Background: The current increase of obesity and metabolic syndrome (MS) focuses attention on bisphenol-A (BPA), "obesogen" endocrine disruptor, main plastic component. Aim was to verify the role of BPA in metabolic alterations, insulin resistance, low grade inflammation and visceral obesity. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in 76 out of 139 environmentally exposed adult males, unselected Caucasian subjects, enrolled by routine health survey at the "Federico II" University of Naples outpatient facilities. BPA plasma levels (ELISA), metabolic risk factors, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance index, plasma monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha were performed. Clinical and biochemical parameters have been compared with BPA and pro-inflammatory cytokines levels. Results: In total 24 subjects out of 76 (32%) presented with waist circumference (WC) >102 cm, 36 (47%) had impaired fasting glucose and 24 (32%) subjects had insulin resistance [11 out 52 (21%) with WC ≤102 cm and 13 out of 24 with WC >102 cm (54%), χ(2) 6.825, p = 0.009]. BPA and pro-inflammatory cytokine levels were significantly higher in subjects with visceral adiposity (WC > 102 cm). BPA correlated with WC, triglycerides, glucose homeostasis and inflammatory markers. At the multivariate analysis WC and IL-6 remained the main predictors of BPA. Conclusions: Detectable BPA plasma levels have been found also in our population. The strictly association between BPA and WC, components of MS, and inflammatory markers, further supports the BPA role in visceral obesity-related low grade chronic inflammation.

Bisphenol-A plasma levels are related to inflammatory markers, visceral obesity and insulin-resistance: a cross-sectional study on adult male population / Savastano, Silvia; Tarantino, Giovanni; D'Esposito, Vittoria; Passaretti, Federica; Cabaro, Serena; Liotti, Antonietta; Liguoro, D; Perruolo, Giuseppe; Ariemma, Fabiana; Finelli, Carmine; Beguinot, Francesco; Formisano, Pietro; Valentino, Rossella. - In: JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 1479-5876. - 13:(2015), p. 169. [10.1186/s12967-015-0532-y]

Bisphenol-A plasma levels are related to inflammatory markers, visceral obesity and insulin-resistance: a cross-sectional study on adult male population.

SAVASTANO, SILVIA;TARANTINO, GIOVANNI;D'ESPOSITO, VITTORIA;PASSARETTI, FEDERICA;CABARO, SERENA;LIOTTI, ANTONIETTA;PERRUOLO, GIUSEPPE;ARIEMMA, FABIANA;FINELLI, CARMINE;BEGUINOT, FRANCESCO;FORMISANO, PIETRO;VALENTINO, Rossella
2015

Abstract

Background: The current increase of obesity and metabolic syndrome (MS) focuses attention on bisphenol-A (BPA), "obesogen" endocrine disruptor, main plastic component. Aim was to verify the role of BPA in metabolic alterations, insulin resistance, low grade inflammation and visceral obesity. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in 76 out of 139 environmentally exposed adult males, unselected Caucasian subjects, enrolled by routine health survey at the "Federico II" University of Naples outpatient facilities. BPA plasma levels (ELISA), metabolic risk factors, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance index, plasma monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha were performed. Clinical and biochemical parameters have been compared with BPA and pro-inflammatory cytokines levels. Results: In total 24 subjects out of 76 (32%) presented with waist circumference (WC) >102 cm, 36 (47%) had impaired fasting glucose and 24 (32%) subjects had insulin resistance [11 out 52 (21%) with WC ≤102 cm and 13 out of 24 with WC >102 cm (54%), χ(2) 6.825, p = 0.009]. BPA and pro-inflammatory cytokine levels were significantly higher in subjects with visceral adiposity (WC > 102 cm). BPA correlated with WC, triglycerides, glucose homeostasis and inflammatory markers. At the multivariate analysis WC and IL-6 remained the main predictors of BPA. Conclusions: Detectable BPA plasma levels have been found also in our population. The strictly association between BPA and WC, components of MS, and inflammatory markers, further supports the BPA role in visceral obesity-related low grade chronic inflammation.
2015
Bisphenol-A plasma levels are related to inflammatory markers, visceral obesity and insulin-resistance: a cross-sectional study on adult male population / Savastano, Silvia; Tarantino, Giovanni; D'Esposito, Vittoria; Passaretti, Federica; Cabaro, Serena; Liotti, Antonietta; Liguoro, D; Perruolo, Giuseppe; Ariemma, Fabiana; Finelli, Carmine; Beguinot, Francesco; Formisano, Pietro; Valentino, Rossella. - In: JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 1479-5876. - 13:(2015), p. 169. [10.1186/s12967-015-0532-y]
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