The purpose of this study is to collect data to help researchers better understand the different ways that women or men store fat (apple shape versus pear shape).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
27
A DEXA scan for body composition will also be completed. After a MRI safety screening a whole body MRI for the volumetric measurement of visceral fat, subcutaneous fat, liver, kidneys, heart, brain, skeletal muscle and intramuscular adipose tissue (IMAT) and hepatic lipid by MRS will be performed. Whole body imaging will include low resolution positioning images, followed by several sets of 3D images which will be digitally connected to create a 3D image the entire length of the body. The liver spectroscopy will be performed using PRESS (point resolved spectroscopy) and STEAM (Stimulated Echo Acquisition Mode) sequence during the same imaging session, using the whole body images for positioning.
Two biopsies will be performed to collect fat tissue from the abdomen and thigh region.
Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes
Orlando, Florida, United States
Epigenetic marks in abdominal vs gluteal subcutaneous adipose tissue and adipocytes
The preadipocytes obtained from biopsies of Abdominal Fat and Gluteofemoral Fat from patients in the 'pears' woman, 'apple' women and men will be cultured by our standard methods in proliferative medium followed by our standard protocol for differentiation into mature adipocytes. We propose to evaluate samples from 3 individuals from each Group to identify a large number of differentially regulated regions genome wide. All the data obtained in vitro in culture cells will be compared with the data obtained from RNA and chromatin isolated from the whole tissue Abdominal fat and Gluteofemoral fat biopsies
Time frame: 6 weeks
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Insertion of two intravenous (IV) catheters for performing a Frequently Sampled Intravenous Glucose Tolerance Test (FSIGTT) to measure the acute insulin response to glucose (AIRg) and insulin sensitivity (Si) will be performed. Resting metabolic rate (RMR) will be used to measure metabolic flexibility. Point of care blood glucose measurements will be taken frequently to ensure safety.