Effect of pravastatin on plasma ketone bodies in diabetics with hypercholesterolemia.
Hydroxy-3 methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) is a common intermediate metabolite of cholesterol synthesis and ketone formation in the liver. In order to study the effect of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (pravastatin) on ketone formation, changes in the plasma levels of ketone bodies by treatment with pravastatin were studied in 18 non-insulin dependent diabetics with hypercholesterolemia. Body mass index, diabetic control, and plasma free fatty acid levels were not changed during the study, and the plasma levels of cholesterol decreased significantly from 250 +/- 25 to 211 +/- 34 mg/100 ml after 6 months of pravastatin treatment. The plasma levels of acetoacetic acid also significantly decreased from 37.7 +/- 22.6 to 28.4 +/- 13.4 mumol/l, and those of 3-hydroxybutyric acid and total ketone bodies also tended to decrease after pravastatin treatment. These results suggest that pravastatin decreases ketone formation in hepatic mitochondria besides cholesterol synthesis in hepatic microsome.
Section of Internal Medicine and Disability Prevention, Tohoku University Graduate School, Sendai, Japan.
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D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid; D000090:Acetoacetates / Q000097:blood; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000097:blood; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D007657:Ketone Bodies / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017035:Pravastatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000090:Acetoacetates; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D007657:Ketone Bodies; C016635:acetoacetic acid; D002784:Cholesterol; D017035:Pravastatin; D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid