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Identification of 7α,24-dihydroxy-3-oxocholest-4-en-26-oic and 7α,25-dihydroxy-3-oxocholest-4-en-26-oic acids in human cerebrospinal fluid and plasma.

Abstract
Dihydroxyoxocholestenoic acids are intermediates in bile acid biosynthesis. Here, using liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry, we confirm the identification of 7α,24-dihydroxy-3-oxocholest-4-en-26-oic and 7α,25-dihydroxy-3-oxocholest-4-en-26-oic acids in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) based on comparisons to authentic standards and of 7α,12α-dihydroxy-3-oxocholest-4-en-26-oic and 7α,x-dihydroxy-3-oxocholest-4-en-26-oic (where hydroxylation is likely on C-22 or C-23) based on exact mass measurement and multistage fragmentation. Surprisingly, patients suffering from the inborn error of metabolism cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis, where the enzyme CYP27A1, which normally introduces the (25 R)26-carboxylic acid group to the sterol side-chain, is defective still synthesise 7α,24-dihydroxy-3-oxocholest-4-en-26-oic acid and also both 25 R- and 25 S-epimers of 7α,12α-dihydroxy-3-oxocholest-4-en-26-oic acid. We speculate that the enzymes CYP46A1 and CYP3A4 may have C-26 carboxylase activity to generate these acids. In patients suffering from hereditary spastic paraplegia type 5 the CSF concentrations of the 7α,24- and 7α,25-dihydroxy acids are reduced, suggesting an involvement of CYP7B1 in their biosynthesis in brain.
AuthorsJonas Abdel-Khalik, Peter J Crick, Eylan Yutuc, Andrea E DeBarber, P Barton Duell, Robert D Steiner, Ioanna Laina, Yuqin Wang, William J Griffiths
JournalBiochimie (Biochimie) Vol. 153 Pg. 86-98 (Oct 2018) ISSN: 1638-6183 [Electronic] France
PMID29960034 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • Bile Acids and Salts
  • Cholestenes
  • CYP27A1 protein, human
  • Cholestanetriol 26-Monooxygenase
Topics
  • Bile Acids and Salts (biosynthesis)
  • Cholestanetriol 26-Monooxygenase (metabolism)
  • Cholestenes (blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemistry, standards)
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Humans
  • Hydroxylation
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary (blood, cerebrospinal fluid)
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Xanthomatosis, Cerebrotendinous (blood, cerebrospinal fluid)

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