Does NUCB2/nesfatin-1 influence eating behaviors in obese patients with binge eating disorder? Toward a neurobiological pathway

Caroleo, Mariarita, Carbone, Elvira Anna, Arcidiacono, Biagio, Greco, Marta, Primerano, Amedeo, Mirabelli, Maria, Fazia, Gilda, Rania, Marianna, Hribal, Marta Letizia, Gallelli, Luca, Foti, Daniela Patrizia, De Fazio, Pasquale, Segura-Garcia, Cristina and Brunetti, Antonio 2023. Does NUCB2/nesfatin-1 influence eating behaviors in obese patients with binge eating disorder? Toward a neurobiological pathway. Nutrients 15 (2) , 348. 10.3390/nu15020348

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Abstract

Nesfatin-1 is a new anorexigenic neuropeptide involved in the regulation of hunger/satiety, eating, and affective disorders. We aimed to investigate nesfatin-1 secretion in vitro, in murine adipose cells, and in human adipose fat samples, as well as to assess the link between circulating nesfatin-1 levels, NUCB2 and Fat Mass and Obesity Gene (FTO) polymorphisms, BMI, Eating Disorders (EDs), and pathological behaviors. Nesfatin-1 secretion was evaluated both in normoxic fully differentiated 3T3-L1 mouse adipocytes and after incubation under hypoxic conditions for 24 h. Omental Visceral Adipose tissue (VAT) specimens of 11 obese subjects, and nesfatin-1 serum levels’ evaluation, eating behaviors, NUCB2 rs757081, and FTO rs9939609 polymorphisms of 71 outpatients seeking treatment for EDs with different Body Mass Index (BMI) were studied. Significantly higher levels of nesfatin-1 were detected in hypoxic 3T3-L1 cultured adipocytes compared to normoxic ones. Nesfatin-1 was highly detectable in the VAT of obese compared to normal-weight subjects. Nesfatin-1 serum levels did not vary according to BMI, sex, and EDs diagnosis, but correlations with grazing; emotional, sweet, and binge eating; hyperphagia; social eating; childhood obesity were evident. Obese subjects with CG genotype NUCB2 rs757081 and AT genotype FTO rs9939609 polymorphisms had higher nesfatin-1 levels. It could represent a new biomarker of EDs comorbidity among obese patients.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, Type: open-access
Publisher:	MDPI
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 February 2023
Date of Acceptance:	29 December 2022
Last Modified:	03 May 2023 14:41
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/156518

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