SFEBES2007 Poster Presentations Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular (63 abstracts)
Reduced 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 activity in obese children
Susanna Wiegand 1 , Anna Richardt 1 , Thomas Remer 3 , Stefan A Wudy 4 , Jeremy W Tomlinson 5 , Beverly Hughes 5 , Annette Grüters 1 , Paul M Stewart 5 , Christian J Strasburger 2 & Marcus Quinkler 2
1Paediatric Endocrinology, Charite Campus Virchow, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; 2Clinical Endocrinology, Charite Campus Mitte, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; 3Department of Nutrition and Health, Research Institute of Child Nutrition, Dortmund, Germany; 4Steroid Research Unit, Center of Child and Adolescent Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany; 5Division of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Objective: The incidence of childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions. Glucocorticoid excess causes central obesity and diabetes mellitus as seen in Cushing’s syndrome. The 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme (11beta-HSD1), which is predominantly expressed in liver and adipose tissue, regenerates active cortisol from inactive cortisone. Altered 11beta-HSD1 may cause tissue-specific Cushing syndrome with central obesity and impaired glucose homeostasis.
Design, patients and methods: Clinical and laboratory characteristics, and anthropometric measurements were determined in 15 male and 6 female obese pubertal children (aged 12–18 y). In addition, analysis of 24 h excretion rates of glucocorticoids were performed in 21 obese and age- and sex-matched non-obese children using gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) analysis.
Results: 11beta-HSD1 activity (urinary THF+5alphaTHF/THE ratio) was lower in obese compared to non-obese boys. In addition, obese children had a higher total cortisol metabolite excretion than non-obese children. 11beta-HSD1 activity was significantly related to age in lean and obese children. Standard deviation score (SDS)-BMI did not correlate with 11beta-HSD1 activity, or with total cortisol metabolite excretion within each group. In obese children, 11beta-HSD1 activity was significantly associated with low density lipoprotein (LDL) (P<0.01) and abdominal circumference (P<0.05). But 11beta-HSD1 activity and total cortisol metabolite excretion showed no correlation to waist-to-hip ratio, fat mass (% of body mass), or insulin resistance index (HOMA) in obese children.
Also 11beta-HSD2 activity (urinary free F/ free E ratio) significantly correlated to abdominal circumference in obese children. We did not find a gender difference regarding 11beta-HSD1 or −2 activities.
Conclusions: In conclusion, our findings strongly suggest that 11beta-HSD1 activity increases with age and is reduced in obese boys. In addition, obese children have a higher total cortisol metabolites excretion suggesting a stimulated HPA axis.
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