OBJECTIVEObesity is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular complications. The risk depends significantly on adipose tissue distribution. Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 analog, is associated with weight loss, improved glycemic control, and reduced cardiovascular risk. We determined whether an equal degree of weight loss by liraglutide or lifestyle changes has a different impact on subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in obese subjects with prediabetes or early type 2 diabetes.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODSSixty-two metformin-treated obese subjects with prediabetes or newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, were randomized to liraglutide (1.8 mg/day) or lifestyle counseling. Changes in SAT and VAT levels (determined by abdominal MRI), insulin sensitivity (according to the Matsuda index), and beta-cell function (beta-index) were assessed during a multiple-sampling oral glucose tolerance test; and circulating levels of IGF-I and IGF-II were assessed before and after a comparable weight loss (7% of initial body weight).RESULTSAfter comparable weight loss, achieved by 20 patients per arm, and superimposable glycemic control, as reflected by HbA(1c) level (P = 0.60), reduction in VAT was significantly higher in the liraglutide arm than in the lifestyle arm (P = 0.028), in parallel with a greater improvement in beta-index (P = 0.021). No differences were observed in SAT reduction (P = 0.64). IGF-II serum levels were significantly increased (P = 0.024) only with liraglutide administration, and the increase in IGF-II levels correlated with both a decrease in VAT ( = -0.435, P = 0.056) and an increase in the -index ( = 0.55, P = 0.012).CONCLUSIONSLiraglutide effects on visceral obesity and beta-cell function might provide a rationale for using this molecule in obese subjects in an early phase of glucose metabolism dysregulation natural history.

Effects of Liraglutide on Weight Loss, Fat Distribution, and beta-Cell Function in Obese Subjects With Prediabetes or Early Type 2 Diabetes

MANZOLI, Lamberto
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2017

Abstract

OBJECTIVEObesity is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular complications. The risk depends significantly on adipose tissue distribution. Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 analog, is associated with weight loss, improved glycemic control, and reduced cardiovascular risk. We determined whether an equal degree of weight loss by liraglutide or lifestyle changes has a different impact on subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in obese subjects with prediabetes or early type 2 diabetes.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODSSixty-two metformin-treated obese subjects with prediabetes or newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, were randomized to liraglutide (1.8 mg/day) or lifestyle counseling. Changes in SAT and VAT levels (determined by abdominal MRI), insulin sensitivity (according to the Matsuda index), and beta-cell function (beta-index) were assessed during a multiple-sampling oral glucose tolerance test; and circulating levels of IGF-I and IGF-II were assessed before and after a comparable weight loss (7% of initial body weight).RESULTSAfter comparable weight loss, achieved by 20 patients per arm, and superimposable glycemic control, as reflected by HbA(1c) level (P = 0.60), reduction in VAT was significantly higher in the liraglutide arm than in the lifestyle arm (P = 0.028), in parallel with a greater improvement in beta-index (P = 0.021). No differences were observed in SAT reduction (P = 0.64). IGF-II serum levels were significantly increased (P = 0.024) only with liraglutide administration, and the increase in IGF-II levels correlated with both a decrease in VAT ( = -0.435, P = 0.056) and an increase in the -index ( = 0.55, P = 0.012).CONCLUSIONSLiraglutide effects on visceral obesity and beta-cell function might provide a rationale for using this molecule in obese subjects in an early phase of glucose metabolism dysregulation natural history.
2017
Santilli, Francesca; Simeone, Paola G; Guagnano, Maria T; Leo, Marika; Maccarone, Marica T; Di Castelnuovo, Augusto; Sborgia, Cristina; Bonadonna, Ric...espandi
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