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Briansó-Llort L, Simó-Servat O, Ramos-Perez L, Torres-Torronteras J, Hernandez C, Simó R, Selva DM. Effect of Resveratrol Content in Red Wine on Circulating Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin: Lessons from a Pilot Clinical Trial. Mol Nutr Food Res 2022; 66:e2200125. [PMID: 35751841 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.202200125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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SCOPE Low sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) levels are associated with higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Epidemiological studies have shown that red wine has beneficial effects on cardiovascular disease. In this work if resveratrol content in red wine increases SHBG levels is explored. METHODS AND RESULTS A pilot study aims at testing the effect of drinking for 14 days two types of red wine with different resveratrol content is conducted in 26 healthy volunteers. SHBG levels and several biochemical parameters are measured at the beginning and the end of every period. Results show that consumption of both wines does not change body mass index or biochemical markers of liver injury. The low resveratrol wine does not modify the lipid profile or SHBG levels. By contrast, red wine with high resveratrol content significantly reduces total cholesterol in both men and women. Finally, red wine with high resveratrol content increases circulating SHBG in women but not in men. CONCLUSIONS Red wine rich in resveratrol reduces total cholesterol in men and women and increases SHBG only in women. Further research aims at investigating the potential SHBG role enhancement mediated by resveratrol regarding cardiovascular protection that presents women in comparison with men seems warranted.
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- Laura Briansó-Llort
- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM, ISCIII), Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM, ISCIII), Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM, ISCIII), Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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- Research Group on Neuromuscular and Mitochondrial Diseases, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER, ISCIII), Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM, ISCIII), Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM, ISCIII), Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM, ISCIII), Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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Thyroid Signaling Biomarkers in Female Symptomatic Hypothyroid Patients on Liothyronine versus Levothyroxine Monotherapy: A Randomized Crossover Trial. J Thyroid Res 2022; 2022:6423023. [PMID: 35572853 PMCID: PMC9095395 DOI: 10.1155/2022/6423023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) are believed to reflect degree of disease in patients with hypothyroidism, and normalization of levels is the treatment goal. However, despite adequate levels of TSH after starting levothyroxine (LT4) therapy, 5–10% of hypothyroid patients complain of persisting symptoms with a significant negative impact on quality of life. This indicates that TSH is not an optimal indicator of intracellular thyroid hormone effects in all patients. Our aim was to investigate different effects of LT3 and LT4 monotherapy on other biomarkers of the thyroid signaling pathway, in addition to adverse effects, in patients with residual hypothyroid symptoms. Methods Fifty-nine female hypothyroid patients, with residual symptoms on LT4 monotherapy or LT4/liothyronine (LT3) combination therapy, were randomly assigned in a non-blinded crossover study and received LT4 or LT3 monotherapy for 12 weeks each. Measurements, including serum analysis of a number of biochemical and hormonal parameters, were obtained at the baseline visit and after both treatment periods. Results Free thyroxine (FT4) was higher in the LT4 group, while free triiodothyronine (FT3) was higher in the LT3 group. The levels of reverse triiodothyronine (rT3) decreased after LT3 treatment compared with LT4 treatment. Both low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and total cholesterol levels were reduced, while sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) increased after LT3 treatment compared with LT4 treatment. The median TSH levels for both treatment groups were within the reference range, however, lower in the LT4 group than in the LT3 group. We did not find any differences in pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT pro-BNP), handgrip strength, bone turnover markers, or adverse events between the two treatment groups. Conclusion We have demonstrated that FT4, FT3, rT3, cholesterol, and SHBG show significantly different values on LT4 treatment compared with LT3 treatment in women with hypothyroidism and residual symptoms despite normal TSH levels. No differences in general or bone-specific adverse effects were demonstrated. This trial is registered with NCT03627611 in May 2018.
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Zhai J, Li S, Zhu Y, Sun Y, Chen ZJ, Du Y. Serum Sex Hormone Binding Globulin Concentration as a Predictor of Ovarian Response During Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 8:719818. [PMID: 34805198 PMCID: PMC8600072 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.719818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Purpose: Serum concentrations of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), a glycated homodimeric plasma transport protein, correlate positively with the total number of follicles in women with infertility. However, the relationship between serum SHBG concentrations and the ovarian response during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) and whether this relationship differs between women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) remains unclear. Methods: The study cohort included 120 participants (60 non-PCOS and 60 PCOS) undergoing in vitro fertilization. Serum samples were collected from each participant every 2–3 days during the COH cycle. The concentrations of serum SHBG and other sex hormones were determined to investigate the relationship between serum SHBG concentrations and the ovarian response in women with and without PCOS. Results: We found that the serum SHBG concentration was positively correlated with the ovarian response in non-PCOS patients but not in PCOS patients. Conclusion: The serum SHBG concentration may be clinically useful as a predictor of the ovarian response during COH in patients without PCOS.
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- Junyu Zhai
- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory for Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory for Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory for Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory for Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory for Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics, Shanghai, China.,Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory for Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics, Shanghai, China
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Biomediators in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11091350. [PMID: 34572562 PMCID: PMC8467803 DOI: 10.3390/biom11091350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is extremely heterogeneous in terms of clinical manifestations. The variability of the syndrome's phenotype is derived from the genetic and molecular heterogeneity, with a great deal of environmental factors that may have long-term health consequences, such as metabolic and cardiovascular (CV) diseases. There is no doubt that women with PCOS suffer from metabolic complications more than their age-matched counterparts in the general population and at an earlier age. Obesity, low steroid hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), hyperandrogenemia, insulin resistance, and compensatory hyperinsulinemia are biomediators and early predictors of metabolic complications in PCOS. Doubts remain about the real risk of CV diseases in PCOS and the molecular mechanisms at the basis of CV complications. Based on that assumption, this review will present the available evidence on the potential implications of some biomediators, in particular, hyperandrogenism, estrogen-progesterone imbalance, insulin resistance, and low SHBG, in the processes leading to CV disease in PCOS, with the final aim to propose a more accurate CV risk assessment.
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Yahay M, Heidari Z, Allameh Z, Amani R. The effects of canola and olive oils consumption compared to sunflower oil, on lipid profile and hepatic steatosis in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. Lipids Health Dis 2021; 20:7. [PMID: 33514384 PMCID: PMC7844999 DOI: 10.1186/s12944-021-01433-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrinopathies and metabolic disorders in women during their reproductive years. It is often associated with dyslipidemia and other risk factors of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). This study was aimed to evaluate dietary intervention effects with canola and olive oils compared to sunflower oil on lipid profile and fatty liver severity among women with PCOS. METHOD This study was a 10-week intervention including 72 women with PCOS. Patients were randomly assigned to three groups for receiving 25 g/day canola, olive, or sunflower oils for 10 weeks. The primary and secondary outcomes were to assess changes in lipid profile and in fatty liver severity, respectively. RESULT At the end of the study, 72 patients with a mean age of 29.31 were analysed. Canola oil consumption resulted in a significant reduction in serum levels of TG (P = 0.002) and TC/HDL (P = 0.021), LDL/HDL (P = 0.047), and TG/HDL (P = 0.001) ratios, however, there was no significant reduction in lipid profile following olive oil consumption. Canola (P < 0.001) and olive oils (P = 0.005) could significantly reduce the fatty liver grade. Moreover, HOMA-IR in both canola (P < 0.001) and olive (P = 0.004) groups was significantly decreased. CONCLUSION In total, compared to olive and sunflower oils, significant improvements in lipid profile, liver function, and HOMA-IR were observed following canola oil consumption in women with PCOS. TRIAL REGISTRATION IR.MUI. RESEARCH REC.1397.315. Registered 30 JUNE 2019 - Retrospectively registered, https://www.irct.ir/trial/38684.
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- Maryam Yahay
- Nutrition and Food Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.,Metabolic Liver Disease Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Nutrition and Food Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. .,Food Security Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
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Basualto-Alarcón C, Llanos P, García-Rivas G, Troncoso MF, Lagos D, Barrientos G, Estrada M. Classic and Novel Sex Hormone Binding Globulin Effects on the Cardiovascular System in Men. Int J Endocrinol 2021; 2021:5527973. [PMID: 34335746 PMCID: PMC8318754 DOI: 10.1155/2021/5527973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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In men, 70% of circulating testosterone binds with high affinity to plasma sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), which determines its bioavailability in their target cells. In recent years, a growing body of evidence has shown that circulating SHBG not only is a passive carrier for steroid hormones but also actively regulates testosterone signaling through putative plasma membrane receptors and by local expression of androgen-binding proteins apparently to reach local elevated testosterone concentrations in specific androgen target tissues. Circulating SHBG levels are influenced by metabolic and hormonal factors, and they are reduced in obesity and insulin resistance, suggesting that SHBG may have a broader clinical utility in assessing the risk for cardiovascular diseases. Importantly, plasma SHBG levels are strongly correlated with testosterone concentrations, and in men, low testosterone levels are associated with an adverse cardiometabolic profile. Although obesity and insulin resistance are associated with an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease, whether they lead to abnormal expression of circulating SHBG or its interaction with androgen signaling remains to be elucidated. SHBG is produced mainly in the liver, but it can also be expressed in several tissues including the brain, fat tissue, and myocardium. Expression of SHBG is controlled by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) and AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). AMPK/PPAR interaction is critical to regulate hepatocyte nuclear factor-4 (HNF4), a prerequisite for SHBG upregulation. In cardiomyocytes, testosterone activates AMPK and PPARs. Therefore, the description of local expression of cardiac SHBG and its circulating levels may shed new light to explain physiological and adverse cardiometabolic roles of androgens in different tissues. According to emerging clinical evidence, here, we will discuss the potential mechanisms with cardioprotective effects and SHBG levels to be used as an early metabolic and cardiovascular biomarker in men.
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- Carla Basualto-Alarcón
- Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Aysén, Coyhaique 5951537, Chile
- Departamento de Anatomía y Medicina Legal, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8389100, Chile
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- Institute for Research in Dental Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Tecnológico de Monterrey, Hospital Zambrano Hellion, TecSalud, Centro de Medicina Funcional, San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León 66278, Mexico
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- Programa de Fisiología y Biofísica, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8389100, Chile
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- Programa de Fisiología y Biofísica, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8389100, Chile
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- Programa de Fisiología y Biofísica, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8389100, Chile
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- Programa de Fisiología y Biofísica, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8389100, Chile
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Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin Is Associated with Obesity and Dyslipidemia in Prepubertal Children. CHILDREN-BASEL 2020; 7:children7120272. [PMID: 33291623 PMCID: PMC7761898 DOI: 10.3390/children7120272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is associated with age, sex, and puberty. The association of SHBG with various diseases has been suggested nowadays, however, the relationships in prepubertal children have not been sufficiently investigated. This study analyzed the relationship of SHBG with body mass index (BMI) and plasma lipid levels in prepubertal children. We evaluated the association of SHBG with BMI among the 693 prepubertal children subdivided into normal, overweight, and obese groups, with plasma lipid levels among the children subdivided into normal and dyslipidemia groups. The obese and overweight group had lower SHBG levels than the normal BMI group in both sexes. The dyslipidemia group included subjects with low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), high triglycerides (TG), or a high atherogenic index of plasma (AIP); this group had lower SHBG than the normal lipid group. SHBG was positively correlated with HDL-C, and negatively correlated with TG and AIP. After adjusting for BMI, SHBG was positively correlated with HDL-C and negatively correlated with TG and AIP in all groups. In conclusion, SHBG levels are closely correlated with BMI in prepubertal children. SHBG may play a meaningful role in the decrease in HDL-C and increase in TG during prepubertal age.
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Kim HO, Kim CJ, Kim W, Cho JM, Soeda T, Takano M, Yan BP, Crea F, Niccoli G, Vergallo R, Minami Y, Higuma T, Kimura S, Boeder NF, Nef H, Adriaenssens T, Kurihara O, Thondapu V, Russo M, Yamamoto E, Sugiyama T, Lee H, Kakuta T, Yonetsu T, Jang IK. Relative risk of plaque erosion among different age and sex groups in patients with acute coronary syndrome. J Thromb Thrombolysis 2019; 49:352-359. [DOI: 10.1007/s11239-019-01969-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Alinezhad A, Jafari F. The relationship between components of metabolic syndrome and plasma level of sex hormone-binding globulin. Eur J Transl Myol 2019; 29:8196. [PMID: 31354923 PMCID: PMC6615072 DOI: 10.4081/ejtm.2019.8196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Plasma concentration of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), as an androgen binding protein, is impressed by many physiological and environmental factors. Recent studies have shown that plasma level of SHBG is related to some components of metabolic syndrome (MetS); however, in contrast, few articles failed to show any associations between SHBG and MetS. So, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between Components of Metabolic Syndrome and Plasma Level of Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin. In this study, after measuring the plasma level of SHBG in 84 individuals, the relation between MetS and the plasma level of SHBG was investigated. After evaluating the plasma level of SHBG and metabolic abnormalities in men and women, we investigated the factors which mentioned above in two groups including patients with and without MetS. Also, the metabolic abnormalities which evaluated in this study including plasma level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, serum uric acid (SUA), Albumin, lipid profiles and etc. according to five components of MetS. Our result shows that SHBG could contributed to some laboratory parameters such as LDL-C (P<0.05), total cholesterol (P<0.05), triglycerides (P<0.05) and etc. in men, but not in women. On the other hand, we observed that concentration of SHBG is higher in patients with MetS (P<0.05); however, results from our experiment showed that there is no relation between lower level of SHBG and five components of MetS such as central obesity, raised fasting plasma glucose (FPG) (P>0.05), reduced HDL-C (P>0.05), raised triglycerides (P>0.05) and raised blood pressure (P>0.05) in both men and women. There is a significant association between SHBG and Log-Hip Circumference (P<0.05), Non-HDL-C (P<0.05) and Log-25(OH)D (P<0.05) was seen in this cross-section study in both men and women. Results obtained from our study suggest that SHBG is not a powerful enough factor to use as a predictor of MetS alone and there is no association between plasma level of SHBG and development of five components of MetS, however, lower SHBG level may contributed to lipid profiles.
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- Amin Alinezhad
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Information Technology Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran
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Sakkiah S, Guo W, Pan B, Kusko R, Tong W, Hong H. Computational prediction models for assessing endocrine disrupting potential of chemicals. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART C, ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS & ECOTOXICOLOGY REVIEWS 2019; 36:192-218. [PMID: 30633647 DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2018.1537132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) mimic natural hormones and disrupt endocrine function. Humans and wildlife are exposed to EDCs might alter endocrine functions through various mechanisms and lead to an adverse effects. Hence, EDCs identification is important to protect the ecosystem and to promote the public health. Leveraging in-vitro and in-vivo experiments to identify potential EDCs is time consuming and expensive. Hence, quantitative structure-activity relationship is applied to screen the potential EDCs. Here, we summarize the predictive models developed using various algorithms to forecast the binding activity of chemicals to the estrogen and androgen receptors, alpha-fetoprotein, and sex hormone binding globulin.
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- Sugunadevi Sakkiah
- a Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics , National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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- a Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics , National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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- a Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics , National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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- b Immuneering Corporation , Cambridge , Massachusetts , USA
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- a Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics , National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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- a Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics , National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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de Medeiros SF. Risks, benefits size and clinical implications of combined oral contraceptive use in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2017; 15:93. [PMID: 29216881 PMCID: PMC5721684 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-017-0313-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex condition with high risk for dyslipidemia, dysglycemia, venous thromboembolism, cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome. Because the combined oral contraceptive (COC) use has also been associated with impaired fasting glucose, insulin resistance and increased risk of thromboembolism disease, it is rationale to think that the combination of oral contraceptive and PCOS could make it worse or increase the risks. OBJECTIVE To examine the current data regarding potential additional risks and benefits of contraceptive use, highlights the major gap in knowledge for designing future studies and, when possible, suggests an adequate COC formulation for a determined PCOS phenotype. METHODS English-language publications reporting on the influence of COCS in the development of venous thromboembolism in PCOS patients published until 2017 were searched using PubMed, Cochrane database, and hand search of references found in consulted articles. Ranges of collected data are given; the pooled data are presented as median and first and third quartiles. Wilcoxon signed-ranks test for paired samples was used to compare before-after original data. P value was set at 0.05. RESULTS Most of COCs preparations significantly decrease androgens, and increase sex-hormone binding globulin. Therefore, the benefits of COCs are clear in patients with proved hyperandrogenemia. Regarding the impact of COCs on carbohydrate metabolism of PCOS subjects, the data were inconsistent but they tended to show no additional risk. Regarding lipids, most COCs consistently increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides and total cholesterol concentrations but the clinical implications of these changes need additional studies. CONCLUSION The review showed consistent beneficial effect of COCs, particularly for hyperandrogenemic PCOS patients. The benefit size of COC's use by normoandrogenemic PCOS patients is uncertain and need more investigation. The effects of COC use on carbohydrate metabolism of women with PCOS are still unresolved since most studies are observational but the current results demonstrated that COCs do not make their levels worse and may improve insulin sensitivity. The impact of COCs on lipids of PCOS patients seems to be clearer and most preparations increase total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides. In summary, it is important to balance the potential benefits and risks of the COCs individually before prescribing them for PCOS women.
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- Sebastião Freitas de Medeiros
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical School, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, MT, 78055-728, Brazil.
- Tropical Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.
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Abdella NA, Mojiminiyi OA. Cross-sectional study of the determinants and associations of sex hormone-binding globulin concentrations in first degree relatives (FDR) of patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2017; 133:159-167. [PMID: 28950181 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2017.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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AIMS This study explores the determinants of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) and associations with categories of glucose intolerance and undiagnosed diabetes in first-degree relatives (FDR) of patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2D). METHODS Anthropometric indices, fasting lipids, glucose, insulin, adiponectin, leptin, SHBG, estradiol (E2), testosterone (TT), androstenedione (AND), dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-S), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) were measured in 584 FDR. Homeostasis model assessment-estimate of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), beta cell function (%B), insulin sensitivity (%S) and free androgen index (FAI) were calculated. RESULTS 266 subjects were normoglycemic; 237 had prediabetes and 81 had undiagnosed diabetes. SHBG decreased stepwise with worsening categories of glucose intolerance in females whereas FAI decreased stepwise with worsening categories in males only. SHBG showed significant positive correlations with adiponectin, and HDL-C and significant negative correlations with body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), Waist:hip ratio (WHR), ALT, triglycerides (TG), %B, leptin and FAI. After adjustment for WHR, only HDL-C and FAI in men and FAI and HbA1c in females remained significantly associated with SHBG. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analysis for detection of diabetes showed that areas under the curve for FAI and SHBG were 0.711 and 0.386 for males and 0.430 and 0.660 for females respectively. CONCLUSION Associations of SHBG with some anthropometric and metabolic variables in FDR suggests that lower levels is a marker for risk of developing T2D through obesity dependent metabolic pathways but low FAI is a better marker of state of diabetes in males.
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- N A Abdella
- Departments of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
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- Departments of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait
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Saez-Lopez C, Brianso-Llort L, Torres-Torronteras J, Simó R, Hammond GL, Selva DM. Resveratrol Increases Hepatic SHBG Expression through Human Constitutive Androstane Receptor: a new Contribution to the French Paradox. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12284. [PMID: 28947831 PMCID: PMC5612985 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12509-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) carries sex steroids in blood regulating their bioavailability. Red wine consumption increases plasma SHBG levels, and we have discovered that resveratrol, a polyphenol enriched in red wine, acts specifically through the human constitutive androstane receptor (CAR), a drug/xenobiotic detoxification gene regulator, to increase hepatic SHBG production. Chromatin immunoprecipitation and luciferase reporter gene assays show that human CAR binds to a typical direct repeat 1 nuclear hormone receptor-binding element in the human SHBG proximal promoter. Resveratrol also increased hepatic SHBG production in humanized SHBG/CAR transgenic mice. Moreover, SHBG expression correlated significantly with CAR mRNA levels in human liver biopsies. We conclude that the beneficial effects of red wine on the metabolic syndrome and it associated co-morbidities, including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, may be mediated in part by resveratrol acting via CAR to increase plasma SHBG levels.
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- Cristina Saez-Lopez
- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM, ISCIII), Barcelona, Spain
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM, ISCIII), Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Group on Neuromuscular and Mitochondrial Diseases, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER, ISCIII), Barcelona, Spain
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM, ISCIII), Barcelona, Spain.
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- Cellular & Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM, ISCIII), Barcelona, Spain.
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Heald A, Laing I, McLernon DJ, Donn R, Hartland AJ, Fryer AA, Livingston M. Socioeconomic Deprivation as Measured by the Index of Multiple Deprivation and Its Association with Low Sex Hormone Binding Globulin in Women. Open Biochem J 2017; 11:1-7. [PMID: 28458728 PMCID: PMC5388792 DOI: 10.2174/1874091x01711010001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2016] [Revised: 12/11/2016] [Accepted: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Objective: Sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) is a marker of insulin resistance. Given established links between BMI and socioeconomic disadvantage, we investigated how SHBG varies by index of multiple deprivation (IMD). Research Design and Methods: Using laboratory data from a Midlands UK population of mixed ethnicity, we examined the relation between blood concentrations of SHBG and IMD in 1160 women aged between 17 and 71 years. Women with a serum SHBG >250 nmol/L were excluded. Results: Mean age was 28.7 (95% confidence interval (CI) 28.2–29.1) years. 48.2% of women were of Caucasian origin, 15.5% of Southern Asian ethnicity and 2.6% were of African or other origin (33.7% were of unknown origin). SHBG increased with age (Spearman’s ρ=0.195; p<0.001). A higher proportion of women of South Asian origin versus other ethnic groups had an SHBG <30 nmol/L (OR 1.93 (95% CI 1.37–2.71)). SHBG level was lower in individuals with greater socioeconomic disadvantage as measured by IMD (Spearman's ρ= -0.09; p=0.004 for SHBG versus IMD). In multivariate logistic regression, IMD women in the quartiles 2–5 (higher socioeconomic disadvantage) were more likely to have an SHBG <30 nmol/L (compatible with significant insulin resistance) versus quartile 1 (odds ratio (OR) 1.71 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.17–2.53), adjusted for age (OR=0.97 (95% CI 0.95–0.98)) and ethnicity (for South Asian ethnicity OR=2.00 (95% CI 1.42–2.81) versus the rest). Conclusion: Lower SHBG levels in women are associated with a higher level of socioeconomic disadvantage. Given the known association between lower SHBG and higher plasma glucose, our findings suggest a link between socioeconomic disadvantage and future risk of type 2 diabetes.
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- Adrian Heald
- Department of Medicine, Leighton Hospital, Crewe, United Kingdom.,School of Medicine and Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, Leighton Hospital, Crewe, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
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- School of Medicine and Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Blood Sciences, Walsall Manor Hospital, Walsall, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Keele University School of Medicine, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
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- Department of Blood Sciences, Walsall Manor Hospital, Walsall, United Kingdom
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Han K, Chun H, Kim MJ, Cho DY, Lee SH, Won BY, Kim KM, Joo NS, Kim YS. Low Levels of Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin Constitute an Independent Risk Factor for Arterial Stiffness in Korean Women. Int J Endocrinol 2017; 2017:6956495. [PMID: 29213285 PMCID: PMC5682886 DOI: 10.1155/2017/6956495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Revised: 09/25/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The association between sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and arterial stiffness in women is not conclusive. In addition, obesity might also be involved in the relationship between SHBG and atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between SHBG and arterial stiffness in association with central obesity in women. This cross-sectional study included 381 women who participated in the health checkup programs in one hospital. The brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) was measured as a marker for arterial stiffness. A negative correlation was observed between SHBG levels and baPWV (rho = -0.281). The relationship was significant even after adjusting for potential confounders (beta = -0.087 in fully adjusted model). After considering the interaction between central obesity and SHBG levels, the significant association was evident only in obese women (P for interaction = 0.025). Adjustment for a 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk scores, instead of each cardiovascular risk factor individually, did not affect the significance of the relationship between SHBG levels and baPWV. Serum levels of SHBG were negatively associated with arterial stiffness independent of cardiovascular risk factors or 10-year ASCVD risk scores in Korean women. The relationship may be potentiated by central obesity.
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- Kunhee Han
- Department of Family Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Centre, CHA University, Seongnam 13496, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Centre, CHA University, Seongnam 13496, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Centre, CHA University, Seongnam 13496, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, CHA Bundang Medical Centre, CHA University, Seongnam 13496, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Centre, CHA University, Seongnam 13496, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Centre, CHA University, Seongnam 13496, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Centre, CHA University, Seongnam 13496, Republic of Korea
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Simó R, Sáez-López C, Barbosa-Desongles A, Hernández C, Selva DM. Novel insights in SHBG regulation and clinical implications. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2015; 26:376-83. [PMID: 26044465 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2015.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2015] [Revised: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is produced and secreted by the liver into the bloodstream where it binds sex steroids and regulates their bioavailability. Traditionally, body mass index (BMI) was thought to be the major determinant of SHBG concentrations and hyperinsulinemia the main cause for low SHBG levels found in obesity. However, no mechanisms have ever been described. Emerging evidence now shows that liver fat content rather than BMI is a strong determinant of circulating SHBG. In this review we discuss evidence demonstrating that insulin might not regulate SHBG production, describe putative molecular mechanisms by which proinflammatory cytokines downregulate SHBG, and comment on recent findings suggesting dietary SHBG regulation. Finally, clinical implications of all of these findings and future perspectives are discussed.
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- Rafael Simó
- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and CIBERDEM (ISCIII), Barcelona, Spain.
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and CIBERDEM (ISCIII), Barcelona, Spain
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and CIBERDEM (ISCIII), Barcelona, Spain
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and CIBERDEM (ISCIII), Barcelona, Spain
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and CIBERDEM (ISCIII), Barcelona, Spain.
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OBJECTIVE This study aims to examine whether blood pressure reductions differ by estrogen use among overweight glucose-intolerant women. METHODS We conducted a secondary analysis of Diabetes Prevention Program postmenopausal participants who used oral estrogen with or without progestogen at baseline and 1-year follow-up (n = 324) versus those who did not use oral estrogen with or without progestogen at either time point (n = 382). Changes in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were examined by randomization arm (intensive lifestyle change [ILS], metformin 850 mg twice daily, or placebo). Associations between changes in blood pressure and changes in sex hormone-binding globulin, estradiol, testosterone, and dehydroepiandrosterone were also examined. RESULTS Estrogen users and nonusers had similar prevalences of baseline hypertension (33% vs 34%, P = 0.82) and use of blood pressure medications at baseline (P = 0.25) and on follow-up (P = 0.10). Estrogen users and nonusers randomized to ILS had similar decreases in SBP (-3.3 vs -4.7 mm Hg, P = 0.45) and DBP (-3.1 vs -4.7 mm Hg, P = 0.16). Among estrogen users, women randomized to ILS had significant declines in SBP (P = 0.016) and DBP (P = 0.009) versus placebo. Among nonusers, women randomized to ILS had significant declines in DBP (P = 0.001) versus placebo, but declines in SBP were not significant (P = 0.11). Metformin was not associated with blood pressure reductions versus placebo regardless of estrogen therapy. Blood pressure changes were not associated with changes in sex hormones regardless of estrogen therapy. CONCLUSIONS Among overweight women with dysglycemia, the magnitude of blood pressure reductions after ILS is unrelated to postmenopausal estrogen use.
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El Khoudary SR, Brooks MM, Thurston RC, Matthews KA. Lipoprotein subclasses and endogenous sex hormones in women at midlife. J Lipid Res 2014; 55:1498-504. [PMID: 24852168 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.p049064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The objective of this work was to evaluate the associations between levels of endogenous sex hormones in women at midlife and lipoprotein subclasses. One hundred and twenty women (68 late peri-/postmenopausal and 52 pre-/early perimenopausal) from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (Pittsburgh site) were included. Lipoprotein subclasses were quantified using NMR spectroscopy. Participants (57.5% White and 42.5% Black) were 50.4 ± 1.9 years old. Adjusting for age, race, cycle day of blood draw, BMI, physical activity, and alcohol consumption, a negative correlation was found between estradiol (E2) and medium-small LDL particle (LDL-P) concentration (ρ = -0.19, P = 0.04). Further, E2 was positively correlated with HDL particle (HDL-P) size (ρ = 0.22, P = 0.02). For sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), independent negative correlation was found with total small LDL-P concentration. SHBG was also positively correlated with LDL-P and HDL-P sizes (P < 0.05 for all). For free androgen index (FAI), positive correlations were found with concentrations of total VLDL particles, total LDL-Ps, and total small LDL-Ps. Additionally, FAI was negatively correlated with large HDL-P concentration, and HDL-P and LDL-P sizes (P < 0.05 for all). Lower levels of E2 and SHBG, and higher levels of FAI were associated with a more atherogenic profile of lipoprotein subclasses. Sex hormone levels at midlife may increase women's risk of coronary heart disease.
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- Samar R El Khoudary
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, PA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA
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Perry A, Wang X, Goldberg R, Ross R, Jackson L. Androgenic sex steroids contribute to metabolic risk beyond intra-abdominal fat in overweight/obese black and white women. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2013; 21:1618-24. [PMID: 23670917 DOI: 10.1002/oby.20204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Accepted: 11/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the independent contribution of androgenic sex hormones beyond visceral adipose tissue (VAT) on metabolic risk. DESIGN AND METHODS A cross-sectional evaluation of 66 (36 white and 30 black) premenopausal overweight/obese women using multiple regression analyses to determine the independent effects of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), total testosterone (TT), and free testosterone using the free androgen index (FAI) on metabolic variables above VAT. RESULTS SHBG contributed to the variance in insulin (P = 0.003), insulin resistance using HOMA-IR (P = 0.006), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol2 (P = 0.029). TT contributed to the variance in systolic and diastolic blood pressure (P < 0.001), total cholesterol (P = 0.003), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (P = 0.003), and apolipoprotein B (P = 0.004). FAI contributed to the variance in the greatest number of metabolic variables beyond VAT. There was also a significant race-FAI interaction for fasting glucose (P = 0.013). A Pearson's correlation coefficient showed a significant relationship between FAI and glucose in white women (r = 0.48, P = 0.003) while showing no relationship in black women (r = -0.01, P = 0.941). CONCLUSIONS Our study showed that androgenic sex steroids contributed significantly to the variance in metabolic variables associated with health risk. However, they do not provide sufficient information relevant to glucose status in black women.
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- Arlette Perry
- Laboratory of Clinical and Applied Physiology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
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Baumgart J, Nilsson K, Stavreus Evers A, Kunovac Kallak T, Kushnir MM, Bergquist J, Sundström Poromaa I. Androgen levels during adjuvant endocrine therapy in postmenopausal breast cancer patients. Climacteric 2013; 17:48-54. [DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2013.800039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Wallace IR, McKinley MC, Bell PM, Hunter SJ. Sex hormone binding globulin and insulin resistance. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2013; 78:321-9. [PMID: 23121642 DOI: 10.1111/cen.12086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2012] [Revised: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 10/24/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) is a glycoprotein composed of two 373-amino-acid subunits. The SHBG gene and a promotor region have been identified. The SHBG receptor has yet to be cloned but is known to act through a G-protein-linked second-messenger system following plasma membrane binding. The principal function of SHBG has traditionally been considered to be that of a transport protein for sex steroids, regulating circulating concentrations of free (unbound) hormones and their transport to target tissues. Recent research suggests that SHBG has functions in addition to the binding and transport of sex steroids. Observational studies have associated a low SHBG concentration with an increased incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) independent of sex hormone levels in men and women. Genetic studies using Mendelian randomization analysis linking three single nucleotide polymorphisms of the SHBG gene to risk of developing type 2 DM suggest SHBG may have a role in the pathogenesis of type 2 DM. The correlation between SHBG and insulin resistance that is evident in a number of cross-sectional studies is in keeping with the suggestion that the association between SHBG and incidence of type 2 DM is explained by insulin resistance. Several potential mechanisms may account for this association, including the identification of dietary factors that influence SHBG gene transcription. Further research to characterize the SHBG-receptor and the SHBG second messenger system is required. An interventional study examining the effects on insulin resistance of altering SHBG concentrations may help in determining whether this association is causal.
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- Ian R Wallace
- Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
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Hammond GL, Wu TS, Simard M. Evolving utility of sex hormone-binding globulin measurements in clinical medicine. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 2012; 19:183-9. [PMID: 22531107 DOI: 10.1097/med.0b013e328353732f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) regulates the plasma levels and biological actions of the sex steroids: testosterone and estradiol. Advances in our understanding of how plasma SHBG levels are determined, and how SHBG functions, have provided insight into how SHBG should be used to assess the actions of its sex-steroid ligands, and as a biomarker of metabolic and endocrine abnormalities. RECENT FINDINGS Plasma SHBG levels fluctuate throughout life in response to the changes in metabolic and physiologic states, and are altered by natural hormones and synthetic steroids. Interindividual differences in plasma SHBG levels and activity are also influenced by polymorphisms within the structural and regulatory regions of the SHBG gene. SUMMARY Measurements of SHBG are widely used to predict plasma free testosterone levels in patients suffering from excess androgen exposures, but have broader utility in assessing the risk for endocrine diseases and clinical sequelae of the metabolic syndrome, namely, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. It is anticipated that new genetic and functional data regarding SHBG will reveal whether SHBG is simply a biomarker of these diseases or participants in their cause.
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- Geoffrey L Hammond
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Child & Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Yeung EH, Zhang C, Mumford SL, Ye A, Trevisan M, Chen L, Browne RW, Wactawski-Wende J, Schisterman EF. Longitudinal study of insulin resistance and sex hormones over the menstrual cycle: the BioCycle Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2010; 95:5435-42. [PMID: 20843950 PMCID: PMC2999972 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Conflicting findings have been reported regarding the effect of menstrual cycle phase and sex hormones on insulin sensitivity. OBJECTIVE The aim was to determine the pattern of insulin resistance over the menstrual cycle and whether variations in sex hormones explain these patterns. DESIGN The BioCycle study is a longitudinal study that measured hormones at different phases of the menstrual cycle. Participants had up to eight visits per cycle; each visit was timed using fertility monitors to capture sensitive windows of hormonal changes. SETTING The study was conducted in the general community of the University at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY). PARTICIPANTS A total of 257 healthy, premenopausal women (age, 27±8 yr; body mass index, 24±4 kg/m2) participated in the study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES We measured fasting insulin, glucose, and insulin resistance by the homeostasis model of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). RESULTS Significant changes in HOMA-IR were observed over the menstrual cycle; from a midfollicular phase level of 1.35, levels rose to 1.59 during the early luteal phase and decreased to 1.55 in the late-luteal phase. HOMA-IR levels primarily reflected changes in insulin and not glucose. After adjustment for age, race, cycle, and other sex hormones, HOMA-IR was positively associated with estradiol (β=0.082; P<0.001) and progesterone (β=0.025; P<0.001), and inversely associated with FSH (adjusted β=-0.040; P<0.001) and SHBG (β=-0.085; P<0.001). LH was not associated with HOMA-IR. Further adjustment for BMI weakened the association with SHBG (β=-0.057; P=0.06) but did not affect other associations. CONCLUSION Insulin exhibited minor menstrual cycle variability. Estradiol and progesterone were positively associated with insulin resistance and should be considered in studies of insulin resistance among premenopausal women.
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- Edwina H Yeung
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Epidemiology Branch, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 7B03, MSC 7510, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Pugeat M, Nader N, Hogeveen K, Raverot G, Déchaud H, Grenot C. Sex hormone-binding globulin gene expression in the liver: drugs and the metabolic syndrome. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2010; 316:53-9. [PMID: 19786070 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2009] [Revised: 09/17/2009] [Accepted: 09/18/2009] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is the main transport binding protein for sex steroid hormones in plasma and regulates their accessibility to target cells. Plasma SHBG is secreted by the liver under the control of hormones and nutritional factors. In the human hepatoma cell line (HepG2), thyroid and estrogenic hormones, and a variety of drugs including the antioestrogen tamoxifen, the phytoestrogen, genistein and mitotane (Op'DDD) increase SHBG production and SHBG gene promoter activity. In contrast, monosaccharides (glucose or fructose) effectively decrease SHBG expression by inducing lipogenesis, which reduces hepatic HNF-4alpha levels, a transcription factor that play a critical role in controlling the SHBG promoter. Interestingly, diminishing hepatic lipogenesis and free fatty acid liver biosynthesis also appear to be associated with the positive effects of thyroid hormones and PPARgamma antagonists on SHBG expression. This mechanism provides a biological explanation for why SHBG is a sensitive biomarker of insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome, and why low plasma SHBG levels are a risk factor for developing hyperglycemia and type 2 diabetes, especially in women. These important advances in our knowledge of the regulation of SHBG expression in the liver open new approaches for identifying and preventing metabolic disorder-associated diseases early in life.
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- Michel Pugeat
- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Fédération d'Endocrinologie, Groupement Hospitalier Est, Bron, France.
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Perry A, Wang X, Goldberg R, Ross R, Jackson L. Racial Disparities between the Sex Steroid Milieu and the Metabolic Risk Profile. J Obes 2010; 2010:174652. [PMID: 20721288 PMCID: PMC2915646 DOI: 10.1155/2010/174652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2009] [Revised: 02/01/2010] [Accepted: 04/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Aims and Method. The present study examined the relationship between the metabolic risk profile (MRP) and total testosterone (TT) and free testosterone using the free androgen index (FAI) and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in 36 Caucasian American (CA) and 30 African-American (AA) women volunteering for a weight loss study. Results. After controlling for age, significant relationships were found between TT and diastolic blood pressure (P = .004 and P = .015 in CA and AA women, resp.). Additionally, total cholesterol (P = .003), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (P = .004), apolipoprotein B (P = .006), and the total cholesterol/high density lipoprotein cholesterol (P = .027) were significantly related to TT in AA women only. In CA women, similar measures of glucose/insulin status related to FAI, were also related to SHBG. In both CA and AA women, SHBG was related to waist (P = .031 and P = .022 resp.). Conclusion. Our findings showed racial disparities in the relationship between the sex steroid milieu and the MRP in overweight/obese CA and AA women.
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- Arlette Perry
- Laboratory of Clinical and Applied Physiology, University of Miami, P.O. Box 248065, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA
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- Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Louis street, MO 63110, USA
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- Diabetes Research Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1450 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6
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Hong JS, Kang HC, Lee SH, Kim J. Long-term trend in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction in Korea: 1997-2007. Korean Circ J 2009; 39:467-76. [PMID: 19997542 PMCID: PMC2790125 DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2009.39.11.467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2009] [Revised: 02/24/2009] [Accepted: 03/13/2009] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Background and Objectives Information about disease incidence is indispensable for the active prevention and control of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The purpose of this study was to provide basic information for the establishment of policy related to AMI by examining the long-term trends in incidence of AMI. Subjects and Methods This study identified the trend in disease incidence during between 1997 and 2007 using the Korean National Health Insurance Database that includes AMI {the 10th International Classification of Disease (ICD-10) code: I21, I22, I23, I250, I251} as a primary or secondary disease. Results The attack and incidence rates for AMI in 2007 were 118.4 and 91.8 per 100,000 persons, respectively, and the rates more than doubled for the 11 years. Both rates were higher among males than females and increased more in the older age groups. Incidence cases accounted for most of the total attack cases every year; however, in recent years the proportion of relapse cases was on the rise. The case fatality rate was highest (14.5%) in 2000, and declined rapidly to 9.8% in 2007. The case fatality rate was higher among females than males and the older age groups; in particular, female patients ≥65 years of age had the highest fatality rate. Conclusion This study showed that AMI has been on the rise in Korea for 11 years. Therefore, the establishment of policy for intensive control of the incidence of AMI is necessary by building a continuous monitoring and surveillance system.
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- Jae Seok Hong
- Health Insurance Review & Assessment Policy Institute, Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service, Seoul, Korea
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Nayeem F, Nagamani M, Anderson KE, Huang Y, Grady JJ, Lu LJW. Dietary beta-tocopherol and linoleic acid, serum insulin, and waist circumference predict circulating sex hormone-binding globulin in premenopausal women. J Nutr 2009; 139:1135-42. [PMID: 19339706 PMCID: PMC2682985 DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.103291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Reduced levels of circulating sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) are implicated in the etiology of sex steroid-related pathologies and the metabolic syndrome. Dietary correlates of serum SHBG remain unclear and were studied in a convenient cross-sectional sample of healthy 30- to 40-y-old women (n = 255). By univariate analyses, serum SHBG correlated negatively with several indices of the metabolic syndrome, such as BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference (r = -0.36 to -0.44; P < 0.0001), fasting serum insulin (r = -0.41; P < 0.0001), serum triglycerides (r = -0.27; P < 0.0001), serum glucose (r = -0.23; P < 0.001), and plasma testosterone (r = -0.19; P = 0.002). Serum SHBG correlated positively with serum HDL-cholesterol (r = 0.33; P < 0.0001), plasma progesterone (r = 0.17; P = 0.007), and dietary intake of beta-tocopherol (r = 0.17; P = 0.006), and negatively with that of fructose (r = -0.13; P = 0.04). Principal component analysis (PCA) extracted 12 nutrient factors with eigenvalues > 1.0 from 54 nutrients and vitamins in food records. Multivariate regression analyses showed that the PCA-extracted nutrient factor most heavily loaded with beta-tocopherol and linoleic acid (P = 0.03) was an independent positive predictor of serum SHBG. When individual nutrients were the predictor variables, beta-tocopherol (P = 0.002), but not other tocopherols or fatty acids (including linoleic acid), was an independent positive predictor of serum SHBG. Circulating insulin (P = 0.02) and waist circumference (P = 0.002), but not serum lipids, were negative independent predictors of SHBG in all regression models. Additional studies are needed in women of other age groups and men to determine whether consumption of foods rich in beta-tocopherol and/or linoleic acid may increase serum SHBG concentrations and may thereby decrease the risk for metabolic syndrome and reproductive organ cancer.
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- Fatima Nayeem
- Departments of Preventive Medicine and Community Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1109
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- Departments of Preventive Medicine and Community Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1109
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- Departments of Preventive Medicine and Community Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1109
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- Departments of Preventive Medicine and Community Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1109
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- Departments of Preventive Medicine and Community Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1109
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- Departments of Preventive Medicine and Community Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1109
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Selva DM, Hogeveen KN, Innis SM, Hammond GL. Monosaccharide-induced lipogenesis regulates the human hepatic sex hormone-binding globulin gene. J Clin Invest 2008; 117:3979-87. [PMID: 17992261 DOI: 10.1172/jci32249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2007] [Accepted: 08/29/2007] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The liver produces plasma sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), which transports sex steroids and regulates their access to tissues. In overweight children and adults, low plasma SHBG levels are a biomarker of the metabolic syndrome and its associated pathologies. Here, we showed in transgenic mice and HepG2 hepatoblastoma cells that monosaccharides (glucose and fructose) reduce human SHBG production by hepatocytes. This occurred via a downregulation of hepatocyte nuclear factor-4alpha (HNF-4alpha) and replacement of HNF-4alpha by the chicken OVA upstream promoter-transcription factor 1 at a cis-element within the human SHBG promoter, coincident with repression of its transcriptional activity. The dose-dependent reduction of HNF-4alpha levels in HepG2 cells after treatment with glucose or fructose occurred in concert with parallel increases in cellular palmitate levels and could be mimicked by treatment with palmitoyl-CoA. Moreover, inhibition of lipogenesis prevented monosaccharide-induced downregulation of HNF-4alpha and reduced SHBG expression in HepG2 cells. Thus, monosaccharide-induced lipogenesis reduced hepatic HNF-4alpha levels, which in turn attenuated SHBG expression. This provides a biological explanation for why SHBG is a sensitive biomarker of the metabolic syndrome and the metabolic disturbances associated with increased fructose consumption.
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- David M Selva
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Michos ED, Vaidya D, Gapstur SM, Schreiner PJ, Golden SH, Wong ND, Criqui MH, Ouyang P. Sex hormones, sex hormone binding globulin, and abdominal aortic calcification in women and men in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA). Atherosclerosis 2008; 200:432-8. [PMID: 18262187 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2007] [Accepted: 12/27/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Conflicting findings exist regarding the associations of sex hormones with subclinical atherosclerosis. METHODS This is a substudy from MESA of 881 postmenopausal women and 978 men who had both abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) quantified by computed tomography and sex hormone levels assessed [Testosterone (T), estradiol (E2), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG)]. We examined the association of sex hormones with presence and extent of AAC. RESULTS For women, SHBG was inversely associated with both AAC presence [OR=0.62, 95% CI 0.42-0.91 for 1 unit greater log(SHBG) level] and extent [0.29 lower log(AAC) for 1 unit greater log(SHBG) level, beta=-0.29 (95% CI -0.57 to -0.006)] adjusting for age, race, hypertension, smoking, diabetes, BMI, physical activity, and other sex hormones. After further adjustment for total and HDL-cholesterol, SHBG was not associated with ACC presence or extent. In men, there was no association between SHBG and AAC. In both men and women, neither T, E2, nor DHEA was associated with AAC presence or extent. CONCLUSION After adjustment for non-lipid cardiovascular risk factors, SHBG levels are inversely associated with both the presence and severity of AAC in women but not in men, which may be accounted for by HDL.
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- Erin D Michos
- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States.
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Boyd-Woschinko G, Kushner H, Falkner B. Androgen Excess Is Associated With Insulin Resistance and the Development of Diabetes in African American Women. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 2:254-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-4564.2007.06561.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Dahan MH, Goldstein J. Serum sex hormone-binding globulin levels show too much variability to be used effectively as a screening marker for insulin resistance in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Fertil Steril 2006; 86:934-41. [PMID: 17027360 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.02.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2004] [Revised: 02/16/2006] [Accepted: 02/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between serum sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and parameters of insulin sensitivity in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and controls, and determine the feasibility of using SHBG levels to predict insulin resistance. DESIGN Evaluation of a prospectively collected database. SETTING University reproductive center. PATIENT(S) A total of 21 women with PCOS and 17 controls. INTERVENTION(S) Oral glucose tolerance test. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Correlations of serum SHBG and parameters of insulin sensitivity. RESULT(S) [1] Among all participants, SHBG levels indicated a correlation between the fasting glucose-to-insulin (GI) ratio and the quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI). Participants with PCOS demonstrated significant correlations of SHBG and fasting GI ratio, 1-hour postglucola insulin levels, and random 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17ohP4) levels. Among controls, SHBG and fasting serum glucose and 2-hour postglucola serum glucose levels were associated. [2] Participants with PCOS and lean controls exhibited different glucose and insulin responses to 75 g of glucose at 1 and 2 hours postchallenge, resulting in paradoxically similar GI ratios. CONCLUSION(S) [1] Although certain parameters of insulin status and serum SHBG demonstrated statistically significant correlation coefficients, these relationships are weak and SHBG cannot be used as a predictor of insulin resistance. [2] The post-glucose load GI ratio cannot be used to determine the magnitude of insulin resistance.
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- Michael H Dahan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63108-0588, USA.
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Leão LMCSM, Duarte MPC, Silva DMB, Bahia PRV, Coeli CM, de Farias MLF. Influence of methyltestosterone postmenopausal therapy on plasma lipids, inflammatory factors, glucose metabolism and visceral fat: a randomized study. Eur J Endocrinol 2006; 154:131-9. [PMID: 16382002 DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND There has been a growing interest in treating postmenopausal women with androgens. However, hyperandrogenemia in females has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess the effects of androgen replacement on cardiovascular risk factors. DESIGN Thirty-seven postmenopausal women aged 42-62 years that had undergone hysterectomy were prospectively enrolled in a double-blind protocol to receive, for 12 months, percutaneous estradiol (E2) (1 mg/day) combined with either methyltestosterone (MT) (1.25 mg/day) or placebo. METHODS Along with treatment, we evaluated serum E2, testosterone, sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), free androgen index, lipids, fibrinogen, and C-reactive protein; glucose tolerance; insulin resistance; blood pressure; body-mass index; and visceral and subcutaneous abdominal fat mass as assessed by computed tomography. RESULTS A significant reduction in SHBG (P < 0.001) and increase in free testosterone index (P < 0.05; Repeated measures analysis of variance) were seen in the MT group. Total cholesterol, triglycerides, fibrinogen, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure were significantly lowered to a similar extent by both regimens, but high-density lipoprotein cholesterol decreased only in the androgen group. MT-treated women showed a modest rise in body weight and gained visceral fat mass relative to the other group (P < 0.05), but there were no significant detrimental effects on fasting insulin levels and insulin resistance. CONCLUSION This study suggests that the combination of low-dose oral MT and percutaneous E2, for 1 year, does not result in expressive increase of cardiovascular risk factors. This regimen can be recommended for symptomatic postmenopausal women, although it seems prudent to perform baseline and follow-up lipid profile and assessment of body composition, especially in those at high risk of cardiovascular disease.
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- Lenora M Camarate S M Leão
- Service of Endocrinology, University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Onat A, Yazici M, Can G, Sniderman A. Evidence for a complex risk profile in obese postmenopausal Turkish women with hypertriglyceridaemia and elevated apolipoprotein B. Clin Sci (Lond) 2004; 107:97-104. [PMID: 15043507 DOI: 10.1042/cs20040021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2004] [Revised: 03/12/2004] [Accepted: 03/26/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to examine possible pathophysiological relationships among a wide array of proatherogenic risk factors in postmenopausal women. Fasting lipids, apoB (apolipoprotein B), BMI (body mass index) and waist circumference were measured in 178 women (59.4±7.2 years) from the Turkish Adult Risk Factor Study. Fasting levels of complement C3, insulin, SHBG (sex hormone-binding globulin), cortisol, oestradiol, testosterone and DHEA-S (dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate) were also determined. This is the first study to examine the relationships of all these variables with apoB. In the first of two different approaches, three groups of obese women were compared. Group 1 comprised women who were normolipidaemic with normal apoB; group 2, women who were hypertriglyceridaemic, but with normal apoB; and group 3, women who were hypertriglyceridaemic with elevated apoB. Complement C3, fasting insulin and glucose were significantly higher and HDL-C (high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol) and SHBG levels were significantly lower in group 3 than in group 1. In the former group, the testosterone/SHBG ratio tended to be higher, indicating more free testosterone, than in group 1. The mean risk score in group 3 and the odds ratio for coronary disease by logistic regression analysis were significantly higher, 2.56 (confidence intervals, 1.12–5.85; P=0.026), compared with the two other groups combined. In examining the whole group, apoB levels correlated significantly with a wider array of pro-atherogenic risk factors than did LDL-C (low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol), particularly being linked to complement C3 and glucose, as well as the risk score. Complement C3 demonstrated the widest associations and was significantly linked with BMI, waist circumference, insulin, glucose, fibrinogen, triacylglycerols (triglycerides) and apoB and was inversely correlated with HDL-C and SHBG. SHBG was also correlated inversely with a wide spectrum of risk variables. In summary, in Turkish women, apoB was linked with a complex array of proatherogenic risk factors, and hypertriglyceridaemia with elevated apoB was associated with a higher risk of coronary disease.
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- Altan Onat
- Turkish Society of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul.
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Trimèche S, Thuan Dit Dieudonne JF, Jeandel C, Paris F, Simoni-Brum I, Orio F, Sultan C. Le syndrome des ovaires polykystiques en période péri-pubertaire : polymorphisme clinique, biologique, métabolique et génétique. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 32:3-17. [PMID: 14736594 DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2003.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common cause of hyperandrogenism in adolescent girls. In its complete post menarchal expression, the syndrome is characterized by the association of typical clinical, biological, and ultrasonographic findings. Many factors have contributed to our knowledge of different clinical forms of PCOS in adolescent girls. They are helpful for clarifying misleading situations in a period of life when diagnosis of PCOS implies a treatment for many years and may interfere with gynecological outcome. During the last 3 years, we had the opportunity to manage in our unit 45 adolescent girls with ovarian hyperandrogenism: 32 of them had PCOS and the other 13 functional ovarian hyperandrogenism defined by clinical and biological hyperandrogenism without ultrasonographic abnormality. In this review, we report, from our personal experience as well as from recent literature data, the different clinical expressions of PCOS in the pubertal period: the classical post menarchal form, the exceptional pre menarchal form, the post precocious pubarche and the post precocious puberty forms, the familial expression as well as the dominant metabolic expression.
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- S Trimèche
- Unité d'endocrinologie et gynécologie pédiatriques, service de pédiatrie I, hôpital Arnaud-de-Villeneuve, CHU de Montpellier, 371, avenue du Doyen-Gaston-Giraud, 34235 Montpellier 5, France
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Hajamor S, Després JP, Couillard C, Lemieux S, Tremblay A, Prud'homme D, Tchernof A. Relationship between sex hormone-binding globulin levels and features of the metabolic syndrome. Metabolism 2003; 52:724-30. [PMID: 12800098 DOI: 10.1016/s0026-0495(03)00066-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Previous studies have demonstrated that reduced plasma levels of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) are related to alterations in several features of the metabolic syndrome in both men and women. We investigated whether SHBG level was a global predictor of the metabolic syndrome in a sample of 203 men, 173 premenopausal, and 46 postmenopausal women for whom we also obtained a detailed assessment of the metabolic profile, including body composition (hydrostatic weighing), abdominal adipose tissue areas (computed tomography), plasma lipid-lipoprotein levels, and glucose homeostasis (oral glucose challenge). Low SHBG levels were associated with increased total and abdominal adiposity in men as well as in pre- and postmenopausal women. Low SHBG levels were also associated with an altered metabolic profile, especially in premenopausal women. Subjects were subdivided according to the presence of 0, 1 to 2, or 3 or more features of the metabolic syndrome. Twenty-five percent of men were characterized by 3 features or more, whereas most premenopausal women (61.3%) had a healthy metabolic profile (0 features) and 6.9% were characterized by 3 or more features. Most postmenopausal women (54.3%) were characterized by 1 to 2 components of the metabolic syndrome, and 13.0% were characterized by 3 or more components. The proportion of subjects characterized by the metabolic syndrome (3 components or more) was lower in subjects with SHBG values in the upper tertile compared with the lower tertile in both men and premenopausal women (17.7% v 28.4% and 1.7% v 14.0%, respectively). Logistic regression analyses indicated that an SHBG level in the upper tertile was associated with a significant reduction in the probability of being characterized by the metabolic syndrome (odds ratios of 0.35, P =.02 for men and.11, P =.05 for premenopausal women, with the lower tertile as a reference). The logistic regression was not significant in postmenopausal women. These results suggest that plasma SHBG level may represent a significant predictor of the metabolic syndrome in men and premenopausal women.
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- Samah Hajamor
- Molecular Endocrinology and Oncology Research Center, Laval University Medical Research Center, Québec, Canada
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Mingrone G, Greco AV, Giancaterini A, Scarfone A, Castagneto M, Pugeat M. Sex hormone-binding globulin levels and cardiovascular risk factors in morbidly obese subjects before and after weight reduction induced by diet or malabsorptive surgery. Atherosclerosis 2002; 161:455-62. [PMID: 11888531 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(01)00667-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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One of the main goals of weight reduction in morbidly obese subjects is its benefit on coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. A cross-sectional study was designed to randomly assign 79 morbidly obese subjects (27 men and 52 women; age: 30-45 years) either to a diet protocol (20 kcal per kg fat-free mass (FFM); 55% carbohydrates, 30% fat, and 15% proteins) or to malabsorptive surgery (biliopancreatic diversion). Fatness parameters, measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, lipid profile, insulin, leptin, sex steroid hormones and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) levels were compared at baseline and 1 year after the beginning of the study. The data showed that plasma SHBG levels, but not testosterone levels, correlated negatively to fasting insulin levels and positively to HDL-cholesterol in both men and women. Total leptin levels were significantly lower (P<0.0001) in post-BPD subjects of both sexes compared to dietary treated obese subjects. The logarithm of plasma leptin correlated significantly and positively with insulin but negatively with SHBG.A step-down regression analysis showed that FFM and SHBG, but not insulin levels, were the most powerful independent variables for predicting HDL-cholesterol levels in morbidly obese patients. The negative relationship between SHBG levels and CHD risk appears to be mediated by a concomitant variation in body fatness. Finally, in obese patients, SHBG levels seem to be an indicator of total adiposity rather than an index of an altered insulin/glucose homeostasis.
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- G Mingrone
- Istituto di Medicina Interna, Università Cattolica S. Cuore, Rome, Italy.
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Kumagai S, Kai Y, Sasaki H. Relationship between insulin resistance, sex hormones and sex hormone-binding globulin in the serum lipid and lipoprotein profiles of Japanese postmenopausal women. J Atheroscler Thromb 2002; 8:14-20. [PMID: 11686310 DOI: 10.5551/jat1994.8.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between insulin resistance, sex hormones and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in regard to the serum lipid and lipoprotein profiles of 82 Japanese postmenopausal women. A multiple regression analysis for lipids, lipoproteins, and apoproteins as dependent variables was performed. All regression models included the following variables as potential independent variables; BMI, percentage of body fat, waist-hip ratio, free testosterone (Free T) and SHBG. In addition, model A included insulin resistance evaluated by HOMA-R and model B included fasting insulin (FIRI). In model A, both Free T and HOMA-R were independent predictors of total-C (TC)/high-density lipoprotein-C (HDL-C) and low-density lipoprotein-C (LDL-C)/HDL-C. The BMI was independently associated with HDL-C. The Free T was a single independent predictor of TC and LDL-C. Both BMI and HOMA-R were independent predictors of triglyceride (TG). In addition, SHBG was also independently associated with apoprotein B (Apo B) and Apo B/Apo AI. In model B, FIRI was an independent predictor of lipid metabolism with similar results to those observed in model A. These results suggest that the lipid characteristics in postmenopausal women might be associated with insulin resistance and/or hyperinsulinemia, and relative hyperandrogenicity which thus induces an increase in the amount of Free T and a decrease in the SHBG within physiological ranges.
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- S Kumagai
- Institute of Health Science, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
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Serin IS, Ozçelik B, Başbuğ M, Aygen E, Kula M, Erez R. Long-term effects of continuous oral and transdermal estrogen replacement therapy on sex hormone binding globulin and free testosterone levels. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2001; 99:222-5. [PMID: 11788176 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-2115(01)00398-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the long-term effects of estrogen replacement therapy on sex hormone binding globuline (SHBG) and free testosterone (fT) levels in surgical postmenopausal women. STUDY DESIGN Forty patients with surgical menopause were enrolled in this prospective study. The women were randomly divided into two groups. The first group received oral therapy (continuous conjugated equine estrogens (CEE) - 0.625mg per day) and the second group received transdermal therapy (patches delivering continuous 17beta-estradiol (E2)--0.05mg per day). Serum SHBG and fT levels were determined at baseline and after first and second years of treatment. Two-way repeated measures analysis of variance with Bonferroni adjusted post-hoc test and unpaired-t-test were performed for statistical analysis with SPSS program. RESULTS Serum SHBG levels increased significantly with oral CEE after first year of treatment (P<0.05) and remained at this level for the next year. Transdermal therapy did not affect SHBG levels after first and second years (P<0.05). Serum fT levels did not change significantly in either group at the end of the first or second years (P<0.05) although there was a significant difference between the groups after 2 years (P<0.05). CONCLUSION Oral conjugated estrogens increased SHBG levels during therapy. This effect may balance the increased estrogen and androgen stimulation on breast tissue and may be more beneficial to the cardiovascular system in postmenopausal women.
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- I S Serin
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Erciyes, 38039, Kayseri, Turkey.
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An P, Rice T, Gagnon J, Borecki IB, Rankinen T, Gu C, Leon AS, Skinner JS, Wilmore JH, Bouchard C, Rao DC. Population differences in the pattern of familial aggregation for sex hormone-binding globulin and its response to exercise training: the HERITAGE Family Study. Am J Hum Biol 2001; 13:832-7. [PMID: 11748821 DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.1128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Familial influences were investigated for baseline sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and its response (post-training minus baseline) to a 20-week endurance exercise training program. One hundred, eighty-four participants from 85 Black families in the HERITAGE Family Study (HERITAGE) were analyzed using a familial correlation model. Baseline SHBG values and the training response were adjusted for the effects of age, baseline BMI, testosterone, estradiol, and fasting insulin levels (plus baseline SHBG values for the training response) within four sex-by-generation groups prior to genetic analysis. Baseline SHBG levels were influenced by appreciable familial effects (maximum heritability h(2) = 54%) with neither spouse resemblance nor sex and generation differences in the correlations. This estimate is only slightly, but not significantly, smaller than the heritability of 64% reported previously in 428 participants from 99 White families in HERITAGE. In contrast to the modest familial effects for the training response in White participants in HERITAGE (h(2) = 25%), there were no evidence of familial resemblance in Blacks in the current study. Furthermore, there was heterogeneity for both baseline SHBG and the training response between Blacks and Whites in the pattern of familial aggregation. In conclusion, baseline SHBG levels are influenced by significant familial effects in both Blacks and Whites, independent of the effects of age, sex, and baseline values of BMI, testosterone, estradiol, and fasting insulin levels. Whereas modest familial effects were detected for the training response in Whites, the lack of similar effects in Blacks may be due to the smaller sample size.
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- P An
- Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110-1093, USA.
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Hyperinsulinemia is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and is linked with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), hyperlipidemia, obesity, and hypertension. Sex hormones also play a role in the metabolic alterations associated with the risk for cardiovascular disease. A reduction in sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) may be predictive of future NIDDM particularly in women. The postmenopausal decline in estrogen is also associated with an increase in risk factor expression in women. Since African Americans experience a greater prevalence of NIDDM, obesity, and hypertension, conditions associated with hyperinsulinemia, the purpose of this study was to determine if alterations in sex hormone levels are associated with the plasma insulin concentration in young adult African Americans, and to determine if there are sex differences in the effect of insulin on lipids and sex hormones. In a sample of 221 nondiabetic African American men (n = 105) and women (n = 116) with a mean age of 31 years, we examined the relationship of the plasma insulin concentration with the body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, plasma lipids, and sex hormones, including free testosterone, estradiol, and SHBG. Plasma insulin increased with the BMI and other measures of adiposity (P<.001) in men and women. Significant correlations of insulin with plasma lipids were also present in both sexes. There was a significant inverse correlation of insulin with SHBG in both men (r = .28, P = .007) and women (r = .27, P = .02). There was a significant direct correlation of insulin with free testosterone in women (r = .032, P<.001). Stepwise multiple regression analyses with insulin as the dependent variable detected the BMI, triglyceride, and apolipoprotein A1 as significant contributors to the plasma insulin concentration in men. In women, the multiple regression model detected percent body fat, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and free testosterone as significant contributors to plasma insulin. These data on young African Americans demonstrate a significant relationship between hyperinsulinemia and obesity, atherogenic lipid status, and lower SHBG. In the premenopausal women, the lower SHBG is linked with higher free testosterone, favoring a condition of relative androgen excess.
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- B Falkner
- Institute for Women's Health and the Department of Medicine, Allegheny University for the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA
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Nagata C, Takatsuka N, Kabuto M, Shimizu H. Association of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate with serum HDL-cholesterol concentrations in post-menopausal Japanese women. Maturitas 1998; 31:21-7. [PMID: 10091201 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5122(98)00086-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Positive association between serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol has been observed in men but not women. We aimed to examine the cross-sectional relationships of DHEAS, estradiol (E2), and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) to serum lipid concentrations in post-menopausal Japanese women. METHODS A total of 56 post-menopausal Japanese women were derived from female residents in Takayama City in Japan. The information on body size, disease history, reproductive history, diet, and physical activity were obtained by a self-administered questionnaire. RESULTS DHEAS was significantly and positively correlated with HDL-cholesterol after controlling for age and body mass index (BMI) (r = 0.28). There was no correlation between DHEAS and total-cholesterol (r = -0.02). E2 was not significantly correlated with total- and HDL-cholesterol and triglyceride. However, SHBG-unbound E2 was significantly positively correlated with HDL-cholesterol (r = 0.34) and negatively correlated with triglyceride (r = -0.27) after controlling for age and BMI. SHBG was negatively correlated with triglyceride, although the correlation was not statistically significant (r = -0.22). CONCLUSION These data suggest favorable effect of DHEAS as well as E2 and SHBG on lipid profile in Japanese post-menopausal women.
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- C Nagata
- Department of Public Health, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Buckler HM, McElhone K, Durrington PN, Mackness MI, Ludlam CA, Wu FC. The effects of low-dose testosterone treatment on lipid metabolism, clotting factors and ultrasonographic ovarian morphology in women. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1998; 49:173-8. [PMID: 9828903 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00525.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Low doses of androgen are used in women for the symptomatic treatment of sexual dysfunction and premenstrual syndrome (PMS). However, little is known about the long-term safety of androgen use in women. This study investigated the effects of low dose exogenous testosterone (T) on lipid metabolism, markers of activation of the coagulation system and ultrasonographic ovarian morphology in women. PATIENTS Twenty-two patients with severe PMS (age 39.6 +/- 3.1 years, mean +/- SD) treated with subcutaneous T implants (100 mg six monthly) for at least two years (mean duration 3.3 (+/- 0.9 years) were compared with 22 age-matched (age 37.7 +/- 2.9 years) control patients with severe PMS who had not previously received T treatment. All women continued to have regular menses. MEASUREMENTS Fasting blood samples were obtained for measurement of lipids and clotting factors and ovarian ultrasound examination carried out between days 1-4 of the menstrual cycle (2.3 +/- 1.2 months after the T implant in T-treated group). RESULTS Mean plasma T was 4.5 +/- 2.2 nmol/l, and 1.9 +/- 0.6 nmol/l in the treated and control groups, respectively. In the T-treated group apolipoprotein-A1 (Apo-A1) (treated 99.2 +/- 12 vs controls 116.2 +/- 27.7 g/l, P < 0.01) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) (treated 1.3 +/- 0.3 vs controls 1.5 +/- 0.4 nmol/l, P < 0.01) were significantly decreased. In addition very low density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C) (treated 0.4 +/- 0.3 vs controls 0.2 +/- 0.1 nmol/l, P < 0.05) was increased in T-treated patients. There were no differences in total serum cholesterol and triglyceride or low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), apolipoprotein B (Apo-B), lipoprotein(a), lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase and cholesteryl ester transfer protein activity. There was no difference in clotting factors between the two groups which included prothrombin time, fibrinogen, antithrombin-III, protein-C, protein-S (total and free), tissue plasminogen activator, plasminogen activator inhibitor, beta-thromboglobulin and prothrombin fragments 1.2. Ultrasound showed normal ovarian architecture with no evidence of polycystic ovarian changes in any patients in the T-treated group. No patient experienced adverse symptoms while on T treatment, in particular, there were no complaints of hirsutism or acne and no one requested termination of treatment. CONCLUSION Low-dose testosterome administration to women for over two years did not induce changes in ovarian architecture but had small, potentially atherogenic effects on some parameters of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism. However, no differences were detected in markers of activation of the clotting system to indicate an actual increase in the risk of thrombosis. Overall, this study provides largely reassuring data about the safety of low-dose androgen treatment in women. However, caution should be exercised in women with existing or a familial predisposition to lipid abnormalities, because of the small but significant changes found in HDL-C, apo-A1 and VLDL-C.
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- H M Buckler
- Department of Endocrinology, Hope Hospital, Salford
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Malminiemi K, Lahtela J, Malminiemi O, Ala-Kaila K, Huupponen R. Insulin sensitivity in a long-term crossover trial with celiprolol and other antihypertensive agents. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1998; 31:140-5. [PMID: 9456288 DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199801000-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The effects of a vasodilating beta-blocker, celiprolol, on insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular risk factors were compared with those of another beta1-selective adrenoceptor blocker, calcium channel blockers, and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. A randomized 21-month crossover trial was carried out with 25 patients with dyslipidemia receiving antihypertensive monotherapy. The study consisted of a 3-month active run-in period and two treatment periods, during which the patients received celiprolol (200-400 mg daily) or the control drug for 12 and 6 months in a crossover manner. A hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp and an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) were performed every 6 months. According to the clamp tests, the insulin-sensitivity index increased on average by 32% (p < 0.0001) during celiprolol treatment compared with that with the other antihypertensive agents, including ACE inhibitors. In OGTT, area under the incremental glucose curve decreased by 36% (p = 0.002) during celiprolol treatment, whereas insulin secretion diminished on average by 26% (p = 0.006). The mean decrease in fasting serum triglycerides was 11% (NS), whereas the high-density lipoprotein to low-density lipoprotein (HDL/LDL) ratio increased by 15% (p = 0.012). The results suggest that celiprolol improves insulin sensitivity of hypertensive patients with dyslipidemia in long-term therapy.
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- K Malminiemi
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Tampere University Hospital, University of Tampere, Finland
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Shelley JM, Green A, Smith AM, Dudley E, Dennerstein L, Hopper J, Burger H. Relationship of endogenous sex hormones to lipids and blood pressure in mid-aged women. Ann Epidemiol 1998; 8:39-45. [PMID: 9465992 DOI: 10.1016/s1047-2797(97)00123-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE The relationship between endogenous sex hormones and blood lipids was examined in a representative sample of 438 Australian-born women 45 to 56 years of age taking part in a longitudinal study of the menopausal transition. Data from 363 women who were taking neither exogenous hormones nor lipid-altering medications, were not diabetic, and who had provided blood samples were available for analysis. METHODS Multiple linear regression was used to examine the relationship between sex hormones and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), triglycerides, and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), taking account of the effects of age, body mass index (BMI), smoking, alcohol intake, and exercise. RESULTS There was no significant relationship between estradiol and HDL, LDL, triglyceride, or DBP levels. Free androgen index was positively associated with LDL. However, BMI was an important predictor of all three lipid measures and DBP. HDL was positively associated with age and was highest among women with lowest BMI, high alcohol intake, and in nonsmokers. LDL increased with BMI, free androgen index, and age, but was lower amongst women who exercised more than two or three times per week. Triglyceride also increased with BMI, and was higher among smokers. DBP increased with BMI only. CONCLUSIONS The results do not support the view that endogenous sex hormones are strongly associated with cardiovascular risk factors around the time of menopause.
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- J M Shelley
- Key Centre for Women's Health in Society, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) binds testosterone, determining the level of free, biologically active hormone, and is a sensitive indicator of androgen status in women. SHBG is strongly correlated with high-density lipoprotein (HDL), central obesity, and insulin sensitivity in Caucasian and Mexican-American women, thereby acting as a biologic marker for cardiovascular disease risk. The purpose of this study was to determine if SHBG was a significant correlate of metabolic cardiovascular risk factors in African-American women. Eighty-one nondiabetic, normotensive African-American women were enrolled (mean age, 30 years). After excluding women on oral contraceptives (n = 19), 62 women were examined during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle. All subjects underwent an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and a euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic insulin clamp, and the lipid and sex hormone levels were measured. Correlation analyses showed a significant correlation between SHBG and the following variables in women: central obesity, body mass index (BMI), HDL cholesterol, apolipoprotein B (apoB), insulin sensitivity adjusted for lean mass (M'), and the sum of insulin during the OGTT. The strongest correlates of SHBG in women were measures of insulin resistance (r = .421, P < .001). SHBG appears to be a biologic marker for insulin resistance, which is linked to cardiovascular risk, in African-American women.
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- K Sherif
- Institute for Women's Health, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA
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Insulin resistance is associated with a variety of cardiovascular risk factors including hypertension, dyslipidemia, and non-insulin-dependent diabetes. In blacks, the relation between insulin resistance, hypertension, and atherosclerosis has been questioned. Most data collected on the Insulin Resistance Syndrome have been collected in nondiabetic subjects; therefore, no inference can be drawn to exogenous insulin use in diabetic subjects where improved glycemic control is usually associated with improved cardiovascular risk factors (especially dyslipidemia) in the absence of weight gain.
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- S M Haffner
- Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 78284-7873, USA
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Jaquish CE, Blangero J, Haffner SM, Stern MP, MacCluer JW. Quantitative genetics of serum sex hormone-binding globulin levels in participants in the San Antonio Family Heart Study. Metabolism 1997; 46:988-91. [PMID: 9284884 DOI: 10.1016/s0026-0495(97)90266-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is a steroid-binding plasma protein with a high affinity for testosterone that has been inversely associated with cardiovascular disease risk in many populations. SHBG may also act as a receptor in some tissues. Although the function of SHBG is relatively well understood, comparatively little is known about genetic factors contributing to the normal variation of serum SHBG levels. We estimated the heritability (h2) of serum SHBG levels in 717 related Mexican-Americans participating in the San Antonio Family Heart Study (SAFHS). We found a significant heritability (h2 = 0.31, P < .0001) for serum SHBG levels; age, exogenous hormones, smoking status, diabetic status, and adiposity showed significant associations (P < .05) with mean levels of SHBG. Sex was associated with mean SHBG levels but not with genetic or environmental variance in SHBG levels; heritability estimates were the same for males and females. These results indicate a significant genetic influence on SHBG in Mexican-Americans. Thus, SHBG may prove to be an important indicator of genetic risk for cardiovascular disease in this population, as well as others.
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- C E Jaquish
- Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Haffner SM. Epidemiology of hypertension and insulin resistance syndrome. JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. SUPPLEMENT : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF HYPERTENSION 1997; 15:S25-30. [PMID: 9050982 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199715011-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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UNLABELLED INSULIN RESISTANCE SYNDROME: Insulin resistance syndrome (syndrome X) indicates that insulin resistance is associated with and may be the cause of several metabolic conditions including hypertension, dyslipidemia, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). HYPERTENSION Although the association between insulin resistance and hypertension remains somewhat controversial, hypertensive subjects are clearly at increased risk of developing NIDDM. Insulin concentrations are a relatively weak predictor of the development of hypertension. It is possible that the relation between insulin, blood pressure and atherosclerosis may be weaker in blacks. However, antihypertensive agents that worsen insulin resistance may further increase the risk of NIDDM already present in subjects with hypertension.
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- S M Haffner
- Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 78284-7873, USA
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Jaquish CE, Mahaney MC, Blangero J, Haffner SM, Stern MP, MacCluer JW. Genetic correlations between lipoprotein phenotypes and indicators of sex hormone levels in Mexican Americans. Atherosclerosis 1996; 122:117-25. [PMID: 8724118 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(96)05796-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Previous studies have shown that the inverse relationship between HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) and triglyceride (TG) levels, risk factors for cardiovascular disease, is due largely to the effects of shared genes. HDL-C and TG are also known to be related to endogenous sex hormone levels, however the nature of the relationships is unclear. The objective of this study is to ascertain the extent to which these relationships are determined by shared genes. We conducted a multivariate quantitative genetic analysis of HDL-C, TG, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in 635 people from 27 pedigrees participating in the San Antonio Family Heart Study. Heritabilities (h2) and genetic and environmental correlations (rho G and rho E) were estimated simultaneously by maximum likelihood methods. All four traits showed significant (P < 0.05) heritabilities: h2HDL-C = 0.38, h2TG = 0.54, h2DHEAS = 0.43, h2SHBG = 0.26. Significant genetic correlations were detected between HDL and each of the other traits: rho G(HDL-TG) = -0.56, rho G(HDL-DHEAS) = 0.23 and rho G(HDL-SHBG) = -0.56. However, there were no significant genetic correlations between TG and either measure of sex hormones. Thus, at least three separate groups of genes influence HDL-C levels in Mexican Americans: one group that has pleiotropic effects on HDL and TG, one group influences both HDL-C and SHBG and a third influences both HDL-C and DHEAS.
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- C E Jaquish
- Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX 78228-0147, USA.
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Mills PJ, Nelesen RA, Ziegler MG, Parry BL, Berry CC, Dillon E, Dimsdale JE. Menstrual cycle effects on catecholamine and cardiovascular responses to acute stress in black but not white normotensive women. Hypertension 1996; 27:962-7. [PMID: 8613275 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.27.4.962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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This study examined cardiovascular and catecholamine responses to two standardized laboratory stressors in 33 healthy age- and weight-matched black and white normotensive women (mean age, 32 years) during two phases of the menstrual cycle. Subjects were studied in a randomized order at the same time of day on two separate occasions approximately six weeks apart, once during the follicular phase (days 7 to 10 after menses) and once during the luteal phase (days 7 to 10 after the leutenizing hormone surge) of the menstrual cycle. Black women has higher systolic (P=.01) and diastolic (P=.01) pressures compared with white women. Black women showed greater diastolic pressure (P <.01) and plasma epinephrine (P <.05) responses to stress during the follicular compared with the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle; white women showed no significant changes in these variables. The findings extend the literature on race differences in responsivity to stress and indicate that in contrast to white women, reproductive hormones do influence cardiovascular and catecholamine responsivity to stress in black women.
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- P J Mills
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, USA
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