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Unravelling new pathways of sterol metabolism

Yuqin Wang, William Griffiths Orcid Logo

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Abstract

Purpose of reviewTo update researchers of recently discovered metabolites of cholesterol and of its precursors and to suggest relevant metabolic pathways.Recent findingsPatients suffering from inborn errors of sterol biosynthesis, transport and metabolism display unusual metabolic pathways, which ma...

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Published in: Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care
ISSN: 1363-1950
Published: 2017
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa37645
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Abstract: Purpose of reviewTo update researchers of recently discovered metabolites of cholesterol and of its precursors and to suggest relevant metabolic pathways.Recent findingsPatients suffering from inborn errors of sterol biosynthesis, transport and metabolism display unusual metabolic pathways, which may be major routes in the diseased state but minor in the healthy individual. Although quantitatively minor, these pathways may still be important in healthy individuals. Four inborn errors of metabolism, Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis and Niemann Pick disease types B (NPB) and C (NPC) result from mutations in different genes but can generate elevated levels of the same sterol metabolite, 7-oxocholesterol, in plasma. How this molecule is metabolized further is of great interest as its metabolites may have an important role in embryonic development. A second metabolite, abundant in NPC and NPB diseases, cholestane-3β,5α,6β-triol (3β,5α,6β-triol), has recently been shown to be metabolized to the corresponding bile acid, 3β,5α,6β-trihydroxycholanoic acid, providing a diagnostic marker in plasma. The origin of cholestane-3β,5α,6β-triol is likely to be 3β-hydroxycholestan-5,6-epoxide, which can alternatively be metabolized to the tumour suppressor dendrogenin A (DDA). In breast tumours, DDA levels are found to be decreased compared with normal tissues linking sterol metabolism to cancer.SummaryUnusual sterol metabolites and pathways may not only provide markers of disease, but also clues towards cause and treatment.
Keywords: bile acid, cholesterol, oxysterol
College: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
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