Obesogens, as environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals, are supposed to have had an impact on the prevalence of rising obesity around the world over the last forty years. These chemicals are probably able to contribute not only to the development of obesity and metabolic disturbances in individuals, but also in their progeny, having the capability to epigenetically reprogram genetically inherited set-up points for body weight and body composition control during critical periods of development, such as fetal, early life, and puberty. In individuals, they may act on myriads of neuro-endocrine-immune metabolic regulatory pathways, leading to pathophysiological consequences in adipogenesis, lipogenesis, lipolysis, immunity, the influencing of central appetite and energy expenditure regulations, changes in gut microbiota-intestine functioning, and many other processes. Evidence-based medical data have recently brought much more convincing data about associations of particular chemicals and the probability of the raised risk of developing obesity. Foods are the main source of obesogens. Some obesogens occur naturally in food, but most are environmental chemicals, entering food as a foreign substance, whether in the form of contaminants or additives, and they are used in a large amount in highly processed food. This review article contributes to a better overview of obesogens, their occurrence in foods, and their impact on the human organism.
The contribution of environmental pollutants to the obesity pandemic is still not yet fully recognized. Elucidating possible cellular and molecular mechanisms of their effects is of high importance. Our study aimed to evaluate the effect of chronic, 21-day-long, 2,2-bis (4-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichlorethylenedichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p'-DDE) exposure of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells committed to adipogenesis on mitochondrial oxygen consumption on days 4, 10, and 21. In addition, the mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), the quality of the mitochondrial network, and lipid accumulation in maturing cells were evaluated. Compared to control differentiating adipocytes, exposure to p,p'-DDE at 1 μM concentration significantly increased basal (routine) mitochondrial respiration, ATP-linked oxygen consumption and MMP of intact cells on day 21 of adipogenesis. In contrast, higher pollutant concentration seemed to slow down the gradual increase in ATP-linked oxygen consumption typical for normal adipogenesis. Organochlorine p,p'-DDE did not alter citrate synthase activity. In conclusion, in vitro 1 μM p,p'-DDE corresponding to human exposure is able to increase the mitochondrial respiration per individual mitochondrion at the end of adipocyte maturation. Our data reveal that long-lasting exposure to p,p'-DDE could interfere with the metabolic programming of mature adipocytes.
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- adipogeneze účinky léků MeSH
- buněčná diferenciace účinky léků MeSH
- dichlordifenyldichlorethylen toxicita MeSH
- kultivované buňky MeSH
- látky znečišťující životní prostředí toxicita MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- membránový potenciál mitochondrií MeSH
- mezenchymální kmenové buňky cytologie účinky léků MeSH
- mitochondrie účinky léků MeSH
- obezita metabolismus MeSH
- tukové buňky cytologie účinky léků MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
Chromium (Cr) is considered as an important mineral, involved in biochemical reactions in human metabolic pathways. Organically bound Cr supplementation has been suggested to improve glycemia especially in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, but there are conflicting reports on efficacy. Effect of Cr is not clear in prediabetes status. Seventy patients with metabolic syndrome and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), who are observed and treated in the Center of Preventive Cardiology of the University Hospital in Pilsen, were included in the prospective, randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled clinical study. Effect of Cr-enriched yeast (200 μg of elementary Cr in the morning and 100 μg in the evening) on glucose, lipid metabolism, fat tissue hormones, oxidative stress, and DNA damage markers was analyzed. There were no significant changes in glucose and lipid parameters, oxidative stress, or other laboratory markers. Only resting heart rate was significantly reduced in patients treated by Cr yeast, reflecting reduced sympathetic activity. This could represent an important cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with high cardiometabolic risk.
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- chrom aplikace a dávkování terapeutické užití MeSH
- dvojitá slepá metoda MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- metabolický syndrom farmakoterapie patofyziologie MeSH
- metabolismus lipidů účinky léků MeSH
- oxidační stres účinky léků MeSH
- porucha glukózové tolerance farmakoterapie patofyziologie MeSH
- poškození DNA účinky léků MeSH
- prospektivní studie MeSH
- srdeční frekvence účinky léků MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- randomizované kontrolované studie MeSH
OBJECTIVE: The marine n-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) exert numerous beneficial effects on health, but their potency to defend against development of peripheral insulin resistance of healthy person with overweight remains poorly characterized. We aimed to evaluate the effect of a combination intervention using EPA + DHA and the lifestyle modification (LSM) in women with overweight. METHOD: In a parallel-group, three-arm, randomized trial (UMIN Clinical Trials Registry - R000031131), 34 women were assigned to a 12-week-intervention using corn oil (1.5 g/day; placebo); LSM and corn oil (1.5 g/day; LSM); or LSM and EPA + DHA concentrate (1.5 g/day, containing ~ 0.6 g EPA + DHA; LSM & n-3). At baseline and after intervention, anthropometric measurements including bioelectrical impedance analysis, spiroergometry, 24-hours dietary recall, and various metabolic markers, adiponectin and cytokines were evaluated in serum using standard procedures. Data from 29 women were used for the final evaluation. Wilcoxon two-sided rank-sum test was used to inspect the differences between LSM and LSM & n-3, and placebo groups, with a p-value of ≤ 0.05. All computations were performed with MATLAB Statistics Toolbox. RESULTS: In comparison with placebo, LSM and LSM & n-3 decreased body weight, waist circumference, and body fat, and increased VO2max/kg. LSM & n-3 increased adiponectin levels in comparison to LSM. Fasting insulin, IL8, and cholesterol were decreased by LSM, but were unchanged by LSM & n-3. IL6 was not affected in LSM & n-3, while it was increased in LSM. Other inflammatory markers, as well as leptin, LIF, follistatin, BDNF, and fasting triacylglycerol were not significantly affected by any of the interventions. CONCLUSION: Besides preventing a modest negative effect of LSM on IL6 and adiponectin level, the combination of LSM and EPA + DHA supplementation could be probably used to improve the functional capacity of adipose tissue in women with overweight.
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- kyselina eikosapentaenová terapeutické užití MeSH
- kyseliny dokosahexaenové terapeutické užití MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- nadváha terapie MeSH
- potravní doplňky * MeSH
- výsledek terapie MeSH
- zdravý životní styl * MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- randomizované kontrolované studie MeSH
Emerging evidence indicates that polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are involved in the development of diabetes mellitus in the obese. The purpose of this study was to determine mechanisms by which PCB 153 (2,2´,4,4´,5,5´-hexachloro-biphenyl) could influence diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance during adipogenesis. Lineage of h-ADMSCs was differentiated either as control (differentiation medium only), or with lipid vehicle modeling high fat nutrition (NuTRIflex) or lipid free vehicle (dimethylsulfoxide) for 28 days with or without PCB 153 daily co-exposure (in three concentrations 0.1, 1, and 10 microM). Gene expression analyses were performed using RT-qPCR at days 4, 10, 21, 24, 28; protein levels Akt and phosphorylated Akt (Phospho-Akt) by Western blot at days 4, and 21. PCB 153 treatment of h-ADMSCs only in lipid vehicle was associated with down regulation of key master genes of adipogenesis: PPARgamma, SREBP-1, PPARGC1B, and PLIN2 during the whole process of differentiation; and with increased Akt and decreased Phospho-Akt protein level at day 21. We have shown that PCB 153, in concentration 0.1 microM, has a potential in lipid rich environment to modulate differentiation of adipocytes. Because European and U.S. adults have been exposed to PCB 153, this particular nutrient-toxicant interaction potentially impacts human obesity and insulin sensitivity.
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- buněčná diferenciace účinky léků fyziologie MeSH
- inzulinová rezistence fyziologie MeSH
- kultivované buňky MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- obezita chemicky indukované metabolismus MeSH
- polychlorované bifenyly toxicita MeSH
- tukové buňky účinky léků metabolismus MeSH
- vztah mezi dávkou a účinkem léčiva MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
It is assumed that human exposure to phthalates may be associated with adverse health effects. The indicators of urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations in healthy adults are limited. In this study, the phthalate metabolites concentrations were detected from 24-h urine collection in non-obese Czech adults (n = 201). Each participant filled in an 80-item questionnaire (FANTOM-SQ 2013) regarding the outdoor and indoor sources of phthalates, the use of personal care products and food intake sources. The concentrations of 15 phthalates metabolites were analysed following enzymatic cleavage of the glucuronide using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS). The indicators of chronic or acute exposure phthalate-containing materials were identified. It is shown that higher fruit consumption was positively and significantly associated with a higher level of total 15 urinary phthalates biomarkers (p < 0.001). Regular meat consumption showed a negative significant association with total 15 phthalates metabolites (p < 0.01). The use of personal care products was significantly and positively correlated with monoethyl phthalate urine concentrations (p < 0.05). The analysis of the dietary behaviour and personal care products use in the Czech non-obese population showed it to be a predictable tool in the level of phthalates exposure when high fruit consumption and personal care products use are linked to higher phthalate metabolite contents in the urine. However, this topic deserves more research.
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- biologické markery moč MeSH
- kontaminace potravin analýza MeSH
- kyseliny ftalové metabolismus moč MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- maso analýza MeSH
- ovoce chemie MeSH
- tandemová hmotnostní spektrometrie MeSH
- vysokoúčinná kapalinová chromatografie MeSH
- zdraví dobrovolníci pro lékařské studie MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
Evidence indicating, that persistent organic pollutants are involved in the development of obesity, has emerged. The aim of this study was to reveal whether an environmental bioaccumulative human adipose tissue contaminant, 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE), affects adipocyte differentiation. Our study was conducted on an in vitro adipogenic model of human adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells (hADMSC). The adipose cultures were exposed to DDE (concentrations: 0.1 μM, 1 μM, and 10 μM) for 28 consecutive days, from the beginning of the experiment until full differentiation. DDE was administered in lipid vehicle (NuTRIflex). Samples for gene expression analysis by RT real-time PCR were collected on days 0, 4, 10, 21 and 28 during the course of differentiation. Differentiating adipocytes cultivated in lipid-rich medium (NuTRIflex) increased the expression of perilipin 2 (PLIN2). However, the addition of DDE suppressed this effect (p < 0.03). Our results may suggest that upregulation of PLIN2, caused by exposure to lipids during the differentiation of adipocytes, is reduced in the presence of DDE. This effect of DDE warrants future attention, because of the important role of PLIN2 in formation and stabilization of lipid droplets, as the impairment of their function could be linked to the worldwide obesity epidemic.
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- perilipin-2,
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- buněčná diferenciace účinky léků MeSH
- dichlordifenyldichlorethylen * MeSH
- kultivované buňky MeSH
- látky znečišťující životní prostředí metabolismus MeSH
- lipidová tělíska metabolismus MeSH
- membránové proteiny * genetika MeSH
- mezenchymální kmenové buňky MeSH
- neparametrická statistika MeSH
- pesticidy MeSH
- tukové buňky * metabolismus účinky léků MeSH
- upregulace MeSH
- Publikační typ
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
AIM: Obesity and physical inactivity had already reached epidemic, becoming one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. The objective of this study was to investigate the current level and a nearly three decades' trend of muscular fitness (MF) and the nutritional state of Czech children. METHODS: In 2013, cross-sectional epidemiological survey was conducted in schoolchildren with examination of the anthropometric characteristics and measured MF using a UNIFIT test, which normative for MF categories was given as results of national monitoring data collected in 1987. In total 896 current schoolchildren (472 aged 8-9 years and 424 aged 12-13 years) were examined from selected children through stratified sampling from the Czech Republic. RESULTS: Against 31% of children from 1986 there were 74% of current children classified as "poor" or "below normal" in the MF category (p<0.001). MF was inversely associated with BMI. Poor posture was diagnosed in 24% of children, more frequently in overweight (OW) and obese (OB) children in comparison to normal body weight children (p<0.001). In comparison to 10% of OW and OB children in 1991, using these cut-off points for body mass index references, the current prevalence of OW and OB doubled (19.8%). CONCLUSIONS: Current Czech schoolchildren showed a doubled prevalence of OW and OB during the last two decades and simultaneously during nearly three decades there were more than doubled prevalence of "poor" or "under normal" MF of children, with overall dramatic decrease of MF in current schoolchildren.
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- antropometrie MeSH
- časové faktory MeSH
- dítě MeSH
- index tělesné hmotnosti MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- nadváha epidemiologie MeSH
- nutriční stav MeSH
- obezita epidemiologie MeSH
- postura těla fyziologie MeSH
- prevalence MeSH
- průřezové studie MeSH
- tělesná výkonnost fyziologie MeSH
- zátěžový test MeSH
- Check Tag
- dítě MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
AIM: Persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs) from the environment are still bioaccumulating in human tissues. The aim of our study was to analyze the development of plasma POPs levels in obese women in relationship with their weight loss success in five year follow-up study. METHODS: 20 obese women aged 25-73 years were studied just before and after having completed a 3 month controlled low calorie diet (LCD) intervention (5 MJ daily), and again after 6 and 60 months since the beginning of the study. Body weight and plasma levels of 7 POPs were measured: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) 153, 138, 180; 2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethylene (p,p'-DDE); 2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane (p,p'-DDT), hexachlorocyclobenzene (HCB), hexachlorocyclohexane β (HCH β). RESULTS: Data shows that after 3 months of a completely controlled restrictive diet regimen, the weight loss was associated with an increase in POP plasma levels. However, after a five year follow-up, there were no differences in POPs plasma levels between those who kept losing weight or maintained the initial weight (WL/M) and the group of weight gainers (WG), except for HCB where the WG had a significantly higher level (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that contrary to the long-term weight gain, the long-term weight loss or weight maintenance caused by diet restriction is associated with lower plasma levels of HCB.
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- chlorované uhlovodíky krev farmakokinetika MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- hmotnostní úbytek fyziologie MeSH
- látky znečišťující životní prostředí krev farmakokinetika MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- následné studie MeSH
- obezita dietoterapie krev MeSH
- rezidua pesticidů analýza krev MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- vystavení vlivu životního prostředí analýza MeSH
- změny tělesné hmotnosti MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
Chromium is required for a normal insulin function, and low levels have been linked with insulin resistance. The aim of this study was to follow the effect of chromium supplementation on fasting plasma glucose (FPG), glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and serum lipids in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) on insulin therapy. Eleven randomly selected patients with DM2 on insulin therapy were supplemented with a daily dose of 100 μg chromium yeast for the first supplementation period of 2 weeks. In the second supplementation period, the chromium dose was doubled and continued for the next 6 weeks. The third phase was a 6-week washout period. After each period, the levels of FPG and HbA1c were compared with the corresponding values at the end of the previous period. Serum triglycerides, total HDL and LDL cholesterol values after supplementation were compared with the baseline values. FPG decreased significantly after the first period of chromium supplementation (p < 0.001), and a tendency to a further reduction was observed after the second supplementation period. Similarly, HbA1c decreased significantly in both periods (p < 0.02 and p < 0.002, respectively). Eight weeks after withdrawal of chromium supplementation, both FPG and HbA1c levels returned to their pre-intervention values. The serum lipid concentrations were not significantly influenced by chromium supplementation. Chromium supplementation could be beneficial in patients with DM2 treated with insulin, most likely due to lowered insulin resistance leading to improved glucose tolerance. This finding needs to be confirmed in a larger study.
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- časové faktory MeSH
- chrom aplikace a dávkování MeSH
- diabetes mellitus 2. typu krev farmakoterapie MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- glykovaný hemoglobin metabolismus MeSH
- hypoglykemika terapeutické užití MeSH
- inzulin terapeutické užití MeSH
- krevní glukóza metabolismus MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- lipidy krev MeSH
- omezení příjmu potravy krev MeSH
- potravní doplňky MeSH
- rozvrh dávkování léků MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- sušené kvasnice aplikace a dávkování MeSH
- výsledek terapie MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- klinické zkoušky MeSH
