TY - JOUR
T1 - Increased number of IGF-I receptors on erythrocytes of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome
AU - Gdansky, E.
AU - Diamant, Y. Z.
AU - Laron, Z.
AU - Silbergeld, A.
AU - Kaplan, B.
AU - Eshet, R.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - OBJECTIVE: TO test the hypothesis that insulin acts though ovarian IGF- I receptors to produce excessive amounts of androgens in polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), by measuring the binding capacity of IGF-I receptors on erythrocytes and relating the findings to the degree of hyperandrogenism and hyperinsulinaemia. DESIGN: A case-control study of IGF-I receptors on erythrocytes of women with PCOS and age- and weight-matched controls. PATIENTS AND METHODS: IGF-I receptors on erythrocytes, serum levels of androgens, IGF-I, GH, basal insulin and insulin response during oral glucose tolerance test (oGTT) were measured after induced or spontaneous withdrawal bleeding in 10 women with PCOS and eight normo-ovulatory women. RESULTS: An increased number of IGF-I receptors was found on erythrocytes of patients with PCOS compared with the controls (P < 0.01), irrespective of their body mass index. Serum IGF-I levels were similar in both groups. The degree of hyperinsulinaemia, provoked by oGTT, correlated positively with basal insulin (r = 0.69; P = 0.003), but not with the number of IGF-I receptors. However, the number of IGF-I receptors correlated positively with androstenedione (r = 0.54, P = 0.0018). CONCLUSIONS: The findings in the present study that the number of IGF-I receptors and not the insulin levels correlate with serum androstenedione support the theory that the hyperandrogenism in PCOS is not a direct effect of the hyperinsulinaemia, but IGF-I mediated.
AB - OBJECTIVE: TO test the hypothesis that insulin acts though ovarian IGF- I receptors to produce excessive amounts of androgens in polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), by measuring the binding capacity of IGF-I receptors on erythrocytes and relating the findings to the degree of hyperandrogenism and hyperinsulinaemia. DESIGN: A case-control study of IGF-I receptors on erythrocytes of women with PCOS and age- and weight-matched controls. PATIENTS AND METHODS: IGF-I receptors on erythrocytes, serum levels of androgens, IGF-I, GH, basal insulin and insulin response during oral glucose tolerance test (oGTT) were measured after induced or spontaneous withdrawal bleeding in 10 women with PCOS and eight normo-ovulatory women. RESULTS: An increased number of IGF-I receptors was found on erythrocytes of patients with PCOS compared with the controls (P < 0.01), irrespective of their body mass index. Serum IGF-I levels were similar in both groups. The degree of hyperinsulinaemia, provoked by oGTT, correlated positively with basal insulin (r = 0.69; P = 0.003), but not with the number of IGF-I receptors. However, the number of IGF-I receptors correlated positively with androstenedione (r = 0.54, P = 0.0018). CONCLUSIONS: The findings in the present study that the number of IGF-I receptors and not the insulin levels correlate with serum androstenedione support the theory that the hyperandrogenism in PCOS is not a direct effect of the hyperinsulinaemia, but IGF-I mediated.
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.2251043.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.2251043.x
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C2 - 9302393
AN - SCOPUS:0030805062
SN - 0300-0664
VL - 47
SP - 185
EP - 190
JO - Clinical Endocrinology
JF - Clinical Endocrinology
IS - 2
ER -