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Background: Hyperthyroidism is known to induce a hypercoagulable state. It stimulates plasma levels of procoagulative factors and reduces fibrinolytic activity. So far most of the data have been derived from patients with endogenous hyperthyroidism with a wide variability in the underlying pathogenesis and severity of the disease. Objectives: In this study we experimentally induced thyrotoxicosis in healthy volunteers to explore the effects of thyroxine excess on the plasma proteome. Using a shotgun proteomics approach, the abundance of plasma proteins was monitored before, during and after thyrotoxicosis. Methods: Sixteen healthy male subjects were sampled at baseline, 4 and 8 weeks under 250 µg/day thyroxine p.o., as well as 4 and 8 weeks after stopping the application. Plasma proteins were analyzed after depletion of 6 high-abundance proteins (MARS6) by LC-ESI-MS/MS mass spectrometry. Mass spectrometric raw data were processed using a label-free, intensity-based workflow. Subsequently, the linear dependence between protein abundances and fT<sub>4</sub> levels were calculated using a Pearson correlation. Results: All subjects developed biochemical thyrotoxicosis, and this effect was reversed within the first 4 weeks of follow-up. None of the volunteers noticed any subjective symptoms. Levels of 10 proteins involved in the coagulation cascade specifically correlated with fT<sub>4</sub>, supporting an influence of thyroid hormone levels on blood coagulation even at nonpathological levels. Conclusions: The results suggest that experimental thyrotoxicosis exerts selective and specific thyroxine-induced effects on coagulation markers. Our study design allows assessment of thyroid hormone effects on plasma protein levels without secondary effects of other diseases or therapies.
Objective
This study provides a comprehensive overview of the associations of five adipokines (adiponectin, chemerin, galectin‐3, leptin, and resistin) with fat deposits, behavioral risk factors, and metabolic phenotypes.
Methods
Using multivariable linear and logistic regression models, cross‐sectional data from 4,116 participants of the population‐based Study of Health in Pomerania were analyzed.
Results
Participants with obesity showed higher chemerin, galectin‐3, and leptin but showed lower adiponectin concentrations. Independently of other fat compounds, liver fat content, visceral adipose tissue, and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) were inversely associated with adiponectin. Independent positive associations of liver fat content and SAT with chemerin as well as of SAT with galectin‐3 and leptin were observed. Physically inactive participants had higher chemerin and leptin concentrations. Smokers had higher chemerin and galectin‐3 as well as lower leptin. Alcohol consumption was associated with adiponectin (positive) and resistin (inverse). All adipokines were associated with at least one lipid marker. Associations with glucose metabolism were seen for adiponectin, chemerin, galectin‐3, and leptin.
Conclusions
High adiponectin concentrations were related to favorable metabolic conditions, whereas high chemerin, galectin‐3, and leptin were associated with an unfavorable metabolic profile. High leptin seems to be primarily indicative of obesity, whereas high adiponectin and chemerin are associated with a broader range of metabolic phenotypes.
Das Immunsystem hat die Aufgabe körperfremde von körpereigenen Strukturen zu unterscheiden. Es gewährt dem Organismus die spezifische Abwehr gegenüber krankheitsauslösenden Strukturen (Bakterien, Viren, Gifte). In seiner Komplexität führen Fehlfunktionen des Immunsystems zu verschiedenen Erkrankungen. Richtet sich die Immunantwort gegen körpereigene Strukturen und versagt die Unterscheidung zwischen Eigen und Fremd, so spricht man von Autoimmunerkrankungen. Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigte sich mit der Epidemiologie von (1) Allergien und (2) Autoimmunerkrankungen der Schilddrüse (AIT). (1) Parodontitis und Allergien HINTERGRUND: Parodontitis ist eine unter Erwachsenen weit verbreitete lokale, orale Infektion, die systemische Auswirkungen hat. In der Ätiologie von Allergien wird seit den 80iger Jahren die sogenannte Hygiene-Hypothese diskutiert. Diese besagt, dass Infektionen im Kindesalter präventiv auf die Entstehung von Allergien wirken. In der vorliegenden Studie wurde der Zusammenhang zwischen Parodontitis und allergischen Erkrankungen (Heuschnupfen, Hausstauballergie und Asthma) in der Allgemeinbevölkerung Vorpommerns und einem Diabetes mellitus Typ 1 Patientenkollektiv untersucht. METHODEN: Für die erste Analyse wurden Daten von 2837 Männern und Frauen im Alter zwischen 20 und 59 Jahren aus der bevölkerungsrepräsentativen „Study of Health in Pomerania“ (SHIP) herangezogen. Das Diabetes mellitus Typ 1 Patientenkollektiv beinhaltete 170 Patienten im Alter zwischen 17 und 80 Jahren. Der Attachmentverlust (AV) wurde gemessen und das Ausmaß der Parodontitis mittels des Prozentsatzes an Fläche mit einem AV über 3mm erfasst (gesunder Parodontalstatus, geringer AV, moderater AV, schwerwiegender AV). ERGEBNISSE: In SHIP berichteten 326 Personen Heuschnupfen, 111 Personen eine Hausstauballergie und 114 Personen waren von Asthma betroffen. In dem untersuchten Diabetes mellitus Typ 1 Patientenkollektiv litten 22 Patienten an mindestens einer der drei allergischen Erkrankungen. In SHIP wurde nach Kontrolle für ausgewählte Konfounder ein inverser Zusammenhang zwischen dem Schweregrad der Parodontitis und dem Vorhandensein von Heuschnupfen sowie Hausstauballergie gefunden. Mit steigendem AV nahm die Wahrscheinlichkeit für Heuschnupfen (ptrend<0,05) und Hausstauballergie (ptrend<0,05) ab. Hinsichtlich Asthma zeigte sich kein signifikanter Trend (ptrend=0,11), jedoch konnte auch hier mit steigendem AV eine gleichzeitige Abnahme der Wahrscheinlichkeit für das Auftreten von Asthma beobachtet werden. Die Analysen im Diabetes mellitus Typ 1 Patientenkollektiv bestätigten diese Ergebnisse. Auch hier nahm die Wahrscheinlichkeit für das Auftreten einer Allergie mit zunehmenden AV ab. FAZIT: Sowohl in der Allgemeinbevölkerung Vorpommerns als auch in Diabetes mellitus Typ 1 Patienten wurde eine inverse Assoziation zwischen dem Parodontalstatus und allergischen Erkrankungen dargelegt. Diese Ergebnisse befürworten die Hygiene-Hypothese. (2) Anzahl an Schwangerschaften und AIT HINTERGRUND: Frauen sind häufiger von AIT betroffen als Männer. Darüber hinaus ist bekannt, dass das Risiko für einen AIT während der Schwangerschaft und in der Post-Partum-Periode steigt. Das Ziel der Analysen war es, die Assoziation zwischen der Anzahl an Schwangerschaften und AIT zu untersuchen. METHODEN: Daten von 2837 Frauen im Alter zwischen 20 und 79 Jahren aus der bevölkerungsrepräsentativen „Study of Health in Pomerania“ (SHIP) wurden analysiert. Serum Anti-Thyreoperoxidase-Antikörper (anti-TPO) und Thyrotropin Titer wurden bestimmt. Weiterhin wurde eine Schilddrüsensonographie durchgeführt. Eine AIT lag beim gleichzeitigen Vorliegen eines echoarmen Schilddrüsenmusters und eines positiven anti-TPO Titers (>200 IU/ml) vor. ERGEBNISSE: Multivariable Zusammenhangsanalysen zeigten, dass die Chance für eine AIT (OR 4,7 [95%-KI 1,4-15,6], p<0,05) bei Frauen mit mindestens einer Schwangerschaft im Vergleich zu Frauen, die niemals schwanger waren, erhöht war. Ähnliche Ergebnisse zeigten sich auch für ein echoarmes Schilddrüsenmuster (OR 1,7 [95%-KI 1,0-2,8], p<0,05) und positive anti-TPO Werte (OR 1,9 [95%-KI 1,0-3,3], p<0,05). FAZIT: In der untersuchten Studienpopulation stieg das Risiko für eine AIT mit dem Durchleben der ersten Schwangerschaft an.
Sex-specific associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and galectin-3 in the general population
(2022)
Aims
Low cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is associated with greater mortality and morbidity. Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is a prognostic biomarker for fibrosis and heart failure. Gal-3 is also associated with a greater risk for cardiovascular mortality. Whether CRF is related with Gal-3 is unclear. The objective of this study was to assess the sex-specific associations of CRF and Gal-3 levels in the general population.
Methods
Gal-3 concentrations were determined using a sandwich enzyme immunoassay in the population-based Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP-TREND-0). Sex-stratified linear regression models adjusted for age, current smoking status, and renal function were used. Individuals with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <40%, previous myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, chronic lung disease, severe renal disease (estimated glomerular filtration rate <30 mL/min/mm2), a history of cancer, and extreme values for Gal-3 (<1st percentile; >99th percentile) were excluded.
Results
A total of n = 1515 participants with a median age of 49 (IQR: 39–60 years, 48% males) were included. In men, a 1 L/min greater VO2peak was significantly related to 0.50 ng/mL (95% CI −0.8068 to −0.1938, P < 0.01) less Gal-3. In males, a 1 mL/min/kg higher VO2peak adjusted for body weight was associated with −0.0286 ng/mL (95% CI −0.0052 to −0.0005, P = 0.02) less Gal-3. When VO2peak was adjusted for lean mass 1 mL/kg/min more was correlated with a −0.0022 ng/mL (95% CI −0.0043 to -0.0007, P = 0.04) less Gal-3. In women, VO2peak (β −0.2046 95% CI −0.6541 to 0.2449, P = 0.37) and VO2peak adjusted for lean mass (β −0.0019 95% CI −0.0421 to –0.0050, P = 0.12) were not related with Gal-3, whereas a 1 mL/min/kg higher VO2peak adjusted for body weight was significantly associated with a −0.0064 ng/mL lower Gal-3 (95% CI −0.0092 to -0.0035, P < 0.01). There were no differences between pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women.
Conclusions
VO2peak was associated with Gal-3 only in men, but VO2peak adjusted for body weight in women and men. Our results suggest that the adverse consequences of low CRF may be mediated by Gal-3. Further research is needed to understand the sex-specific association between CRF and Gal-3 and whether they are clinically relevant.
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and low serum total testosterone (TT) concentrations are independent predictors of mortality risk in the general population, but their combined potential for improved mortality risk stratification is unknown. Methods: We used data of 1,822 men from the population-based Study of Health in Pomerania followed- up for 9.9 years (median). The direct effects of kidney dysfunction (estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 ml/min/ 1.73 m<sup>2</sup>), albuminuria (urinary albumin-creatinine ratio ≧2.5 mg/mmol) and their combination (CKD) on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality were analyzed using multivariable Cox regression models. Serum TT concentrations below the age-specific 10th percentile (by decades) were considered low and were used for further risk stratification. Results: Kidney dysfunction (hazard ratio, HR, 1.40; 95% confidence interval, CI, 1.02–1.92), albuminuria (HR, 1.38; 95% CI, 1.06–1.79), and CKD (HR, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.09–1.84) were associated with increased all-cause mortality risk, while only kidney dysfunction (HR, 2.01; 95% CI, 1.21–3.34) was associated with increased cardiovascular mortality risk after multivariable adjustment. Men with kidney dysfunction and low TT concentrations were identified as high-risk individuals showing a more than 2-fold increased all-cause mortality risk (HR, 2.52; 95% CI, 1.08–5.85). Added to multivariable models, nonsignificant interaction terms suggest that kidney dysfunction and low TT are primarily additive rather than synergistic mortality risk factors. Conclusion: In the case of early loss of kidney function, measured TT concentrations might help to detect high-risk individuals for potential therapeutic interventions and to improve mortality risk assessment and outcome.
For the goal of individualized medicine, it is critical to have clinical phenotypes at hand which represent the individual pathophysiology. However, for most of the utilized phenotypes, two individuals with the same phenotype assignment may differ strongly in their underlying biological traits. In this paper, we propose a definition for individualization and a corresponding statistical operationalization, delivering thereby a statistical framework in which the usefulness of a variable in the meaningful differentiation of individuals with the same phenotype can be assessed. Based on this framework, we develop a statistical workflow to derive individualized phenotypes, demonstrating that under specific statistical constraints the prediction error of prediction scores contains information about hidden biological traits not represented in the modeled phenotype of interest, allowing thereby internal differentiation of individuals with the same assigned phenotypic manifestation. We applied our procedure to data of the population-based Study of Health in Pomerania to construct a refined definition of obesity, demonstrating the utility of the definition in prospective survival analyses. Summarizing, we propose a framework for the individualization of phenotypes aiding personalized medicine by shifting the focus in the assessment of prediction models from the model fit to the informational content of the prediction error.
Microbial metabolites measured using NMR may serve as markers for physiological or pathological host–microbe interactions and possibly mediate the beneficial effects of microbiome diversity. Yet, comprehensive analyses of gut microbiome data and the urine NMR metabolome from large general population cohorts are missing. Here, we report the associations between gut microbiota abundances or metrics of alpha diversity, quantified from stool samples using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, with targeted urine NMR metabolites measures from 951 participants of the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP). We detected significant genus–metabolite associations for hippurate, succinate, indoxyl sulfate, and formate. Moreover, while replicating the previously reported association between hippurate and measures of alpha diversity, we identified formate and 4-hydroxyphenylacetate as novel markers of gut microbiome alpha diversity. Next, we predicted the urinary concentrations of each metabolite using genus abundances via an elastic net regression methodology. We found profound associations of the microbiome-based hippurate prediction score with markers of liver injury, inflammation, and metabolic health. Moreover, the microbiome-based prediction score for hippurate completely mediated the clinical association pattern of microbial diversity, hinting at a role of benzoate metabolism underlying the positive associations between high alpha diversity and healthy states. In conclusion, large-scale NMR urine metabolomics delivered novel insights into metabolic host–microbiome interactions, identifying pathways of benzoate metabolism as relevant candidates mediating the beneficial health effects of high microbial alpha diversity.
The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP), a population-based study from a rural state in northeastern Germany with a relatively poor life expectancy, supplemented its comprehensive examination program in 2008 with whole-body MR imaging at 1.5 T (SHIP-MR). We reviewed more than 100 publications that used the SHIP-MR data and analyzed which sequences already produced fruitful scientific outputs and which manuscripts have been referenced frequently. Upon reviewing the publications about imaging sequences, those that used T1-weighted structured imaging of the brain and a gradient-echo sequence for R2* mapping obtained the highest scientific output; regarding specific body parts examined, most scientific publications focused on MR sequences involving the brain and the (upper) abdomen. We conclude that population-based MR imaging in cohort studies should define more precise goals when allocating imaging time. In addition, quality control measures might include recording the number and impact of published work, preferably on a bi-annual basis and starting 2 years after initiation of the study. Structured teaching courses may enhance the desired output in areas that appear underrepresented.