Sarcopenia, Obesity, and Sarcopenic Obesity: Relationship with Skeletal Muscle Phenotypes and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

Obesity may aggravate the effects of sarcopenia on skeletal muscle structure and function in the elderly, but no study has attempted to identify the gene variants associated with sarcopenia in obese women. Therefore, the aims of the present study were to: (1) describe neuromuscular function in sarco...

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Autores principales: Praval Khanal, Alun G. Williams, Lingxiao He, Georgina K. Stebbings, Gladys L. Onambele-Pearson, Martine Thomis, Hans Degens, Christopher I. Morse
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f1953a69530a494aac8ec3605ec5d80d2021-11-11T17:34:11ZSarcopenia, Obesity, and Sarcopenic Obesity: Relationship with Skeletal Muscle Phenotypes and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms10.3390/jcm102149332077-0383https://doaj.org/article/f1953a69530a494aac8ec3605ec5d80d2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/21/4933https://doaj.org/toc/2077-0383Obesity may aggravate the effects of sarcopenia on skeletal muscle structure and function in the elderly, but no study has attempted to identify the gene variants associated with sarcopenia in obese women. Therefore, the aims of the present study were to: (1) describe neuromuscular function in sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic women with or without obesity; (2) identify gene variants associated with sarcopenia in older obese women. In 307 Caucasian women (71 ± 6 years, 66.3 ± 11.3 kg), skeletal muscle mass was estimated using bioelectric impedance, and function was tested with a 30 s one-leg standing-balance test. Biceps brachii thickness and vastus lateralis cross-sectional area (VL<sub>ACSA</sub>) were measured with B-mode ultrasonography. Handgrip strength, maximum voluntary contraction elbow flexion (MVC<sub>EF</sub>), and knee extension torque (MVC<sub>KE</sub>) were measured by dynamometry, and MVC<sub>KE</sub>/VL<sub>ACSA</sub> was calculated. Genotyping was performed for 24 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), selected based on their previous associations with muscle-related phenotypes. Based on sarcopenia and obesity thresholds, groups were classified as sarcopenic obese, non-sarcopenic obese, sarcopenic non-obese, or non-sarcopenic non-obese. A two-way analysis of covariance was used to assess the main effects of sarcopenia and obesity on muscle-related phenotypes and binary logistic regression was performed for each SNP to investigate associations with sarcopenia in obesity. There were no significant obesity * sarcopenic status interactions for any of the investigated muscle-related phenotypic parameters. Neither sarcopenia nor obesity had a significant effect on biceps brachii thickness, but sarcopenia was associated with lower VL<sub>ACSA</sub> (<i>p</i> = 0.003). Obesity was associated with lower MVC<sub>EF</sub> (<i>p</i> = 0.032), MVC<sub>KE</sub> (<i>p</i> = 0.047), and MVC<sub>KE</sub>/VL<sub>ACSA</sub> (<i>p</i> = 0.012) with no significant effect of sarcopenia. Adjusted for age and height, three SNPs (<i>ACTN3</i> rs1815739, <i>MTHFR</i> rs1801131, and <i>MTHFR</i> rs1537516) were associated with sarcopenia in obese participants. Sarcopenia was associated with a smaller muscle size, while obesity resulted in a lower muscle quality irrespective of sarcopenia. Three gene variants (<i>ACTN3</i> rs1815739, <i>MTHFR</i> rs1801131, and <i>MTHFR</i> rs1537516) suspected to affect muscle function, homocysteine metabolism, or DNA methylation, respectively, were associated with sarcopenia in obese elderly women. Understanding the skeletal muscle features affected by sarcopenia and obesity, and identification of genes related to sarcopenia in obese women, may facilitate early detection of individuals at particular risk of sarcopenic obesity.Praval KhanalAlun G. WilliamsLingxiao HeGeorgina K. StebbingsGladys L. Onambele-PearsonMartine ThomisHans DegensChristopher I. MorseMDPI AGarticleelderlysarcopenic obeseneuromuscularsingle-nucleotide polymorphismsMedicineRENJournal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 4933, p 4933 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
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topic elderly
sarcopenic obese
neuromuscular
single-nucleotide polymorphisms
Medicine
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spellingShingle elderly
sarcopenic obese
neuromuscular
single-nucleotide polymorphisms
Medicine
R
Praval Khanal
Alun G. Williams
Lingxiao He
Georgina K. Stebbings
Gladys L. Onambele-Pearson
Martine Thomis
Hans Degens
Christopher I. Morse
Sarcopenia, Obesity, and Sarcopenic Obesity: Relationship with Skeletal Muscle Phenotypes and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
description Obesity may aggravate the effects of sarcopenia on skeletal muscle structure and function in the elderly, but no study has attempted to identify the gene variants associated with sarcopenia in obese women. Therefore, the aims of the present study were to: (1) describe neuromuscular function in sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic women with or without obesity; (2) identify gene variants associated with sarcopenia in older obese women. In 307 Caucasian women (71 ± 6 years, 66.3 ± 11.3 kg), skeletal muscle mass was estimated using bioelectric impedance, and function was tested with a 30 s one-leg standing-balance test. Biceps brachii thickness and vastus lateralis cross-sectional area (VL<sub>ACSA</sub>) were measured with B-mode ultrasonography. Handgrip strength, maximum voluntary contraction elbow flexion (MVC<sub>EF</sub>), and knee extension torque (MVC<sub>KE</sub>) were measured by dynamometry, and MVC<sub>KE</sub>/VL<sub>ACSA</sub> was calculated. Genotyping was performed for 24 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), selected based on their previous associations with muscle-related phenotypes. Based on sarcopenia and obesity thresholds, groups were classified as sarcopenic obese, non-sarcopenic obese, sarcopenic non-obese, or non-sarcopenic non-obese. A two-way analysis of covariance was used to assess the main effects of sarcopenia and obesity on muscle-related phenotypes and binary logistic regression was performed for each SNP to investigate associations with sarcopenia in obesity. There were no significant obesity * sarcopenic status interactions for any of the investigated muscle-related phenotypic parameters. Neither sarcopenia nor obesity had a significant effect on biceps brachii thickness, but sarcopenia was associated with lower VL<sub>ACSA</sub> (<i>p</i> = 0.003). Obesity was associated with lower MVC<sub>EF</sub> (<i>p</i> = 0.032), MVC<sub>KE</sub> (<i>p</i> = 0.047), and MVC<sub>KE</sub>/VL<sub>ACSA</sub> (<i>p</i> = 0.012) with no significant effect of sarcopenia. Adjusted for age and height, three SNPs (<i>ACTN3</i> rs1815739, <i>MTHFR</i> rs1801131, and <i>MTHFR</i> rs1537516) were associated with sarcopenia in obese participants. Sarcopenia was associated with a smaller muscle size, while obesity resulted in a lower muscle quality irrespective of sarcopenia. Three gene variants (<i>ACTN3</i> rs1815739, <i>MTHFR</i> rs1801131, and <i>MTHFR</i> rs1537516) suspected to affect muscle function, homocysteine metabolism, or DNA methylation, respectively, were associated with sarcopenia in obese elderly women. Understanding the skeletal muscle features affected by sarcopenia and obesity, and identification of genes related to sarcopenia in obese women, may facilitate early detection of individuals at particular risk of sarcopenic obesity.
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author Praval Khanal
Alun G. Williams
Lingxiao He
Georgina K. Stebbings
Gladys L. Onambele-Pearson
Martine Thomis
Hans Degens
Christopher I. Morse
author_facet Praval Khanal
Alun G. Williams
Lingxiao He
Georgina K. Stebbings
Gladys L. Onambele-Pearson
Martine Thomis
Hans Degens
Christopher I. Morse
author_sort Praval Khanal
title Sarcopenia, Obesity, and Sarcopenic Obesity: Relationship with Skeletal Muscle Phenotypes and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
title_short Sarcopenia, Obesity, and Sarcopenic Obesity: Relationship with Skeletal Muscle Phenotypes and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
title_full Sarcopenia, Obesity, and Sarcopenic Obesity: Relationship with Skeletal Muscle Phenotypes and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
title_fullStr Sarcopenia, Obesity, and Sarcopenic Obesity: Relationship with Skeletal Muscle Phenotypes and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
title_full_unstemmed Sarcopenia, Obesity, and Sarcopenic Obesity: Relationship with Skeletal Muscle Phenotypes and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
title_sort sarcopenia, obesity, and sarcopenic obesity: relationship with skeletal muscle phenotypes and single nucleotide polymorphisms
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/f1953a69530a494aac8ec3605ec5d80d
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