Adipocytes from women with polycystic ovary syndrome demonstrate altered phosphorylation and activity of glycogen synthase kinase 3

Fertility and Sterility
Wendy ChangRicardo Azziz

Abstract

To test the hypothesis that an abnormality in glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3) is a pathogenic factor in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Prospective experimental study (adipocytes). Tertiary-care academic medical center and teaching hospital. Twenty patients with PCOS and 21 healthy control women. Blood sampling, physical exam, biopsy of SC lower abdominal fat. Glucose transport and protein levels and phosphorylation state of glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)-3alpha and GSK3beta in adipocytes; assessment of GSK3beta activity. Basal protein levels of glycogen synthase kinase (GSK3alpha and GSK3beta) did not differ between control women and women with PCOS, nor did basal or insulin-stimulated levels of serine phosphorylated GSK3alpha. However, in adipocytes of women with PCOS, insulin stimulation was not associated with increased serine phosphorylation of GSK3beta, in contrast to the case of control women. Tyrosine phosphorylation of GSK3beta also was higher in women with PCOS, compared with in control women. Consistent with the phosphorylation data, GSK3beta activity was elevated in PCOS adipocytes. These data suggest that GSK3beta is hyperactivated and resistant to down-regulation by insulin in PCOS. By using physiologic approa...Continue Reading

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