title: Effects of slow-release bezafibrate on serum lipids, lipoproteins, apolipoproteins, and postheparin lipolytic activities in patients with type IV and type V hypertriglyceridemia.
abstract: The effects of bezafibrate on serum lipids, lipoproteins, apolipoproteins, and post-heparin lipolytic activities were studied in 17 patients with hypertriglyceridemia. All patients received 400 mg of slow-release (SR) bezafibrate daily for four months. In the nine patients with type IV hypertriglyceridemia, mean serum triglyceride (TG) levels decreased significantly, by 53% (P less than 0.01) at two months and 50% (P less than 0.001) after four months of bezafibrate, while in the eight patients with type V, the levels decreased by 61% (P less than 0.001) and 51% (P less than 0.001), respectively. Total cholesterol levels decreased significantly (P less than 0.05) in type V patients at two and four months, by 19% and 18%, respectively, while low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels increased significantly (P less than 0.05) in type IV patients at two and four months, by 63% and 62%, respectively. High-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels increased significantly (P less than 0.05) at two months in both patient groups. HDL subfraction analysis showed a significant (P less than 0.05) rise in HDL3-cholesterol levels in type V but not in type IV patients. Apolipoprotein (apo) A-I, A-II, and B levels increased, while apo C-II, C-III, and E levels decreased in both groups. The apo A-I/apo A-II ratio decreased significantly (P less than 0.05) at two and four months in type V patients, which also supports increased HDL3 fractions in that group. Lipoprotein lipase and hepatic TG lipase levels tended to rise, and the particle size of TG-rich lipoprotein (TGRL) and the TGRL-apo C-III/TGRL-apo C-II ratio decreased in both patient groups. These data indicate that bezafibrate-induced changes in lipoprotein profiles differed slightly in type IV and type V patients. The results confirm the usefulness of bezafibrate as a lipid-lowering agent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saku
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arakawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D001629:Bezafibrate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006953:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology; D006954:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type V / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology; D008049:Lipase / Q000097:blood; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008066:Lipolysis / Q000187:drug effects*; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase / Q000097:blood; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides; D008049:Lipase; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase; D001629:Bezafibrate