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Hurley EG, Ressler IB, Young S, Batcheller A, Thomas MA, DiPaola KB, Rios J. Postponing Childbearing and Fertility Preservation in Young Professional Women. South Med J 2018; 111:187-191. [DOI: 10.14423/smj.0000000000000789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ressler IB, Grayson BE, Seeley RJ. Metabolic, behavioral, and reproductive effects of vertical sleeve gastrectomy in an obese rat model of polycystic ovary syndrome. Obes Surg 2015; 24:866-76. [PMID: 24408363 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-013-1153-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy affecting women of reproductive age. Its clinical expression is diverse, including metabolic, behavioral, and reproductive effects, with many affected by obesity and decreased quality of life. Women with PCOS who have undergone surgically induced weight loss have reported tremendous benefit, not only with weight loss, but also improvement of hyperandrogenism and menstrual cyclicity. METHODS In a rat model of PCOS achieved via chronic administration of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) exposure, we investigated the ability of bariatric surgery, specifically vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG), to ameliorate the metabolic, behavioral, and reproductive abnormalities invoked by this PCOS model. RESULTS We found that DHT treatment combined with exposure to a high-fat diet resulted in increased body weight and body fat, impaired fasting glucose, hirsutism, anxiety, and irregular cycles. VSG resulted in reduced food intake, body weight, and adiposity with improved fasting glucose and triglycerides. VSG induced lower basal corticosterone levels and attenuated stress responsivity. Once the DHT levels decreased to normal, regular estrous cyclicity was also restored. CONCLUSIONS VSG, therefore, improved PCOS manifestations in a comprehensive manner and may represent a potential therapeutic approach for specific aspects of PCOS.
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- Ilana B Ressler
- Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA
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Ressler IB, Grayson BE, Ulrich-Lai YM, Seeley RJ. Diet-induced obesity exacerbates metabolic and behavioral effects of polycystic ovary syndrome in a rodent model. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2015; 308:E1076-84. [PMID: 26078189 PMCID: PMC4469809 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00182.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy affecting women of reproductive age. Although a comorbidity of PCOS is obesity, many are lean. We hypothesized that increased saturated fat consumption and obesity would exacerbate metabolic and stress indices in a rodent model of PCOS. Female rats were implanted with the nonaromatizable androgen dihydrotestosterone (DHT) or placebo pellets prior to puberty. Half of each group was maintained ad libitum on either a high-fat diet (HFD; 40% butter fat calories) or nutrient-matched low-fat diet (LFD). Irrespective of diet, DHT-treated animals gained more body weight, had irregular cycles, and were glucose intolerant compared with controls on both diets. HFD/DHT animals had the highest levels of fat mass and insulin resistance. DHT animals demonstrated increased anxiety-related behavior in the elevated plus maze by decreased distance traveled and time in the open arms. HFD consumption increased immobility during the forced-swim test. DHT treatment suppressed diurnal corticosterone measurements in both diet groups. In parallel, DHT treatment significantly dampened stress responsivity to a mild stressor. Brains of DHT animals showed attenuated c-Fos activation in the ventromedial hypothalamus and arcuate nucleus; irrespective of DHT-treatment, however, all HFD animals had elevated hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus c-Fos activation. Whereas hyperandrogenism drives overall body weight gain, glucose intolerance, anxiety behaviors, and stress responsivity, HFD consumption exacerbates the effect of androgens on adiposity, insulin resistance, and depressive behaviors.
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- Ilana B Ressler
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; and
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Grayson BE, Hakala-Finch AP, Kekulawala M, Laub H, Egan AE, Ressler IB, Woods SC, Herman JP, Seeley RJ, Benoit SC, Ulrich-Lai YM. Weight loss by calorie restriction versus bariatric surgery differentially regulates the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis in male rats. Stress 2014; 17:484-93. [PMID: 25238021 PMCID: PMC4415587 DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2014.967677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Behavioral modifications for the treatment of obesity, including caloric restriction, have notoriously low long-term success rates relative to bariatric weight-loss surgery. The reasons for the difference in sustained weight loss are not clear. One possibility is that caloric restriction alone activates the stress-responsive hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis, undermining the long-term maintenance of weight loss, and that this is abrogated after bariatric surgery. Accordingly, we compared the HPA response to weight loss in five groups of male rats: (1) high-fat diet-induced obese (DIO) rats treated with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB, n = 7), (2) DIO rats treated with vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG, n = 11), (3) DIO rats given sham surgery and subsequently restricted to the food intake of the VSG/RYGB groups (Pair-fed, n = 11), (4) ad libitum-fed DIO rats given sham surgery (Obese, n = 11) and (5) ad libitum chow-fed rats given sham surgery (Lean, n = 12). Compared with Lean controls, food-restricted rats exhibited elevated morning (nadir) non-stress plasma corticosterone concentration and increased hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone and vasopressin mRNA expression, indicative of basal HPA activation. This was largely prevented when weight loss was achieved by bariatric surgery. DIO increased HPA activation by acute (novel environment) stress and this was diminished by bariatric surgery-, but not pair-feeding-, induced weight loss. These results indicate that the HPA axis is differentially affected by weight loss from caloric restriction versus bariatric surgery, and this may contribute to the differing long-term effectiveness of these two weight-loss approaches.
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- Bernadette E. Grayson
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45237
- Corresponding author, request for reprints: Bernadette E. Grayson, Metabolic Diseases Institute, University of Cincinnati, 2170 E. Galbraith Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45237, , ph: 513-748-4850, fax: 513-297-0966
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45237
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45237
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45237
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45237
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45237
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45237
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45237
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45237
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45237
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45237
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Ressler IB, Pakrashi T, Sroga JM, DiPaola KB, Thomas MA, Lindheim SR. Effects of Embryo Transfer Catheters on the Endometrial Surface Noted at Hysteroscopy. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2013; 20:381-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2013.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2012] [Revised: 01/06/2013] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Pakrashi T, Ressler IB, Sroga JM, DiPaola KB, Thomas MA, Lindheim SR. Hysteroscopic Enucleation of Type II Submucosal Uterine Leiomyomas Using a TRUCLEAR Hysteroscopic Morcellator: Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2013; 23:378-82. [DOI: 10.1089/lap.2012.0425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Tarita Pakrashi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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There continues to be an increase in utilization of assisted reproductive technology (ART), including the use of third party gametes. Specifically, the use of third party oocytes, most recently reported in 2010 by the United States (US) Center for Disease Control and Society of Reproductive Medicine, accounted for 15 504 cycles and 7334 live births. This translates into approximately 11% of all the in vitro fertilization cases performed in the US. As utilization increases and the technological tools advance, they have created underappreciated and unforeseen ethical quandaries. As such, many practitioners think they “have heard it all”. However, each ART scenario is novel with the potential to pose complex unforeseen issues, potentially creating global challenges that could impact broad social and legal questions and test the moral consciousness’ of practitioners, policymakers and patients. While there are published US national guidelines to assist practitioners, we have identified new complex issues in assisted reproduction that present unique challenges, and we give a perspective from our eyes in the Western Hemisphere looking out to a global level. Specifically, this review focuses on some of the more recent and evolving issues that currently are and will be confronting us in the upcoming years. Particular attention focuses on discrepancies between third party legal contracts and ART consents regarding level of information sharing, and oocyte and embryo directives and management; dilemmas and obligations surrounding disclosure of medical outcomes especially in the context of growing access to Direct to Consumer genetic testing and Reproductive Tourism-Exile. Given the complexity of these and other ethical questions, finding answers may be achieved by ending the isolation of reproductive professionals and instead promoting increased and consistent communication among physicians, embryologists, therapists and reproductive attorneys to confront these evolving ethical quandaries.
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PURPOSE Adult survivors of childhood cancer have been an underserved and understudied population. Few clinics are available to take care of them, unlike the numerous ones that exist for children. The authors established a clinic that would take care of all survivors diagnosed before the age of 25 years, ensuring the participation of a significant number of adults. The authors observed that many adult patients came to their annual visits accompanied by one or both of their parents. The rate was almost three times as high compared with parents in either a primary care or subspecialty internal medicine clinic. METHODS The authors investigated this phenomenon by asking parents of adult survivors to fill out a questionnaire that collected demographic information as well as reasons for parents accompanying their adult children to doctors' appointments. Open-ended comments were also solicited. RESULTS Most parents who came with their adult survivor children did not accompany their other children to doctor visits and commented that they felt there was a unique bond created by the cancer experience that did not diminish with increasing age of their children. The rate of parental attendance was independent of diagnosis or demographic indicators. Many parents stated that they continued to be concerned about their child's diagnosis, overall health, and risk for cancer recurrence. DISCUSSION Parents of adult survivors of childhood cancer may harbor deep feelings of protectiveness that continue well beyond the initial treatment and off-treatment periods when the threat of primary cancer recurrence is a realistic concern. This can be manifested in them by accompanying their adult children to doctors' appointments and deserves further study.
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- Ilana B Ressler
- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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