Context: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis(NASH)is considered as the hepatic counterpart of the metabolic syndrome. Objective: To investigate the determinants of NASH reversal in patients undergoing biliopancreatic diversion(BPD)in a 5-year follow-up study. Design: Prospective Study, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli. Participants: 37 patients underwent fine-needle liver biopsy during BPD. Nine of them had a negative liver biopsy for NASH and were excluded. Ultrasonography-guided percutaneous liver biopsy was obtained at 5 years after operation. Intervention: Biliopancreatic Diversion and liver biopsy. Main outcome measures: The primary outcome of our study was histologic NASH reversal, at 5-years follow-up. To better characterize the clinical variables involved in the resolution of NASH, we also compared patients without histologic NASH resolution at 5 years, with those in whom NASH had disappeared. Results: At follow-up, NASH reversed in 56.5% of the patients. NAFLD Activity-Score(NAS)improved from 3.33±1.15 to 1.84±1.10(P<0.0001).Fibrosis reversed in 16% of the patients(P=0.022)and in 32% improved(95% CI, 0.05-0.54).No significant differences in BMI or clinical parameters changes explained the effect of surgery on NASH, apart from the measure insulin sensitivity post-surgery. HOMA-IR decreased from 3.31±1.72 at baseline to 1.73±1.08(P<0.0001)after BPD and Matsuda index improved from 2.66±1.79 to 4.73±3.05(P<0.0001).Lipid profile normalized(total-cholesterol from 4.75±1.18 to 3.32±0.77mmol/l, P<0.0001; LDL-cholesterol from 2.92±0.91 to 1.60±0.51mmol/l, P=0.0001; HDL-cholesterol from 0.97±0.33 to 1.10±0.35mmol/l, P=0.023; triglycerides from 2.52±1.6 to 1.47±0.67 mmol/l, P=0.003).Neural network analysis showed that end-study Matsuda index discriminated between responders and non-responders with high accuracy[receiver operating characteristic curve(ROC)area-under-the curve(AUC)0.98%]. Conclusion: Remission of NASH is driven by reversal of whole-body insulin resistance post-intervention.

Russo, M. F., Lembo, E., Mari, A., Angelini, G., Verrastro, O., Nanni, G., Pompili, M., Raffaelli, M., Vecchio, F. M., Bornstein, S. R., Mingrone, G., Insulin resistance is central to long-term reversal of histologic non-alcoholic steatohepatitis after metabolic surgery, <<THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM>>, 2020; (Nov28): 1-12. [doi:10.1210/clinem/dgaa892] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/167598]

Insulin resistance is central to long-term reversal of histologic non-alcoholic steatohepatitis after metabolic surgery

Russo, Maria Francesca;Lembo, Erminia;Angelini, Giulia;Verrastro, Ornella;Nanni, Giuseppe;Pompili, Maurizio;Raffaelli, Marco;Vecchio, Fabio Maria;Mingrone, Geltrude
2020

Abstract

Context: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis(NASH)is considered as the hepatic counterpart of the metabolic syndrome. Objective: To investigate the determinants of NASH reversal in patients undergoing biliopancreatic diversion(BPD)in a 5-year follow-up study. Design: Prospective Study, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli. Participants: 37 patients underwent fine-needle liver biopsy during BPD. Nine of them had a negative liver biopsy for NASH and were excluded. Ultrasonography-guided percutaneous liver biopsy was obtained at 5 years after operation. Intervention: Biliopancreatic Diversion and liver biopsy. Main outcome measures: The primary outcome of our study was histologic NASH reversal, at 5-years follow-up. To better characterize the clinical variables involved in the resolution of NASH, we also compared patients without histologic NASH resolution at 5 years, with those in whom NASH had disappeared. Results: At follow-up, NASH reversed in 56.5% of the patients. NAFLD Activity-Score(NAS)improved from 3.33±1.15 to 1.84±1.10(P<0.0001).Fibrosis reversed in 16% of the patients(P=0.022)and in 32% improved(95% CI, 0.05-0.54).No significant differences in BMI or clinical parameters changes explained the effect of surgery on NASH, apart from the measure insulin sensitivity post-surgery. HOMA-IR decreased from 3.31±1.72 at baseline to 1.73±1.08(P<0.0001)after BPD and Matsuda index improved from 2.66±1.79 to 4.73±3.05(P<0.0001).Lipid profile normalized(total-cholesterol from 4.75±1.18 to 3.32±0.77mmol/l, P<0.0001; LDL-cholesterol from 2.92±0.91 to 1.60±0.51mmol/l, P=0.0001; HDL-cholesterol from 0.97±0.33 to 1.10±0.35mmol/l, P=0.023; triglycerides from 2.52±1.6 to 1.47±0.67 mmol/l, P=0.003).Neural network analysis showed that end-study Matsuda index discriminated between responders and non-responders with high accuracy[receiver operating characteristic curve(ROC)area-under-the curve(AUC)0.98%]. Conclusion: Remission of NASH is driven by reversal of whole-body insulin resistance post-intervention.
2020
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Russo, M. F., Lembo, E., Mari, A., Angelini, G., Verrastro, O., Nanni, G., Pompili, M., Raffaelli, M., Vecchio, F. M., Bornstein, S. R., Mingrone, G., Insulin resistance is central to long-term reversal of histologic non-alcoholic steatohepatitis after metabolic surgery, <<THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM>>, 2020; (Nov28): 1-12. [doi:10.1210/clinem/dgaa892] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/167598]
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