Abstract
Objective: N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) include endocannabinoid (EC) and EC-related molecules that impact the anti-obesity and anti-diabetic efficacy of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) in animal studies. However, the clinical relevance of these findings remains to be determined. Here, we tested whether GLP-1RA treatment affects circulating NAE levels and whether NAEs may predict the efficacy of GLP-1RA treatment in humans with obesity undergoing weight loss maintenance. Materials and methods: We profiled plasma levels of NAEs in participants with obesity undergoing weight loss maintenance with (n = 23)/or without (n = 20) treatment with the GLP-1RA liraglutide. NAE levels were measured at three different time points: before the start of the study, at the end of the diet-induced weight loss, and after 52-weeks treatment. Linear regression analyses were used to investigate whether pharmacological responses could be predicted by NAEs levels. Results: Liraglutide treatment reduced plasma concentrations of the NAE and oleoyl-ethanolamide (OEA), without altering arachidonoyl-ethanolamide (AEA) levels and palmitoyl-ethanolamide (PEA) levels. High pre-treatment levels of OEA were predictive of superior compound-mediated effects on fasting insulin and triglyceride levels. High pre-treatment PEA and AEA levels were also predictive of superior Liraglutide-mediated effects on triglyceride levels. Conclusions: Our data suggests that specific NAEs such as OEA and AEA are promising biomarkers of GLP-1RA metabolic efficacy in humans with obesity during weight loss maintenance. Plasma profiling of EC-related molecules may be a promising strategy to tailor GLP-1R-based therapies to individual needs in obesity and diabetes management.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Journal of Endocrinological Investigation |
Vol/bind | 43 |
Sider (fra-til) | 1289–1294 |
ISSN | 0391-4097 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2024 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:We acknowledge INSERM (DC and CQ), Nouvelle Aquitaine Region (DC), University of Bordeaux’s IdEx ‘Investments for the Future’ program/GPR BRAIN_2030 (DC), Agence Nationale Recherche (Labex BRAIN ANR-10-LABX-43, ANR-18-CE14-0029, ANR-21-CE14-0018, ANR-22-CE14-0016 to DC; ANR-20-CE14-0046 to CQ), French Societies of Endocrinology, Nutrition, and Diabetes (SFE, SFN, and SFD), Fyssen Foundation, and Institut Benjamin Delessert (CQ), Excellence grant (NNF16OC0019968, to ST) and Novo Nordisk Foundation.
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© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE).