Abstract
Background
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) induces a more favorable metabolic profile than expected by weight loss alone. In this study, we investigated the effect of RYGB on serum bile acid levels and their relation to clinical outcomes.
Methods
We included 30 obese patients who underwent RYGB (BMI = 46.1 ± 5.9 kg/m2). Clinical measurements and laboratory determinations were performed before surgery and 1 year after surgery. Fasting serum bile acids were measured by an enzymatic method and individual bile acids were quantified by HLPC-tandem mass spectrometry. Indirect calorimetry was performed to measure the rates of energy expenditure and substrate oxidation.
Results
Fasting total serum bile acid levels increased twofold after RYGB (pre, 3.68 ± 2.03 vs. post, 7.06 ± 9.65 μmol/l, +92 %, p = 0.002). This increase in total bile acids was accompanied by a decrease in conjugated bile acids, which correlated with decreased glucose oxidation (r = 0.571, p = 0.002) and with increased lipid oxidation (r = −0.626, p = 0.0004). The change in taurine-conjugated bile acids correlated with altered DIO2 mRNA expression in adipose tissue (r = −0.498, p = 0.013) potentially linking bile acid conjugation to substrate oxidation through DIO2.
Conclusions
Fasting serum bile acid levels increase after RYGB. More specifically, changes in bile acid conjugation after RYGB associate with altered energy metabolism.
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Abbreviations
- BMI:
-
Body mass index
- DIO2:
-
Type II iodothyronine deionidinase
- FXR:
-
Farnesoid X-receptor
- GIP:
-
Gastric inhibitory polypeptide
- GLP1:
-
Glucagon-like peptide-1
- HOMA-IR:
-
Homeostasis model of assessment-insulin resistance
- HOMA-IS:
-
Homeostasis model of assessment-insulin sensitivity
- LAGB:
-
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
- LBM:
-
Lean body mass
- OGTT:
-
Oral glucose tolerance test
- REE:
-
Resting energy expenditure
- RQ:
-
Respiratory quotient
- RYGB:
-
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
- TGR5:
-
G protein-coupled bile acid receptor
- TSH:
-
Thyroid stimulating hormone
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Acknowledgments
We thank Päivi Turunen and Tiina Sistonen for their careful work in patient recruitment and laboratory analyses. We also greatly thank greatly Carole Jamey for the technical assistance on bile acid measurements.
Funding
This study was supported by the Finnish Diabetes Research Foundation (to JPI). JPI has an Academy of Finland Clinical Researcher fellowship (grant 120979 2008–2010 and 138006 2011–2013). JA acknowledges grant support of the EU Ideas program (ERC-2008-AdG-23118), the Swiss National Science Foundation (FNS), and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
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All contributing authors (M Simonen, N Dali-Youcef, T Kuulasmaa, S Venesmaa, P Käkelä, M Pääkkönen, M Hallikainen, M Kolehmainen, M Uusitupa, L Moilanen, M Laakso, H Gylling, ME Patti, J Auwerx and J Pihlajamäki) declare that they have no conflicts of interests.
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Simonen, M., Dali-Youcef, N., Kaminska, D. et al. Conjugated Bile Acids Associate with Altered Rates of Glucose and Lipid Oxidation after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. OBES SURG 22, 1473–1480 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-012-0673-5
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