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Neonatal urinary steroids in Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome associated with 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase deficiency

Shackleton, C·1999·Steroids

Abstract

The biosynthetic abnormality in Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is a deficiency of 7-dehydrocholesterol (7DHC) reductase, the enzyme responsible for catalyzing the final step in the Kandutsch-Russell pathway for cholesterol synthesis. Because the disposition of 7DHC and 8-dehydrocholesterol [8DHC; cholesta-5,8(9)-dien-3beta-ol] produced in this syndrome is little understood, we have analyzed urine from three young infants by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to characterize its steroid metabolites. All steroid metabolites of adrenal origin found in normal infant urine were also found in urine from the patients with SLOS but in reduced amount. Quantitatively, the major steroids in these SLOS patients were identified by mass spectrometry as homologs of normal neonatal steroids possessing an additional double bond. Generally, two forms of each steroid were present in a similar amount. Because of the markedly increased levels of 7DHC and 8DHC in SLOS, these almost certainly represented the 5,7 and 5,8(9) unsaturated forms of each metabolite. The most abundant steroids were tentatively identified as 3beta,16alpha-dihydroxy-5,7-pregnadien-20-one and 3beta,16alpha-dihydroxy-5,8(9)-pregnadien-20-one, although similar 21-hydroxylated steroids and homologs of 16alpha-hydroxy-DHEA were also found. This study shows that all enzymatic steps used by cholesterol in the DHEA synthetic pathway are also functional for 7DHC and 8DHC.

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  • CYP11A1 action on 7DHC in vivo is supported by detection of Δ7-steroids in Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome patients.

    “CYP11A1 action on 7DHC in vivo is further supported by detection of Δ7steroids in Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome patients.”
  • In Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, deficiency of 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase leads to UVA photosensitivity of the skin and to formation of atypical steroids.

    “Firstly, the 7-Δ reductase deficiency observed in Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome (SLOS), in an addition to severe malformations, results in development of skin photosensitivity to UVA [158, 159] and production a series of unusual steroids [79, 160, 161].”

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Authors
Shackleton, C.
Corresponding author
Shackleton, C
Venue
Steroids
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1999-07
Volume
64
Issue
7
Pages
481-490
ISSN
0039-128X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2005658147
Cited by
48
References
22
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 4
FWCI
3.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Steroids (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry
Keywords
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, 7-dehydrocholesterol, 8-dehydrocholesterol, cholesterol biosynthesis, adrenal steroids, unsaturated steroids, infants
MeSH terms
Humans, Infant, Newborn, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Oxidoreductases, Pregnadienes, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome, Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors

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