Sonmez AS, Birincioğlu M, Turkoz Y, Adam B, Lurie D, Chuong CJ. Effects of misoprostol on lipoprotein (a) levels of ovariectomized rats.
Fertil Steril 1999;
72:518-21. [PMID:
10519627 DOI:
10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00286-1]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To determine the effects of misoprostol on plasma lipoprotein (a) concentrations of ovariectomized rats.
DESIGN
Controlled prospective study.
SETTING
Animal research laboratory.
ANIMAL(S)
Four-month-old female Sprague-Dawley rats.
INTERVENTION(S)
Blood samples were obtained before and 60 days after ovariectomy, and the rats were divided into three groups. Group I (five rats) was treated with vehicle (water); groups II and III (nine and eight rats, respectively) were treated with oral misoprostol at 100 and 200 microg/kg/d, respectively, for 60 days, after which blood was drawn again.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S)
Serum lipoprotein (a) levels.
RESULT(S)
The median lipoprotein (a) level before ovariectomy was 10.8 mg/dL (range, 10.6-46.5 mg/dL). Sixty days after ovariectomy, the level increased significantly to 15.9 mg/dL (range, 10.6-36.9 mg/dL). After treatment, there was no change in lipoprotein (a) levels in the vehicle-treated group (range, 16.3-21.1 mg/dL); however, the lipoprotein (a) levels decreased significantly in the group treated with 100 microg/kg/d of misoprostol, from 15.4 mg/dL to 10.8 mg/dL, and in the group treated with 200 microg/kg/d of misoprostol, from 17.1 mg/dL to 10.6 mg/dL.
CONCLUSION(S)
Misoprostol caused a significant decrease in lipoprotein (a) levels.
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