ECE2019 Poster Presentations Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 2 (100 abstracts)
The effects of testosterone treatment on fat tissue dysfunction and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in obese men undergoing bariatric surgery
Elisa Maseroli 1 , Chiara Corno 1 , Paolo Comeglio 1 , Ilaria Cellai 1 , Sandra Filippi 2 , Tommaso Mello 3 , Andrea Galli 3 , Enrico Facchiano 4 , Benedetta Beltrame 4 , Marcello Lucchese 4 , Giulia Rastrelli 1 , Mario Maggi 1, & Linda Vignozzi 1,
1Endocrinology and Andrology Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences ‘Mario Serio’, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; 2Interdepartmental Laboratory of Functional and Cellular Pharmacology of Reproduction, Department of NEUROFARBA, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; 3Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences ‘Mario Serio’, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; 4General Surgery, Bariatric, Metabolic, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Florence, Italy; 5INBB (Istituto Nazionale Biostrutture e Biosistemi), Rome, Italy.
Objective: Substitution treatment of hypogonadism in clinical and experimental models has shown beneficial effects on insulin sensitivity and accumulation of visceral and liver fat. Aim of the study was to analyze the effects of testosterone replacement therapy on benign prostatic hyperplasia/lower urinary tract symptoms (BPH/LUTS) clinical parameters, adipose tissue dysfunction and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in obese patients candidates for bariatric surgery.
Material and methods: Patients were divided into three groups: eugonadal, untreated hypogonadal and symptomatic hypogonadal treated for 6–8 months with testosterone. BPH/LUTS parameters were assessed by IPSS (International Prostate Symptom Score) and prostate ultrasound. Preadipocyte cells (hPADs) isolated from adipose tissue biopsies were used to evaluate insulin sensitivity, adipogenic potential and mitochondrial function. NAFLD was evaluated by triglycerides (TG) assay and histological examination of liver biopsies.
Results: Clinically, notwithstanding a prostate volume increase, testosterone treatment improved the IPSS score and hyperemia. Liver TG levels correlated positively with both steatosis and NAS scores, and resulted significantly higher in hypogonadal patients when compared to eugonadal patients, with testosterone treatment significantly reducing TG levels. In the liver, testosterone treatment induced an increased mRNA expression of lipid metabolism markers, whereas in visceral adipose tissue it induced an increased mRNA expression of lipid catabolism and mitochondrial biofunctionality markers. In hPADs testosterone treatment induced an increased mRNA expression of brown adipogenesis and mitochondrial biofunctionality markers. Testosterone treatment normalized hPADs ability to respond to increasing concentrations of insulin. Accordingly, glucose uptake AUCs showed a positive correlation with testosterone levels. Hypogonadal hPADs mitochondria displayed a lower average length and a superoxide generation increase, compared to eugonadal, with testosterone treatment normalizing both parameters.
Conclusions: Our data suggest that testosterone treatment improves LUTS and induces a metabolically healthier phenotype in hPADs in obese hypogonadal male patients, also displaying a potentially protective role on the progression of NAFLD.
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