Dias, Irundika H.K., Shokr, Hala, Shephard, Freya and Chakrabarti, Lisa (2022). Oxysterols and Oxysterol Sulfates in Alzheimer’s Disease Brain and Cerebrospinal Fluid. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 87 (4), pp. 1527-1536.
Abstract
Background: Brain cholesterol levels are tightly regulated but increasing evidence indicates that cholesterol metabolism may drive Alzheimer's disease (AD)-associated pathological changes. Recent advances in understanding of mitochondrial dysfunction in AD brain have presented a vital role played by mitochondria in oxysterol biosynthesis and their involvement in pathophysiology. Oxysterol accumulation in brain is controlled by various enzymatic pathways including sulfation. While research into oxysterol is under the areas of active investigation, there is less evidence for oxysterol sulfate levels in human brain. Objective: This study investigates the hypothesis that AD brain oxysterol detoxification via sulfation is impaired in later stages of disease resulting in oxysterol accumulation. Methods: Lipids were extracted from postmortem frozen brain tissue and cerebrospinal (CSF) from late- (Braak stage III-IV) and early- (Braak stage I-II) stage AD patients. Samples were spiked with internal standards prior to lipid extraction. Oxysterols were enriched with a two-step solid phase extraction using a polymeric SPE column and further separation was achieved by LC-MS/MS. Results: Oxysterols, 26-hydroxycholesterol (26-OHC), 25-hydroxycholesterol (25-OHC), and 7-oxycholesterol levels were higher in brain tissue and mitochondria extracted from late-stage AD brain tissue except for 24S-hydroxycholesterol, which was decreased in late AD. However, oxysterol sulfates are significantly lower in the AD frontal cortex. Oxysterols, 25-OHC, and 7-oxocholesterol was higher is CSF but 26-OHC and oxysterol sulfate levels were not changed. Conclusion: Our results show oxysterol metabolism is altered in AD brain mitochondria, favoring synthesis of 26-OHC, 25-OHC, and 7-oxocholesterol, and this may influence brain mitochondrial function and acceleration of the disease.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3233/jad-220083 |
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Divisions: | College of Health & Life Sciences > Aston Medical School College of Health & Life Sciences > Aston Medical School > Translational Medicine Research Group (TMRG) College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Optometry > Optometry |
Additional Information: | © 2022 – The authors. Published by IOS Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC 4.0). |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Alzheimer's disease,brain,cholesterol,mitochondria,oxidative stress,oxysterols,General Neuroscience,Clinical Psychology,Geriatrics and Gerontology,Psychiatry and Mental health |
Publication ISSN: | 1875-8908 |
Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2024 08:39 |
Date Deposited: | 09 May 2022 08:42 |
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Published Date: | 2022-06-14 |
Published Online Date: | 2022-04-27 |
Accepted Date: | 2022-03-30 |
Authors: |
Dias, Irundika H.K.
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0000-0002-6620-8221)
Shokr, Hala Shephard, Freya Chakrabarti, Lisa |