Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the influence of somatostatin analogue (octreotide) in the function of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). SETTING:Women referred to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. PATIENT(S):Twelve PCOS women and 12 normo-ovulatory controls. INTERVENTION(S):In early follicular phase, I microgram/kg human corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) was injected at 9:00 A.M. and blood samples were collected for 90 minutes after stimulus; ACTH and cortisol plasma levels were measured. The following day at 8:00 A.M., PCOS patients received an ACTH test (250 micrograms IV) and samples were collected 60 minutes after injection. After 6 weeks of octreotide treatment (100 mg s.c. twice daily), PCOS patients repeated the same study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):Plasma cortisol and ACTH concentrations. RESULT(S):The ACTH and cortisol baseline levels were similar in PCOS and control patients. The responses to human CRH of ACTH (incremental area = 437.86 +/- 188.7 versus 175.78 +/- 87.6 pmol/L; mean +/- SD) and cortisol (incremental area = 17,293.6 +/- 4,320.3 versus 5,885 (912.1 nmol/L) were significantly greater in PCOS with respect to control subjects. After octreotide treatment, ACTH response significantly decreased and no difference was observed with respect to controls (incremental area = 176.94 +/- 91.4). Cortisol responses were decreased by treatment. However, they remained significantly higher than in controls. Treatment did not modify adrenal response to IV ACTH. CONCLUSION(S):Data suggest that, in the HPA axis, hyperfunction of PCOS somatostatin could be involved partially.
journal_name
Fertil Steriljournal_title
Fertility and sterilityauthors
Lanzone A,Fulghesu AM,Guido M,Cucinelli F,Caruso A,Mancuso Sdoi
10.1016/s0015-0282(97)81852-3subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-01-01 00:00:00pages
34-9issue
1eissn
0015-0282issn
1556-5653pii
S0015028297818523journal_volume
67pub_type
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