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Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (A.G., J.L.C., C.O., C.S.M.), Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215; Department of Home Economics and Ecology (N.Y., M.K.), Harokopio University, Athens, Greece 17671; and Department of Biostatistics (L.C.M.), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Christos S. Mantzoros, M.D., Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Stoneman 820, Boston, Massachusetts 02215. E-mail: cmantzor{at}bidmc.harvard.edu.
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Our cross-sectional study shows that, in addition to overall obesity, central fat distribution is an independent negative predictor of serum adiponectin and suggests that adiponectin may represent a link between central obesity and insulin resistance. In addition, estradiol is negatively and independently associated with adiponectin, whereas there is no association between serum adiponectin and leptin, cortisol, or free testosterone levels. Our interventional studies demonstrate that neither fasting for 48 h, resulting in a low leptin state, nor leptin administration at physiological or pharmacological doses alters serum adiponectin levels. Further studies are needed to fully elucidate the physiology of adiponectin in humans and its role in the pathogenesis of insulin-resistant states.
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In addition, the entire spectrum of predictors of adiponectin levels remains to be fully elucidated. It has been previously proposed that a physiologically significant relationship may exist between leptin and adiponectin, because these two hormones have additive effects in normalizing insulin sensitivity in animals (4). Furthermore, studies in rodents support a possible role of leptin in regulating adiponectin, showing that fasting, a state that acutely decreases leptin expression and its serum concentration, also decreases adiponectin gene expression in adipose tissue, whereas refeeding normalizes the expression of both hormones (19). In contrast to adiponectin gene expression, however, neither changes of leptin levels induced by fasting or refeeding nor exogenously administered leptin has been shown to alter serum adiponectin levels in rodents (19). No interventional study has directly assessed the effect of altering leptin levels on serum adiponectin in humans, and two cross-sectional studies have reported discrepant results on the association between leptin and adiponectin (14, 16).
Furthermore, in vitro adipocyte exposure to glucocorticoids, which are known to regulate insulin sensitivity (20), inhibits adiponectin expression (21, 22), suggesting that glucocorticoids may influence insulin sensitivity through an effect on serum adiponectin levels. Thus, it would be of interest to study the potential association between adiponectin and steroid hormone levels in vivo in humans. Finally, although the gender dimorphism in adiponectin levels, with women having higher adiponectin levels than men independently of body fat mass or fat distribution (10, 13, 16, 23), has been attributed to differences in circulating estrogens or androgens, no previous study has jointly evaluated body fat mass, fat distribution, and sex steroids as predictors of serum adiponectin levels in humans; and studies that have focused on adiponectin levels in postmenopausal vs. premenopausal women have reported conflicting results (23, 24).
We sought to assess the association of several anthropometric, metabolic, and hormonal variables with adiponectin levels in a cross-sectional study of 121 women without a known history of diabetes. In addition, to evaluate the potential role of fasting and/or leptin in regulating serum adiponectin, we measured adiponectin levels at baseline and after 2 d of fasting, with and without leptin administration in physiological replacement doses, in healthy normal-weight men. In a separate group of healthy men and women, we measured adiponectin levels in response to a pharmacological dose of leptin to evaluate whether leptin has a dose-related effect on adiponectin levels.
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One hundred thirty Greek Caucasian women without a known history of diabetes (age, 49.4 ± 9.2 yr; BMI, 30.9 ± 5.5 kg/m2) were consecutively enrolled in this study, which was approved by the Ethics Committee at Harokopio University (Athens, Greece) and the Institutional Review Board at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, MA). After giving written informed consent to participate, subjects provided a fasting blood sample and completed a self-administered questionnaire on demographic characteristics, general health, smoking status, and present medications, including hormone replacement and oral contraceptive treatment. Subjects were classified as premenopausal if they had regular menstrual periods, perimenopausal if they had irregular periods and/or elevated FSH levels, and postmenopausal if they reported no periods for at least 6 months. Weight to the nearest 0.5 kg, height to the nearest 0.5 cm, and waist and hip circumferences were measured. All subjects underwent bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) with a single-frequency bioimpedance analyzer (Model 101, RJL-Systems, Mt. Clemens, MI), and body fat mass (in kilograms and percentage of body weight) was calculated as previously described (25). To validate the BIA and anthropometric measurements, 60 subjects also underwent a dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan performed with a Lunar DPX densitometer (software version 4.7e; Lunar Corp., Madison, WI) for assessment of total body and trunk fat mass (in kilograms and percentage of body weight) (26, 27). Estimates of fat mass and percentage of fat obtained in the 60 subjects who underwent all three assessments correlated strongly with each other (fat mass by BIA and DEXA: Pearson coefficient = 0.91, P < 0.001; percentage fat by BIA and DEXA: Pearson coefficient = 0.88, P < 0.001) and with BMI (fat mass or percentage of fat by BIA and BMI: Pearson coefficient = 0.94, P < 0.001; fat mass or percentage of fat by DEXA and BMI: Pearson coefficient = 0.84, P < 0.001). In addition, trunk fat, a measurement of central adiposity obtained by DEXA, correlated highly with waist circumference (WC) (Pearson coefficient = 0.90, P < 0.001) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) (Pearson coefficient = 0.54, P < 0.001). Thus, in our analysis, we used BMI and fat mass calculated by BIA as markers of overall adiposity, and WC and WHR as markers of central obesity.
Analysis was restricted to 121 subjects for whom adiponectin data were available. Due to insufficient serum samples, six subjects did not have a complete hormonal and metabolic evaluation, and 10 subjects did not have either the fasting glucose or insulin levels needed to calculate the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), but each statistical analysis included only subjects with complete data. Apolipoprotein (apo)A1 and apoB levels were available for only a subset of 48 subjects.
Interventional studies
Two interventional studies investigating the effect of fasting and/or leptin administration on adiponectin levels were approved by the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Institutional Review Board and were performed under an investigator-initiated new drug application. Clinical-quality recombinant-methionyl human leptin (r-metHuLeptin) was supplied by Amgen, Inc. (Thousand Oaks, CA). All subjects gave informed consent for participation.
Fasting with or without administration of physiological doses of r-metHuLeptin. Eight normal-weight men (age, 23.4 ± 1.5 yr; BMI, 23.2 ± 1.4 kg/m2) were screened for significant medical conditions, and none of them had abnormal glucose tolerance (random serum glucose, 77 ± 12 mg/dl; range, 59–91 mg/dl). Subjects were admitted to the General Clinical Research Center on three separate occasions (separated by at least 7 wk to allow for recovery of hematocrit and normalization of their metabolic state) under three different conditions: baseline fed state, fasting with placebo administration, and fasting with r-metHuLeptin administration designed to restore the fasting-induced decline in leptin levels to physiological levels similar to those in the fed state. All eight subjects completed the fed and fasting/placebo admissions, and six subjects (age, 22.0 ± 2.1 yr; BMI, 24.2 ± 1.2 kg/m2) completed the fasting/r-metHuLeptin admission. Subjects were admitted to the General Clinical Research Center the evening before study d 1 for each fed or fasting phase. Fasting blood samples for adiponectin and leptin measurements were obtained at 0800 h on d 1 and 3 of each admission.
During the baseline fed state, subjects were placed on an isocaloric diet designed to maintain their admission body weight, with four standardized meals per day: 20% of calories from breakfast (0800 h), 35% from lunch (0100 h), 35% from dinner (1800 h), and 10% from a snack (2200 h). During the fasting studies, subjects received only caffeine-free and calorie-free liquids for 2 d, and NaCl (500 mg), KCl (40 meq), and a standard multivitamin with minerals daily. Starting at 0800 h on d 1 of the fasting/leptin admission, r-metHuLeptin was administered as a sc injection every 6 h for 2 d, at a dose of 0.04 mg/kg·d on the first day and 0.1 mg/kg·d on the second day. The dosing regimen used was based on previous detailed pharmacokinetic studies performed in the fasted state (Mantzoros, C. S., unpublished data). During the fasting/placebo admission, a buffer solution was administered sc every 6 h.
Administration of a pharmacological dose of r-metHuLeptin in the fed state. Five normal-weight men (age, 22.2 ± 2.0 yr; BMI, 22.0 ± 1.0 kg/m2), five obese men (age, 23.4 ± 3.4 yr; BMI, 32.0 ± 2.3 kg/m2), and five normal-weight women (age, 20.4 ± 1.6 yr; BMI, 21.9 ± 1.8 kg/m2) were screened for significant medical problems. None of the subjects had abnormal glucose tolerance (lean men: random serum glucose, 73 ± 19 mg/dl; range, 54–95 mg/dl; obese men: random serum glucose, 67 ± 7 mg/dl; range, 57–74 mg/dl; lean women: random serum glucose, 76.8 ± 7.1 mg/dl; range, 65–84 mg/dl). Subjects were admitted to the General Clinical Research Center during the evening and received one pharmacological dose of r-metHuLeptin (0.3 mg/kg) the following morning. Fasting blood samples were collected at 0800 h immediately before r-metHuLeptin administration, and at 6 and 12 h after the leptin dose. Subjects received an isocaloric diet during the study, as described above.
Hormone measurements. Glucose and lipid profiles were measured using a photometric method with liquid reactants (Hitachi 917, Indianapolis, IN). Hormone concentrations were measured using commercially available RIA, as follows: adiponectin [Linco Research, St. Charles, MO; sensitivity, 2 µg/ml; intraassay coefficients of variation (CV), 1.78–6.21%]; leptin (Linco Research; sensitivity, 0.5 ng/ml; intraassay CV, 8.3%); cortisol (DSL, Webster, TX; sensitivity, 0.5 µg/dl; intraassay CV, 5.3–8.4%), insulin (DSL; sensitivity, 1.3 µIU/ml; intraassay CV, 8.3%); estradiol (DPC, Los Angeles, CA; sensitivity, 8 pg/ml; intraassay CV, 4.3–7%), and free testosterone (DPC; sensitivity, 0.15 pg/ml; intraassay CV, 8%). Insulin resistance was estimated using the HOMA with the following formula: HOMA-IR = fasting insulin (µIU/ml) x glucose (mmol/liter)/22.5 (28, 29). To minimize variability, hormone levels were measured in one assay for all subjects participating in the cross-sectional study and in one assay for each subject in the interventional studies.
Data analysis.
SPSS 8.0 software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL) was used for statistical analysis, and a P value < 0.05 (two-tailed) was considered statistically significant for all analyses. Several variables were logarithmically transformed to obtain a normal distribution, as indicated in Table 2
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. The sample size of 121 subjects provides more than 80% power to detect a correlation coefficient r of at least 0.22 at the conventional level of statistical significance 
= 0.05. We used nonparametric tests for the interventional studies, because the number of subjects was relatively small, and the data were not normally distributed. We performed exact Wilcoxon signed rank tests to evaluate changes in adiponectin levels, leptin levels, and weight between d 1 and 3 of each fed or fasting admission in the first interventional study. We used Friedman tests to evaluate changes in adiponectin and leptin levels from baseline to 6 and 12 h after administration of the pharmacological dose of r-metHuLeptin in the second interventional study.
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Baseline characteristics of the 121 women are summarized in Table 1. Twelve subjects had a BMI lower than 25 (24.1 ± 0.5) kg/m2, 52 subjects had a BMI between 25 and 30 (27.6 ± 1.5) kg/m2, and 57 subjects had a BMI greater than 30 (35.4 ± 4.8) kg/m2. Mean serum adiponectin level was 10.4 ± 7.1 µg/ml, and its relationship with BMI, fat mass, WHR, serum leptin, serum insulin, and HOMA-IR index is shown in Fig. 1. Seventy-one percent of subjects were nonsmokers, 26% were current smokers, whereas 3% were past smokers. Although subjects did not have a known history of diabetes, we found four subjects with fasting glucose levels higher than 126 mg/dl, and data analysis with and without these four subjects resulted in similar results. Because five subjects were undergoing hormone replacement treatment and two subjects were undergoing oral contraceptive treatment at the time of the evaluation, we also analyzed the data with and without these subjects and then adjusted our analysis for a dummy variable (estrogen yes or no), and each time we obtained similar results. In addition, there was no significant difference in serum adiponectin levels between the women taking estrogens and those not on estrogen treatment (serum adiponectin, 11.83 ± 4.40 vs. 10.39 ± 7.28 µg/ml; P = 0.45). Thus, we report herein the entire group analysis, with and without adjustment for estrogen levels in several regression analysis models, as indicated in Table 2. We also report results obtained when adjusting our analysis for premenopausal vs. postmenopausal status; adjustment for premenopausal vs. perimenopausal and postmenopausal status gave similar results. Of note, there was no correlation between adiponectin levels and the day of menstrual cycle in the pre- and perimenopausal women, but the study was not adequately powered for this outcome.
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). The difference in serum adiponectin between premenopausal and postmenopausal women remained significant in multivariate linear regression analysis models adjusting for age and/or body composition but became nonsignificant after adjustment for estrogen levels. A positive association of adiponectin with age [standardized ß coefficient (std ß) = 0.19; P = 0.04] became borderline significant after adjusting for BMI (P = 0.06), body fat (P = 0.10), or WHR (P = 0.05); moreover, there was no correlation between smoking and adiponectin. In addition, we found a strong negative correlation between adiponectin and estradiol levels by bivariate regression analysis, which remained significant after controlling for age, menopausal status, and body composition, but there was no relationship between adiponectin and leptin, cortisol, or free testosterone levels (Table 2).
We found a strong negative association between serum adiponectin and parameters of central obesity (WHR and WC) independent of age, menopausal status, and estradiol levels (Table 2). Parameters of overall adiposity (BMI and fat mass) also correlated negatively with adiponectin in bivariate regression analyses, but these correlations appeared to be weaker than those between adiponectin and central obesity measurements. Although the association of adiponectin with BMI did not remain significant after controlling for age, menopausal status, and estradiol levels, the association with fat mass or estimates of central obesity remained significant after controlling for these potential confounders (Table 2).
The negative associations between adiponectin and fasting glucose, insulin, or HOMA-IR index remained significant after adjusting for age, menopausal status, estrogen levels, and fat mass, but not WHR or WC, suggesting that adiponectin may be mediating, to a large extent, the effect of central obesity on insulin resistance and glycemia (Table 2).
We also found a positive correlation of serum adiponectin with high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and a negative correlation with triglyceride levels but no significant relationship with total or low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (Table 2). The association between adiponectin and triglycerides remained significant after adjusting for age, menopausal status, estrogen levels, but not for body composition. The strong association with HDL remained significant after controlling for all potential confounders, indicating that the association between HDL and adiponectin levels is independent of body fat distribution. The positive correlation of adiponectin with apoA1 in bivariate regression analysis (std ß = 0.44; P = 0.006) remained significant after adjustment for age, menopausal status, estrogen levels, and body composition (std ß = 0.33; P = 0.02), whereas the negative correlation between adiponectin and apoBl tended to be significant in bivariate regression analysis (std ß = -0.28; P = 0.08), but was not significant after adjustment for the same potential confounders (std ß = -0.13; P = 0.45).
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Fasting with or without administration of physiological doses of r-metHuLeptin (Fig. 2).
Weight did not change with isocaloric feeding (d 1, 73.0 ± 8.1 kg vs. d 3, 73.1 ± 8.4 kg; P = 0.64) but decreased by approximately 2 kg during the fasting/placebo admission (d 1, 73.4 ± 7.6 kg vs. d 3, 71.1 ± 7.6 kg; P = 0.01) and the fasting/r-metHuLeptin admission (d 1, 77.3 ± 8.9 kg vs. d 3, 75.1 ± 8.0 kg; P = 0.06). Serum leptin levels did not change in the fed state (d 1, 1.6 ± 1.6 ng/ml vs. d 3, 1.7 ± 0.8 ng/ml; P = 0.31) but decreased significantly to 33% of baseline after fasting for 2 d (d 1, 2.1 ± 1.8 ng/ml vs. d 3, 0.7 ± 0.9 ng/ml; P = 0.01). r-metHuLeptin administered in physiological doses during fasting increased serum leptin to levels higher than baseline but within the physiological range for lean men in the fed state (d 1, 2.3 ± 1.9 ng/ml vs. d 3, 4.8 ± 2.1 ng/ml; P = 0.06). Serum adiponectin levels did not change during the fed (d 1, 11 ± 5.1 µg/ml vs. d 3, 12.9 ± 6.4 µg/ml; P = 0.12) or fasting state (d 1, 11.1 ± 7 µg/ml vs. d 3, 10.1 ± 6.2 µg/ml; P = 0.39), and r-metHuLeptin administration had no significant effect on adiponectin levels (d 1, 11.8 ± 4 µg/ml vs. d 3, 11.3 ± 4.9 µg/ml; P = 0.56). Similar results were obtained when analysis was performed with data from all eight subjects or from the six subjects who completed the fasting/r-metHuLeptin admission, and thus results for all eight subjects are reported.
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After the pharmacological dose of r-metHuLeptin was administered, serum leptin levels increased significantly to 15–40 times baseline levels at 6 h and approximately 10 times baseline at 12 h in the lean men (baseline, 3 ± 0.7 ng/ml; 6 h, 111.1 ± 33.7 ng/ml; 12 h, 32.4 ± 11.8 ng/ml; P = 0.007) and the obese men (baseline, 16.24 ± 5 ng/ml; 6 h, 242.9 ± 38.8 ng/ml; 12 h, 114.9 ± 22.1 ng/ml; P = 0.007). Over the time frame in which leptin levels were markedly increased, serum adiponectin levels did not change significantly (lean men baseline, 15.4 ± 8.2 µg/ml; 6 h, 16.3 ± 10 µg/ml; 12 h, 17.6 ± 10 µg/ml; P = 0.25; obese men baseline, 9.7 ± 5.7 µg/ml; 6 h, 9.8 ± 7.1 µg/ml; 12 h, 10 ± 7 µg/ml; P = 0.82). Similar to findings in men, serum adiponectin levels did not change in lean women, despite a significant increase in leptin levels after r-metHuLeptin administration (data not shown).
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Adiposity (BMI, fat mass, percentage of fat) has been previously reported to be inversely associated with serum adiponectin in Japanese people (10, 11, 13, 14, 15), Pima Indians (2, 3, 12), and Caucasians (12, 16). The etiology of the decreased adiponectin mRNA expression in adipose tissue (30, 31) and the lower serum adiponectin levels reported in obese subjects (10, 11, 12) remains to be fully elucidated, but it may occur due to the increased expression of TNF-, which reduces adiponectin expression and secretion from adipocytes in vitro (32, 33). Although it has also been shown that glucocorticoids inhibit adiponectin expression in vitro (21, 22), serum cortisol was not a significant predictor of serum adiponectin levels in our study. It is also possible that local cortisol production by adipose tissue in amounts that do not increase serum cortisol levels (34) may still alter adiponectin expression in visceral fat (21, 22), but this requires further investigation.
In addition to confirming the association between body fat mass and adiponectin, we found that central obesity is an independent negative predictor of serum adiponectin. The relationship of adiponectin with WHR and WC appears to be stronger than that with fat mass or BMI, indicating that central fat distribution is a better determinant of circulating adiponectin than total fat mass. Similar to our findings, Cnop et al. (16) have reported recently that intraabdominal fat (but not BMI) was significantly and independently associated with adiponectin, whereas a Japanese study (15) has reported an inverse association between adiponectin and WHR in morbidly obese patients but not in overweight and moderately obese patients. A strong relationship of adiponectin with abdominal visceral fat has been reported in HIV- infected patients who develop fat redistribution secondary to antiretroviral treatment (35). Previous studies have also shown that adiponectin secretion is differentially regulated in cultured human omental and sc adipocytes (36), and that in obese diabetic subjects there is a more pronounced decrease of adiponectin mRNA expression in omental fat compared with sc fat (31).
In contrast to adiponectin, leptin correlates positively and strongly with both total and sc fat mass but less strongly with visceral fat (37, 38). We did not find a significant association between serum leptin and adiponectin levels in our sample, whereas Matsubara et al. (14) reported that leptin is a negative predictor of adiponectin levels independently of body composition, and Cnop et al. (16) detected a significant association between leptin and adiponectin in men and women only when considered separately but not in the entire study cohort. These discrepant results may be explained by different fat distribution characteristics of the populations studied, despite their similar overall adiposity, because it is well known that leptin is preferentially produced by sc adipose tissue (39), whereas adiponectin is mainly produced by visceral adipose tissue (36).
We subsequently explored whether the strong negative association between adiponectin and central fat distribution might account for the association between central obesity/visceral fat and insulin resistance (18). We found that the negative associations between adiponectin and HOMA-IR index, fasting insulin or glucose levels remain significant after adjusting for fat mass but were not significant after adjusting for WHR or WC, suggesting that the relationship between central adiposity and insulin resistance is mediated, at least in part, by adiponectin. Several studies have reported that insulin resistance is negatively associated with adiponectin levels independently of BMI (13, 14), and a recent study has shown that this association is also independent of the amount of intraabdominal fat (16). Our findings are in accordance with previous data showing that the increase in adiponectin after weight reduction by bariatric surgery is associated with improvement of insulin sensitivity, as estimated by HOMA-IR (40), and improved ß-cell function (41).
We confirm that adiponectin levels are related to triglyceride levels and are a strong positive and independent determinant of HDL cholesterol in Caucasian women, as previously reported in Japanese subjects (11, 13, 24). We also confirm the positive association of adiponectin with apoA1 and the negative association with apoB reported previously in the Japanese population (24). Further studies are needed to fully explore these relationships and their implications, because the low adiponectin levels in subjects with cardiovascular disease (10, 11, 12) may be related to insulin resistance and/or dyslipidemia.
Serum estradiol is a strong negative determinant of adiponectin in this study, and postmenopausal women have lower estradiol but higher adiponectin levels compared with premenopausal women. Using a multiple linear regression model, we show that the difference in serum adiponectin related to menopausal status could be explained by the different estradiol levels but not by differences in age or body composition between the pre- and postmenopausal women. Despite the negative association between estradiol and adiponectin, it has been reported that women have higher adiponectin levels compared with men (10, 13, 16, 23), suggesting that in addition to estrogens, other gender-dependent factors, such as body fat distribution or androgen and progesterone levels, may be of relevance. Although women have more sc fat and men have more visceral fat (42, 17), previous studies have found that the gender difference in adiponectin levels is independent of total body fat or fat redistribution (13, 16, 23). In addition, androgens have been shown to decrease adiponectin levels in rodents (23), but we did not find an association between adiponectin and free testosterone levels in women. Testosterone levels are lower and have a narrow range in women, however, and thus further studies in men, who have much higher testosterone levels, are warranted. Defining the relationship between adiponectin and body fat distribution and/or sex hormones is of clinical relevance because it may explain the observed gender differences in insulin sensitivity (43).
We also report a weak positive correlation with age, but in contrast to Cnop et al. (16), the association between adiponectin and age is only of borderline significance after adjusting for body composition. Thus, it remains possible that the previously reported significant association with age is due to either body composition changes and/or selection bias (16). Further studies are needed to elucidate this point.
Importantly, we did not find any evidence for regulation of adiponectin by acute fasting or leptin in our interventional studies, in contrast to leptin’s recently demonstrated ability to regulate several neuroendocrine axes (44). More specifically, neither fasting-induced decrease in leptin levels nor r-metHuLeptin administration at physiological or pharmacological doses acutely alter serum adiponectin levels. Of note, previous studies in humans and animals have shown that prolonged caloric restriction, which leads to significant and prolonged weight loss and decreased leptin levels, induces adiponectin expression (11, 45, 46, 47). Studies in rodents have shown that fasting for 2 d diminishes both adiponectin and leptin gene expression, which results in decreased serum leptin levels but unchanged serum adiponectin levels (19). This has been explained by the fact that serum adiponectin concentrations are nearly 1000 times higher than those of leptin, and thus fasting-induced changes of adiponectin expression in adipose tissue may not be directly translated into appreciable alterations of serum adiponectin levels over a short period of time (19). Moreover, leptin administration to lipoatrophic mice, which have low leptin and adiponectin levels and are highly insulin resistant, increases their leptin levels and improves insulin resistance but does not increase their low adiponectin levels (48). A combination of physiological doses of adiponectin and leptin completely reverses the insulin resistance of lipoatrophic mice, whereas adiponectin or leptin alone are only partially effective in improving insulin resistance in rodents (4, 48, 49) and humans with congenital lipodystrophy (50). Because leptin does not appear to regulate adiponectin in humans, leptin and adiponectin may represent two different and independent pathways that control insulin sensitivity and need to be studied further.
In summary, we provide evidence for a strong association of serum adiponectin with fat mass, central fat distribution, and estradiol levels, whereas serum adiponectin is not associated with cortisol, leptin, or testosterone levels in humans. Importantly, we found that neither short-term fasting nor leptin administration alters serum adiponectin levels. The cross-sectional nature of our first study limits determinations of temporality or causality; therefore, further interventional studies are necessary to evaluate the relationship of serum adiponectin with central obesity and insulin resistance. Elucidation of the full spectrum of determinants of circulating adiponectin in humans should be the focus of future studies because it may prove to have major physiological and pathophysiological importance.
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Abbreviations: apo, Apolipoprotein; BIA, bioelectrical impedance analysis; BMI, body mass index; CV, coefficient of variation; DEXA, dual energy x-ray absorptiometry; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; r-metHuLeptin, recombinant-methionyl human leptin; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio.
Received February 11, 2003.
Accepted July 9, 2003.
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 C. J Williams, N. Mitsiades, E. Sozopoulos, A. Hsi, A. Wolk, A.-P. Nifli, S. Tseleni-Balafouta, and C. S Mantzoros Adiponectin receptor expression is elevated in colorectal carcinomas but not in gastrointestinal stromal tumors Endocr. Relat. Cancer, March 1, 2008; 15(1): 289 - 299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 A. R. Schwartz, S. P. Patil, A. M. Laffan, V. Polotsky, H. Schneider, and P. L. Smith Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Pathogenic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approaches Proceedings of the ATS, February 15, 2008; 5(2): 185 - 192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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D Barb, A Neuwirth, C S Mantzoros, and S P Balk Adiponectin signals in prostate cancer cells through Akt to activate the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway Endocr. Relat. Cancer, December 1, 2007; 14(4): 995 - 1005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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R. B. S. Harris, T. J. Bartness, and H. J. Grill Leptin Responsiveness in Chronically Decerebrate Rats Endocrinology, October 1, 2007; 148(10): 4623 - 4633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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Y.-F. Tian, C.-H. Chu, M.-H. Wu, C.-L. Chang, T. Yang, Y.-C. Chou, G.-C. Hsu, C.-P. Yu, J.-C. Yu, and C.-A. Sun Anthropometric measures, plasma adiponectin, and breast cancer risk Endocr. Relat. Cancer, September 1, 2007; 14(3): 669 - 677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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D. Barb, C. J Williams, A. K Neuwirth, and C. S Mantzoros Adiponectin in relation to malignancies: a review of existing basic research and clinical evidence Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, September 1, 2007; 86(3): 858S - 866S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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J. Jurimae and T. Jurimae Plasma adiponectin concentration in healthy pre- and postmenopausal women: relationship with body composition, bone mineral, and metabolic variables Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, July 1, 2007; 293(1): E42 - E47. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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S. S. Tworoger, A. H. Eliassen, T. Kelesidis, G. A. Colditz, W. C. Willett, C. S. Mantzoros, and S. E. Hankinson Plasma Adiponectin Concentrations and Risk of Incident Breast Cancer J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., April 1, 2007; 92(4): 1510 - 1516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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J. B. Richards, A. M. Valdes, K. Burling, U. C. Perks, and T. D. Spector Serum Adiponectin and Bone Mineral Density in Women J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., April 1, 2007; 92(4): 1517 - 1523. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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D. A. M. Festen, A. van Toorenenbergen, H. J. Duivenvoorden, and A. C. S. Hokken-Koelega Adiponectin Levels in Prepubertal Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome before and during Growth Hormone Therapy J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., April 1, 2007; 92(4): 1549 - 1554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 E. Friberg, C. S. Mantzoros, and A. Wolk Diabetes and Risk of Endometrial Cancer: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev., February 1, 2007; 16(2): 276 - 280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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K. Michalakis, C. J. Williams, N. Mitsiades, J. Blakeman, S. Balafouta-Tselenis, A. Giannopoulos, and C. S. Mantzoros Serum Adiponectin Concentrations and Tissue Expression of Adiponectin Receptors Are Reduced in Patients with Prostate Cancer: A Case Control Study Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev., February 1, 2007; 16(2): 308 - 313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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R. H. Willemsen, M. van Dijk, Y. B. de Rijke, A. W. van Toorenenbergen, P. G. Mulder, and A. C. Hokken-Koelega Effect of Growth Hormone Therapy on Serum Adiponectin and Resistin Levels in Short, Small-for-Gestational-Age Children and Associations with Cardiovascular Risk Parameters J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., January 1, 2007; 92(1): 117 - 123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. E. Cust, R. Kaaks, C. Friedenreich, F. Bonnet, M. Laville, A. Lukanova, S. Rinaldi, L. Dossus, N. Slimani, E. Lundin, et al. Plasma Adiponectin Levels and Endometrial Cancer Risk in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., January 1, 2007; 92(1): 255 - 263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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E. Friberg, C. S. Mantzoros, and A. Wolk Physical Activity and Risk of Endometrial Cancer: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev., November 1, 2006; 15(11): 2136 - 2140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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C. S Mantzoros, C. J Williams, J. E Manson, J. B Meigs, and F. B Hu Adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern is positively associated with plasma adiponectin concentrations in diabetic women. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, August 1, 2006; 84(2): 328 - 335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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M.-H. Gannage-Yared, S. Khalife, M. Semaan, F. Fares, S. Jambart, and G. Halaby Serum adiponectin and leptin levels in relation to the metabolic syndrome, androgenic profile and somatotropic axis in healthy non-diabetic elderly men. Eur. J. Endocrinol., July 1, 2006; 155(1): 167 - 176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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J. H. Lee, J. L. Chan, E. Sourlas, V. Raptopoulos, and C. S. Mantzoros Recombinant Methionyl Human Leptin Therapy in Replacement Doses Improves Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Profile in Patients with Lipoatrophy and Metabolic Syndrome Induced by the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., July 1, 2006; 91(7): 2605 - 2611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 K. K. Ong, J. Frystyk, A. Flyvbjerg, C. J. Petry, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Childre, A. Ness, and D. B. Dunger Sex-Discordant Associations With Adiponectin Levels and Lipid Profiles in Children. Diabetes, May 1, 2006; 55(5): 1337 - 1341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 P. F. Bodary and D. T. Eitzman Adiponectin: Vascular Protection From the Fat? Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, February 1, 2006; 26(2): 235 - 236. [Full Text] [PDF]
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 J. L. Gonzalez-Sanchez, M. J. Martinez-Calatrava, M. T. Martinez-Larrad, C. Zabena, C. Fernandez-Perez, M. Laakso, and M. Serrano-Rios Interaction of the -308G/A Promoter Polymorphism of the Tumor Necrosis Factor-{alpha} Gene with Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism 45 of the Adiponectin Gene: Effect on Serum Adiponectin Concentrations in a Spanish Population Clin. Chem., January 1, 2006; 52(1): 97 - 103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 C. Langenberg, J. Bergstrom, G. A. Laughlin, and E. Barrett-Connor Ghrelin, Adiponectin, and Leptin Do Not Predict Long-term Changes in Weight and Body Mass Index in Older Adults: Longitudinal Analysis of the Rancho Bernardo Cohort Am. J. Epidemiol., December 15, 2005; 162(12): 1189 - 1197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 N. Halberg, M. Henriksen, N. Soderhamn, B. Stallknecht, T. Ploug, P. Schjerling, and F. Dela Effect of intermittent fasting and refeeding on insulin action in healthy men J Appl Physiol, December 1, 2005; 99(6): 2128 - 2136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 A.-M. Mustonen, S. Saarela, T. Pyykonen, and P. Nieminen Endocrinologic Adaptations to Wintertime Fasting in the Male American Mink (Mustela vison) Experimental Biology and Medicine, October 1, 2005; 230(9): 612 - 620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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N. C. Bush, B. E. Darnell, R. A. Oster, M. I. Goran, and B. A. Gower Adiponectin Is Lower Among African Americans and Is Independently Related to Insulin Sensitivity in Children and Adolescents Diabetes, September 1, 2005; 54(9): 2772 - 2778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 S. P. Efstathiou, D. I. Tsioulos, A. G. Tsiakou, Y. E. Gratsias, A. V. Pefanis, and T. D. Mountokalakis Plasma Adiponectin Levels and Five-Year Survival After First-Ever Ischemic Stroke Stroke, September 1, 2005; 36(9): 1915 - 1919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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C. S. Mantzoros, T. Li, J. E. Manson, J. B. Meigs, and F. B. Hu Circulating Adiponectin Levels Are Associated with Better Glycemic Control, More Favorable Lipid Profile, and Reduced Inflammation in Women with Type 2 Diabetes J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., August 1, 2005; 90(8): 4542 - 4548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 A. Xu, K. W. Chan, R. L. C. Hoo, Y. Wang, K. C. B. Tan, J. Zhang, B. Chen, M. C. Lam, C. Tse, G. J. S. Cooper, et al. Testosterone Selectively Reduces the High Molecular Weight Form of Adiponectin by Inhibiting Its Secretion from Adipocytes J. Biol. Chem., May 6, 2005; 280(18): 18073 - 18080. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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S. A. Shea, M. F. Hilton, C. Orlova, R. T. Ayers, and C. S. Mantzoros Independent Circadian and Sleep/Wake Regulation of Adipokines and Glucose in Humans J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., May 1, 2005; 90(5): 2537 - 2544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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D. Tanne, J. H. Medalie, and U. Goldbourt Body Fat Distribution and Long-Term Risk of Stroke Mortality Stroke, May 1, 2005; 36(5): 1021 - 1025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 E. Lord, S. Ledoux, B. D. Murphy, D. Beaudry, and M. F. Palin Expression of adiponectin and its receptors in swine J Anim Sci, March 1, 2005; 83(3): 565 - 578. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. Gavrila, J. L. Chan, L. C. Miller, K. Heist, N. Yiannakouris, and C. S. Mantzoros Circulating Melanin-Concentrating Hormone, Agouti-Related Protein, and {alpha}-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone Levels in Relation to Body Composition: Alterations in Response to Food Deprivation and Recombinant Human Leptin Administration J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., February 1, 2005; 90(2): 1047 - 1054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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K. S.-L. Lam, A. Xu, K. C.-B. Tan, L.-C. Wong, S.-C. Tiu, and S. Tam Serum Adiponectin Is Reduced in Acromegaly and Normalized after Correction of Growth Hormone Excess J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., November 1, 2004; 89(11): 5448 - 5453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 L. B. Tanko, J. M. Bruun, P. Alexandersen, Y. Z. Bagger, B. Richelsen, C. Christiansen, and P. J. Larsen Novel Associations Between Bioavailable Estradiol and Adipokines in Elderly Women With Different Phenotypes of Obesity: Implications for Atherogenesis Circulation, October 12, 2004; 110(15): 2246 - 2252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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M.-L. Delporte, S. A. El Mkadem, M. Quisquater, and S. M. Brichard Leptin treatment markedly increased plasma adiponectin but barely decreased plasma resistin of ob/ob mice Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, September 1, 2004; 287(3): E446 - E453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. Raji, M. D. Gerhard-Herman, M. Warren, S. G. Silverman, V. Raptopoulos, C. S. Mantzoros, and D. C. Simonson Insulin Resistance and Vascular Dysfunction in Nondiabetic Asian Indians J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., August 1, 2004; 89(8): 3965 - 3972. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. Bottner, J. Kratzsch, G. Muller, T. M. Kapellen, S. Bluher, E. Keller, M. Bluher, and W. Kiess Gender Differences of Adiponectin Levels Develop during the Progression of Puberty and Are Related to Serum Androgen Levels J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., August 1, 2004; 89(8): 4053 - 4061. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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E. Arvidsson, N. Viguerie, I. Andersson, C. Verdich, D. Langin, and P. Arner Effects of Different Hypocaloric Diets on Protein Secretion From Adipose Tissue of Obese Women Diabetes, August 1, 2004; 53(8): 1966 - 1971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 B. O. Yildiz, M. A. Suchard, M.-L. Wong, S. M. McCann, and J. Licinio Alterations in the dynamics of circulating ghrelin, adiponectin, and leptin in human obesity PNAS, July 13, 2004; 101(28): 10434 - 10439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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C. Mantzoros, E. Petridou, N. Dessypris, C. Chavelas, M. Dalamaga, D. M. Alexe, Y. Papadiamantis, C. Markopoulos, E. Spanos, G. Chrousos, et al. Adiponectin and Breast Cancer Risk J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., March 1, 2004; 89(3): 1102 - 1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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L. Dal Maso, L. S. A. Augustin, A. Karalis, R. Talamini, S. Franceschi, D. Trichopoulos, C. S. Mantzoros, and C. La Vecchia Circulating Adiponectin and Endometrial Cancer Risk J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., March 1, 2004; 89(3): 1160 - 1163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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