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ENDOCRINE
Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 283-287Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-006-0006-3
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retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4); polycystic ovary syndrome; insulin resistance; Botnia clamp
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Retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) is a novel adipocytesecreted protein that contributes to systemic insulin resistance. Experiments in mice suggest that elevated RBP4 causes insulin resistance. In the present study, we determined serum RBP4 concentration and evaluated its association with insulin resistance in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS); 39 PCOS women and 45 healthy control subjects were enrolled in this study. Serum RBP4, fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and fasting serum insulin (FINS) were measured in all subjects. Furthermore, oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), Botnia clamp (an intravenous glucose tolerance test followed by an euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp), and measurements of sex hormones were performed in 13 control subjects and all the PCOS women. The levels of serum RBP4 were elevated in PCOS women compared with the control (11.69 +/- 6.72 versus 7.75 +/- 5.96 mu g/mL, p = 0.006). RBP4 levels were positively correlated with WHIZ (r = 0.216, p = 0.048), and intravenous glucose tolerance test beta cell index (IVGTT-beta index) which reflected beta cell function (r = 0.309, p = 0.028), but were inversely correlated with M value during Botnia clamp, which represented insulin sensitivity (r = -0.362,p = 0.008). No correlation was found between RBP4 and age, BMI, blood pressure, FPG, FINS, 2-h postprandiall glucose, 2-h postprandiall insulin, free testosterone, total testosterone,follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), or luteinizing hormone (LH). In a linear stepwise regression analysis with a model including age, BMI, WHR, free testosterone, IVGTT-beta index, and M value as independent variables, only M value showed significant correlation with serum RBP4 levels (r(2) = 0.105, f = 6.640, p = 0.012). In conclusion, serum RBP4 levels are significantly increased in PCOS women and associated with insulin resistance, which indicates that RBP4 may be a contributing factor linking adipose tissue with insulin resistance in PCOS.
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