title: The relationship between metabolic status and levels of adiponectin and ghrelin in lean women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
abstract: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is commonly associated with insulin resistance, obesity, dyslipidemia and hypertension. Adiponectin, an adipocyte-specific protein with important roles in glucose and lipid homeostasis, possesses antidiabetic and insulin-sensitizing properties. Ghrelin, a protein ligand for the growth hormone secretagog receptor, has been shown to stimulate food intake and to influence energy balance, insulin signaling and glucose metabolism. We aimed to evaluate the relationships between metabolic alterations and adiponectin and ghrelin levels in lean PCOS women, compared with lean and obese women. The study was carried out on 20 non-obese PCOS women aged 20 - 48 years and age-matched groups of 45 healthy lean and 37 obese women. Hormonal and biochemical parameters, adiponectin and ghrelin concentrations and anthropometric data were determined. In PCOS subjects, we found increased homeostasis model assessment - insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR) with non-significant differences in adiponectin and ghrelin concentrations compared with healthy women, although the PCOS group showed a tendency to lower adiponectin levels. However, ghrelin levels in PCOS women were significantly higher than in obese women. Moreover, we observed a negative correlation between adiponectin and testosterone, cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose and diastolic blood pressure in PCOS. In conclusion, it can be suggested that higher values of HOMA-IR with lower adiponectin levels may indicate future development of metabolic syndrome or other metabolic disturbances in lean PCOS women.
authors.affiliation: Neuroendocrinology Department, Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bik
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baranowska-Bik
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wolinska-Witort
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chmielowska
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martynska
authors.forename: Boguslawa
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baranowska
mesh_terms: D052242:Adiponectin / Q000097:blood*; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D054439:Ghrelin; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology; D036361:Peptide Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D052242:Adiponectin; D054439:Ghrelin; D008055:Lipids; D036361:Peptide Hormones; D013739:Testosterone