Endocrinology Research and Practice
Original Article

Circulating Kisspeptin and Klotho Levels in Women with Hyperprolactinemia

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

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Department of Internal Medicine, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Endocrinol Res Pract 2022; 26: 115-119
DOI: 10.5152/tjem.2022.22068
Read: 2019 Downloads: 546 Published: 06 September 2022

Objective: Kisspeptin is a neuropeptide that acts mainly on gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the hypothalamus with neurokinin B and dynorphin. Also, its peripheral effects have gained importance in recent years. Klotho is an anti-aging transmembrane glycoprotein with growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1-related effects. Both kisspeptin and klotho seem to interact with prolactin in the hypothalamic-pituitary region. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between hyperprolactinemia and circulating kisspeptin and klotho levels.

Methods: In this study, 33 women with hyperprolactinemia and 28 control subjects were included. Blood samples were analyzed for follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, estradiol, prolactin, α-klotho, kisspeptin, and neurokinin B levels.

Results: There was no difference between the groups in terms of kisspeptin and α-klotho levels (P =.68 and P =.11, respectively). Follicle-stimulating hormone and estradiol were significantly lower in the hyperprolactinemia group (P =.02 and P =.03, respectively). Kisspeptin levels were positively correlated with follicle-stimulating hormone levels (r=0.43, P =.01) and α-klotho levels (r =  0.32, P =.01). Neurokinin B was negatively correlated with both kisspeptin and α-klotho values (r = −0.42, P =.01 and r =−0.29, P =.02, respectively). Body mass index was positively correlated with kisspeptin and negatively correlated with α-klotho molecule (r = 0.273, P =.03 and r =−0.25, P =.04, respectively).

Conclusion: Hyperprolactinemia does not affect circulating kisspeptin and α-klotho levels but positively correlates with kisspeptin and α-klotho, which are known to play a role in complex interactions between the hypothalamus and the pituitary that may be the subject of new studies in the future.

Cite this article as: Arslan İE, Olcay Öztürk B, Bolayır B, Yalçın MM, Yetkin İ, Aktürk M. Circulating kisspeptin and klotho levels in women with hyperprolactinemia. Turk J Endocrinol Metab. 2022;26(3):115-119.

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