Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
J Clin Pharmacol. 2021 Sep;61(9):1165-1173. doi: 10.1002/jcph.1872. Epub 2021 Jun 17.
Brothers of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) were found to be at increased risk for cardiometabolic disorders. This risk may be exacerbated by concurrent poorly controlled hypertension. Angiotensin II receptor blockers are the most frequently used antihypertensive drugs. The aim of the present study was to compare blood pressure-lowering and pleiotropic effects of telmisartan between male siblings of PCOS probands and unrelated men. The study included 2 age-, blood pressure-, and mass index-matched groups of men with grade 1 hypertension: 24 brothers of women with PCOS (group A) and 26 brothers of healthy women (group B). All subjects were treated with telmisartan (80 mg daily). Blood pressure, glucose homeostasis markers, and plasma lipids, as well as plasma levels of total testosterone, bioavailable testosterone, androstenedione, uric acid, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), homocysteine, fibrinogen, and 25-hydroxyvitamin D were measured before and after 12 weeks of therapy. At entry, there were between-group differences in the degree of insulin resistance, plasma levels of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, triglycerides, calculated bioavailable testosterone, androstenedione, hsCRP, and 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Although telmisartan reduced blood pressure in both study groups, this effect was stronger in group B. Irrespective of the study group, the drug improved insulin sensitivity and reduced circulating levels of uric acid and homocysteine, but these effects were more pronounced in group B than group A. Only in group B, telmisartan decreased hsCRP and fibrinogen, as well as increased 25-hydroxyvitamin D. The obtained results suggest that hypertensive male relatives of PCOS probands may gain less benefit from telmisartan treatment than unrelated hypertensive men.
多囊卵巢综合征(PCOS)女性的兄弟患心血管代谢疾病的风险增加。这种风险可能会因同时伴有未得到良好控制的高血压而加剧。血管紧张素 II 受体阻滞剂是最常用的降压药。本研究的目的是比较替米沙坦在 PCOS 先证者女性的兄弟和无关男性中的降压和多效作用。该研究纳入了两组年龄、血压和体重指数匹配的 1 级高血压男性:24 名 PCOS 女性的兄弟(A 组)和 26 名健康女性的兄弟(B 组)。所有受试者均接受替米沙坦(80mg/天)治疗。在治疗前和治疗后 12 周,测量血压、葡萄糖稳态标志物和血浆脂质,以及总睾酮、生物可利用睾酮、雄烯二酮、尿酸、高敏 C 反应蛋白(hsCRP)、同型半胱氨酸、纤维蛋白原和 25-羟维生素 D 的血浆水平。在入组时,两组间存在胰岛素抵抗程度、高密度脂蛋白胆固醇、甘油三酯、计算出的生物可利用睾酮、雄烯二酮、hsCRP 和 25-羟维生素 D 水平的差异。尽管替米沙坦降低了两组患者的血压,但这种效果在 B 组更强。无论研究组如何,该药物均可改善胰岛素敏感性并降低循环尿酸和同型半胱氨酸水平,但 B 组的效果比 A 组更明显。只有在 B 组中,替米沙坦降低了 hsCRP 和纤维蛋白原,并增加了 25-羟维生素 D。这些结果表明,PCOS 先证者的高血压男性亲属可能从替米沙坦治疗中获益不如无关高血压男性。