title: Effect of cyclosporin A on serum lipids in primary biliary cirrhosis patients.
abstract: Hyperlipidemia is a common complication of PBC. Ten patients with serologically and histologically defined PBC were randomized to receive either oral cyclosporin A (CyA) or placebo for one year. Fasting blood samples were obtained from subjects at the beginning, and following one year of treatment, for plasma lipids, apolipoproteins AI (apo AI) and B (apo B), and lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activity. On entry to the study there were no significant differences between groups for serum concentrations of total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), free cholesterol (FC), total phospholipids (TPL), apo AI, apo B and LCAT activity. Compared to normal laboratory values, baseline TC was elevated in 5/10, LDL-C in 5/10, TPL in 6/10, while LCAT activity was decreased in 8/10 patients. The percent change after one year for CyA group vs the placebo group are as follows: total cholesterol, -22 vs -8%; LDL cholesterol -33 vs -25%; free cholesterol, -39 vs -14%; total phospholipids, -46 vs -23%; and LCAT activity, +/- 236 vs +/- 43%. The decrease in TC, LDL-C, FC, TPL with increase in LCAT activity suggests that CyA administration is associated with improvement in the lipid abnormalities of PBC.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Thirsk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frohlich
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Minuk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D007862:Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D003524:Cyclosporins; D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins; D002784:Cholesterol; D007862:Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase