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| Title |
Blood-Based Indicators of Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
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| Published in |
Frontiers in endocrinology, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fendo.2013.00136 |
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| Authors |
Stephanie Venn-Watson, Cynthia Rowe Smith, Sacha Stevenson, Celeste Parry, Risa Daniels, Eric Jensen, Veronica Cendejas, Brian Balmer, Michael Janech, Benjamin A. Neely, Randall Wells |
| Abstract |
Similar to people with metabolic syndrome, bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) can have a sustained postprandial hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, and fatty liver disease. A panel of potential postprandial blood-based indicators of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome were compared among 34 managed collection dolphins in San Diego Bay, CA, USA (Group A) and 16 wild, free-ranging dolphins in Sarasota Bay, FL, USA (Group B). Compared to Group B, Group A had higher insulin (2.1 ± 2.5 and 13 ± 13 μIU/ml), glucose (87 ± 19 and 108 ± 12 mg/dl), and triglycerides (75 ± 28 and 128 ± 45 mg/dl) as well as higher cholesterol (total, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and very low density lipoprotein cholesterol), iron, transferrin saturation, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), alanine transaminase, and uric acid. Group A had higher percent unmodified adiponectin. While Group A dolphins were older, the same blood-based differences remained when controlling for age. There were no differences in body mass index (BMI) between the groups, and comparisons between Group B and Group A dolphins have consistently demonstrated lower stress hormones levels in Group A. Group A dolphins with high insulin (greater than 14 μIU/ml) had higher glucose, iron, GGT, and BMI compared to Group A dolphins with lower insulin. These findings support that some dolphin groups may be more susceptible to insulin resistance compared to others, and primary risk factors are not likely age, BMI, or stress. Lower high-molecular weight adiponectin has been identified as an independent risk factor for type 2 diabetes in humans and may be a target for preventing insulin resistance in dolphins. Future investigations with these two dolphin populations, including dietary and feeding differences, may provide valuable insight for preventing and treating insulin resistance in humans. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 62 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 13 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 16% |
| Unknown | 14 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 31% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 10% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 3 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 13% |
| Unknown | 17 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 26. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 October 2017.
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#10
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