TY - JOUR
T1 - Serum S-adenosylmethionine, but not methionine, increases in response to overfeeding in humans
AU - Elshorbagy, A. K.
AU - Jernerén, F.
AU - Samocha-Bonet, D.
AU - Refsum, H.
AU - Heilbronn, Leonie
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the volunteers for their time and effort. We are also grateful to Ms Cynthia Prendergast and Ms Cheryl Turner for expert contribution to the biochemical assays. The study has received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia, the Research Council of Norway, the Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust and the Normal Collisson Foundation. LKH is supported by Future Fellowship (FT120100027).
PY - 2016/1/25
Y1 - 2016/1/25
N2 - Background:Plasma concentration of the methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) is linearly associated with body mass index (BMI) and fat mass. As SAM is a high-energy compound and a sensor of cellular nutrient status, we hypothesized that SAM would increase with overfeeding.Methods:Forty normal to overweight men and women were overfed by 1250 kcal per day for 28 days.Results:Serum SAM increased from 106 to 130 nmol/l (P=0.006). In stratified analysis, only those with weight gain above the median (high-weight gainers; average weight gain 3.9±0.3 kg) had increased SAM (+42%, P=0.001), whereas low-weight gainers (weight gain 1.5±0.2 kg) did not (P interaction =0.018). Overfeeding did not alter serum concentrations of the SAM precursor, methionine or the products, S-adenosyl-homocysteine and homocysteine. The SAM/SAH (S-adenosylhomocysteine) ratio was unchanged in the total population, but increased in high-weight gainers (+52%, P=0.006, P interaction =0.005). Change in SAM correlated positively with change in weight (r=0.33, P=0.041) and fat mass (r=0.44, P=0.009), but not with change in protein intake or plasma methionine, glucose, insulin or low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol.Conclusion:Overfeeding raised serum SAM in proportion to the fat mass gained. The increase in SAM may help stabilize methionine levels, and denotes a responsiveness of SAM to nutrient state in humans. The role of SAM in human energy metabolism deserves further attention.
AB - Background:Plasma concentration of the methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) is linearly associated with body mass index (BMI) and fat mass. As SAM is a high-energy compound and a sensor of cellular nutrient status, we hypothesized that SAM would increase with overfeeding.Methods:Forty normal to overweight men and women were overfed by 1250 kcal per day for 28 days.Results:Serum SAM increased from 106 to 130 nmol/l (P=0.006). In stratified analysis, only those with weight gain above the median (high-weight gainers; average weight gain 3.9±0.3 kg) had increased SAM (+42%, P=0.001), whereas low-weight gainers (weight gain 1.5±0.2 kg) did not (P interaction =0.018). Overfeeding did not alter serum concentrations of the SAM precursor, methionine or the products, S-adenosyl-homocysteine and homocysteine. The SAM/SAH (S-adenosylhomocysteine) ratio was unchanged in the total population, but increased in high-weight gainers (+52%, P=0.006, P interaction =0.005). Change in SAM correlated positively with change in weight (r=0.33, P=0.041) and fat mass (r=0.44, P=0.009), but not with change in protein intake or plasma methionine, glucose, insulin or low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol.Conclusion:Overfeeding raised serum SAM in proportion to the fat mass gained. The increase in SAM may help stabilize methionine levels, and denotes a responsiveness of SAM to nutrient state in humans. The role of SAM in human energy metabolism deserves further attention.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84955438291
U2 - 10.1038/nutd.2015.44
DO - 10.1038/nutd.2015.44
M3 - Article
C2 - 26807510
AN - SCOPUS:84955438291
SN - 2044-4052
VL - 6
JO - Nutrition and Diabetes
JF - Nutrition and Diabetes
M1 - e192
ER -