Affiliation:
1. Central Research Laboratories, Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Azumino Japan
Abstract
AbstractEndometriosis is an oestrogen‐dependent disease in which endometrial‐like tissue grows outside the uterus in women of reproductive age. Accordingly, control of oestradiol (E2) levels is an effective treatment for endometriosis. Because gonadotropin‐releasing hormone (GnRH) is the main controller of E2 secretion, control of GnRH signalling by GnRH antagonism is an effective strategy for the treatment of sex hormone‐dependent diseases such as endometriosis. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of the potent, orally available and selective GnRH antagonist linzagolix on experimental endometriosis in rats and compare them with those of dienogest, which is used clinically to treat endometriosis. Experimental endometriosis was induced in female rats at the proestrus stage of the oestrous cycle via autotransplantation of endometrial tissue into the renal subcapsular space. Linzagolix significantly decreased cyst volumes compared with the control group at doses of 50 mg/kg or more. Indeed, a suppressive effect of dienogest on cyst volume was observed only at the highest dose evaluated (1 mg/kg). The effective concentration of linzagolix, calculated as the free form of the last‐observed drug concentration, was ~1 μmol/L in endometriosis model rats. The present study also reveals that linzagolix exerts a sustained inhibitory effect on E2 secretion, indicating that the suppressive effect on endometriosis cyst volumes could be attributed to its pharmacological suppression of GnRH signalling and serum E2 concentrations. Altogether, our findings indicate that linzagolix may be a useful therapeutic intervention for hormone‐dependent diseases including endometriosis.
Subject
Physiology (medical),Pharmacology,Physiology
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