1. Investigation of the levels of circulating miR-29a, miR-122, sestrin 2 and inflammatory markers in obese children with/without type 2 diabetes: a case control study
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Osamah Al Rugaie, Osama Al-Wutayd, Abdullah Al-Nafeesah, and Khalid M. Mohany
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Blood Glucose ,Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Pediatric Obesity ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Waist ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,medicine.medical_treatment ,T2DM ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Type 2 diabetes ,MiR-29a ,Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology ,Childhood obesity ,Body Mass Index ,Pathogenesis ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Diabetes mellitus ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,MiR-122 ,Humans ,Child ,Sestrin 2 ,business.industry ,Research ,Insulin ,Case-control study ,Nuclear Proteins ,nutritional and metabolic diseases ,General Medicine ,Prognosis ,RC648-665 ,medicine.disease ,miR-122 ,MicroRNAs ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ,Case-Control Studies ,Female ,Inflammation Mediators ,Insulin Resistance ,business ,Biomarkers ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Aim The present work investigated serum levels of miR-29a, miR-122 and sestrin2 in obese children with/without type-2-diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and their correlations with inflammatory, metabolic and anthropometric parameters. Methods The study included 298 children, divided into: G1 (control, n = 136), G2 (obese without diabetes, n = 90) and G3 (obese with T2DM, n = 72). Metabolic and anthropometric parameters, miR-29a, miR-122 relative expressions, and sestrin2, high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) levels were measured by their specific methods. The data was processed and analyzed by SPSS V.26 using the corresponding tests. After testing the variables’ normality, Kruskal–Wallis one-way-ANOVA, Spearman correlations coefficient were used. Results Significant higher serum miR-29a, miR-122, IL-6, hsCRP and TNF-α and lower sestrin2 levels were found in G2 and G3 than G1 and in G3 than G2 (p= > 0.001 for all). Especially in G3, miR-29a and miR-122 levels correlated positively while sestrin2 levels correlated negatively with waist circumference and BMI percentiles, serum levels of LDL-cholesterol, triacylglycerol, total cholesterol, HbA1c%, glucose, insulin, c-peptide, homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), IL-6, hsCRP and TNF-α. Conclusion The change in the serum miR-29a, miR-122 and sestrin2 levels in obese children with/without T2DM may suggest a possible role of these biomarkers in the pathogenesis of childhood obesity and their accompanied complications e.g. inflammations and T2DM. Also, further studies are required to test drugs that antagonize the action miR-29a and miR-122 or upregulate sestrin2 in the management of these cases.
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- 2021