Growth hormone response to thyrotrophin releasing hormone 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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Recent clinical studies have suggested that women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) may have disturbances of growth hormone (GH) kinetics and the GH/insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I system. The knowledge that in various metabolic abnormalities there is a paradoxical sensitivity of pituitary somatotrophs to thyrotrophin releasing hormone (TRH) administration led to this investigation of the GH secretory response to TRH in women with PCOS. Twenty-four women with PCOS and 18 control women were studied. TRH was given as a single i.v. injection (time 0) and blood samples for GH measurements were obtained at -15, 0, 15, 30, 60 and 90 min. The GH responses were expressed as the area under the curve (AUC) or the differences from the basal value (Deltamax). The GH response to TRH (mean +/- SEM) was greater in women with PCOS (Deltamax 2.47 +/- 1. 73 versus 0.47 +/- 0.06 ng/ml, P < 0.05 and GH AUC 8.05 +/- 2.10 versus 2.58 +/- 0.18 ng/ml/90 min, P < 0.05). According to GH response to TRH, two PCOS subgroups were identified: (i) normal responders (n = 14) who showed Deltamax GH response (0.36 +/- 0.06 ng/ml)and GH AUC (1.93 +/- 0.64 ng/ml/90 min) similar to that in the controls and (ii) over-responders (n +/- 10) who showed a paradoxical increase in GH concentrations in response to TRH (Deltamax GH response 5.43 +/- 1.27 ng/ml and GH AUC 16.62 +/- 3.51 ng/ml per 90 min) that was significantly higher than in normally responding PCOS patients (P < 0.0001) or in controls (P < 0.0001). These data demonstrate an enhanced GH response to TRH administration in a subgroup of women with PCOS.
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Adult, Androstenedione/blood, Blood Glucose/metabolism, Body Mass Index, Estradiol/blood, Fatty Acids, Nonesterified/blood, Female, Human Growth Hormone/blood/*secretion, Humans, Insulin/blood, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/metabolism, Kinetics, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome/*physiopathology, Testosterone/blood, Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone/administration & dosage/*diagnostic use
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10548605
http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/14/11/2704.full.pdf
http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/14/11/2704.full.pdf
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Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής