; This decline maintained the same waning trend in patients having moderate steatosis &#40;61&#46;36 &#177; 56&#46;46 ng&#47;mg protein&#41; and reduced drastically in those diagnosed for NASH &#40;31&#46;83 &#177; 29&#46;43 ng&#47;mg protein&#41; as depicted in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#f0005">figure 1A</a>&#46; The decrease in simple steato-sis showed an inverse correlation between the level of visceral visfatin and occurrence of simple steato-sis in NAFLD &#40;P &#60; 0&#46;001&#59; r &#8211; 0&#46;576&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="f0005"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0060" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0070">Visceral adipose tissue proinflammatory cytokines</span><p id="p0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">As shown in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#f0005">figure 1B</a>&#44; TNF &#945; levels in visceral adipose tissue was higher in all the groups of NA-FLD including patients with NASH&#44; showing an increase of 13&#46;27&#44; 307 and 737 in simple steatosis&#44; moderate steatosis and NASH patients respectively&#46; Visceral adipose tissue IL 6 levels &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#f0005">Figure 1C</a>&#41; showed a considerable decrease in simple steatosis and an increase in NASH group of NAFLD as compared to non NAFLD group&#46; Although there was an increasing trend in IL 6 levels in NASH&#44; statistical significance could not be attained for such observed increase&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0065" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0075">Circulating nonesterified fatty acids &#40;NEFA&#41;</span><p id="p0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In comparison to non NAFLD group&#44; circulating NEFA levels increased in NAFLD group as evidenced by an increase of 15&#46;47&#44; 25&#46;27 and 27&#46;97 in simple steatosis&#44; moderate steatosis and NASH respectively&#46; The elevated levels of NEFA in moderate steatosis and in NASH patients were found to be statistically significant &#40;P &#60; 0&#46;02&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#f0005">Figure 1D</a>&#41;&#46;</p></span></span><span id="sec0070" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0080">Discussion</span><p id="p0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The present study was conducted to estimate visceral adipose tissue visfatin levels in NAFLD&#46; This study demonstrated a significant decline in visceral visfatin levels i&#46;e&#46; 607 decline in simple steatosis 707 in moderate steatosis and 857 in NASH&#46; This result corroborates with recent reports in which circulating visfatin was shown to be decreased in</p><p id="p0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">NASH patients<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a> and with worsening of the clinical stage of liver disease in cirrhosis<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0085"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">17</span></a> as well as aetherogenesity of lipid profile&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0090"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">18</span></a> The observed decline in visceral visfatin levels in the present study was found to be independent of BMI as measured by standard methods &#40;data not shown&#41;&#46; Although association of insulin resistance measured by HOMA model with NASH was demonstrated&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0090"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">18</span></a> our study did not find any association of visceral visfatin with IR in NASH patients&#46; Non association of visceral visfatin was also true with circulating glucose&#44; cholesterol and triglycerides&#46; Alagasham and Barakat also did not find any correlation between visfatin and BMI&#44; insulin&#44; HOMA IR &#40;Homeostasis Model Assessment-Insulin Resistance&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0095"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">19</span></a></p><p id="p0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Our study reports increased levels of adipose tissue TNF-&#945; in all the groups of NAFLD as compared to non NAFLD group emphasizing its role in the pathogenesis&#46; Earlier studies also reported a potential role for TNF-&#945; in NAFLD and NASH&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0100"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">20</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0105"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">21</span></a> Since visceral adipose tissue is considered as an independent risk factor for NAFLD&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0060"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> increased visceral adipose TNF-&#945; levels even in simple steatosis implicate its significant role in steatogenesis&#46; While TNF-&#945; levels increased&#44; visceral visfatin levels decreased in all the groups of NAFLD in this study&#46; These results corroborate with similar recent observations which showed that TNF-&#945; down regulated the expression of adipose triglyceride lipase&#44; adiponectin&#44; visfatin and PPAR &#40;Peroxisome proliferator activator receptor&#41; gamma&#46; <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0110"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">22</span></a> Decrease in IL-6 levels observed in simple steatosis in this study may indicate a hepato-protective role of IL-6 in steatotic livers&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a> Contrary to this finding&#44; IL-6 levels increased in moderate steatosis to NASH&#44; which is in agreement with a previous study which showed increase in both IL-6 and IL-6R levels in NASH patients&#46; <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0115"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">23</span></a> Despite these reports&#44; the role of IL-6 in pathogenesis of NAFLD is not clear&#46;</p><p id="p0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A significant increase in circulating NEFA level was observed in moderate steatosis and in NASH patients &#40;P &#60; 0&#46;02&#41; as compared to non NAFLD group in this study&#46; Hepatic steatosis in NAFLD is attributed either to increased delivery of FFA &#40;NEFA&#41; to the liver from visceral adipose tissue through portal delivery or decreased FA degradation or impaired TG release from the liver&#46; Although pro-inflammatory nature of visfatin has been demonstrated&#44; its phosphoribosyl transferase activity in visceral adipose tissue may have an important central role in fatty acid metabolism and triacyl glycerol release from the visceral adipose tissue&#46; Significant decrease of tissue visfatin level in NAFLD as</p><p id="p0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">observed in the present study might be indicative of a potential link between the NAD generating properties of visfatin and adipose tissue fatty acid metabolism&#46;</p><p id="p0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Limitation of our study is the small number of obese patients in both NAFLD and non NAFLD groups&#46; In spite of the limitation&#44; decline in visceral visfatin was evident in NAFLD group&#46; Measurement of NEFA levels in the portal vein might throw more light on the autocrine effect of visfain on visceral adipose tissue lipid metabolism which need further study&#46; To our knowledge&#44; this is the first report involving visceral adipose tissue visfatin in NAFLD&#46; In agreement with recent reports which indicate a protective role of visfatin in steatosis of liver&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0120"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">24</span></a> our data shows that there is strong association between increased TNF-&#945; and decreased levels of adipose tissue visfatin in NAFLD patients&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0075" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0085">Acknowledgements</span><p id="p0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors wish to acknowledge Asian Health care Foundation for funding the project&#46; Authors express their gratitude to Dr&#46; B&#46; Sadasivudu for the intellectual inputs and critical advise on the manuscript&#46;</p></span></span>"
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        "resumen" => "<span id="abs0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><p id="sp0015" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">Background&#46;</span> Visfatin is a novel adipocytokine predominantly expressed and secreted by visceral adipose tissue&#46; It is realized for its multiple functions of central importance in NAD biosynthesis&#44; innate immunity and inflammation&#46; Its phosphoribosyl transferase activity regulates cellular energetics and NAD dependent enzymes such as SIRTUINS&#46; Although its expression in various tissues and circulating levels are documented&#44; visceral visfatin levels in Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease &#40;NAFLD&#41; patients have not been reported&#46;</p><p id="sp0016" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">Objective&#46;</span> The aim of the present study was to assess visceral adipose tissue visfatin levels in NAFLD&#46;</p><p id="sp0017" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">Materials and methods&#46;</span> A total of 115 patients undergoing diagnostic laparoscopy were recruited in the study and categorized into two groups based on standard criteria for NAFLD&#46; Visceral adipose tissue TNF-&#945;&#44; IL-6 and visfatin levels were measured by ELISA&#46; Blood glucose&#44; lipids&#44; liver enzymes and non esterified fatty acids &#40;NEFA&#41; were estimated using standard procedures&#46; Formalin fixed&#44; Hematoxylene Eosin stained liver biopsy specimens were examined for the presence of steatosis and the degree of steatosis was ascertained as per Brunt&#8217;s classification&#46;</p><p id="sp0018" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">Results&#46;</span> The visceral visfatin level declined significantly &#40;P &#60; 0&#46;001&#41; in all groups of NAFLD as compared to non NAFLD group&#44; while plasma NEFA level increased with progressive steatosis &#40;P &#60; 0&#46;02&#41;&#46; Significant increase in TNF a was observed in all groups of NAFLD&#44; while IL-6 increased in NASH only&#46;</p><p id="sp0019" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">Conclusion&#46;</span> A significant decline in visceral adipose tissue visfatin level was found to be associated with degree of steatosis in NAFLD patients&#46;</p></span>"
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