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  • Title: Suppression of plasma testosterone leads to an increase in serum total and high density lipoprotein cholesterol and apoproteins A-I and B.
    Author: Goldberg RB, Rabin D, Alexander AN, Doelle GC, Getz GS.
    Journal: J Clin Endocrinol Metab; 1985 Jan; 60(1):203-7. PubMed ID: 3917267.
    Abstract:
    Men have lower high density lipoprotein (HDL) and higher low density lipoprotein (LDL) levels than women. To dynamically evaluate the role of endogenous testosterone on the lipoprotein profile, eight normal men received a long-acting gonadotropin releasing hormone analog (LHRHA) for 10 weeks by SC injection. Plasma testosterone levels were acutely lowered below 1 ng/ml after 4 weeks of LHRHA treatment and remained depressed at this level for the duration of administration of the analog. There were prompt increases in total cholesterol [baseline vs. peak (milligrams per dl) mean +/- SEM, 177 +/- 18 vs. 208 +/- 22; P less than 0.005], apoprotein B (apo B; 69 +/- 12 vs. 97 +/- 13; P less than 0.05), HDL-cholesterol (23 +/- 2 vs. 33 +/- 2; P less than 0.005), and apo A-I (80 +/- 7 vs. 112 +/- 5; P less than 0.005), but not in apo A-II (40 +/- 3 vs. 40 +/- 4; P = NS) levels. The peaks occurred after 10 weeks of treatment and were followed by a fall in these values after discontinuing LHRHA. These changes were largely prevented in a second study (six men) in which LHRHA was administered together with im testosterone enanthate, which was given every 2 weeks. These results show that suppression of endogenous testosterone leads to increases in HDL and LDL, demonstrating that testosterone has an important effect on lipoprotein metabolism and plays a key role in defining the lipoprotein profile in men.
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