Faculty Research 1980 - 1989

Oxysterol regulators of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase in liver. Effect of dietary cholesterol.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1989

Keywords

Cholesterol-Dietary: ph, Chromatography, Enzyme-Repression, Hydroxycholesterols: ph, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA-Reductases: me, Liver: en, Mice, Mice-Inbred-C3H, SUPPORT-U-S-GOVT-P-H-S

First Page

6863

Last Page

6869

JAX Location

1757

JAX Source

J Biol Chem 1989 Apr 25; 264(12):6863-9.

Grant

CA02758, HL23083

Abstract

Hepatic regulatory oxysterols were analyzed to determine which oxysterols were present in livers of mice fed a cholesterol-free diet and whether repression of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase following cholesterol feeding was accompanied by an increase in one or more oxysterols. Analysis of free and esterified sterols from mice fed a cholesterol-free diet resulted in the identification and quantitation of six regulatory oxysterols: 24-hydroxycholesterol, 25-hydroxycholesterol, 26-hydroxycholesterol, 7 alpha-hydroxycholesterol, 7 beta-hydroxycholesterol, and 7-ketocholesterol. Following the addition of cholesterol to the diet for 1 or 2 nights, hepatic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase activity declined and the levels of oxysterols, especially those of the side-chain-hydroxylated sterols, increased. Total 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase repressor units attributable to identified free oxysterols increased 2.5- and 6-fold after 1 and 2 nights, respectively, of cholesterol feeding. The amounts of esterified 24-, 25-, and 26-hydroxycholesterol also increased, with the increase in esterified 24-hydroxycholesterol being the greatest. The 24-hydroxycholesterol was predominantly the 24S epimer and the 26-hydroxycholesterol was predominantly the 25R epimer, indicating enzymatic catalysis of their formation. The observed correlation between increased levels of regulatory oxysterols and repression of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase in cholesterol-fed mice is consistent with a hypothesis that intracellular oxysterol metabolites regulate the level of the reductase.

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