Effect of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist treatment on growth hormone secretion in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome
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Kaltsas, T.
Pontikides, N.
Krassas, G. E.
Seferiadis, K.
Lolis, D.
Messinis, I. E.
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Hum Reprod
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The suppression of the pituitary-gonadal axis by the administration of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRH-a) is used occasionally as an adjunct therapy with gonadotrophins for ovulation induction in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). A number of recent clinical studies have suggested that women with polycystic ovaries (PCO) may have disturbances of normal growth hormone (GH) kinetics and alterations in the GH/insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I system. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of GnRH-a administration on GH-releasing hormone (GHRH)-stimulated GH release in women with PCOS. Eight women with PCO and six control women were studied before and after 2 months of treatment with the long acting GnRH-a triptoreline (3.75 mg monthly injections). GHRH was given as a single i.v. injection and blood samples for GH measurements were obtained at -15, 0, 30, 60, 90 and 120 min. The GH responses were expressed as the area under the curve (AUC) or the differences from the basal value (delta(max)). The GH response to GHRH (mean +/- SEM) was lower in women with PCO (AUC 114.9 +/- 43.1 versus 206.2 +/- 28.7 ng/ml/120 min, P < 0.05 and delta(max) 31.6 +/- 8.2 versus 49.4 +/- 5.8 ng/ml, P < 0.05). After treatment with the GnRH-a, the GH response to GHRH was significantly smaller than before treatment in both groups (PCO AUC 34.6 +/- 9.0 ng/ml/120 min and delta(max) 12.4 +/- 3.1 ng/ml; controls AUC 148.8 +/- 28.4 ng/ml/120 min and delta(max) 31.2 +/- 6.1 ng/ml), but the PCO group had a significantly smaller response. These data demonstrate that women with PCO have a reduced GH response to GHRH compared with normal controls and that GnRH-a administration causes a further GH reduction in both groups. Women with PCO have a greater suppression of GH response to GHRH during treatment with GnRH-a. This suggests that a different level of sensitivity in the somatotrophic axis exists in PCOS.
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Adult, Case-Control Studies, Female, Gonadotropins, Pituitary/*therapeutic use, Hormones/secretion, Human Growth Hormone/*secretion, Humans, Ovulation Induction/*methods, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome/*drug therapy, Receptors, LHRH/*agonists
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9512222
http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/13/1/22.full.pdf
http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/13/1/22.full.pdf
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Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής