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Analysis of bioactive oxysterols in newborn mouse brain by LC/MS
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Yuqin Wang ,
Spyridon Theofilopoulos
Journal of Lipid Research, Volume: 53, Issue: 11, Pages: 2469 - 2483
Swansea University Authors:
William Griffiths , Yuqin Wang , Spyridon Theofilopoulos
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DOI (Published version): 10.1194/jlr.d028233
Abstract
Unesterified cholesterol is a major component of plasma membranes. In the brain of the adult it is mostly found in myelin sheaths where it plays a major architectural role. In the newborn mouse little myelination of neurons has occurred and much of this sterol comprises a metabolically active pool....
| Published in: | Journal of Lipid Research |
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| ISSN: | 0022-2275 1539-7262 |
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American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
2012
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12880 |
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Unesterified cholesterol is a major component of plasma membranes. In the brain of the adult it is mostly found in myelin sheaths where it plays a major architectural role. In the newborn mouse little myelination of neurons has occurred and much of this sterol comprises a metabolically active pool. In the current study we have accessed this metabolically active pool and using liquid chromatography – mass spectrometry have identified cholesterol precursors and metabolites. While desmosterol and 24S-hydroxycholesterol represent the major precursor and metabolite respectively, other steroids including the oxysterols 22-oxocholesterol, 22R-hydroxycholesterol and 20R,22R-dihydroxycholesterol and the C21-neurosteroid progesterone were identified. 24S,25-Epoxycholesterol formed in parallel to cholesterol was also found to be a major sterol in newborn brain. Like 24S- and 22R-hydroxycholesterols, and also desmosterol, 24S,25-epoxycholesterol is a ligand to the liver X receptors which are expressed in brain. The desmosterol metabolites (24Z),26-, (24E),26- and 7α-hydroxydesmosterol were identified in brain for the first time. |
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| Keywords: |
Sterol, Liver X Receptor, Desmosterol, Cholesterol, 24S-Hydroxycholesterol, 24S,25-Epoxycholesterol, derivatisation. |
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11 |
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2469 |
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2483 |