Impact of obesity and overweight on DNA stability

Autor(en)

Tahereh Setayesh, Armen Nersesyan, Miroslav Mišík, Franziska Ferk, Sabine Langie, Vanessa M. Andrade, Alexander Haslberger, Siegfried Knasmüller

Abstrakt

Health authorities are alarmed worldwide about the increase of obesity and overweight in the last decades which lead to adverse health effects including inflammation, cancer, accelerated aging and infertility. We evaluated the state of knowledge concerning the impact of elevated body mass on genomic instability. Results of investigations with humans (39 studies) in which DNA damage was monitored in lymphocytes and sperm cells, are conflicting and probably as a consequence of heterogeneous study designs and confounding factors (e.g. uncontrolled intake of vitamins and minerals and consumption of different food types). Results of animal studies with defined diets (23 studies) are more consistent and show that excess body fat causes DNA damage in multiple organs including brain, liver, colon and testes. Different molecular mechanisms may cause genetic instability in overweight/obese individuals. ROS formation and lipid peroxidation were found in several investigations and may be caused by increased insulin, fatty acid and glucose levels or indirectly via inflammation. Also reduced DNA repair and formation of advanced glycation end products may play a role but more data are required to draw firm conclusions. Reduction of telomere lengths and hormonal imbalances are characteristic for overweight/obesity but the former effects are delayed and moderate and hormonal effects were not investigated in regard to genomic instability in obese individuals. Increased BMI values affect also the activities of drug metabolizing enzymes which activate/detoxify genotoxic carcinogens, but no studies concerning the impact of these alterations of DNA damage in obese individuals are available. Overall, the knowledge concerning the impact of increased body weight and DNA damage is poor and further research is warranted to shed light on this important issue.

Organisation(en)

Department für Ernährungswissenschaften

Externe Organisation(en)

Medizinische Universität Wien, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense

Journal

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Band

777

Seiten

64-91

Anzahl der Seiten

28

ISSN

1383-5742

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mrrev.2018.07.001

Publikationsdatum

07-2018

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

303026 Public Health

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Genetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 3 – Gesundheit und Wohlergehen

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https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/32df0fc4-3547-4fff-8566-ad1d7ab06a9a