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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
Previous studies have indicated that the early steps in the isoprenoid/cholesterol biosynthetic pathway occur in peroxisomes. However, the role of peroxisomes in cholesterol biosynthesis has recently been questioned in several reports concluding that three of the peroxisomal cholesterol biosynthetic enzymes, namely mevalonate kinase, phosphomevalonate kinase, and mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase, do not localize to peroxisomes in human cells even though they contain consensus peroxisomal targeting signals. We re-investigated the subcellular localization of the cholesterol biosynthetic enzymes of the pre-squalene segment in human cells by using new stable isotopic techniques and data computations with isotopomer spectral analysis, in combination with immunofluorescence and cell permeabilization techniques. Our present findings clearly show and confirm previous studies that the pre-squalene segment of the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway is localized to peroxisomes. In addition, our data are consistent with the hypothesis that acetyl-CoA derived from peroxisomal beta-oxidation of very long-chain fatty acids and medium-chain dicarboxylic acids is preferentially channeled to cholesterol synthesis inside the peroxisomes without mixing with the cytosolic acetyl-CoA pool.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Acetyl-CoA C-Acetyltransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carbon-Carbon Double Bond Isomerases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholesterol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Digitonin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fatty Acids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Geranyltranstransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Indicators and Reagents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphotransferases (Phosphate..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Squalene, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Terpenes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/behenic acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/isopentenyldiphosphate..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/mevalonate kinase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/phosphomevalonate kinase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0948-6143
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
127
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
273-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Acetyl-CoA C-Acetyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Carbon-Carbon Double Bond Isomerases, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Cell Membrane Permeability, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Cricetulus, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Digitonin, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Fatty Acids, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Geranyltranstransferase, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Indicators and Reagents, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Peroxisomes, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor), pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Phosphotransferases (Phosphate Group Acceptor), pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Squalene, pubmed-meshheading:17180682-Terpenes
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Localization of the pre-squalene segment of the isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway in mammalian peroxisomes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA. werner.kovacs@anatomie.med.uni-giessen.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural