Journal
NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
Volume 28, Issue 10, Pages 1522-1531Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.06.026
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p75 neurotrophin receptor; cholesterol; HMG-CoAred; 7dhcred; in situ hybridization
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- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS038569, NS014297] Funding Source: Medline
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Normal brain function depends critically on cholesterol. Although cholesterol is synthesized locally in the adult brain, the precise anatomical localization of cholesterogenic enzymes is not known. Here we show that 3-hydroxy-3-inethylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMG-CoAred) and 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase (7dhcred), the first and last enzymes, respectively, in the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway, are co-expressed in neurons throughout adult murine brain. Co-localization is most prominent. in cortical, hippocampal, and cholinergic neurons. Since adult hippocampal and cholinoergic neurons express p75 neurotrophin receptors (p75NTR) we hypothesized that p75NTR regulates expression of cholesterogenic enzymes. Treatment of Neuro2a neuroblastoma cells or primary cerebellar cultures with siRNA downregulates p75NTR and decreases the expression level of HMG-CoAred and 7dhcred. Native nuroblastoma cell lines with differential expression of p75NTR differentially express 7dhcred; 7dhcred expression correlates with p75NTR expression. This suggests that, in p75NTR-expressing cells, p75NTR regulates cholesterol synthesis through regulation of HMG-CoAred and 7dhcred expression. The unexpected localization of cholesterogenic enzymes in adult neurons suggests that at least some adult neurons retain the ability to synthesize cholesterol. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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