Role of Leptin in the Pathogenesis of Reproductive Disorders in Adolescent Girls with Anorexia Nervosa
Objective: to study a role of leptin in the pathogenesis of reproductive disorders in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa (AN).Subjects: Two groups of patients the common symptoms of whom were underweight, amenorrhea, the absence of chromosomal or monogenic abnormality. Group 1 consisted of 48 ad...
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Federal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology, Moscow, Russia
2007-08-01
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| description | Objective: to study a role of leptin in the pathogenesis of reproductive disorders in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa (AN).Subjects: Two groups of patients the common symptoms of whom were underweight, amenorrhea, the absence of chromosomal or monogenic abnormality. Group 1 consisted of 48 adolescent girls diagnosed as having anorexia nervosa; Group 2 included 41 patients without eating behavioral disorders. A control group comprised 24 patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 20.3 (18.5; 24.9) without eating behavioral disorders and with a normal menstrual cycle. Methods: anthropometry, enzyme immunoassay of plasma leptin and neuropeptide Y levels. The statistical validity of group differences was estimated by the Mann-Whitney U-test.Results. There were reductions in the serum content of leptin in patients at an anorectic stage, its hyperproduction at the stage of AN reduction, and no relationship of the leptin concentration to BMI. Hypoleptinemia at the anorectic stage was accompanied by low neuropeptide Y levels. This suggests that resistance to low leptin levels develops, which may be caused by both impaired leptin transport across the blood-brain barrier and hypoinsulinemia.Conclusion. The low levels of leptin and neuropeptide Y at the anorectic stage may be considered to be an adaptive reaction that delays insulin effects in the presence of malnutrition and creates a vicious circle in the regulation of the lipostat system and vicious circle-associated reproductive disorders. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b84ae8a0f9c400da2884a3c1c13e4272025-03-02T11:29:27ZengFederal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology, Moscow, RussiaОбщая реаниматология1813-97792411-71102007-08-01349810110.15360/1813-9779-2007-4-98-101976Role of Leptin in the Pathogenesis of Reproductive Disorders in Adolescent Girls with Anorexia NervosaV. O. Andreyeva0Rostov Research Institute of Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Rostov-on-DonObjective: to study a role of leptin in the pathogenesis of reproductive disorders in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa (AN).Subjects: Two groups of patients the common symptoms of whom were underweight, amenorrhea, the absence of chromosomal or monogenic abnormality. Group 1 consisted of 48 adolescent girls diagnosed as having anorexia nervosa; Group 2 included 41 patients without eating behavioral disorders. A control group comprised 24 patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 20.3 (18.5; 24.9) without eating behavioral disorders and with a normal menstrual cycle. Methods: anthropometry, enzyme immunoassay of plasma leptin and neuropeptide Y levels. The statistical validity of group differences was estimated by the Mann-Whitney U-test.Results. There were reductions in the serum content of leptin in patients at an anorectic stage, its hyperproduction at the stage of AN reduction, and no relationship of the leptin concentration to BMI. Hypoleptinemia at the anorectic stage was accompanied by low neuropeptide Y levels. This suggests that resistance to low leptin levels develops, which may be caused by both impaired leptin transport across the blood-brain barrier and hypoinsulinemia.Conclusion. The low levels of leptin and neuropeptide Y at the anorectic stage may be considered to be an adaptive reaction that delays insulin effects in the presence of malnutrition and creates a vicious circle in the regulation of the lipostat system and vicious circle-associated reproductive disorders.https://www.reanimatology.com/rmt/article/view/976leptinanorexia nervosaadolescent girlsreproductive disorders |
| spellingShingle | V. O. Andreyeva Role of Leptin in the Pathogenesis of Reproductive Disorders in Adolescent Girls with Anorexia Nervosa Общая реаниматология leptin anorexia nervosa adolescent girls reproductive disorders |
| title | Role of Leptin in the Pathogenesis of Reproductive Disorders in Adolescent Girls with Anorexia Nervosa |
| title_full | Role of Leptin in the Pathogenesis of Reproductive Disorders in Adolescent Girls with Anorexia Nervosa |
| title_fullStr | Role of Leptin in the Pathogenesis of Reproductive Disorders in Adolescent Girls with Anorexia Nervosa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Role of Leptin in the Pathogenesis of Reproductive Disorders in Adolescent Girls with Anorexia Nervosa |
| title_short | Role of Leptin in the Pathogenesis of Reproductive Disorders in Adolescent Girls with Anorexia Nervosa |
| title_sort | role of leptin in the pathogenesis of reproductive disorders in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa |
| topic | leptin anorexia nervosa adolescent girls reproductive disorders |
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