A Shifting Relationship Between Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin and Total Testosterone Across Puberty in Boys

Author:

Liao Zhijie1,Vosberg Daniel E23,Pausova Zdenka456ORCID,Paus Tomas1237ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychology, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G3 , Canada

2. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Sainte-Justine , Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5 , Canada

3. Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, University of Montreal , Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1J4 , Canada

4. Research Institute of the Hospital for Sick Children , Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4 , Canada

5. Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8 , Canada

6. Departments of Physiology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8 , Canada

7. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario , M5T 1R8, Canada

Abstract

Abstract Context Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is associated with levels of total testosterone (total-T), and both total-T and SHBG are associated with obesity. Objective We aimed to clarify the nature of the relationship between testosterone and SHBG and improve our understanding of their relationships with obesity. We hypothesize that the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis contributes to the homeostasis of testosterone by increasing the production of gonadal testosterone through a feedback mechanism that might operate differently at different pubertal stages. Methods We investigated the dynamics of the relationship between SHBG, total-T, and body mass index (BMI) throughout puberty (from age 9 to 17) using longitudinal data obtained in 507 males. The directionality of this relationship was explored using polygenic scores of SHBG and total-T, and a two-sample Mendelian Randomization (MR) in male adults. Results Consistent with our hypothesis, we found positive relationships between SHBG and total-T at age 15 and 17 but either no relationship or a negative relationship during the earlier time points. Such shifting relationships explained age-related changes in the association between total-T and BMI. Polygenic scores of SHBG and total-T in mediation analyses and the two-sample MR in male adults suggested an effect of SHBG on total-T but also a somewhat weaker effect of total-T on SHBG. Two-sample MR also showed an effect of BMI on SHBG but no effect of SHBG on BMI. Conclusion These results clarify the nature of the relationship between testosterone and SHBG during puberty and adulthood and shed new light on their possible relationship with obesity.

Funder

Medical Research Council

Wellcome Trust

National Institutes of Health

Chinese Scholarship

Publisher

The Endocrine Society

Subject

Biochemistry (medical),Clinical Biochemistry,Endocrinology,Biochemistry,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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