A New Cholesterol Biosynthesis and Absorption Disorder Associated With Epilepsy, Hypogonadism, and Cerebro-Cerebello-Bulbar Degeneration - 19/05/14
, Shin-ichi Uchiyama, MD, PhD a, Akira Honda, MD, PhD b, Tatsuro Izumi, MD, PhD aAbstract |
Background |
Cholesterol is one of the main components of human cell membranes and constitutes an essential substance in the central nervous system, endocrine system, and its hormones, including sex hormones.
Patient |
A 19-year-old male patient presented with failure to thrive, psychomotor deterioration, intractable epilepsy, hypogonadism, and cerebro-cerebello-bulbar degeneration. His serum level of cholesterol was low, ranging from 78.7 to 116.5 mg/dL.
Results |
The serum concentrations of intermediates in the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway, such as 7-dehydrocholesterol, 8-dehydrocholesterol, desmosterol, lathosterol, and dihydrolanosterol, were not increased. In addition, the levels of the urinary cholesterol biosynthesis marker mevalonic acid, the serum cholesterol absorption markers, campesterol and sitosterol, and the serum cholesterol catabolism marker, 7α-hydroxycholesterol, were all low.
Conclusions |
A serum biomarker analysis indicated that the patient's basic abnormality differed from that of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome and other known disorders of cholesterol metabolism. Therefore, this individual may have a new metabolic disorder with hypocholesterolemia because of decreased biosynthesis and absorption of cholesterol.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : hypocholesterolemia (Oita), cholesterol metabolism, intractable epilepsy, hypogonadism, cerebro-cerebellar-bulbar degeneration, dysmyelination
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Vol 50 - N° 6
P. 601-604 - juin 2014 Retour au numéro
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