Journal
JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 110, Issue 1-2, Pages 163-169Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2008.03.031
Keywords
steroid metabolic enzyme; PCOS; proliferative endometrium; endometrial hyperplasia
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The aim of the present investigation was to study whether the endocrinological status of women bearing polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) affects the endometrial in situ steroid metabolism. For this purpose, we evaluated the mRNA levels (RT-PCR), and the activity of steroid metabolic enzymes: P450 aromatase, steroid sulfatase (STS), estrogen sulfotransferase (EST) and 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17 beta-HSD) in 23 samples of normal endometria (CE), 18 PCOS endometria without treatment (PCOSE), 10 specimens from PCOS women with endometrial hyperplasia (HPCOSE), and 7 endometria from patients with endometrial hyperplasia not associated to PCOS (EH). The data showed lower levels of STS mRNA for PCOSE and HPCOSE (p < 0.05, p < 0.01, respectively) and of EST for HPCOSE and EH compared to control (p < 0.05). However, higher levels for EST mRNA were obtained in PCOSE (p < 0.05) versus CE. The mRNA and protein levels for P450 aromatase were undetectable in all analyzed endometria. The relationship between the activities of STS and EST was lower in PCOSE and HPCOSE (p < 0.05) versus CE. The ratio betweeen the mRNA from 17 beta-HSD type 1/type 2 was higher in PCOSE (p < 0.05), whereas, a diminution in the 17 beta-HSD type 2 activity was observed in PCOSE (p < 0.05). These results indicate that the activity of enzymes related to the steroid metabolism in analyzed PCOSE differ from those found in the CE. Consequently, PCOSE may present an in situ deregulation of the steroid metabolism. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available