Adipocitocinas na síndrome antifosfolípide primária: potenciais marcadores de inflamação, resistência insulínica e síndrome metabólica / Adipocytokines in primary antiphospholipid syndrome: potential markers of inflammation, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome

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2011

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INTRODUCTION: Antiphospholipid syndrome is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis. Although adipocytokines play a key role in the interface between obesity, inflammation, insulin resistance and atherosclerosis, the exact nature and relative contribution of adipocytokines as potential markers warrant further investigation in primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS). OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to evaluate a possible association of adipocytokines with metabolic syndrome (MetS), inflammation and other cardiovascular risk factors in PAPS. METHODS: Fifty-six PAPS patients and 72 age- and gender-matched healthy controls were included. Sera samples were tested for adiponectin, leptin, visfatin, resistin, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), lipoprotein (a), glucose, insulin, ESR, CRP, uric acid and lipid profiles. MetS was defined according to the guidelines of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and insulin resistance was established using the homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) index. RESULTS: Concentrations of leptin [21.5 (12.1-45.7) vs 12.1 (6.9-26.8) ng/mL, P=0.001] were higher in PAPS than in controls. Concentrations of adiponectin (P=0.10), resistin (P=0.23), visfatin (P=0.68) and PAI-1 (P=0.77) did not differ between patients and controls. In PAPS, leptin and PAI-1 levels were positively correlated with BMI (r=0.61 and 0.29), HOMA-IR (r=0.71 and 0.28) and CRP (r=0.32 and 0.36). Adiponectin was negatively correlated with BMI (r=-0.28), triglycerides (r=-0.43) and HOMA-IR index (r=-0.36) and positively correlated with HDL (r=0.37), aCL IgG (r=0.41), anti- 2GPI IgG (r=0.31) and anti- 2GPI IgM (r=0.38). Further analysis of patients with and without MetS revealed a positive association of the syndrome with leptin (P=0.002) and PAI-1 (P=0.03) and a negative association with adiponectin (P=0.042). In the multiple linear regression model, we observed that the variables that independently influence the adiponectin were triglycerides (P<0.001), VLDL-C (P=0.002) and anti-2GPI IgG (P=0.042), leptin were BMI (P<0.001), glucose (P=0.046), HOMA-IR (P <0.001) and ESR (P=0.006) and PAI-1 were CRP (P=0.013) and MetS (P=0.048). CONCLUSION: The findings of the present study provide evidence that adipocytokines may be involved in inflammation, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome of PAPS patients

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adipocitocinas adipocytokines antiphospholipid syndrome inflamação inflammation insulin resistance metabolic x syndrome resistência à insulina síndrome antifosfolipídica síndrome x metabólica

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