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Serum concentration of 7 alpha-hydroxycholesterol as an indicator of bile acid synthesis in humans.

Journal of lipid research (1995-09-01)
C Hahn, C Reichel, K von Bergmann
ABSTRACT

The serum concentration of 7 alpha-hydroxycholesterol as an indicator of total bile acid synthesis was investigated under different experimental conditions in humans. 7 alpha-Hydroxycholesterol was measured by gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, using [2H7]7 alpha-hydroxycholesterol and/or 5 alpha-cholestane-3 beta, 6 beta-diol as internal standards, and bile acid synthesis was estimated by the fecal balance method. Intraindividual variation was small when the concentration of 7 alpha-hydroxycholesterol was determined twice in the same subject 2 days to 11 months apart (7.3 +/- 6.5%, n = 52). In patients with advanced cirrhosis of the liver (n = 22) 7 alpha-hydroxycholesterol was 3.4-fold lower (22 ng/ml +/- 8) compared to matched controls (75 ng/ml +/- 19). Administration of cholestyramine (4 g b.i.d.) for 14 days increased 7 alpha-hydroxycholesterol concentration in five healthy volunteers from 40 +/- 11 ng/ml to 181 +/- 95 ng/ml (P = 0.02) and fecal excretion of acidic sterols from 254 +/- 60 mg/d to 1336 +/- 344 mg/d (P < 0.01). Although a significant correlation was found between 7 alpha-hydroxycholesterol in serum and bile acid synthesis in patients with hypercholesterolemia (r = 0.847, P < 0.001, n = 17), it was impossible to accurately determine bile acid synthesis from the serum levels of 7 alpha-hydroxycholesterol. Thus, determination of 7 alpha-hydroxycholesterol concentrations in serum can be used to assess changes in bile acid synthesis rates over short and long term periods under various experimental conditions, but not to calculate bile acid synthesis correctly.

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