Visfatin 与2 型糖尿病研究新进展

Visfatin是Fukuhara等发现的一种蛋白质细胞因子,由内脏脂肪细胞分泌,受多种因素调节,有烟酰胺磷酸核糖转移酶活性,类胰岛素作用,促炎作用等多种生物学作用。2型糖尿病是一种内分泌代谢性疾病,由多基因遗传因素、环境因素综合作用引起,visfatin与其有密切的关系。Visfatin对于寻找糖尿病新的药物靶点,开发新的疾病生物标志物有非常重要临床意义。     

Visfatin in adipocytes is upregulated by hypoxia through HIF1alpha-dependent mechanism

Obesity is associated with metabolic disorders, such as insulin resistance. Visfatin is an adipose-derived secretory factor to exert insulin-mimetic effects. Plasma visfatin levels and mRNA levels of visfatin in adipose tissues are increased in obesity. However, the mechanism that mediates induction of visfatin mRNA in adipose tissue of obesity remains unknown. Recent studies have reported that fat tissue is hypoxia in obesity. In this study, we investigated the effects of hypoxia on mRNA expression of visfatin in adipocytes. Hypoxia increased visfatin mRNA expression. Desferoxamine and Cobaltous chloride, two hypoxia mimetic compounds, also increased visfatin mRNA levels. Dimethyloxallyl glycine, a stabilizer of hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF1alpha), mimicked the hypoxia-mediated upregulation of visfatin, and YC1, an inhibitor of HIF1 cancelled the hypoxia-induced upregulation of visfatin mRNA. We identified two functional hypoxia responsive elements (HRE) in mouse visfatin promoter. Hypoxic treatment and overexpression of HIF1alpha increased the promoter activity, and mutation of the HRE blunted hypoxia-induced activation of visfatin promoter. Our results suggest that visfatin mRNA expression is upregulated in the fat tissue of obesity through the activation of HIF1alpha pathway due to hypoxia.     

妊娠期糖尿病患者糖化白蛋白、内脂素、摄食抑制因子-1水平与胰岛素抵抗和妊娠结局的关系分析

摘要 目的：观察妊娠期糖尿病（GDM）患者糖化白蛋白（GA）、内脂素（Visfatin）、摄食抑制因子-1（Nesfatin-1）水平与胰岛素抵抗的关系,并分析导致妊娠结局不良的危险因素。方法：选取2018年6月~2021年1月期间我院收治的120例GDM患者作为观察组,同一时间段选择来我院行孕检的90例正常孕妇作为对照组。检测受试者血清中Visfatin、Nesfatin-1、GA、空腹胰岛素（FINS）、空腹血糖（FPG）水平,计算胰岛素抵抗指数（HOMA-IR）、胰岛β细胞功能指数（HOMA-β）。采用Pearson相关分析Visfatin、Nesfatin-1、GA与胰岛素抵抗的关系。采用多因素Logistic回归分析妊娠结局不良的影响因素。结果：观察组的GA、Visfatin、Nesfatin-1、HOMA-IR高于对照组,HOMA-β低于对照组（P<0.05）。Pearson相关分析结果显示,GA、Visfatin、Nesfatin-1与HOMA-β呈负相关,而与HOMA-IR呈正相关（P<0.05）。观察组的妊娠不良结局发生率明显高于对照组（P<0.05）。单因素分析结果显示：妊娠不良结局与分娩年龄、居住地、糖尿病家族史、产前体质量指数（BMI）、合并多囊卵巢综合征、流产史、分娩史、甲状腺功能情况、产次、FPG、FINS、GA、Visfatin、Nesfatin-1、HOMA-IR、HOMA-β有关（P<0.05）,而与文化程度、单/双胎妊娠、孕次无关（P>0.05）。Logistic回归分析结果显示：居住地为城市、产前BMI≥28 kg/m²、分娩年龄≥35岁、合并多囊卵巢综合征、GA≥13%、Visfatin≥82mmol/L、Nesfatin-1≥9 μg/L、流产史、甲状腺功能异常是导致GDM产妇妊娠结局不良的危险因素（P＜0.05）。结论：GDM患者中存在GA、Visfatin、Nesfatin-1高表达,且与胰岛素抵抗明显相关。GDM产妇的妊娠不良结局发生率较高,受分娩年龄、居住地、产前BMI、合并多囊卵巢综合征、流产史、GA、Visfatin、Nesfatin-1、甲状腺功能异常等多种因素影响,可考虑针对上述患者采取相关干预措施,以改善患者的妊娠结局。     

Visfatin、IL-6、TNF-α与2型糖尿病的相关研究

目的：探讨血浆visfatin、IL-6、TNF-α与2型糖尿病的关系。方法：2型糖尿病患者60例,正常对照组30例。根据体重指数分为肥胖组和非肥胖组。检测空腹血浆胰岛素、糖化血红蛋白、血糖、血脂、血压、visfatin、TNF-α、白介素-6等。计算体重指数、腰臀比值及稳态模型胰岛素抵抗指数（HOMA-IR）。结果：2型糖尿病组血浆visfatin、IL-6、TNF-α水平显著高于正常对照组（P〈0.05）;2型糖尿病组与正常肥胖组比较,糖尿病非肥胖组visfatin（301.60±58.07）明显升高,糖尿病肥胖组visfatin（336.68±37.61）、TNF-α（3.58±1.10）明显升高（P〈0.05）。多元线性相关分析表明,在肥胖的2型糖尿病患者中血浆TNF-α与糖化血红蛋白显著正相关,血浆IL-6与血糖（FPG）显著正相关,血浆visfatin与腰臀比值（WHR）显著正相关（P〈0.05）。结论：visfatin、IL-6、TNF-α的变化可能对2型糖尿病的发生、发展具有一定的作用。     

内脂素对转基因小鼠血糖和运动性的影响

目的建立内脂素转基因小鼠动物模型,研究内脂素在转基因表达的情况下对小鼠的影响。方法把内脂素基因插入CMV启动子下游,构建转基因表达载体,通过显微注射法建立内脂素转基因小鼠。PCR鉴定内脂素转基因小鼠的基因型,Western Blot检测基因表达,通过血糖测定、血生化检测、转轮实验以及旷场观察,检测转基因小鼠在血糖和行为等方面的改变。结果建立了2个不同表达水平的内脂素转基因小鼠品系,转入的内脂素基因在骨骼肌和内脏脂肪组织中的表达高于内源性内脂素。血糖、血生化、代谢、疲劳度、协调性和旷场检查证实：内脂素转基因小鼠机体血糖降低,谷丙转氨酶降低,尿素氮升高,高密度脂蛋白胆固醇降低,低密度脂蛋白胆固醇升高,抗疲劳性和和协调性增高。结论成功建立了内脂素转基因小鼠,并证实内脂素对小鼠血糖和运动行为具有明显的影响,为研究脂肪细胞因子的作用机制提供了有价值的动物模型。     

Elevated plasma visfatin levels correlate with poor prognosis of gastric cancer patients

Visfatin is a proinflammmatory cytokine with accumulating evidence for its rise in circulation of cancer patients. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between preoperative plasma visfatin level and prognosis of gastric cancers. Preoperative plasma visfatin levels of 262 patients with gastric cancers and plasma visfatin levels of 262 healthy individuals were determined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Preoperative plasma visfatin level was substantially higher in patients than in healthy subjects. Plasma visfatin levels were associated with invasion depth, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis, peritoneal dissemination, tumor size and tumor node metastasis stage. Multivariate analysis revealed that high plasma visfatin level was an independent factor for death. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that plasma visfatin level predicted death with high area under curve. Multivariate Cox regression analysis identified plasma visfatin level as an independent predictor of overall survival. Thus, our results suggest that high preoperative plasma visfatin level is associated with prognostic factors for gastric cancer as well as may play a role as prognostic biomarker in gastric cancer survival.     

内脂素对老年大鼠脑组织损伤和炎症反应的影响分析

摘要 目的：探讨与分析内脂素对老年大鼠脑组织损伤和炎症反应的影响。方法：10个月龄老年健康雄性Sprague-Dawley(SD)大鼠60只随机平分为两组-对照组与内脂素组,内脂素组给予腹腔注射重组人内脂素200 μg/次,对照组均给予等量蒸馏水灌胃,2次/w,连续给药4 w。对比两组给药前、给药第2 w、给药第4 w的逃避潜伏期、血清白介素(Interleukin,IL)-6与C-反应蛋白(C-reactive protein,CRP)含量,及给药第4 w的线粒体超氧化物歧化酶(Superoxide dismutase,SOD)与谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(Glutathione peroxidase,GSH-Px)活性、海马与皮层区神经元凋亡率。结果：所有大鼠在实验期间均出现典型的绕池壁现象。两组给药前逃避潜伏期、血清IL-6与CRP含量对比差异无统计学意义(P>0.05),给药后两组第2 w、给药第4 w的逃避潜伏期、血清IL-6与CRP含量均降低(P<0.05),且内脂素组给药第2 w、给药第4 w的上述指标低于对照组,对比均有统计学意义(P<0.05);内脂素组给药第4 w的线粒体SOD、GSH-Px活性高于对照组,海马与皮层区神经元凋亡率低于对照组,经对比差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论：内脂素在老年大鼠的应用能缓解脑组织损伤,抑制炎症反应,有利于清除过量的自由基,降低神经元的凋亡率。     

转基因和基因敲除内脂素对小鼠脂肪积累的对比研究

目的内脂素（visfatin）也被叫做尼克酰胺磷酸核糖基转移酶,是一种脂肪因子,研究表明其与肥胖有关,但是与脂肪积累的关系仍然不明确,本研究是以内脂素转基因和内脂素基因敲除杂合子小鼠为对象,研究内脂素与脂肪积累的关系。方法 Western blot法对比分析转基因、基因敲除杂合子和野生型小鼠脂肪组织中内脂素表达水平。从2月龄开始对3种雌性小鼠饲喂高脂饲料,分别在2、4、6、8、9月龄测定其体重变化,并在9月龄时利用磁共振成像定性观测小鼠脂肪积累及分布,称量皮下和腹腔脂肪总重量并对腹腔脂肪组织进行组织学观察。结果内脂素转基因小鼠脂肪组织中内脂素的表达量比野生小鼠增加37%,基因敲除杂合子小鼠比野生小鼠降低了55%。饲喂7个月高脂饲料后,转基因小鼠体重平均27.8±0.8 g,野生小鼠体重平均33.6±1.1 g,基因敲除杂合子小鼠体重平均37.6±1.9 g。皮下和腹腔脂肪总重量测定结果显示转基因小鼠的脂肪总重量比野生小鼠降低了40%,基因敲除杂合子小鼠的脂肪总重量比野生小鼠增加了37%,组织学染色显示,内脂素转基因小鼠的平均单个脂肪细胞面积最小,而基因敲除杂合子小鼠面积最大。结果证实,内脂素表达量与体重、皮下和内脏脂肪总重量及脂肪细胞大小呈负相关。结论在饲喂高脂饲料的情况下,内脂素可以抑制脂肪的积累。     

鸡Visfatin基因9 bp indel杂合突变异源双链DNA的鉴定

内脂素(Visfatin)是脂肪细胞因子家族的新成员,主要由内脏脂肪组织产生.研究表明内脂素具有类胰岛素样作用.在检测固始鸡-安卡鸡资源群体3代(亲本,F1,F2)964只鸡Visfatin基因9bp插入/缺失(9 bp 'TAACCTGTG' insertion-deletion)多态的过程中,发现其杂合子的变性和非变性聚丙烯酰胺胶上除2条同源双链DNA(282bp和273bp)外有2条未知条带(命名为A和B).A,B条带经回收、二次PCR、再次聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳及DNA测序表明:Visfatin基因第10内含子中9bp insertion-deletion突变杂合子的PCR产物中,本身包含2种同源双链DNA片段和2种异源双链DNA片段,不需要经过额外的变性、退火处理,其PCR产物可以直接进行突变检测,在229个杂合突变中异源双链DNA的检出率为100%.因此,通过异源双链DNA这一标示物作为基因分型时的依照或者参考,建立适当的异源双链DNA分析法可进行基因中几个核苷酸插入/缺失多态的检测.     

Measurement of salivary resistin, visfatin and adiponectin levels

Hormonal determination in saliva offers several advantages. Peptides enter the salivary glands either by active transport mechanisms or are expressed and secreted by the salivary glands themselves. The collection of saliva is a noninvasive, easily repeatable and less stressful technique than blood withdrawal. The purpose of the present study was to introduce a method for measuring salivary resistin, visfatin and adiponectin levels and to evaluate their associations with serum levels. Resistin, visfatin and adiponectin levels were measured in serum and saliva of 50 healthy adult volunteers (17 male and 33 female) using commercial enzyme immunoassay kits for serum with minor modifications. The present study documented the determination of resistin and adiponectin levels in saliva and the significant correlation of salivary levels with serum levels (r=0.441, p<0.01 and r=0.347, p<0.05, respectively). Moreover, the identification of visfatin in saliva was achieved, but no significant correlation with serum visfatin levels was observed. To our knowledge, this is the first study to report the determination of resistin and visfatin in saliva and the significant correlation of salivary resistin with serum levels, while it confirmed the significant association between salivary and serum adiponectin. The introduction of salivary determinations of adipokines could contribute to the elucidation of the physiology and the role of the specific adipokines in various clinical conditions (obesity, insulin resistance, inflammation, reproduction, energy imbalance and stress response).