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Changes of body weight and plasma ghrelin levels after gastric banding and gastric bypass

Stoeckli, Rolf and Chanda, Robin and Langer, Igor and Keller, Ulrich. (2004) Changes of body weight and plasma ghrelin levels after gastric banding and gastric bypass. Obesity research, Vol. 12, H. 2. pp. 346-350.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Ghrelin is an enteric peptide with strong orexigenic and adipogenic effects. Plasma ghrelin levels are decreased in obese subjects but increase after weight loss; this increase is not observed after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Prospective and comparative data after adjustable silicone gastric banding (ASGB) have not been reported previously. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Overnight fasting plasma ghrelin concentration was measured in morbidly obese subjects at baseline and 3, 6, 12, and 24 months after ASGB (n = 8) or RYGB (n = 5) and in nonoperated controls (n = 7). RESULTS: After RYGB, body weight (BW) decreased by 29.5 +/- 5.5 kg (mean +/- SE, p textless 0.001), whereas plasma ghrelin failed to increase significantly (+167 +/- 119 pg/mL, not significant). In contrast, after ASGB, BW decreased less (by 22.8 +/- 5.9 kg; p textless 0.001), and plasma ghrelin significantly increased by 377 +/- 201 pg/mL (p = 0.025). Neither BW nor plasma ghrelin changed in nonoperated controls. Plasma leptin decreased in both operated groups (similarly p textless 0.05) but not in nonoperated controls. Plasma growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1 were not correlated with changes in plasma ghrelin concentrations. DISCUSSION: Plasma ghrelin levels failed to increase during substantial weight loss after RYGB, but did increase in response to lesser weight loss after ASGB. These findings suggest that the plasma ghrelin response after weight loss is impaired after exclusion of major parts of the stomach and the duodenum (RYGB), and the smaller long-term weight loss after ASGB compared with RYGB may be due, at least in part, to an absent increase in plasma ghrelin after RYGB.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Former Units at DBM > Metabolism (Keller/Müller)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Klinische Endokrinologie (Keller)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Klinische Endokrinologie (Keller)
UniBasel Contributors:Keller, Ulrich O.
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:NAASO
ISSN:1071-7323
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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