Cholesterol biosynthesis from birth to adulthood in a mouse model for 7-dehydrosterol reductase deficiency (Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome).
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is caused by deficiency in the terminal step of cholesterol biosynthesis, which is catalyzed by 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase (DHCR7). The disorder exhibits several phenotypic traits including dysmorphia and mental retardation with a broad range of severity. Pathogenesis of SLOS is complex due to multiple roles of cholesterol and may be further complicated by unknown effects of aberrant metabolites that arise when 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC), the substrate for DHCR7, accumulates. A viable mouse model for SLOS has recently been developed, and here we characterize cholesterol metabolism in this model with emphasis on changes during the first few weeks of postnatal development. Cholesterol and 7-DHC were measured in "SLOS" mice and compared with measurements in normal mice. SLOS mice had measurable levels of 7-DHC at all ages tested (up to 1 year), while 7-DHC was below the threshold for detection in normal mice. In perinatal to weaning age SLOS mice, cholesterol and 7-DHC levels changed dramatically. Changes in brain and liver were independent; in brain cholesterol increased several fold while 7-DHC remained relatively constant, but in liver cholesterol first increased then decreased again while 7-DHC first decreased then increased. In older SLOS animals the ratio of 7-DHC/cholesterol, which is an index of biochemical severity, tended to approach, but not reach, normal. While these mice provide the best available genetic animal model for the study of SLOS pathogenesis and treatment, they probably will be most useful at early ages when the metabolic effects of the mutations are most dramatic. To correlate any experimental treatment with improved sterol metabolism will require age-matched controls. Finally, determining the mechanism by which these "SLOS" mice tend to normalize may provide insight into the future development of therapy.
Marcos
Josep
J
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA 94609-1673, USA.
Shackleton
Cedric H L
CH
Buddhikot
Madhavee M
MM
Porter
Forbes D
FD
Watson
Gordon L
GL
D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D051379:Mice; D044925:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors / Q000172:deficiency*; D019082:Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D014020:Tissue Extracts
D014020:Tissue Extracts; D002784:Cholesterol; D044925:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors; C019995:7-dehydrocholesterol reductase
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