Journal
STEROIDS
Volume 75, Issue 10, Pages 676-684Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2010.04.004
Keywords
Castration; Testosterone; Estradiol; Obesity; Glucose; Insulin
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Low testosterone and estradiol concentrations are predictive for the development of the metabolic syndrome in men and women, respectively. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of sex hormone deficiency on food intake, body weight, body composition and glucose metabolism in male Gottingen minipigs. Five adult male Gottingen minipigs were studied before castration (PRE-CAST), 10-18 days (POST-CAST 1) and 10-11 weeks (POST-CAST 2) after castration. Parameters of interest were food intake, body weight, body fat percentage and sex hormone concentrations. Furthermore glucose tolerance, glucagon suppression, insulin resistance, beta cell function and disposition index were evaluated by oral and intravenous glucose tolerance tests. Castration led to almost complete disappearance of circulating testosterone and estradiol and secondarily to increased food intake, body weight and body fat percentage. Ten-eighteen days sex hormone deficiency (POST-CAST 1) did not significantly change any of the investigated metabolic parameters compared to PRE-CAST levels. Ten weeks after castration (POST-CAST 2) significant insulin resistance, glucose intolerance and hyperglucagonemia was found, and the beta cell function and the disposition index both were decreased. In conclusion, castration-induced sex hormone deficiency in male Gottingen minipigs results in hyperphagia, obesity and disturbed glucose metabolism, which are some of the features typical for the human metabolic syndrome. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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