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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 41, 442-451, March 2000
Copyright © 2000 by Lipid Research, Inc.

Original Article

Regulation of 25- and 27-hydroxylation side chain cleavage pathways for cholic acid biosynthesis in humans, rabbits, and mice: assay of enzyme activities by high-resolution gas chromatography;–mass spectrometry

Correspondence to: Gerald Salen

In classic cholic acid biosynthesis, a series of ring modifications of cholesterol precede side chain cleavage and yield 5ß-cholestane-3, 7, 12-triol. Side chain reactions of the triol then proceed either by the mitochondrial 27-hydroxylation pathway or by the microsomal 25-hydroxylation pathway. We have developed specific and precise assay methods to measure the activities of key enzymes in both pathways, 5ß-cholestane-3, 7, 12-triol 25- and 27-hydroxylases and 5ß-cholestane-3, 7, 12, 25-tetrol 23R-, 24R-, 24S- and 27-hydroxylases. The extracts from either the mitochondrial or microsomal incubation mixtures were purified by means of a disposable silica cartridge column, derivatized into trimethylsilyl ethers, and quantified by gas chromatography;–mass spectrometry with selected-ion monitoring in a high resolution mode. Compared with the addition of substrates in acetone, those in 2-hydroxypropyl-ß-cyclodextrin increased mitochondrial triol 27-hydroxylase activity 132% but decreased activities of the enzymes in microsomal 25-hydroxylation pathway (triol 25-hydroxylase and 5ß-cholestane-3, 7, 12, 25-tetrol 23R-, 24R-, 24S- and 27-hydroxylases) 13;–60% in human liver. The enzyme activities in both pathways were generally 2- to 4-times higher in mouse and rabbit livers compared with human liver. In all species, microsomal triol 25-hydroxylase activities were 4- to 11-times larger than mitochondrial triol 27-hydroxylase activities but the activities of tetrol 24S-hydroxylase were similar to triol 27-hydroxylase activities in our assay conditions. The regulation of both pathways in rabbit liver was studied after bile acid synthesis was perturbed. Cholesterol feeding up-regulated enzyme activities involved in both 25- (64;–142%) and 27- (77%) hydroxylation pathways, while bile drainage up-regulated only the enzymes in the 25-hydroxylation pathway (178;–371%).

Using these new assays, we demonstrated that the 25- and 27-hydroxylation pathways for cholic acid biosynthesis are more active in mouse and rabbit than human livers and are separately regulated in rabbit liver.—Honda, A., G. Salen, S. Shefer, Y. Matsuzaki, G. Xu, A. K. Batta, G. S. Tint, and N. Tanaka. Regulation of 25- and 27-hydroxylation side chain cleavage pathways for cholic acid biosynthesis in humans, rabbits, and mice: assay of enzyme activities by high-resolution gas chromatography;–mass spectrometry. J. Lipid Res. 2000. 41: 442;–451.

Supplementary key words: bile acids, 5ß-cholestane-3, 7, 12-triol 27-hydroxylase, 5ß-cholestane-3, 7, 12-triol 25-hydroxylase, 5ß-cholestane-3, 7, 12, 25-tetrol 23R-hydroxylase, 5ß-cholestane-3, 7, 12, 25-tetrol 24R-hydroxylase, 5ß-cholestane-3, 7, 12, 25-tetrol 24S-hydroxylase, 5ß-cholestane-3, 7, 12, 25-tetrol 27-hydroxylase

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