Tammy Z Movsas1, Ira H Gewolb2, Nigel Paneth2, Qing Lu3, Arivalagan Muthusamy4. 1. Zietchick Research Institute (ZRI), Plymouth, Michigan; College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Electronic address: tmovsas@zietchick.com. 2. College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. 3. Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 4. Zietchick Research Institute (ZRI), Plymouth, Michigan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Luteinizing hormone (LH) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), generally considered reproductive hormones, have potent proangiogenic properties. Both of these hormones and their joint receptor (CG/LH receptor) are found in the human eye. We hypothesized that an excess of these hormones is associated with proliferative retinopathy of prematurity (P-ROP). METHODS: Dried blood spots (DBS) were used to perform a cross-sectional study of infants (gestational age of <26 weeks) with and without P-ROP, born in Michigan between August 1, 2012, and March 15, 2015. The DBS were collected at 1 week and 4 weeks of age from 45 preterm infants (27 no-ROP and 18 P-ROP). The DBS were linked to hospital records and then deidentified. ICD-9 codes were used to identify P-ROP cases. Hormones levels were measured via electrochemiluminescence assays on the Meso Scale Discovery platform. Associations between hormone levels at 1 and 4 weeks of age and the presence or absence of P-ROP were assessed. RESULTS: In female infants, we noted a trend toward higher LH levels in ROP cases at week 1 (P = 0.11) and significantly higher LH levels in cases at week 4 (P = 0.03). In male infants, no ROP-related differences in LH levels were found at either time point. For hCG levels, no associations with P-ROP were found in either sex at either time point. CONCLUSIONS: The association of high LH with P-ROP in female but not male infants raises the possibility that there are sex-specific hormonal determinants of aberrant retinal angiogenesis.
BACKGROUND: Luteinizing hormone (LH) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), generally considered reproductive hormones, have potent proangiogenic properties. Both of these hormones and their joint receptor (CG/LH receptor) are found in the human eye. We hypothesized that an excess of these hormones is associated with proliferative retinopathy of prematurity (P-ROP). METHODS: Dried blood spots (DBS) were used to perform a cross-sectional study of infants (gestational age of <26 weeks) with and without P-ROP, born in Michigan between August 1, 2012, and March 15, 2015. The DBS were collected at 1 week and 4 weeks of age from 45 preterm infants (27 no-ROP and 18 P-ROP). The DBS were linked to hospital records and then deidentified. ICD-9 codes were used to identify P-ROP cases. Hormones levels were measured via electrochemiluminescence assays on the Meso Scale Discovery platform. Associations between hormone levels at 1 and 4 weeks of age and the presence or absence of P-ROP were assessed. RESULTS: In female infants, we noted a trend toward higher LH levels in ROP cases at week 1 (P = 0.11) and significantly higher LH levels in cases at week 4 (P = 0.03). In male infants, no ROP-related differences in LH levels were found at either time point. For hCG levels, no associations with P-ROP were found in either sex at either time point. CONCLUSIONS: The association of high LH with P-ROP in female but not male infants raises the possibility that there are sex-specific hormonal determinants of aberrant retinal angiogenesis.
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