Adipomyokines in children with obesity

BACKGROUND: Adipomyokines are synthesized and secreted into the bloodstream by cells of both muscle and adipose tissue. They can have both a negative metabolic effect, acting as pro-inflammatory adipokines in obesity, and a positive one, increasing in response to physical exertion in the form of myokines.
AIM: To study the features of adipocytokine secretion in children with constitutionally exogenous obesity.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 80 patients: 60 adolescents aged 15 [13; 16] years with constitutionally exogenous obesity SDS BMI: 3.0 [2.6; 3.3] and 20 control group children aged 16 [15; 17] years without excess weight SDS BMI: -0.3 [-1.25; 0.33]. Commercial enzyme immunoassay kits were used to determine the level of adipomyokines. The compositional composition of the body was evaluated by bioimpedance analysis (InBody 770 analyzer, South Korea) in the morning, on an empty stomach. Statistical processing was carried out using STATISTICA v.12.0 (StatSoft Inc., USA). The results are presented in the form of median (Me) and quartiles (Q1; Q3) corresponding to 25 and 75 percentiles. The critical significance level (p) was assumed to be <0.05.
RESULTS: Levels of IL-6 and irisin are statistically significantly higher in obese adolescents compared to the control group: 0.55 [0.226; 1.35] pg/ml vs 0.202 [0.128; 0.652] pg/ml (p=0.041) and 11.16 [6.6; 22.76] mcg/ml vs 7.36 [6.48; 9.68] mcg/ml (p=0.043), respectively. Concentrations of IL-6, myostatin and decorin increase with an increase in the degree of obesity: grade I vs III: 0.226 [0.224; 0.398] vs 0.80 [0.36; 1.81] pg/ml (p=0,0197), 25,85 [21,53; 28,23] vs 31.41 [24.36; 35.06] ng/ml (p=0.03), 4065.3 [3244.9; 5245.5] vs 5322.5 [4199.8; 7702.4] pg/ml (p=0.0376), respectively. In obese children, IL-6 levels positively correlate with BMI, SDS BMI and the amount of adipose tissue, and myostatin — with BMI and SDS BMI. The concentration of irisin in the blood serum is significantly higher in obese girls than in obese boys and healthy girls. Obese patients, compared with lean peers, are characterized by a statistically significantly higher content of both fat and lean mass. With the progression of obesity, there is a statistically significant increase in the ratio of fat to lean mass (I degree — 0.66 [0.56; 0.7], III — 0.78 [0.68; 0.98] (p=0.0073).
CONCLUSION: Patients with obesity and normal body weight have different levels of adipomyokines. An increase in the level of IL-6 with the progression of obesity is directly related to an increase in the content of adipose tissue. Further study of the features of adipocytokine secretion, their relationship with the features of the body composition and metabolic complications in obesity is required.

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