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Klotho Polymorphism in Association With Serum Testosterone and Knee Strength in Women After Testosterone Administration

Administration of testosterone (T) is associated with increased serum T concentrations and improved physical performance in women. However, the inter-individual variation in T concentrations after T treatment is large and may in part be due to genetic variations. Serum T, as well as dihydrotestoster...

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Autores principales: Ekström, Lena, Knutsson, Jona Elings, Stephanou, Christina, Hirschberg, Angelica Lindén
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9116293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35600302
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.844133
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author Ekström, Lena
Knutsson, Jona Elings
Stephanou, Christina
Hirschberg, Angelica Lindén
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description Administration of testosterone (T) is associated with increased serum T concentrations and improved physical performance in women. However, the inter-individual variation in T concentrations after T treatment is large and may in part be due to genetic variations. Serum T, as well as dihydrotestosterone (DHT), androstenedione (A) and the T/A ratio have been suggested as promising doping biomarkers for testosterone intake. Here, polymorphisms in androgen metabolic enzyme genes have been investigated in healthy women prior to and after 10 weeks administration of testosterone cream. Klotho is a protein that has been associated with anaerobic strength and here a genetic variation in klotho gene was studied in relation to performance as measured by isokinetic knee strength, as well as to serum androgen disposition. The AKR1C3 genotype (rs12529) was associated with serum T levels at baseline, whereas serum concentrations post T treatment did not differ between genotypes. The SLCO2B1 (rs12422149) and UGT2B17 deletion polymorphisms were not associated with serum concentration of either T, DHT or A. The klotho polymorphism (rs9536314) was associated with serum concentrations of both total T and T/A ratio after T administration. Individuals with the GT genotype increased T concentrations and T/A ratio more than women homozygous for the T allele. No significant difference in the association of klotho genotype with knee muscle strength was observed between placebo and T treatment. However, individuals homozygous for the T allele showed higher isometric mean torque scores at exit than GT subjects after T administration. This is the first time a genotype has been associated with androgen concentrations after T administration and muscle strength in women. Our results imply that subjects with a polymorphism in klotho may be more prone to detection using serum T and A as biomarkers.
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spelling pubmed-91162932022-05-19 Klotho Polymorphism in Association With Serum Testosterone and Knee Strength in Women After Testosterone Administration Ekström, Lena Knutsson, Jona Elings Stephanou, Christina Hirschberg, Angelica Lindén Front Physiol Physiology Administration of testosterone (T) is associated with increased serum T concentrations and improved physical performance in women. However, the inter-individual variation in T concentrations after T treatment is large and may in part be due to genetic variations. Serum T, as well as dihydrotestosterone (DHT), androstenedione (A) and the T/A ratio have been suggested as promising doping biomarkers for testosterone intake. Here, polymorphisms in androgen metabolic enzyme genes have been investigated in healthy women prior to and after 10 weeks administration of testosterone cream. Klotho is a protein that has been associated with anaerobic strength and here a genetic variation in klotho gene was studied in relation to performance as measured by isokinetic knee strength, as well as to serum androgen disposition. The AKR1C3 genotype (rs12529) was associated with serum T levels at baseline, whereas serum concentrations post T treatment did not differ between genotypes. The SLCO2B1 (rs12422149) and UGT2B17 deletion polymorphisms were not associated with serum concentration of either T, DHT or A. The klotho polymorphism (rs9536314) was associated with serum concentrations of both total T and T/A ratio after T administration. Individuals with the GT genotype increased T concentrations and T/A ratio more than women homozygous for the T allele. No significant difference in the association of klotho genotype with knee muscle strength was observed between placebo and T treatment. However, individuals homozygous for the T allele showed higher isometric mean torque scores at exit than GT subjects after T administration. This is the first time a genotype has been associated with androgen concentrations after T administration and muscle strength in women. Our results imply that subjects with a polymorphism in klotho may be more prone to detection using serum T and A as biomarkers. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9116293/ /pubmed/35600302 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.844133 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ekström, Knutsson, Stephanou and Hirschberg. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Ekström, Lena
Knutsson, Jona Elings
Stephanou, Christina
Hirschberg, Angelica Lindén
Klotho Polymorphism in Association With Serum Testosterone and Knee Strength in Women After Testosterone Administration
title Klotho Polymorphism in Association With Serum Testosterone and Knee Strength in Women After Testosterone Administration
title_full Klotho Polymorphism in Association With Serum Testosterone and Knee Strength in Women After Testosterone Administration
title_fullStr Klotho Polymorphism in Association With Serum Testosterone and Knee Strength in Women After Testosterone Administration
title_full_unstemmed Klotho Polymorphism in Association With Serum Testosterone and Knee Strength in Women After Testosterone Administration
title_short Klotho Polymorphism in Association With Serum Testosterone and Knee Strength in Women After Testosterone Administration
title_sort klotho polymorphism in association with serum testosterone and knee strength in women after testosterone administration
topic Physiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9116293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35600302
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.844133
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