Different effects of fenofibrate on cardiometabolic risk factors in young women with and without hyperprolactinemia.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Elevated prolactin levels are associated with increased cardiometabolic risk. No previous study has compared the effect of hypolipidemic therapy on plasma levels of lipids and other cardiometabolic risk factors in patients with and without hyperprolactinemia.

METHODS:

The study included three age-, weight-, blood pressure- and lipid-matched groups of premenopausal women: 18 women with untreated hyperprolactinemia, 19 women with bromocriptine-treated hyperprolactinemia and 20 drug-naïve women with normal prolactin levels. Because of concomitant atherogenic dyslipidemia, all patients were treated with fenofibrate (200 mg daily) for 12 weeks. Plasma lipids, glucose homeostasis markers, as well as plasma levels of uric acid, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), homocysteine and fibrinogen were assessed at baseline and at the end of hypolipidemic treatment.

RESULTS:

Unlike similar baseline lipid levels, plasma concentrations of the remaining investigated cardiometabolic risk factors were higher in women with elevated prolactin levels than in patients with normal prolactin levels. The impact of fenofibrate on total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels, as well as on uric acid, hsCRP, homocysteine, and fibrinogen was less pronounced in women with untreated hyperprolactinemia than in women with bromocriptine-treated hyperprolactinemia and drug-naïve women with normal prolactin levels.

CONCLUSIONS:

The results of our study indicate that cardiometabolic effects of fenofibrate depend on plasma prolactin levels.

• Authors: Robert Krysiak, Witold Szkróbka, Bogusław Okopień
• Journal: Pharmacological reports : PR (Pharmacol Rep) Vol. 71 Issue 1 Pg. 61-66 (Feb 2019) ISSN: 2299-5684 [Electronic] Switzerland
• PMID: 30469130 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Chemical References

• Biomarkers
• Dopamine Agonists
• Hypolipidemic Agents
• Lipids
• Bromocriptine
• Prolactin
• Fenofibrate

Topics

• Adult
• Age Factors
• Biomarkers (blood)
• Bromocriptine (therapeutic use)
• Cardiovascular Diseases (blood, diagnosis, drug therapy, etiology)
• Case-Control Studies
• Dopamine Agonists (therapeutic use)
• Dyslipidemias (blood, complications, diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Female
• Fenofibrate (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Hyperprolactinemia (blood, complications, diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Hypolipidemic Agents (therapeutic use)
• Lipids (blood)
• Middle Aged
• Prolactin (blood)
• Risk Factors
• Sex Factors
• Time Factors
• Treatment Outcome
• Young Adult