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ABSTRACT: This trial explores 1) prenatally androgenized (PNA) rats as a model of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and 2) reproductive and metabolic effects of cryptotanshinone in PNA ovaries. On days 16-18 of pregnancy, 10 rats were injected with testosterone propionate (PNA mothers) and 10 with sesame oil (control mothers). At age 3 mo, 12 female offspring from each group were randomly assigned to receive saline and 12 cryptotanshinone treatment during 2 wk. Before treatment, compared with the 24 controls, the 24 PNA rats had 1) disrupted estrous cycles, 2) higher 17-hydroxyprogesterone (P = 0.030), androstenedione (P = 0.016), testosterone and insulin (P values = 0.000), and glucose (P = 0.047) levels, and 3) higher areas under the curve (AUC) for glucose (AUC-Glu, P = 0.025) and homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR, P = 0.008). After treatment, compared with vehicle-treated PNA rats, cryptotanshinone-treated PNA rats had 1) improved estrous cycles (P = 0.045), 2) reduced 17-hydroxyprogesterone (P = 0.041), androstenedione (P = 0.038), testosterone (P = 0.003), glucose (P = 0.036), and insulin (P = 0.041) levels, and 3) lower AUC-Glu (P = 0.045) and HOMA-IR (P = 0.024). Western blot showed that cryptotanshinone reversed the altered protein expressions of insulin receptor substrate-1 and -2, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase p85α, glucose transporter-4, ERK-1, and 17α-hydroxylase within PNA ovaries. We conclude that PNA model rats exhibit reproductive and metabolic phenotypes of human PCOS and that regulation of key molecules in insulin signaling and androgen synthesis within PNA ovaries may explain cryptotanshinone's therapeutic effects.
AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology 01/2011; 300(4):R869-75. · 3.34 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Theca cells with dexamethasone-induced insulin resistance showed defective glucose uptake and excessive testosterone production, both of which were effectively antagonized by berberine. Therefore, insulin-resistant theca cells may contribute to the pathogenesis of hyperandrogenism in polycystic ovary syndrome.
Fertility and sterility 01/2011; 95(1):461-3. · 3.97 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: In traditional Chinese medicine, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is considered an anovulation disorder related to ovarian insulin resistance. The three phenotypes of PCOS, according to the Rotterdam criteria, are differently steroidogenic but similarly insulin resistant, suggesting a similar involvement of insulin resistance/hyperinsulinemia in different compartments of the PCOS ovary, namely, overactive theca and/or granulosa cells.
Fertility and sterility 09/2009; 93(4):1362-5. · 3.97 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Insulin resistance on porcine granulosa cells was induced by wortmannin, the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase inhibitor, and insulin signaling key molecules were investigated including glut(4) and mitogen-activated protein kinase. Granulosa insulin resistance decreased glut(4) expression but increased mitogen-activated protein kinase, indicating the cross talk between the metabolic and mitogenic pathways of insulin signaling in the ovary.
Fertility and sterility 08/2009; 92(6):2119-21. · 3.97 Impact Factor
