TY - JOUR
T1 - Free fatty acid binding protein-4 and retinol binding protein-4 in polycystic ovary syndrome
T2 - Response to simvastatin and metformin therapies
AU - Karakas, Siddika E
AU - Banaszewska, Beata
AU - Spaczynski, Robert Z.
AU - Pawelczyk, Leszek
AU - Duleba, Antoni
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - Free fatty acid binding protein-4 (FABP4) and retinol binding protein-4 (RBP4) contribute to metabolic syndrome. We investigated serum FABP4 and RBP4 responses to insulin sensitizing and lipid lowering therapies in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Sixty-two healthy, untreated women with PCOS (age 25.1±3.6 years, BMI: 24.0±4.7kg/m) were randomized to metformin (n=24), simvastatin (n=20) or metformin plus simvastatin (n=18) for 3 months. Anthropometric measures, fasting blood tests and oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) were obtained at the baseline and the end. At the baseline serum FABP4 correlated with obesity (BMI: r=0.63, p<0.001), insulin resistance (fasting insulin: r=0.44, p=0.0002; QUICKI: r=-0.30, p=0.02; OGTT-insulin sensitivity index: r=-0.27, p=0.04), dyslipidemia (HDL: r=-0.26, p=0.03) and hyperandrogenemia (free-testosterone: r=0.23, p=0.03; SHBG: r=-0.28, p=0.03); while RBP4 correlated with total-cholesterol (r=0.33, p=0.009). Multiple regression analysis indicated that t best predictors of serum FABP4 and RBP4 were BMI (β=1.02, p=0.0003) and total cholesterol (β=2326, p=0.01), respectively. Simvastatin, alone or with metformin did not affect serum FABP4 or RBP4. Serum FABP4 related to the obesity, insulin resistance and inflammation while RBP4 related to lipids. Insulin sensitizing and lipid lowering therapies did not affect FABP4 or RBP4 levels in PCOS.
AB - Free fatty acid binding protein-4 (FABP4) and retinol binding protein-4 (RBP4) contribute to metabolic syndrome. We investigated serum FABP4 and RBP4 responses to insulin sensitizing and lipid lowering therapies in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Sixty-two healthy, untreated women with PCOS (age 25.1±3.6 years, BMI: 24.0±4.7kg/m) were randomized to metformin (n=24), simvastatin (n=20) or metformin plus simvastatin (n=18) for 3 months. Anthropometric measures, fasting blood tests and oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) were obtained at the baseline and the end. At the baseline serum FABP4 correlated with obesity (BMI: r=0.63, p<0.001), insulin resistance (fasting insulin: r=0.44, p=0.0002; QUICKI: r=-0.30, p=0.02; OGTT-insulin sensitivity index: r=-0.27, p=0.04), dyslipidemia (HDL: r=-0.26, p=0.03) and hyperandrogenemia (free-testosterone: r=0.23, p=0.03; SHBG: r=-0.28, p=0.03); while RBP4 correlated with total-cholesterol (r=0.33, p=0.009). Multiple regression analysis indicated that t best predictors of serum FABP4 and RBP4 were BMI (β=1.02, p=0.0003) and total cholesterol (β=2326, p=0.01), respectively. Simvastatin, alone or with metformin did not affect serum FABP4 or RBP4. Serum FABP4 related to the obesity, insulin resistance and inflammation while RBP4 related to lipids. Insulin sensitizing and lipid lowering therapies did not affect FABP4 or RBP4 levels in PCOS.
KW - FABP4
KW - Metformin
KW - PCOS
KW - RBP4
KW - Statins
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U2 - 10.3109/09513590.2013.774360
DO - 10.3109/09513590.2013.774360
M3 - Article
C2 - 23480783
AN - SCOPUS:84875844661
VL - 29
SP - 483
EP - 487
JO - Gynecological Endocrinology
JF - Gynecological Endocrinology
SN - 0951-3590
IS - 5
ER -