HERITABILITY OF VARIATION OF PLASMA-CORTISOL LEVELS
HERITABILITY OF VARIATION OF PLASMA-CORTISOL LEVELS
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DOI:
10.1016/0026-0495(88)90164-3
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发表时间:
1988-06-01
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
BISHOP, DT
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作者:
MEIKLE, AW;STRINGHAM, JD;BISHOP, DT
Heritability of the variation of the plasma concentrations of total and unbound cortisol, binding globulin (CBG), and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) was investigated in 20 monozygotic (MZ) dizgotic (DZ) male twin pairs. Three plasma samples collected between 8 AM and 9:30 AM were pooled for the assays. Hertiability was calculated from the intraclass correlation [2(rMZ - rDZ)]. The mean age, total and unbound cortisol, CBG, and DHEA-S were not significantly different between the MZ and DZ groups of twins. The hertiability index for variability of the plasma content of steroids was 45.4% (p < .05) for total cortisol, 50.6% (P < .05) for unbound plasma cortisol, 57.8% (P < .05) for DHEA-S, and 32.4% (P > .05) for CBG. The data were analyzed by factor analysis, and hertability estimates were corrected for factors hormone values in twin pairs. Factor analysis of the three quantative measurements, cortisol, percent free cortisol, and DHEA-S, provides no evidence for shared factors. The correlation coefficients age and CBG and total and unbound plasma cortisol concentrations were insignificant. The correlation coefficent between total plasma cortisol levels and CBG was 0.57, which indicates that CBG accounts for 32% of the variation of plasma cortisol concentrations. The results suggest that genetic factors have a decided influence on the variation of the concentration of cortisol of DHEA-S in normal adult men.