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Total and H-specific GDF-15 levels increase in caloric deprivation independently of leptin in humans

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  • Pavlina Chrysafi

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Laura Valenzuela-Vallejo

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Konstantinos Stefanakis

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Theodoros Kelesidis

    (UCLA)

  • Margery A. Connelly

    (Labcorp)

  • Christos S. Mantzoros

    (Harvard Medical School
    Boston VA Healthcare System)

Abstract

Mitochondrial-secreted growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) promotes weight loss in animals. Its effects in humans remain unclear, due to limited research and potential measurement interference from the H202D-variant. Our post-hoc analysis investigates total (irrespective of genetic variants) and H-specific GDF-15 (detected only in H202D-variant absence) in humans under acute and chronic energy deprivation, examining GDF-15 interaction with leptin (energy homeostasis regulator) and GDF-15 biologic activity modulation by the H202D-variant. Total and H-specific GDF-15 increased with acute starvation, and total GDF-15 increased with chronic energy deprivation, compared with healthy subjects and regardless of leptin repletion. Baseline GDF-15 positively correlated with triglyceride-rich particles and lipoproteins. During acute metabolic stress, GDF-15 associations with metabolites/lipids appeared to differ in subjects with the H202D-variant. Our findings suggest GDF-15 increases with energy deprivation in humans, questioning its proposed weight loss and suggesting its function as a mitokine, reflecting or mediating metabolic stress response.

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  • Pavlina Chrysafi & Laura Valenzuela-Vallejo & Konstantinos Stefanakis & Theodoros Kelesidis & Margery A. Connelly & Christos S. Mantzoros, 2024. "Total and H-specific GDF-15 levels increase in caloric deprivation independently of leptin in humans," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-49366-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49366-y
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