Selenium status and type 2 diabetes risk.

Abstract

Optimal selenium (Se) status is necessary for overall health. That status can be affected by food intake pattern, age, sex, and health status. At nutritional levels of intake, Se functions metabolically as an essential constituent of some two dozen selenoproteins, most, if not all, of which have redox functions. Insufficient dietary intake of Se reduces, to varying degrees, the expression of these selenoproteins. Recent clinical and animal studies have indicated that both insufficient and excessive Se intakes may increase risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), perhaps by way of selenoprotein actions. In this review, we discuss the current evidence linking Se status and T2D risk, and the roles of 14 selenoproteins and other proteins involved in selenoprotein biosynthesis. Understanding such results can inform the setting of safe and adequate Se intakes.

• Authors: Ying-Chen Huang, Gerald F Combs Jr, Tung-Lung Wu, Huawei Zeng, Wen-Hsing Cheng
• Journal: Archives of biochemistry and biophysics (Arch Biochem Biophys) Vol. 730 Pg. 109400 (11 15 2022) ISSN: 1096-0384 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 36122760 (Publication Type: Review, Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Chemical References

• Selenium
• Selenoproteins

Topics

• Animals
• Selenium
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
• Selenoproteins (metabolism)
• Oxidation-Reduction
• Nutritional Status