title: Two loci on chromosome 9 control bile acid composition: evidence that a strong candidate gene, Cyp8b1, is not the culprit.
abstract: An intercross between C57BL/6J and CASA/Rk mice was used to study the genetics of biliary bile acid composition. In parental strains, male C57BL/6J mice had significantly higher cholic acid (CA; 14%) and lower beta-muricholic acid (betaMC; 27%) than CASA/Rk mice, whereas females did not differ. However, quantitative trait locus analysis of F2 mice revealed no significant chromosome 9 loci in males but loci in females on chromosome 9 for percentage CA (%CA) at 72 centimorgan (cM) [logarithm of the odds (LOD) 5.89] and %betaMC at 54 cM (LOD 4.09). Chromosome 9 congenic and subcongenic strains representing CASA/Rk intervals 38-73 cM (9KK) and 68-73 cM (9DKK) on the C57BL/6J background were made. In 9KK and 9DKK males, %CA was increased and %betaMC was unchanged, whereas in 9KK but not 9DKK females, %CA was increased and %betaMC was decreased. Sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase (Cyp8b1) channels bile acid precursors into CA and maps at chromosome 9 (73 cM). However, there was no significant difference in Cyp8b1 mRNA or enzymatic activity between parental mice, parental-congenic-subcongenic mice, or high-low biliary %CA F2 mice. In summary, two chromosome 9 loci control sexually dimorphic effects on biliary bile acid composition: a distal (68-73 cM) major determinant in males, and a more proximal (38-68 cM) major determinant in females. In this intercross, Cyp8b1, a strong candidate, does not appear to be responsible.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics and Metabolism, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA. sehayee@rockefeller.edu
authors.forename: Ephraim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sehayek
authors.forename: Lee R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Hagey
authors.forename: Yee-Yan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: Hannah J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Gösta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eggertsen
authors.forename: Ingemar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Björkhem
authors.forename: Alan F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.forename: Jan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Breslow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D019826:Cholic Acid / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D002793:Cholic Acids / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods; D033481:Chromosomes, Mammalian / Q000235:genetics*; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D020297:Mice, Congenic; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci / Q000235:genetics; D013253:Steroid 12-alpha-Hydroxylase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D002793:Cholic Acids; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid; C004821:muricholic acid; D013253:Steroid 12-alpha-Hydroxylase; D019826:Cholic Acid