Effects of long-term pravastatin treatment on spermatogenesis and on adrenal and testicular steroidogenesis in male hypercholesterolemic patients

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
G P BerniniA Salvetti

Abstract

To evaluate the influence of an hydrophilic statin, pravastatin, on adrenal and testicular steroidogenesis and spermatogenesis, eight male hypercholesterolemic patients were studied. All patients observed a hypocholesterolemic diet and received placebo for 4 weeks followed by pravastatin (20 mg/die) for 6 months. Before, during (4th-5th week) and at the end (23th-24th week) of active treatment, CRH (1 microgram i.v.), ACTH (Synacthen 250 micrograms i.v.) and human CG (HCG 3000 IU i.m.) tests were performed in addition to semen analysis. Pravastatin significantly reduced total cholesterol (20.3%), calculated LDL-cholesterol (24.6%) and apolipoprotein B (10.5%, increased apolipoprotein A1 (16.1%) and did not influence plasma HDL-cholesterol and triglycerides. Basal plasma cortisol, aldosterone, androstenedione, testosterone and oestradiol did not change under active treatment. Pravastatin administration affected neither adrenal hormone responses to CRH and ACTH or testicular response to HCG nor spermatogenesis in respect of motility, morphology and sperm count. In conclusion, long-term pravastatin treatment, at doses effective in improving lipid profile, did not influence testicular reproductive and endocrine function and did not...Continue Reading

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