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xml:lang="ru"><subject>Оригинальные исследования</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Original paper</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Особенности гормональной регуляции менструальной функции у пациенток репродуктивного возраста с акромегалией</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Hormonal regulation of menstrual function in patients of reproductive age with acromegaly</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7470-1676</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Воротникова</surname><given-names>Светлана Юрьевна</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Vorotnikova</surname><given-names>Svetlana Yu.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант</p></bio><bio 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name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Stanoevich</surname><given-names>Irina V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д.м.н.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Sc.D.</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">ugljesha@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6539-466X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Пигарова</surname><given-names>Екатерина Александровна</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Pigarova</surname><given-names>Ekaterina A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к.м.н.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">kpigarova@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Андреева</surname><given-names>Елена Николаевна</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Andreeva</surname><given-names>Elena N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д.м.н.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Sc.D.</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">gynec@endocrincentr.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8303-3825</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Никанкина</surname><given-names>Лариса Вячеславовна</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Nikankina</surname><given-names>Larisa V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к.м.н.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">larisanikan@rambler.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Масенко</surname><given-names>Валерий Павлович</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Masenko</surname><given-names>Valery P.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д.м.н.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>ScD</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">massenko@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru">&lt;p&gt;ФГБУ &amp;laquo;Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр эндокринологии&amp;raquo; Минздрава России&lt;/p&gt;<country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">&lt;p&gt;Endocrinology research centre&lt;/p&gt;<country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru">&lt;p&gt;ФГБУ Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр кардиологии Минздрава России&lt;/p&gt;<country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">&lt;p&gt;National medical research center of cardiology&lt;/p&gt;<country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2018</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>29</day><month>03</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>15</volume><issue>4</issue><fpage>59</fpage><lpage>64</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Воротникова С.Ю., Дзеранова Л.K., Станоевич И.В., Пигарова Е.А., Андреева Е.Н., Никанкина Л.В., Масенко В.П., 2018</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2018</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Воротникова С.Ю., Дзеранова Л., Станоевич И.В., Пигарова Е.А., Андреева Е.Н., Никанкина Л.В., Масенко В.П.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Vorotnikova S.Y., Dzeranova L.K., Stanoevich I.V., Pigarova E.A., Andreeva E.N., Nikankina L.V., Masenko V.P.</copyright-holder><license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.omet-endojournals.ru/jour/article/view/10049">https://www.omet-endojournals.ru/jour/article/view/10049</self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Обоснование</title><p>Обоснование. Частота нарушений менструального цикла у пациенток с акромегалией составляет 40–84% и обусловлена тремя основными причинами – развитием нормо- или гипогонадотропного гипогонадизма на фоне гиперпролактинемии вследствие масс-эффекта опухоли, а также ввиду прямых эффектов гормона роста (ГР) и инсулиноподобного фактора роста-1 (ИФР-1) на репродуктивную систему. Однако точные механизмы репродуктивной дисфункции в настоящее время не уточнены. Учитывая большое значение гипоталамических структур в регуляции оси гипоталамус-гипофиз-яичники, актуальны исследование ключевых нейропептидов и оценка их вклада в патогенез дисфункции яичников при избыточной секреции ГР.</p></sec><sec><title>Цель</title><p>Цель. Изучение особенностей гормональной регуляции менструальной функции у пациенток репродуктивного возраста с акромегалией в активной стадии заболевания.</p></sec><sec><title>Материалы и методы</title><p>Материалы и методы. Исследование проведено одномоментно по типу «случай-контроль». В исследование включены пациентки с подтвержденным диагнозом акромегалии и здоровые женщины, сопоставимые по возрасту и индексу массы тела. Образцы сывороток крови взяты утром (8–9 ч) натощак на 3–5-й день менструального цикла или в любой день при аменорее и заморожены при температуре –70°C. Гормональное исследование проводилось иммуноферментным методом, в случае кисспептина – с проведением предварительного экстрагирования образцов сыво роток.</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты</title><p>Результаты. В исследование включена 31 пациентка с акромегалией и 15 условно здоровых женщин. При анализе гормональных показателей в группе пациенток с акромегалией отмечалось статистически значимое снижение уровней ЛГ (р=0,001), ФСГ (р=0,09), ингибина В (р=0,003) и кисспептина (р=0,00005). Частота гиперпролактинемии в когорте пациенток составила 51,6%. В ходе корреляционного анализа выявлена отрицательная зависимость кисспептина от уровней соматотропного гормона или ГР и ИФР-1 (r=-0,54, р=0,002 и r=-0,63, р=0,0002).</p></sec><sec><title>Заключение</title><p>Заключение. Выраженность угнетения центральных механизмов регуляции менструальной функции у пациенток с акромегалией может быть обусловлена степенью активности заболевания.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Background</title><p>Background: The frequency of menstrual disorders in patients with acromegaly is 40–84% and are caused by three main reasons – the development of normal or hypogonadotropic hypogonadism due to hyperprolactinemia or a mass effect of the tumor and direct effects of GH and IGF-1 on the reproductive system. Nevertheless the exact mechanisms of reproductive dysfunction are not clear now. Hypothalamic structures play significant role in the regulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-ovary axis, so it’s important to study key neuropeptides and evaluate their effects to the pathogenesis of ovarian dysfunction during excessive secretion of growth hormone.</p></sec><sec><title>Aim</title><p>Aim: The aim of the work is to study the hormonal regulation of menstrual function in patients of reproductive age with acromegaly in the active stage of the disease.</p></sec><sec><title>Material and methods</title><p>Material and methods: The study included patients with a confirmed diagnosis of acromegaly and healthy women, comparable in age and BMI. Blood serum samples were taken in the morning (8–9 hours) on an empty stomach for 3–5 days of the menstrual cycle or on any day with amenorrhea and frozen at -70°C. The hormonal study was carried out by an enzyme immunoassay, in the case of a kisspeptin, with the preliminary extraction of serum samples.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results: The study included 31 patients with acromegaly and 15 healthy women. Between groups there was a statistically significant decrease in levels of LH (p = 0.001), FSH (p = 0.09), inhibin B (p = 0.003), and kisspeptin (p = 0.00005). The frequency of hyperprolactinemia in the cohort of patients was 51.6%. During the correlation analysis, a negative dependence of kisspeptin on the levels of GH and IGF-1 was detected (r = -0.54, p = 0.002 and r = -0.63, p = 0.0002).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusions</title><p>Conclusions: The severity of the central depression of regulation of menstrual function in patients with acromegaly may be due to the degree of disease activity.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>гормон роста</kwd><kwd>акромегалия</kwd><kwd>репродуктивная система</kwd><kwd>инсулиноподобный фактор роста-1</kwd><kwd>кисспептин</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>growth hormone</kwd><kwd>acromegaly</kwd><kwd>reproductive system</kwd><kwd>insulin-like growth factor-1</kwd><kwd>kisspeptin</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Melmed S. New therapeutic agents for acromegaly. 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