OBJECTIVE The risk genotype for the common variant rs7903146 of the transcription factor 7-like-2 (TCF7L2) gene has been found to affect the incretin response in healthy and obese adults; however, whether a similar functional defect is also present in obese adolescents remains unexplored. Herein, we examined the functional effect of the rs7903146 variant in the TCF7L2 gene on the incretin effect and determined its translational metabolic manifestation by performing deep phenotyping of the incretin system, b-cell function relative to insulin sensitivity, the gastrointestinal-induced glucose disposal (GIGD) in obese youth with normal and impaired glucose tolerance. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Thirty-nine obese adolescents without diabetes (median age 15 [25th, 75th percentile 14, 18] years; BMI 37[33, 43] kg/m2) were genotyped for thers7903146 variant of TCF7L2 and underwent a 3-h oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) followed by an isoglycemic intravenous glucose infusion (iso-intravenous glucose tolerance test [IVGTT]) to match the plasma glucose concentrations during the OGTT and a hyperglycemic clampwithargininestimulation. Theincretineffect was measuredas 100*(AUC-SROGTT 2 AUC-SRiso-IVGTT) / AUC-SROGTT, where AUC-SR 5 area under the curve of C-peptide secretionrate. Participants weregroupedintotertiles accordingtothepercentageincretin effect (high, moderate, and low) to describe their metabolic phenotype. RESULTS The presence of T risk allele for TCF7L2 was associated with a markedly reduced incretin effect compared with the wild-type genotype (0.3% [27.2, 14] vs. 37.8% [12.5, 52.4], P < 0.002). When the cohort was stratified by incretin effect, the high, moderate, and low incretin effect groups did not differ with respect to anthro-pometric features, while the low incretin effect group exhibited higher 1-h glucose (P 5 0.015) and a reduced disposition index, insulin sensitivity, and insulin clearance compared with the high incretin effect group. GIGD was reduced in the low incretin effect group (P 5 0.001). The three groups did not differ with respect to intravenous glucose-induced insulin secretion and arginine response during the hyperglycemic clamp. CONCLUSIONS A reduced incretin effect and its association with the TCF7L2 variant rs7903146 identify an early metabolic phenotype in obese youth without diabetes, featuring a higher plasma glucose peak at 1 h; lower insulin secretion, sensitivity, and clearance; and GIGD.

A reduced incretin effect mediated by the rs7903146 variant in the tcf7l2 gene is an early marker of b-cell dysfunction in obese youth

Santoro N.;
2020-01-01

Abstract

OBJECTIVE The risk genotype for the common variant rs7903146 of the transcription factor 7-like-2 (TCF7L2) gene has been found to affect the incretin response in healthy and obese adults; however, whether a similar functional defect is also present in obese adolescents remains unexplored. Herein, we examined the functional effect of the rs7903146 variant in the TCF7L2 gene on the incretin effect and determined its translational metabolic manifestation by performing deep phenotyping of the incretin system, b-cell function relative to insulin sensitivity, the gastrointestinal-induced glucose disposal (GIGD) in obese youth with normal and impaired glucose tolerance. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Thirty-nine obese adolescents without diabetes (median age 15 [25th, 75th percentile 14, 18] years; BMI 37[33, 43] kg/m2) were genotyped for thers7903146 variant of TCF7L2 and underwent a 3-h oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) followed by an isoglycemic intravenous glucose infusion (iso-intravenous glucose tolerance test [IVGTT]) to match the plasma glucose concentrations during the OGTT and a hyperglycemic clampwithargininestimulation. Theincretineffect was measuredas 100*(AUC-SROGTT 2 AUC-SRiso-IVGTT) / AUC-SROGTT, where AUC-SR 5 area under the curve of C-peptide secretionrate. Participants weregroupedintotertiles accordingtothepercentageincretin effect (high, moderate, and low) to describe their metabolic phenotype. RESULTS The presence of T risk allele for TCF7L2 was associated with a markedly reduced incretin effect compared with the wild-type genotype (0.3% [27.2, 14] vs. 37.8% [12.5, 52.4], P < 0.002). When the cohort was stratified by incretin effect, the high, moderate, and low incretin effect groups did not differ with respect to anthro-pometric features, while the low incretin effect group exhibited higher 1-h glucose (P 5 0.015) and a reduced disposition index, insulin sensitivity, and insulin clearance compared with the high incretin effect group. GIGD was reduced in the low incretin effect group (P 5 0.001). The three groups did not differ with respect to intravenous glucose-induced insulin secretion and arginine response during the hyperglycemic clamp. CONCLUSIONS A reduced incretin effect and its association with the TCF7L2 variant rs7903146 identify an early metabolic phenotype in obese youth without diabetes, featuring a higher plasma glucose peak at 1 h; lower insulin secretion, sensitivity, and clearance; and GIGD.
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