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[Serum leptin, early atherosclerosis and hypolipidemia (a new, previously undescribed effect of pravastatin, a hypolipemic agent)].

Abstract
Hyperleptinemia is considered to be one of predictors of early atherosklerosis complications. This stimulated us to investigate differences between leptinemia in persons with accelerated atherosclerosis and leptinemia in probands without atherosclerosis complications. The study also verified whether leptinemia and its relationship to other anthropometric and biochemical parameters can differ in hypolipemic-treated probands and hypolipemic-untreated individuals. We examined 89 probands with accelerated atherosclerosis. The controls were 20 persons without any signs of accelerated atherosclerosis. Probands with accelerated atherosclerosis had a slight hyperglycemia and were slightly obese, but they did not meet criteria of metabolic cardiovascular syndrome. No significant differences between both groups under study were found in terms of anthropometric and biochemical parameters (BMI, % body fat, glycemia, insulin, C-peptide, intact proinsulin, total proinsulin cholesterol, HDL, triglycerides, LDL, homeostatic model of insulin secretion and resistance). Leptin concentration was not different as well. Stratification into males and females showed that women had a significantly higher leptinemia and fat tissue mass. Other biochemical parameters were similar in both groups. We suppose that in individuals without signs of metabolic syndrome, leptinemia does not belong among predictors of accelerated atherosclerosis. The accelerated atherosclerosis persons were then divided into subgroups according to medication (28 probands--pravastatin Lipostat 20, 15 probands--phenofibrate Lipanthyl 200M, 9 probands--simvastatin Zocor 20, 47 probands--no hypolipemic medication). No significant differences between the groups were found in terms of the analysed anthropometric and biochemical parameters, except leptinemia. The pravastatin-medicated probands had a significantly lower leptinemia (significant at 99% significance level) which was evidently sex-related than other patients. The pravastatin-administered persons showed no correlation between leptinemia and body fat mass (in contrast to other groups where such a correlation was highly statistically significant). These findings can be explained by a still unclear effect of pravastatin on insulin metabolism and on other factors involved in leptin synthesis and elimination. Thus, a new therapeutic effect of pravastatin can be supposed. This may account for a highly favourable effect of pravastatin on reduced manifestations of atherosclerosis complications event at a low LDL cholesterol decrease (particularly in persons with metabolic cardiovascular syndrome).
AuthorsD Stejskal, V Růzicka, J Bartek
JournalVnitrni lekarstvi (Vnitr Lek) Vol. 44 Issue 10 Pg. 582-7 (Oct 1998) ISSN: 0042-773X [Print] Czech Republic
Vernacular TitleLeptinémie, predcasná ateroskleróza a hypolipidemika (nový, zatím nepopsaný úcinek hypolipidemika pravastatinu?).
PMID10422491 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial, English Abstract, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Hypolipidemic Agents
  • Insulin
  • Leptin
  • Proteins
  • Simvastatin
  • Pravastatin
  • Fenofibrate
Topics
  • Adipose Tissue (metabolism)
  • Age of Onset
  • Arteriosclerosis (blood)
  • Body Mass Index
  • Female
  • Fenofibrate (therapeutic use)
  • Humans
  • Hypolipidemic Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Insulin (blood)
  • Leptin
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pravastatin (therapeutic use)
  • Proteins (analysis)
  • Simvastatin (therapeutic use)

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