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The Circulating Lipidome In Severe Obesity.

Mohammad Yaser Anwar, Heather M Highland, Alexandra B Palmer, Thy Duong, Zhaotong Lin, Wanying Zhu, Jessica Sprinkles, Daeeun Kim, Kristin L Young, Hung-Hsin Chen and 16 more

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Mohammad Yaser AnwarDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2349-8214
Heather M HighlandDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3583-8239
Alexandra B PalmerDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, USA.
Thy DuongBaker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Zhaotong LinDepartment of Statistics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA.
Wanying ZhuDepartment of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Jessica SprinklesDepartment of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, USA.
Daeeun KimDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9387-0739
Kristin L YoungDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0070-6145
Hung-Hsin ChenAcademia Sinica, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-1921-2797
Mohanraj KrishnanDepartment of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Absalon GutierrezDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5488-7028
Rashedeh RoshaniDepartment of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Elizabeth G FrankelDepartment of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Joshua LandmanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2431-6053
Penny Gordon-LarsenDepartment of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5322-4188
Miryoung LeeDepartment of Epidemiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus, Brownsville, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4088-304X
Susan P Fisher-HochDepartment of Epidemiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus, Brownsville, TX, USA.
Joseph B McCormickDepartment of Epidemiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus, Brownsville, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5844-8102
Joanne CurranDepartment of Human Genetics and South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute, School of Medicine, University of Texas of the Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6898-155X
John BlangeroDepartment of Human Genetics and South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute, School of Medicine, University of Texas of the Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6250-5723
Peter J MeikleBaker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2593-4665
Corey GilesBaker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6050-1259
Jennifer E BelowVanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1346-1872
Kari E NorthDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, USA.
Mariaelisa GraffDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6380-1735

Funding

Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCTS)UL1TR000371 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI MCPHERSON, DAVID D · 2012 to 2016
$13.4M
Polygenic Risk Scores for Diverse Populations - Bridging Research and Clinical CareR01HL151152 · NHLBI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Christy Leigh Avery, Jennifer Below · 2020 to 2026
$12.3M
Leveraging multi-omics approaches to examine metabolic challenges of obesity in relation to cardiovascular diseasesR01HL143885 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI AVERY, CHRISTY LEIGH, GORDON-LARSEN, PENNY · 2019 to 2022
$8.9M
PAGE III: Population Architecture using Genomics and EpidemiologyR01HG010297 · NHGRI · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI GIGNOUX, CHRISTOPHER R, MATISE, TARA C. · 2019 to 2022
$6.5M
Gene-Environment Interactions and Weight GainR01HD057194 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI GORDON-LARSEN, PENNY, NORTH, KARI E. · 2008 to 2019
$5.9M
Hispanic Latino Lipid ConsortiumR01HL142302 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jennifer Below, JOSEPH MCCORMICK · 2018 to 2026
$5.8M
SOLAR-Eclipse Computational Tools for Imaging GeneticsR01EB015611 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI KOCHUNOV, PETER V. · 2012 to 2024
$5.0M
Integrative Approaches to Identifying Function and Clinical Significance of Adiposity Susceptibility GenesR01DK122503 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Anne Justice, Ching-Ti Liu · 2020 to 2026
$4.5M
Pharmacogenetics of the Response to GLP-1 in Mexican-Americans with PrediabetesR01DK127084 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI GUTIERREZ, ABSALON DENNIS · 2021 to 2025
$3.5M
Multi-omics for obesity-associated liver disease in a high-risk population cohortU01CA288325 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Jennifer Below, JOSEPH MCCORMICK · 2023 to 2026
$3.3M
Leveraging Hispanic/Latino diversity to map and characterize cardiovascular disease lociR01HL163262 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Lindsay Fernandez-Rhodes, Mariaelisa Graff · 2023 to 2026
$2.9M
Haplotype-aware models of gene and isoform expression with application to genetic studies of disease in diverse populationsR01GM140287 · NIGMS · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI GAMAZON, ERIC R, MOHAMMADI, PEJMAN · 2021 to 2024
$2.8M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Severe obesity (SevO; BMI ≥40 kg/m Methods: We analyzed 578 participants from the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort (CCHC) with fasting plasma lipidomic and genetic data, comparing those living with SevO (n=185) to non-obese controls (n=393). A total of 830 circulating lipid species across 49 classes were quantified. Associations between individual lipids and SevO were assessed using logistic regression and orthogonal projections to latent structures discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA). Potential causal links were assessed using network deconvolution mendelian randomization (NDMR), and influential lipids were correlated with CMD traits and DXA-derived body composition. Results: Participants with SevO exhibited statistically significantly more adverse cardiometabolic risk factors than controls. Lipidomic profiling revealed broad alterations: shorter, saturated, and monounsaturated triacylglycerols were markedly elevated, while lysophospholipids, plasmalogens, cholesteryl esters, and long-chain lipids were reduced in individuals with SevO when compared to controls (BMI ≥ 18.5 and > 25 kg/m Conclusions: Our findings reveal that SevO is marked by extensive and lipid class-specific dysregulation of the circulating lipidome, with strong links to cardiometabolic risk. Notably, triacylglycerols containing shorter length acyl chains emerged as a distinctive lipid signature of SevO-consistently elevated, strongly discriminative of SevO status, and uniquely exhibiting a consistent causal relationship. Our results provide compelling evidence for a novel lipidomic pathway underpinning severe obesity and underscore critical avenues for future research into its genetic, dietary, and mechanistic determinants.

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Cardiometabolic DisordersMexican American PopulationPlasma Lipid SpeciesSevere Obesity

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