ISSN:
1440-1681
Quelle:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Thema:
Medizin
Notizen:
1. From an earlier cross-sectional survey of 343 public servants, 15 pairs of non-smoking teetotallers and heavy drinkers (alcohol intake more than 350 mL/week) were matched for age and adiposity and utilized for a case-control study of the effects of alcohol on 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11β-OHSD) activity and blood pressure.2. Two successive 24 h urine collections were analysed by radio-immunoassay (RIA) for cortisol excretion, and for the cortisol and cortisone metabolites, tetrahydrocortisol (THC), allo-tetrahydrocortisol (allo-THC) and tetrahydrocortisone (THE), by capillary column gas chromatography.3. Heavy drinkers had higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) than teetotallers (132.6 ± 2.5 vs 123.2 ± 1.3 and 78.7 ± 1.6 vs 71.7 ± 1.4, respectively; unpaired t-test, P〈0.01). Twenty-four-hour urinary sodium and cortisol excretion were similar in the two groups.4. The THC plus allo-THC: THE ratio was similar in drinkers and teetotallers (1.81 ± 0.20 vs 2.03 ± 0.20), consistent with no effect of alcohol on 11β-OHSD activity. The ratio of THC to allo-THC was increased in drinkers compared with teetotallers (1.49 ± 0.18 vs 1.05 ± 0.13; unpaired t-test, P〈0.05), consistent with either a decrease in 5α-reductase activity or an increase in 5β-reductase activity.5. This study provides no evidence for alcohol-related inhibition of 11β-OHSD, despite substantially higher blood pressures in heavy drinkers compared to teetotallers. Such an effect is, therefore, unlikely to contribute significantly to the mechanism of alcohol-related hypertension. The increase in the THC: allo-THC ratio is consistent with a redox effect on steroid metabolism.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1991.tb01447.x
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