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Prostate specific antigen in boys with precocious puberty before and during gonadal suppression by GnRH agonist treatment.

Abstract：

UNLABELLED:In healthy boys, the pituitary-gonadal axis exhibits diurnal variation in early puberty. Serum testosterone levels are higher during the night and low or immeasurable during the day. These fluctuating levels of circulating androgens in early pubertal boys are difficult to monitor. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is a marker of the androgen-dependent prostatic epithelial cell activity and it is used in the diagnosis and surveillance of adult patients with prostatic cancer. We have measured PSA concentrations in serum from boys with precocious puberty before and during gonadal suppression with GnRH agonists to evaluate the effect of normal and precocious puberty on PSA levels and to study the correlation between testosterone and PSA in boys. METHODS:PSA was measured by an ultrasensitive immunofluorometric assay with a detection limit of 0.03 microgram/l. Testosterone was measured by an RIA with a sensitivity of 0.23 nmol/l, and sex hormone binding globulin was measured by a time-resolved immunofluorescence assay (sensitivity 0.23 nmol/l). Five boys with central precocious puberty (CPP) were studied before and after 12 months of GnRH agonist treatment. Sixty healthy boys (12 in each Tanner stage of puberty) and 37 healthy young males served as controls. RESULTS:PSA levels were immeasurable in all prepubertal boys, whereas PSA levels increased with increasing stage of pubertal maturation. There was a significant correlation between PSA and testosterone and free androgen indices (r = 0.61 and r = 0.65 respectively, both P < 0.001). All 5 boys with CPP had significantly elevated PSA levels which decreased to very low or immeasurable levels after GnRH agonist treatment. CONCLUSION:PSA may be a useful marker of testosterone activity in boys with normal or precocious puberty.

journal_name

Eur J Endocrinol

journal_title

European journal of endocrinology

authors

Juul A,Müller J,Skakkebaek NE

doi

10.1530/eje.0.1360401

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-04-01 00:00:00

pages

401-5

issue

eissn

0804-4643

issn

1479-683X

journal_volume

136

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Prostate specific antigen in boys with precocious puberty before and during gonadal suppression by GnRH agonist treatment.