title: 24-, 25- and 27-hydroxylation of cholesterol by a purified preparation of 27-hydroxylase from pig liver.
abstract: Pig liver mitochondria were found to catalyze 27-, 25- and 24-hydroxylation of cholesterol at relative rates of about 1:0.2:0.04. An apparently homogeneous preparation of pig liver mitochondrial cytochrome P-450-27 was found to catalyze the same three hydroxylations at about the same relative rates when reconstituted with adrenodoxin and adrenodoxin reductase. The 24-hydroxycholesterol formed was shown to consist of one of the two possible stereoisomers. When using specifically deuterium-labeled substrates a significant isotope effect was observed in the case of 24-hydroxylation (KH/KD > 10), but not 25-hydroxylation (KH/KD = 1.1), or 27-hydroxylation (KH/KD = 1.1). The difference between the 24-hydroxylation and the other two hydroxylations may be due to different interactions between cholesterol and the same enzyme, with a resulting difference with respect to the rate-limiting step in the reaction. The physiological significance of the mitochondrial 24-hydroxylation is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Björkhem
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Furster
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wikvall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D053493:Cholestanetriol 26-Monooxygenase; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006888:Hydroxycholesterols / Q000378:metabolism; D006900:Hydroxylation; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D006888:Hydroxycholesterols; C044563:24-hydroxycholesterol; C076996:27-hydroxycholesterol; C007997:25-hydroxycholesterol; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D002784:Cholesterol; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases; D053493:Cholestanetriol 26-Monooxygenase