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@ARTICLE{Hflinger:155559,
author = {Höflinger, Philip and Hauser, Stefan and Yutuc, Eylan and
Hengel, Holger and Griffiths, Lauren and Radelfahr,
Florentine and Howell, Owain W and Wang, Yuqin and Connor,
Sonja L and Duell, P Barton and DeBarber, Andrea E and
Martus, Peter and Lütjohann, Dieter and Griffiths, William
J and Schöls, Ludger},
title = {{M}etabolic profiling in serum, cerebrospinal fluid, and
brain of patients with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis.},
journal = {Journal of lipid research},
volume = {62},
issn = {0022-2275},
address = {Bethesda, Md.},
publisher = {ASBMB},
reportid = {DZNE-2021-00737},
pages = {100078},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) is caused by autosomal
recessive loss-of-function mutations in CYP27A1, a gene
encoding cytochrome p450 oxidase essential for bile acid
synthesis, resulting in altered bile acid and lipid
metabolism. Here, we aimed to identify metabolic aberrations
that drive ongoing neurodegeneration in some patients with
CTX despite chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) supplementation,
the standard treatment in CTX. Using chromatographic
separation techniques coupled to mass spectrometry, we
analyzed 26 sterol metabolites in serum and cerebrospinal
fluid (CSF) of patients with CTX and in one CTX brain.
Comparing samples of drug naive patients to patients treated
with CDCA and healthy controls, we identified
7α,12α-dihydroxycholest-4-en-3-one as the most prominently
elevated metabolite in serum and CSF of drug naive patients.
CDCA treatment substantially reduced or even normalized
levels of all metabolites increased in untreated patients
with CTX. Independent of CDCA treatment, metabolites of the
27-hydroxylation pathway were nearly absent in all patients
with CTX. 27-hydroxylated metabolites accounted for
$∼45\%$ of total free sterol content in CSF of healthy
controls but $<2\%$ in patients with CTX. Metabolic changes
in brain tissue corresponded well with findings in CSF.
Interestingly, 7α,12α-dihydroxycholest-4-en-3-one and
5α-cholestanol did not exert toxicity in neuronal cell
culture. In conclusion, we propose that increased
7α,12α-dihydroxycholest-4-en-3-one and lack of
27-hydroxycholesterol may be highly sensitive metabolic
biomarkers of CTX. As CDCA cannot reliably prevent disease
progression despite reduction of most accumulated
metabolites, supplementation of 27-hydroxylated bile acid
intermediates or replacement of CYP27A1 might be required to
counter neurodegeneration in patients with progressive
disease despite CDCA treatment.},
keywords = {Xanthomatosis, Cerebrotendinous / bile acid metabolism
(Other) / cerebrospinal fluid (Other) / cholesterol
metabolism (Other) / cytochrome P450 (Other) / inborn errors
of metabolism (Other) / lipodystrophies (Other) / mass spec
(Other) / oxysterols, cerebrotendinous xanthomathosis
(Other)},
cin = {AG Gasser / U Clinical Researchers - München},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1210000 / I:(DE-2719)7000003},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:33891937},
pmc = {pmc:PMC8135047},
doi = {10.1016/j.jlr.2021.100078},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/155559},
}