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Peroxisomal very long-chain fatty acid β-oxidation in human skin fibroblasts: activity in Zellweger syndrome and other peroxisomal disorders

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Wanders, R.J.A., van Roermund, C.W.T., van Wijland, M.J.A., Heikoop, J., Schutgens, R.B.H., Schram, A.W., Tager, J.M., van den Bosch, H. +4 more·1987·Clinica Chimica Acta

Abstract

Since very long-chain fatty acids with a chain length of 24 carbons or more are known to accumulate in tissues and body fluids from patients with the cerebrohepato-renal (Zellweger) syndrome, infantile Refsum disease, neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy and X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, we studied very long-chain fatty acid oxidation in cultured skin fibroblasts from these patients. In this paper, we report that in accordance with earlier results the first step in the beta-oxidation of the very long-chain fatty acid lignoceric acid (C24:0) primarily occurs in peroxisomes in control human skin fibroblasts. Furthermore, it was found that peroxisomal lignoceric acid beta-oxidation was strongly deficient in fibroblasts from patients with Zellweger syndrome, infantile Refsum disease, neonatal and X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, which explains for the accumulation of very long-chain fatty acids in all four disease entities. In Zellweger syndrome, infantile Refsum disease and neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy the impairment in peroxisomal very long-chain fatty acid beta-oxidation is probably caused by a strong deficiency of all peroxisomal beta-oxidation enzyme proteins due to a deficiency of peroxisomes.

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Wanders, R. J. A., van Roermund, C. W. T., van Wijland, M. J. A., Heikoop, J., Schutgens, R. B. H., Schram, A. W., Tager, J. M., van den Bosch, H., Poll-Thé, B. T., Saudubray, J. M., Moser, H. W., & Moser, A. B.
Affiliations
  • Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
  • University of Amsterdam (NL)
Corresponding author
Wanders, R.J.A.
Venue
Clinica Chimica Acta
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1987-07
Volume
166
Issue
2-3
Pages
255-263
ISSN
0009-8981 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2021711628
Cited by
58
References
35
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2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
7.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Clinica Chimica Acta (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (publishedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Cerebra
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and rare skin diseases.
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurological diseases and metabolism
Keywords
Zellweger syndrome, infantile Refsum disease, neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy, X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, peroxisomal disorders, dermal fibroblasts, lignoceric acid, peroxisomal enzyme deficiency, peroxisome deficiency
MeSH terms
Adrenoleukodystrophy, Adult, Brain Diseases, Cells, Cultured, Fatty Acids, Female, Fibroblasts, Humans, Kidney Diseases, Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors, Liver Diseases, Microbodies, Oxidation-Reduction, Refsum Disease, Skin, Syndrome

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