PMID- 26844282 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161020 LR - 20181113 IS - 2352-3964 (Electronic) IS - 2352-3964 (Linking) VI - 2 IP - 12 DP - 2015 Dec TI - A High Level of Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase Is Protective Against Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Irrespective of Obesity. PG - 2016-23 LID - 10.1016/j.ebiom.2015.11.027 [doi] AB - Mice deficient in intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) develop type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We hypothesized that a high level of IAP might be protective against T2DM in humans. We determined IAP levels in the stools of 202 diabetic patients and 445 healthy non-diabetic control people. We found that compared to controls, T2DM patients have approx. 50% less IAP (mean +/- SEM: 67.4 +/- 3.2 vs 35.3 +/- 2.5 U/g stool, respectively; p < 0.000001) indicating a protective role of IAP against T2DM. Multiple logistic regression analyses showed an independent association between the IAP level and diabetes status. With each 25 U/g decrease in stool IAP, there is a 35% increased risk of diabetes. The study revealed that obese people with high IAP (approx. 65 U/g stool) do not develop T2DM. Approx. 65% of the healthy population have < 65.0 U/g stool IAP, and predictably, these people might have 'the incipient metabolic syndrome', including 'incipient diabetes', and might develop T2DM and other metabolic disorders in the near future. In conclusion, high IAP levels appear to be protective against diabetes irrespective of obesity, and a 'temporal IAP profile' might be a valuable tool for predicting 'the incipient metabolic syndrome', including 'incipient diabetes'. FAU - Malo, Madhu S AU - Malo MS AD - Atoxin Biotech, LLC, Worcester, MA 01606, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20151201 PL - Netherlands TA - EBioMedicine JT - EBioMedicine JID - 101647039 RN - EC 3.1.3.1 (Alkaline Phosphatase) SB - IM CIN - EBioMedicine. 2015 Dec;2(12):1866. PMID: 26844263 MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Alkaline Phosphatase/deficiency/*metabolism MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/epidemiology/*etiology/*metabolism MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Feces/enzymology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Intestines/*enzymology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Obesity/epidemiology/*etiology/*metabolism MH - Risk Factors PMC - PMC4703762 OTO - NOTNLM OT - AP, alkaline phosphatase OT - BMI, body mass index OT - FPG, fasting plasma glucose OT - Fatty liver OT - Glucose intolerance OT - Hypertension OT - IAP, intestinal alkaline phosphatase OT - IAP-KO, IAP knockout OT - Incipient diabetes OT - Insulin resistance OT - L-Arg, L-homoarginine OT - LPS, lipopolysaccharides OT - Obesity OT - TNAP, tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase OT - The metabolic syndrome OT - l-Phe, l-phenylalanine EDAT- 2016/02/05 06:00 MHDA- 2016/10/21 06:00 PMCR- 2015/12/01 CRDT- 2016/02/05 06:00 PHST- 2015/07/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/11/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/11/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/02/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/02/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/10/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2352-3964(15)30211-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ebiom.2015.11.027 [doi] PST - epublish SO - EBioMedicine. 2015 Dec 1;2(12):2016-23. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2015.11.027. eCollection 2015 Dec.