Lipectomy is the most frequently performed aesthetic surgery in the U.S. today and is considered permanent, by The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, but no long term follow-up studies have been done to verify this assertion. Indeed, animal studies suggest rapid adipose tissue (AT) re-accumulation after lipectomy is common and may even be accompanied by unfavorable changes in disease risk. Recent studies in humans have focused on abdominal lipectomy as a means of reducing metabolic disease risk in obese premenopausal women. However, none of these studies evaluated AT re-accumulation or reported long-term (>6 mo) changes in metabolic outcomes, and none have evaluated the effect of removing femoral AT despite this being a common site for lipectomy in women and despite the apparent cardioprotective benefit of lower body adiposity. Further, none of these studies included postmenopausal women who are at an increased risk of abdominal AT accumulation. It is our overall working hypothesis that removal of femoral AT by lipectomy will worsen metabolic disease risk (as measured by postprandial lipemia) in estrogendeficient postmenopausal women who, in contrast to premenopausal women, will accumulate AT in the abdominal rather than the femoral region. The global aims of this study are to determine whether: 1) there are menopause-related differences in regional (abdominal vs. femoral) AT re-accumulation following lipectomy;and 2) changes (removal and regain) in femoral AT mass alter postprandial triglyceride clearance and storage of meal-derived fatty acids. Further, we postulate that menopause-related differences in postprandial lipemia and handling of dietary fatty acids will determine the degree to which femoral lipectomy worsens these parameters. Pre- and postmenopausal women (n=80) will be randomly assigned to either femoral lipectomy or control (no surgery). All eligible volunteers will undergo testing at the beginning of the study and at 2, 8, and 14 months following lipectomy. Measurements will include body composition assessments, meal tests and AT biopsies to assess lipectomy-related changes in: 1) abdominal and femoral fat mass;2) systemic postprandial triglyceride excursions;and 3) storage of dietary fatty acids in AT. These studies are designed to evaluate the effect of femoral lipectomy on regional AT re-accumulation and metabolic disease risk in pre- and postmenopausal women.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01DK077992-03
Application #
7660489
Study Section
Clinical and Integrative Diabetes and Obesity Study Section (CIDO)
Program Officer
Miles, Carolyn
Project Start
2007-09-01
Project End
2012-08-31
Budget Start
2009-09-01
Budget End
2010-08-31
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$435,492
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Colorado Denver
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
041096314
City
Aurora
State
CO
Country
United States
Zip Code
80045
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