Abstract
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.
Highlights
Group 1 consisted of 48 adolescent girls diagnosed as hav ing anorexia nervosa; Group 2 included 41 patients without eating behavioral disorders
The statistical validity of group differences was estimated by the Mann Whitney U test
Hypoleptinemia at the anorectic stage was accompa nied by low neuropeptide Y levels
Summary
Нами обследованы 2 е группы пациенток, общими симп томами для которых являлись дефицит массы тела, расстройст ва ритма менструаций, крайним проявлением которых явилась аменорея, длительностью до 2 лет, а так же отсутствие хромо сомной или моногенной патологии. Вторую группу соста вила 41 пациентка с дефицитом массы тела и расстройством менструальной функции без сверхценной мотивации пищевого поведения и признаков зависимости. Подгруппу а 1 й группы состав ляли 26 пациенток на этапе редукции нервной анорексии с ИМТ = 18,50 (19,65; 18,01). Подгруппу б составляли 22 девоч ки на аноректическом этапе заболевания с ИМТ = 15,34 (16,34; 13,40). Контрольную группу составляли 24 де вушки подростки с ИМТ = 20,30 (18,50; 24,90) без расстройств пищевого поведения и нормальным менструальным циклом, находившиеся на лечении в гинекологическом отделении по поводу воспалительных процессов женской половой сферы.
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