“Dysfunctions” induced by Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery are concomitant with metabolic improvement independent of weight loss

Abstract

Metabolic surgery has been increasingly recommended for obese diabetic patients, but questions remain as to its molecular mechanism that leads to improved metabolic parameters independently of weight loss from a network viewpoint. We evaluated the role of the Roux limb (RL) in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery in nonobese diabetic rat models. Improvements in metabolic parameters were greater in the long-RL RYGB group. Transcriptome profiles reveal that amelioration of diabetes state following RYGB differs remarkably from both normal and diabetic states. According to functional analysis, RYGB surgery significantly affected a major gene group, i.e., the newly changed group, which represented diabetes-irrelevant genes abnormally expressed after RYGB. We hypothesize that novel "dysfunctions" carried by this newly changed gene group induced by RYGB rebalance diabetic states and contribute to amelioration of metabolic parameters. An unusual increase in cholesterol (CHOL) biosynthesis in RL enriched by the newly changed group was concomitant with ameliorated metabolic parameters, as demonstrated by measurements of physiological parameters and biodistribution analysis using [ 14 C]-labeled glucose. Our findings demonstrate RYGBinduced "dysfunctions" in the newly changed group as a compensatory role contributes to amelioration of diabetes. Rather than attempting to normalize "abnormal" molecules, we suggest a new disease treatment strategy of turning "normal" molecules "abnormal" in order to achieve a new "normal" physiological balance. It further implies a novel strategy for drug discovery, i.e. targeting also on "normal" molecules, which are traditionally ignored in pharmaceutical development.

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