Assessment of Serum Irisin in Overweight And Obese Patient with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Sipel Younis Mustafa ◽  
Shereen. A. Ibrahim

Background and Objective: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder affecting 10–15 % of women in reproductive age. The objective was to evaluate the effect of irisin in the etiology of obese patient with PCOS. Study Design and Methods: The study design its a case control study. This study involved fifty obese ladies (50) with confirmed diagnosis of PCOS. The second group served as control group and included forty apparently normal (non-polycystic ovary) obese ladies (40). The following main parameters were measured: Fasting serum levels of total Cholesterol, triglyceride, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, low density lipoprotein– cholesterol, glycohaemoglobin (HbA1c%), Insulin , Testosterone, FSH, serum LH and Irisin. Results: The median serum Irisin was significantly higher among PCOS cases (119.1 ng/ml) compared to healthy controls (74.7 ng/ml). The median serum FSH was significantly higher among PCOS cases (6.52 ng/ml ) compared to controls (4.72 ng/ml). Serum LH was obviously higher among PCOS cases (6.88 ng/ml) compared to controls (6.08 ng/ml). The mean pulse rate, blood WBC count and serum VLDL were significantly higher (71.6/min, 8.3 mg/dl and 22.5 mg/dl respectively) in cases with PCOS compared to controls (67.5/min, 7.2 mg/dl and 18.5 mg/dl respectively). Conversely, the serum HDL was significantly lower among PCOS cases (43.8 mg/dl) compared to controls (48.4 mg/dl), serum testosterone showed statistically non-significant differences. Conclusion: Data of the present study showed that serum Irisin was significantly higher among PCOS cases. These findings suggest important role of irisin as a biomarker for PCOS and an important factor in the development of PCOS.

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  

Neuropeptides coordinate and regulate physiological processes in all animals. Alarin is a 25 amino acid neuropeptide which promotes the secretion of luteinizing hormone (LH). It has been known that serum luteinizing hormone levels are increased in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Therefore, purpose of this was to examine the association of circulating gonadotropin secretions, and alarin with women with polycystic ovary syndrome, and to compare these findings with those of control subjects in an effort to better understand the pathophysiology of PCOS. 28 participants with a diagnosis of PCOS with normal weight and 28 participants with a diagnosis of PCOS with obese and 28 control group participants were included in this case-control study. Hormone profiles of the participants (alarin, insulin, estradiol (E2), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-SO4 ), lipid profiles total testosterone, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), triglyceride, cholesterol) and fasting blood sugar (FBS) values were measured. Results: Serum androgens were elevated in the PCOS. Blood LH was also elevated (P < 0.05) but was higher in PCOS than Control. Patients with PCOS had an increased alarin compared with controls. LH/FSH ratio and Alarin /FSH ratio were greater than 2.1, 2.4, respectively. The blood alarin levels were significantly correlated with the serum LH levels (r=0.492, p=0.002) and the LH/FSH ratios (r=0.450, p<0.001) and Alarin/ FSH ratios. The FSH/LH and alarin /FSH ratio were elevated in the PCOS. Based on these results, the FSH/LH and Alarin /FSH ratio appears to be a useful marker of PCOS.


2012 ◽  
Vol 166 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wei ◽  
Hongmin Zhao ◽  
Aili Wang ◽  
Ming Sui ◽  
Kun Liang ◽  
...  

ObjectivePolycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a frequent reproductive and metabolic disorder associated with insulin resistance (IR). Berberine (BBR) is an isoquinoline derivative alkaloid extracted from Chinese medicinal herbs that has been used as an insulin sensitizer. BBR may have a potential therapeutic value for PCOS. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of BBR in comparison to metformin (MET) on the metabolic features of women with PCOS.Design and methodsEighty-nine subjects with PCOS and IR subjects were randomized into one of three treatment groups: BBR+compound cyproterone acetate (CPA; n=31), MET+CPA (n=30), and placebo+CPA (n=28) for 3 months. Clinical characteristics of the women and metabolic and hormonal parameters were assessed before and after the period of treatment.ResultsTreatment with BBR in comparison to MET showed decrease in waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR; P<0.01), total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLC; P<0.05) as well as increase in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC) and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG; P<0.05). Similarly, treatment with BBR in comparison to placebo showed decrease in WHR, fasting plasma glucose, fasting insulin, homeostasis model assessment for IR, area under the curve of insulin, TC, LDLC, and TG (P<0.05) as well as increase in HDLC and SHBG (P<0.01).ConclusionsIntake of BBR improved some of the metabolic and hormonal derangements in a group of treated Chinese women with PCOS. Main effects could be related to the changes in body composition in obesity and dyslipidemia. Further controlled studies are needed for the assessment of the potential favorable metabolic effects of BBR in women with PCOS.


2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 515-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atilla Karateke ◽  
Recep Dokuyucu ◽  
Hatice Dogan ◽  
Tumay Ozgur ◽  
Zeynel Abidin Tas ◽  
...  

Objective: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a serious endocrine disorder. In the present study, we investigated the therapeutic effects of erdosteine in letrozole-induced PCOS in rats. Methods: Thirty-two Wistar albino female rats were grouped as control group (C), PCOS group (PCOS), PCOS-metformin group (PCOS+MET), and PCOS-erdosteine group (PCOS+Erd). PCOS was induced by administering letrozole; such rats presented with sex hormone disorder, abnormal estrous cycles determined by daily vaginal smear, large cystic follicles, and increasing fasting insulin levels. After induction of PCOS, metformin (500 mg/kg/day) and erdosteine (100 mg/kg/day) were given orally to the treatment groups for 30 days. Serum concentrations of glucose, total cholesterol, low- and high-density lipoprotein, triglyceride, as well as the total oxidant and antioxidant status, oxidative stress index, circulating estrone (E1), estradiol (E2), testosterone, and androstenedione were evaluated. The ovaries were graded histologically. Results: Weights of ovarian tissues (p < 0.05) and the number of atretic follicles (p < 0.001) and cystic follicles (p < 0.01) decreased in the PCOS+Erd group; the corpus luteum number was significantly higher in the PCOS+Erd group (p < 0.01) as compared with the PCOS group. Lipid parameters (total-C, LDL-C, and TG), E1 (estrone), E1/E2 ratio, testosterone, and androstenedione significantly decreased, while HDL-C and E2 (estradiol) significantly increased in the PCOS+Erd group as compared with the PCOS group. Moreover glucose, insulin, and HOMA-IR were reduced with treatment of erdosteine (p > 0.05, p < 0.001, and p < 0.001, respectively). Conclusion: It is suggested that erdosteine may be used in the treatment of PCOS as an alternative to metformin. It appears that our findings might be supported by clinical and molecular studies.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Hong Gao ◽  
YanTao Li ◽  
WenNan Yan ◽  
Fei Gao

Purpose. Studies have found that vitamin D supplementation may improve blood lipids in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome, but the results are controversial, so this study will further analyze the effect of vitamin D supplementation on blood lipids in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. Methods. PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI, and Wanfang databases were searched up to May 2020, to identify randomized controlled trials of the effect of vitamin D supplementation on blood lipids in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. The Cochrane risk of bias tool was applied to assess the risk of bias, and RevMan5.3 software was used for statistical analysis. Results. Ten studies were included in this study, including 543 subjects. The results of the meta-analysis showed that, compared with placebo, vitamin D supplementation can significantly reduce total cholesterol level (WMD = –11.32, 95% CI = [–14.51, –8.41], P < 0.00001 ), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level (WMD = –4.83, 95% CI = [–7.52, –2.14], P = 0.0004 ), and triglyceride level (WMD = –8.23, 95% CI = [–13.08, –3.38], P = 0.0009 , but the effect on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level is not statistically significant (WMD = –0.32, 95%CI = [–1.24, 0.60], P = 0.50 ). Conclusion. Vitamin D supplementation can significantly reduce total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. However, it has no significant effect on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-54
Author(s):  
Aigul T. Safi ◽  
Aigerim B. Ospanova ◽  
Svetlana Yu. Kalinchenko ◽  
Mekan R. Orazov

Objective to evaluate and compare clinical, anamnestic and laboratory data of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and without syndrome, including the level of vitamin 25(OH) D3. Material and methods. In this work, 81 patients were examined, who, at the 1st stage of the study, were divided into two groups depending on the presence or absence of signs of PCOS. The main group included 51 patients with signs of PCOS. The control group included 30 healthy women without signs of PCOS, matched by sex and age with the main group. The main and control groups were compared by clinical and anamnestic data, including birth weight, by the presence of complications of pregnancy and childbirth in their mothers during their gestation, by the level of vitamin D. PCOS was verified on the basis of diagnostic criteria Rotterdam (2003) and International guidelines on PCOS (2018). Vitamin 25(OH)D3 was determined by mass spectrometry (ng/ml). At the 2nd stage of the study, the main group with PCOS was divided into 2 subgroups depending on the waist circumference (WT). Subsequently, the subgroups were compared with each other in the same parameters as at stage 1, as well as in the level of insulin, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), triglycerides (TG), anti-Mllerian hormone (AMH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). To reflect the statistical results, the parametric parameters of the Students t-test were applied for two independent samples with equal or different variance. For nominal data Pearsons Chi-test, when the means are not calculated and a test is carried out for the presence of a relationship between nominal variables. Results. There was no statistically significant difference in vitamin 25(OH)D3 levels in patients with and without PCOS. Statistically significant differences in vitamin 25(OH)D3 levels were found in women with PCOS, depending on the waist circumference (WT). In these subgroups, differences were also found in the level of insulin, LDL, TG. Conclusion. The values of the level of vitamin 25(OH)D3 do not differ in the groups of patients with PCOS and without PCOS, but significantly correlate with the metabolic profile of patients.


2005 ◽  
Vol 152 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Rautio ◽  
J S Tapanainen ◽  
A Ruokonen ◽  
L C Morin-Papunen

Objective: Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) exhibit risk factors for cardiovascular diseases such as abdominal obesity, insulin resistance and dyslipidemia. Insulin sensitizers, especially metformin, have been shown to improve these metabolic disturbances, but there are only a few studies on their effects on serum lipids in polycystic ovary syndrome. Methods: Thirty-five women with PCOS (18 obese and 17 non-obese) were randomized to 6-month treatments with metformin or ethinyl estradiol–cyproterone acetate oral contraceptive pills. Results: In the whole-study population (non-obese and obese women) serum levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol increased from 1.4±0.2 to 1.6±0.1 mmol/l (means ±s.e. throughout) at 3 and 6 months (P < 0.001), the total cholesterol:high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio decreased significantly from 3.8±0.3 to 3.3±0.2 at 6 months (P < 0.001) and a similar trend was observed in serum triglyceride levels during metformin treatment. In the oral contraceptive group, serum levels of total cholesterol increased from 4.9±0.3 to 5.4±0.3 mmol/l (P < 0.05), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol increased from 1.2±0.1 to 1.5±0.1 mmol/l (P < 0.001), the total cholesterol:high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio decreased from 4.6±0.4 to 3.7±0.2 (P < 0.001) and triglycerides increased from 1.3±0.1 to 1.9±0.2 mmol/l at 6 months of treatment (P < 0.001). Serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels remained unchanged during both treatments. Milder but similar changes in the subgroups of obese and non-obese women were observed during both treatments. Moreover, in the whole-study population both systolic (P = 0.02) and diastolic (P = 0.05) blood pressures decreased over the 6 months of metformin treatment. Conclusion: In women with PCOS, metformin treatment had beneficial effects on lipid profile and blood pressure, and therefore it could be useful in the prevention of cardiovascular complications in these women.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Wenjuan Shen ◽  
Bao Jin ◽  
Yaguang Han ◽  
Hongwei Wang ◽  
Huan Jiang ◽  
...  

Objective. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age. As a traditional medicine, Salvia miltiorrhiza (S. miltiorrhiza) has been widely used in the treatment of many gynecological diseases, but the efficacy of S. miltiorrhiza in women with PCOS has not been assessed. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of S. miltiorrhiza in women with PCOS. Methods. We conducted searches in PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, the Wanfang Database, the Chinese Scientific Journal Database, and the Chinese BioMedical database from inception to December 23, 2020, to identify studies that met the inclusion criteria. The quality of the evidence was estimated using the Cochrane Reviewer Handbook 5.0.0, and the meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.3.5 software. Results. Six randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving 390 patients with PCOS were included. The studies suggested that S. miltiorrhiza extract combined with letrozole (LET) was more effective in improving pregnancy rate (RR: 2.60, 95% CI: 1.06 to 6.39, P = 0.04 ) compared to LET alone. S. miltiorrhiza extract was associated with decreased fasting blood glucose (MD: –0.25, 95% CI: –0.37 to –0.13, P < 0.0001 ), fasting insulin (MD: –1.16, 95% CI: –1.74 to –0.58, P < 0.0001 ), total cholesterol (TC) (MD: –0.58, 95% CI: –0.72 to –0.43, P < 0.00001 ), and triglycerides (TG) (MD: –0.31, 95% CI: –0.35 to –0.26, P < 0.00001 ) compared with placebo, but not with improvements in body mass index or waist-to-hip ratio (MD: –1.41, 95% CI: –4.81 to 2.00, P = 0.42 ; MD: –0.02, 95% CI: –0.05 to 0.01, P = 0.16 , respectively). There was a significant difference between S. miltiorrhiza extract combined with cyproterone acetate (CPA) and CPA alone in terms of decreasing TC (MD: –0.77, 95% CI: –0.89 to –0.65, P < 0.00001 ), TG (MD: –0.43, 95% CI: –0.65 to –0.20, P < 0.0001 ), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (MD: –0.49, 95% CI: –0.66 to –0.33, P < 0.00001 ) and increasing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (MD: 0.30, 95% CI: 0.20, 0.40, P < 0.00001 ). In addition, S. miltiorrhiza extract also decreased testosterone, follicle-stimulating hormone, and luteinizing hormone. The studies did not mention any adverse events with S. miltiorrhiza extract. Conclusion. The current studies indicate that S. miltiorrhiza has beneficial effects on reproduction and glucose and lipid metabolism in patients with PCOS, and it is generally safe for clinical application. However, more prospective RCTs with large samples, multiple centers, and longer intervention duration are needed in the future to obtain more reliable conclusions.


2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Xia ◽  
Yiqing Yang ◽  
Zhe Yang ◽  
Gengxiang Wu ◽  
Jing Yang

Abstract Previous studies have shown that ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase 1 (ENPP1) may be an inhibitor of the insulin signalling pathway, and insulin resistance (IR) is believed to be the core mechanism in the pathophysiology of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). This study was aimed to investigate the expression of ENPP1 in different tissues of PCOS rats and to analyse its potential role in the pathophysiology of PCOS. Eighteen 23-day-old Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into PCOS and control groups (n= 9/group). Samples were collected after 20 days. Pathological examination and immunofluorescence were performed. Western blotting results of ENPP1 in the ovaries were analysed. Serum levels of ENPP1, hormones, fasting blood glucose (FBG), serum lipids were measured. Levels of ENPP1, testosterone (T), FBG, fasting insulin (FINS), homeostasis model assessment of IR (HOMA-IR), free fatty acids (FFAs), leptin, cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were significantly higher in PCOS group, while adiponectin (ADP) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were significantly lower. Spearman’s rank correlation analysis showed that ENPP1 was correlated with T, HOMA-IR, FFAs, leptin, serum lipids and ADP. MRNA levels of ENPP1, BAX, and IRS1 were higher in the ovaries, skeletal muscle, subcutaneous fat, and visceral fat of PCOS rats, and the protein expression of ENPP1 was significantly higher in the ovaries. Our results revealed that ENPP1 is highly associated with IR and lipid metabolism-related molecules, which may have play important roles in PCOS pathophysiological changes.


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