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  • Cholesterogenic genes expression in brain and liver of ganglioside-deficient mice
    Mlinac, Kristina ...
    The aim of this study was to determine the effect of changed ganglioside profile on transcription of selected genes involved in cholesterol homeostasis. For that purpose, the expression of 11 genes ... related to cholesterol synthesis, regulation, and cholesterol transport was investigated in selected brain regions (frontal cortex, hippocampus, brain stem, cerebellum) and liver of St8sia1 knockout (KO) mice characterized by deficientsynthesis of b- and c-series gangliosides and accumulation of a-series gangliosides. The expression of majority of the analyzed genes, as determined using quantitative real time PCR, was slightly higher in St8sia1 KOcompared to wild-type (wt) controls. More prominent changes were observed inHmgr, Cyp51, and Cyp46 expression in brain (hippocampus and brain stem) and Srebp1a, Insig2a, and Ldlr in liver. In addition, the expression of master transcriptional regulators, Srebp1a, Srebp1c, and Insig2a, as well as transporters Ldlr and Vldlr differed between liver and brain, and within brainregions in wt animals. Cyp46 expression was expectedly brain-specific, with brain region difference in both wt and St8sia1 KO. The established changein transcriptome of cholesterogenic genes is associated to specific alteration of ganglioside composition which indicates relationship between gangliosides and regulation of cholesterol metabolism.
    Source: Molecular and cellular biochemistry. - ISSN 0300-8177 (Vol. 369, iss. 1/2, 2012, str. 127-133)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2012
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 30024921
    DOI

source: Molecular and cellular biochemistry. - ISSN 0300-8177 (Vol. 369, iss. 1/2, 2012, str. 127-133)
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