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Elevated oestrogen and reduced testosterone levels in the serum of male septic shock patients
N Christeff et al. J Steroid Biochem. 1988 Apr.
Abstract
The variations in oestrogen levels which occur in men with septic shock were determined and analysed in terms of the changes seen in the levels of other steroid hormones of testicular and adrenal origin. The concentrations of the hormones, oestrone (E1), oestradiol (E2), testosterone (T), delta 4-androstenedione (delta 4), cortisol (F) and progesterone (P4) were determined by radioimmunoassay. The serum levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids and non-esterified fatty acids (NEFAs) were also determined. Two groups of male septic shock patients were studied within the first 24 h following the admission to the Intensive Care Unit. Group I (n = 24) patients died. Group II (n = 22) patients recovered. Both groups were compared to a control group (n = 44) of healthy men. In group I patients, serum E1 levels were 3900 +/- 900 pmol/l, 12-fold higher than controls (296 +/- 22 pmol/l) [P less than 0.001], serum E2 levels were 880 +/- 170 pmol/l, 6-fold above control levels (158 +/- 30 pmol/l) [P less than 0.001] and serum T levels were 1.7 +/- 0.3 nmol/l, 11-fold lower than in controls (18.7 +/- 1.9 nmol/l) [P less than 0.001]. Serum P4 and F levels were slightly increased (P less than 0.05) and delta 4 androstenedione levels were unchanged. Groups II serum estrogen levels (814 +/- 350 pmol/l) [P less than 0.01] were higher than controls and serum T levels were 2-3 times less than control levels (5.5 +/- 2 nmol/l) [P less than 0.01]. The group II serum P4, F and delta 4 androstenedione levels did not differ from control levels. The levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids and NEFAs were all decreased to similar, significant, degrees in both groups of shock patients. The dramatic increase in E1 levels associated with the decrease in T suggests an adrenal-testicular relationship with possible potentiation of aromatization of adrenal or testicular androgens in men in septic shock. The determination of serum E1 and T during septic shock in men could form the basis for prognostic estimations of septic shock severity and for a new therapeutic approach to shock.
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