title: Medroxyprogesterone acetate and lipid metabolic changes.
abstract: Lipid metabolic changes under oral treatment with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) were investigated in four groups of patients: group I; 10 patients aged 25-45 (mean 38) years received 50 mg MPA daily for pelvic endometriosis. Group II; 21 patients aged 55-77 (mean 62) years received 200 mg MPA daily for surgically treated endometrial carcinoma stage I. Group III; 14 praemenopausal patients aged 37-52 (mean 47) years received 1000 mg MPA daily for metastasized breast cancer. Group IV; 27 post-menopausal patients aged 53-78 (mean 68) years were treated with 1000 mg MPA daily for metastatic breast cancer as well. A fifth group of initially 86 patients aged 40-86 (mean 63) years after surgery for endometrial carcinoma stage I served as untreated control for groups II and IV. Cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations were measured enzymatically lipoproteins were determined by quantitative electrophoresis and precipitation and apolipoproteins A1 and B were quantified by kinetic rate nephelometry. Whereas in patients of group I no changes of lipid and lipoprotein parameters were observed, daily oral doses of 200 mg MPA and more led to a marked fall in alpha-lipoprotein-, HDL-cholesterol and apolipoprotein A1 levels. beta-Lipoprotein-, LDL-cholesterol and apolipoprotein B concentrations rose significantly in Groups III and IV. The relevance of these findings in terms of athero-genicity is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D001054:Apolipoproteins A / Q000097:blood; D001055:Apolipoproteins B / Q000097:blood; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; D008875:Middle Aged; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D017258:Medroxyprogesterone Acetate; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone