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PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e42352.

Effects of chemosignals from sad tears and postprandial plasma on appetite and food intake in humans.

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제1저자 오태정 · 교신저자 조영민

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Chemosignals from human body fluids may modulate biological functions in humans. The objective of this study was to examine whether chemosignals from human sad tears and postprandial plasma modulate appetite. We obtained fasting and postprandial plasma from male participants and sad tears and saline, which was trickled below the eyelids, from female volunteers. These samples were then randomly distributed to male participants to sniff with a band-aid containing 100 µl of each fluid on four consecutive days in a double-blind fashion. We checked appetite by a visual analogue scale (VAS) and food intake by measuring the consumption of a test meal. In addition, the serum levels of total testosterone and LH were measured. Twenty men (mean age 26.3±4.6 years) were enrolled in this study. They could not discriminate between the smell of fasting and postprandial plasma and the smell of sad tears and trickled saline. Appetite and the amount of food intake were not different between the groups. Although the VAS ratings of appetite correlated with the food intake upon sniffing fasting plasma, postprandial plasma, and trickled saline, there was no such correlation upon sniffing sad tears. In addition, the decrease in serum testosterone levels from the baseline was greater with sad tears than with the trickled saline (-28.6±3.3% vs. -14.0±5.2%; P = 0.019). These data suggest that chemosignals from human sad tears and postprandial plasma do not appear to reduce appetite and food intake. However, further studies are necessary to examine whether sad tears may alter the appetite-eating behavior relation.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1 The study protocol. On day 1, we collected fasting and postprandial plasma samples before and during mixed meal tests in healthy male subjects (n = 20). On days 2 and 3, a sample of their own fasting or postprandial plasma at 60 min was randomly applied to the male subjects. On days 4 and 5, a sample of the fresh sad tears or the trickled saline from young healthy female volunteers was randomly applied to the male subjects. Details of the study protocol are described in the methods section. R denotes randomization.
Figure 2
Figure 2 Comparison of appetite and food intake. A comparison of appetite, as measured by a VAS (A) and the amount of food intake (B), in response to sniffing samples of fasting or postprandial plasma, sad tears, or trickled saline.
Figure 3
Figure 3 The within-subject comparisons for appetite and food intake. appetite measurements by a VAS with fasting vs. postprandial plasma (A); appetite measurements by a VAS with sad tears vs. trickled saline (B); the amount of food intake with fasting vs. postprandial plasma (C); and the amount of food intake with sad tears vs. trickled saline (D). Chi-square values and the corresponding P-values are shown. If the circles are on the diagonal line, there was no difference between the two conditions. If a greater number of circles are observed under the diagonal line, the values for the conditions shown in the horizontal axis were greater.
Figure 4
Figure 4 The correlation between appetite and food intake. Appetite was measured by a VAS. The correlation coefficients and corresponding P-values were calculated by a Spearman's test.
Figure 5
Figure 5 Serum testosterone. The percent decrease of serum testosterone levels from the baseline at −10 min with sad tears and trickled saline. The P-value was calculated by a Wilcoxon signed-rank test. With respect to the testosterone levels, 4 subjects were excluded from the analysis due to hemolytic samples.

그림 출처: PubMed Central 공개 논문 (PMC3411620)

Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests:The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

그 밖의 정보
출판 형태
Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
저널
PloS one · eISSN 1932-6203
전자 출판
2012-08-01
MeSH
Adolescent · Adult · Appetite* · Double-Blind Method · Eating* · Emotions* · Female · Humans · Plasma* · Postprandial Period* · Tears*
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