Perturbations in adiponectin, leptin and resistin levels in acromegaly: lack of correlation with insulin resistance
Autor: | Josef V. Silha, Vladimir Weiss, Michal Krsek, Josef Marek, Liam J. Murphy, Jana Jezkova, Vaclav Hana |
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Rok vydání: | 2003 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Adiponectin business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Insulin medicine.medical_treatment Leptin nutritional and metabolic diseases Adipokine Type 2 diabetes medicine.disease Impaired glucose tolerance Endocrinology Insulin resistance Internal medicine Medicine Resistin business hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists |
Zdroj: | Clinical Endocrinology. 58:736-742 |
ISSN: | 0300-0664 |
DOI: | 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01789.x |
Popis: | BACKGROUND: Insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes are common in acromegalic subjects. The mechanism underlying this insulin resistance is unclear. DESIGN: We investigated the levels of the adipocytokines, resistin, adiponectin and leptin in a group of 18 acromegalic subjects and 18 control subjects matched for age, gender and body mass index. RESULTS: Here we demonstrate for the first time significant elevation in adiponectin levels in acromegalic subjects compared to control subjects 12.5 +/- 1.2 vs. 8.97 +/- 1.1 mg/l, P = 0.029. The resistin levels were similar in acromegalic subjects and controls; 20.65 +/- 2.99 vs. 19.03 +/- 4.72 micro g/l. No evidence of a correlation between adiponectin and insulin resistance as calculated from HOMA-R was found. No correlation was observed either between adiponectin or resistin levels and GH levels, total IGF-I or free IGF-I levels. Leptin levels were significantly reduced in acromegalic subjects, 8.22 +/- 2.26 vs. 18.3 +/- 4.1 micro g/l, P = 0.004. In control subjects, significant correlations between leptin levels and HOMA-R and between resistin levels and HOMA-R were observed. These relationships were not apparent in acromegalic subjects. CONCLUSION: From these data we conclude that changes in resistin and adiponectin levels are unlikely to account for the insulin resistance of acromegaly. |
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