Research Article Details

Article ID: A00183
PMID: 35195377
Source: Minerva Endocrinol (Torino)
Title: Inflammation is associated with impairment of oxidative status, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in type 2 diabetes complicated by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is accompanied by inflammation and impairment of the lipid metabolism. In addition, NAFLD is one of the major complications of type 2 diabetes associated with oxidative stress. Based on this, we evaluated the tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-&#945;), nuclear factor &#954;B (NF-&#954;B), oxidative status rates, and analysed its correlation with carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in patients with NAFLD and type 2 diabetes. METHODS: A case-control study included 63 participants with NAFLD developing in patients with type 2 diabetes, and 65 healthy volunteers with a normal complete blood count and blood biochemical profile. The following parameters and states were assessed during the study: glycaemia, insulin resistance, lipid levels, liver tests, intensity of free radical induced oxidation, antioxidant enzymes, TNF-&#945; and NF-&#954;B level. RESULTS: Free radical induced oxidation was significantly elevated (p<0.001), total antioxidant activity was significantly decreased (p<0.001) and associated with insulin resistance (p=0.019) and lipid metabolism shifts (p<0.05) in patients with NAFLD and type 2 diabetes. Such patients had showed impaired functioning of antioxidant system (p<0.001), inhibition of NADPH-generating enzymes activity (p<0.001), increased levels of TNF-&#945; (p<0.001) and NF-&#954;B (p=0.019) correlated with the severity of hyperglycaemia (p<0.05), concentration of reduced glutathione (p=0.005) and total cholesterol (p=0.016). CONCLUSIONS: The increase of free radical induced oxidation, TNF-&#945; and NF-&#954;B levels, and depletion of the antioxidant system seems to be the key factors of the development of NAFLD in patients with type 2 diabetes.
DOI: 10.23736/S2724-6507.20.03257-5