Sex-Based Evaluation of Lipid Profile in Postoperative Adjuvant Mitotane Treatment for Adrenocortical Carcinoma

Background: A wide interindividual variability in mitotane concentrations and treatment-related dyslipidemia have been reported. Here, we aimed to underline the sex-related differences in the lipid profile in patients that underwent radical surgery of adrenocortical carcinoma during treatment with adjuvant mitotane. Methods: A chromatographic method was used to quantify the drug in plasma collected from adult patients with complete tumor resection, also considering active metabolite o,p’-DDE. Results: We observed different lipid profiles between males and females and between pre- and post-menopausal women. Considering the mitotane-related effects on lipid levels, we observed that higher drug concentrations were correlated with higher HDL in all the considered groups (p < 0.001), with total cholesterol both in males (p = 0.005) and females (p = 0.036), with triglycerides in postmenopausal females (p = 0.002) and with LDL in male patients (p < 0.001). Increases in o,p’-DDE were positively correlated with HDL levels in all the groups (p < 0.001) and negatively with LDL in all the groups (males p = 0.008, pre- and post-menopausal females p < 0.001), with total cholesterol in pre- (p = 0.016) and post-menopausal women (p = 0.01) and with triglycerides in premenopausal females (p = 0.005). Conclusions: This is the first study designed to evaluate sex differences in lipoprotein and lipid levels during mitotane adjuvant treatment; the results suggest that a gender and personalized approach could be useful to prevent and manage alterations in the lipid profile.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Biomedicines - 10(2022), 8 vom: 03. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Allegra, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Puglisi, Soraya [VerfasserIn]
Borin, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Chiara, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Basile, Vittoria [VerfasserIn]
Calabrese, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Reimondo, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
De Francia, Silvia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cholesterol
Dyslipidemia
Gender
Journal Article
Menopause
O,p’-DDD
O,p’-DDE
Safety
Sex
Side effect
Triglycerides

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Date Revised 08.03.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/biomedicines10081873

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM345278151