TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of metabolically active hormones in the insulin resistance associated with short-term glucocorticoid treatment
AU - Patel, Jeetesh V.
AU - Cummings, David E.
AU - Girod, John P.
AU - Mascarenhas, Alwin V.
AU - Hughes, Elizabeth A.
AU - Gupta, Manjula
AU - Lip, Gregory Y.H.
AU - Reddy, Sethu
AU - Brotman, Daniel J.
PY - 2006/9/11
Y1 - 2006/9/11
N2 - Background: The mechanisms by which glucocorticoid therapy promotes obesity and insulin resistance are incompletely characterized. Modulations of the metabolically active hormones, tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), ghrelin, leptin and adiponectin are all implicated in the development of these cardiovascular risk factors. Little is known about the effects of short-term glucocorticoid treatment on levels of these hormones. Research methods and procedures: Using a blinded, placebo-controlled approach, we randomised 25 healthy men (mean (SD) age: 24.2 (5.4) years) to 5 days of treatment with either placebo or oral dexamethasone 3 mg twice daily. Fasting plasma TNFα, ghrelin, leptin and adiponectin were measured before and after treatment. Results: Mean changes in all hormones were no different between treatment arms, despite dexamethasone-related increases in body weight, blood pressure, HDL cholesterol and insulin. Changes in calculated indices of insulin sensitivity (HOMA-S, insulin sensitivity index) were strongly related to dexamethasone treatment (p < 0.001). Discussion: Our data do not support a role for TNF alpha, ghrelin, leptin or adiponectin in the insulin resistance associated with short-term glucocorticoid treatment.
AB - Background: The mechanisms by which glucocorticoid therapy promotes obesity and insulin resistance are incompletely characterized. Modulations of the metabolically active hormones, tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), ghrelin, leptin and adiponectin are all implicated in the development of these cardiovascular risk factors. Little is known about the effects of short-term glucocorticoid treatment on levels of these hormones. Research methods and procedures: Using a blinded, placebo-controlled approach, we randomised 25 healthy men (mean (SD) age: 24.2 (5.4) years) to 5 days of treatment with either placebo or oral dexamethasone 3 mg twice daily. Fasting plasma TNFα, ghrelin, leptin and adiponectin were measured before and after treatment. Results: Mean changes in all hormones were no different between treatment arms, despite dexamethasone-related increases in body weight, blood pressure, HDL cholesterol and insulin. Changes in calculated indices of insulin sensitivity (HOMA-S, insulin sensitivity index) were strongly related to dexamethasone treatment (p < 0.001). Discussion: Our data do not support a role for TNF alpha, ghrelin, leptin or adiponectin in the insulin resistance associated with short-term glucocorticoid treatment.
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U2 - 10.1186/1477-5751-5-14
DO - 10.1186/1477-5751-5-14
M3 - Article
C2 - 16965635
AN - SCOPUS:33749135475
SN - 1477-5751
VL - 5
JO - Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine
JF - Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine
M1 - 14
ER -