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Bile acid synthesis. Metabolism of 3 beta-hydroxy-5-cholenoic acid to chenodeoxycholic acid.

The Journal of biological chemistry (1986-09-25)
N B Javitt, E Kok, F Carubbi, T Blizzard, M Gut, C Y Byon
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Metabolism of 3 beta-hydroxy-5-cholenoic acid to chenodeoxycholic acid has been found to occur in rabbits and humans, species that cannot 7 alpha-hydroxylate lithocholic acid. This novel pathway for chenodeoxycholic acid synthesis from 3 beta-hydroxy-5-cholenoic acid led to a reinvestigation of the pathway for chenodeoxycholic acid from 3 beta-hydroxy-5-cholenoic acid in the hamster. Simultaneous infusion of equimolar [1,2-3H]lithocholic acid and 3 beta-hydroxy-5-[14C]cholenoic acid indicated that the 14C enrichment of chenodeoxycholic acid was much greater than that of lithocholic acid. Thus, in all these species, a novel 7 alpha-hydroxylation pathway exists that prevents the deleterious biologic effects of 3 beta-hydroxy-5-cholenoic acid.

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