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ArticleScientific reports2025

PBMC proteome is altered in children with high body fat percentage.

Maya Petek, Tjaša Hertiš Petek, Uroš Potočnik, Nataša Marčun Varda

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Maya Petek *Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
Tjaša Hertiš Petek *Department of Paediatrics, University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
Uroš PotočnikFaculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia. uros.potocnik@um.si.
Nataša Marčun VardaFaculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia. natasa.marcunvarda@ukc-mb.si.

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European Regional Development Fund OP20.05187 RI-SI-EATRISMinistrstvo za visoko šolstvo, znanost in tehnologijo MN-0014-2334The Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency P3-0427Univerzitetni Klinični Center Maribor IRP-2023/01-10
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Abstract

Obesity in children is an increasing public health issue. Excess adipose tissue, especially in the form of visceral obesity, is associated with poorer cardiometabolic health, persistent low-grade inflammation and oxidative stress. Mass-spectrometry based analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) can reveal changes associated with dietary patterns, inflammatory diseases and obesity in adults. We aimed to identify proteomic dysregulations in PBMC of children with obesity, focusing on pathways linked to inflammation and metabolic dysfunction. We isolated cell lysate proteins from blood samples obtained from 71 children and adolescents (aged 5-18) with normal weight, overweight or obesity, measured body composition using bioelectrical impedance analysis, while protein abundances in PBMC lysates were determined using nano-electrospray liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. Controlling for participant sex, age and leukocyte count, we identified 148 proteins with abundance that was significantly associated with body fat percentage, including protein CutA, several proteins with GTPase activity, and multiple mitochondrial proteins. These obesity-associated changes are better explained by body fat percentage than by height- and weight-based metrics alone, highlighting the utility of body composition analysis for interpreting proteomic results in childhood obesity.

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Adipose TissueLeukocytes, MononuclearPediatric ObesityProteomeAdolescentBody CompositionChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleProteomicsTandem Mass SpectrometryProteomeBioelectrical impedance analysisBody compositionMass spectrometryPaediatric obesityPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsProteomics

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