title: Preliminary report: kinetic studies on the modulation of high-density lipoprotein, apolipoprotein, and subfraction metabolism by sex steroids in a postmenopausal woman.
abstract: To investigate the effects of estrogens and androgens on the metabolism of high density lipoproteins (HDL) and low density lipoproteins (LDL), a normolipidemic postmenopausal woman was studied under the following conditions: (1) during supplementation with ethinyl estradiol (0.06 mg/d); (2) without sex steroid therapy; (3) during treatment with stanozolol, an androgenic, anabolic steroid (6 mg/d). During these manipulations HDL and LDL cholesterol levels fluctuated widely but reciprocally: during estrogen supplementation HDL increased while LDL decreased; during stanozolol HDL-C decreased while LDL-C increased. Simultaneous changes in post-heparin plasma hepatic triglyceride lipase activity paralleled those of LDL (and opposed those of HDL), decreasing with estrogen and increasing with stanozolol. During all three phases, autologous 125I-HDL turnover studies disclosed similarities between HDL2 and apolipoprotein A-I metabolism and between HDL3 and apolipoprotein A-II metabolism. In the untreated state the residence times of HDL2 and apo A-I were only half those of HDL3 and apo A-II. During estrogen treatment HDL2 and apo A-I, residence times were selectively prolonged, coming to resemble those of HDL3 and apo A-II, which remained unchanged. By contrast, during stanozolol treatment HDL3 and apo A-II residence times were selectively reduced, coming to resemble those of HDL2 and apo A-I, which remained unchanged. Apo A-I levels increased on estrogen and decreased on stanozolol, while apo A-II remained stable. Hence, estrogen increased HDL primarily by retarding the catabolism of the HDL2 subfraction rich in apo A-I, whereas stanozolol decreased HDL by accelerating the catabolism of HDL3, relatively rich in apo A-II.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D004967:Estrogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008049:Lipase / Q000097:blood; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D013197:Stanozolol / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D004967:Estrogens; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D013197:Stanozolol; D002784:Cholesterol; D008049:Lipase