Patent Application: US-94640601-A

Abstract:
the present invention relates to the identification of the nsdhl gene product as a 3β - hsd participating in the conversion of 4 , 4 - dimethylcholest - 8 - en - 3β - ol to cholest - 8 - en - 3β - ol in the cholesterol and vitamin d biosynthetic pathway . based upon this function the present invention contemplates methods for manipulating the biosynthetic pathway at the step of involvement of nsdhl to increase or decrease the levels of cholesterol and / or vitamin d produced by a cell . also contemplated are methods for manipulating the accumulation of intermediate compounds upstream of the step of nsdhl in the pathway . diagnostic methods involving identification of mutations in the genes encoding enzymes involved in the conversion of 4 , 4 - dimethylcholest - 8 - en - 3β - ol to cholest - 8 - en - 3β - ol are also provided , as well as diagnostic methods involving detection of abnormal accumulation of sterol intermediates prior to generation of choles - 8 - en - 3β - ol in the pathway .

Description:
the invention is illustrated by the following examples wherein example 1 describes the tissue distribution of nsdhl mrna , example 2 describes abnormal sterol accumulation in bpa mice , example 3 reports mutations in the human nsdhl gene in patients with child syndrome and example 4 describes abnormal sterol accumulation in psoriasis patients . previous northern analyses with partial human nsdhl cdna probes ( called xap104 and h105e3 ) demonstrated ubiquitous expression in adult tissues of a 1 . 5 - 2 . 0 kb transcript . see levin et al ., genome res ., 6 : 465 - 477 ( 1996 ) and heiss et al , genome res ., 6 : 478 - 491 ( 1996 ). expression of wild type murine nsdhl mrna was examined and compared to the human tissue distribution results . northern blots containing 4 μg of mrna were prepared from cultured undifferentiated embryonic stem cells , from embryos isolated from timed matings , and from other murine tissues . the northern blots were probed with the 1 . 4kb nsdhl est 605654 or a 780 bp human gapdh cdna ( control ) and exposed under x - ray film . rt - pcr was also performed on bone / cartilage dissected from femurs of newborn mice . high levels of expression of nsdhl transcript were detected in undifferentiated embryonic stem cells and mid and late gestation mouse embryos . in adult mice , expression was detected in all tissues with the highest expression seen in ovary , testis , liver , adrenal , and kidney . expression was also observed in eye , skin and newborn bone / cartilage , tissues that are affected in surviving bpa females . to determine the substrate of the nsdhl gene product sterol metabolism was examined in bpa mice . sterol distributions in cultured skin fibroblasts or tissue samples obtained from bpa females and control mice were analyzed by gas chromatography and selected - ion mass spectrometry as described in kelley et al . ( 1999 ), supra except that the gas chromatographic matrix was 5 % phenylmethylsilicone ( hp - 2 , hewlett packard ). primary murine fibroblasts were expanded by weekly subculture ( 1 : 2 ) in rpmi 1640 supplemented with 15 % fetal calf serum and incubated at 37 ° in 5 % co 2 for analysis of sterol metabolism , cells were subcultured 1 : 3 in t25 flasks and fed at 24 hours and 7 days with rpmi containing 15 % delipidated fetal calf serum as described in gibson et al , j . lipid res ., 31 : 515 - 521 ( 1990 ). after 14 days growth in delipidated medium , the cells were harvested and sterols quantitated . tissues from female bpa mice were analyzed for sterol content in the same manner as skin fibroblasts following initial homogenization of the tissue in 1 ml of sterol saponification solution in a ground glass homogenizer . results of the analyses are presented in table 1 below and in fig3 which shows gas chromatographic flame ionization profiles of the sterol extracts of the normal mouse fibroblasts ( upper tracing ) and the bpa fibroblasts ( lower tracing ). in the figure , the ordinates are detector response and the abscissae are elution time . the identified compounds are : ( 1 ) internal standard ( epicoprostanol ); ( 2 ) cholesterol ; ( 3 ) desmosterol ; and ( 4 ) lathosterol . tentatively identified compounds include : ( 5 ) 4 - methylcholest - 8 ( 9 )- en - 3β - ol ; ( 6 ) 4 - methylcholesta - 8 ( 9 ), 24 - dien - 3β - ol ; and ( 7 ) 4 , 4 ′- dimethylcholest - 8 ( 9 )- en - 3β - ol . cultured fibroblasts from an affected adult bpa female accumulated large amounts of two c28 sterols and a smaller amount of a c29 sterol ( table 1 and fig2 ). similar abnormal accumulations in kidney and liver tissue from bpa females , ages 6 days , 18 days , and 3 months were also found ( data not shown ). although the exact isomeric structures of the accumulated c28 sterols remain to be determined , their fragmentation patterns and retention times are consistent with c - 4 methylsterols having double bonds in , respectively , the 8 ( 9 ) and 8 ( 9 ), 24 positions . the c29 sterol as was tentatively identified as 4 , 4 ′- dimethylcholest - 8 ( 9 )- en - 3β - ol . the abnormal sterol profile is consistent with the function of nsdhl as a c - 3 sterol dehydrogenase involved in the complex series of reactions that result in the sequential removal of the two c - 4 methyl groups from the sterol backbone of the cholesterol precursor lanosterol . [ 0030 ] fig1 is a schematic representation of the enzymatic pathway for conversion of lanosterol to cholesterol in which sterol intermediates that are increased in bpa mice are shown in bold type and underlined . the saturation of the c - 24 methyl groups may occasionally precede that of the c - 24 double bond or may occur at different points in the pathway , and removal of the c - 4 methyl groups may occasionally precede that of the c - 14 methyl group ( not shown ). fig4 depicts additional steps in the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway that could be affected by the accumulation of sterol intermediates . mutations in the human nsdhl gene have been identified in patients with child syndrome ( congenital hemidysplasia , ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects ), a rare x - linked dominant genodermatosis characterized by unilateral ichthyosiform skin lesions , ipsilateral anomalies of limbs and internal organs , and punctate calcifications of the epiphyses and other cartilaginous structures on the affected side . in child syndrome patients , there is unilateral distribution of ichthyotic skin at birth , with a sharp line of demarcation between normal and abnormal skin at the midline of the trunk . in most patients , large areas of skin are diffusely abnormal , often on the trunk , but also on the limbs . however , some skin lesions on the affected side may follow lines of blaschko with interspersed streaks of normal skin . the skin of the face is usually spared , although scalp alopecia may be present . the skin lesions are usually most severe at or shortly after birth and often improve spontaneously , but some patients have persistent patches of involved skin that do not resolve and respond poorly to therapy . clinically , the skin appears scaly and erythematous . the lesions may be pruritic . skin lesions in nsdhl deficiency child syndrome are characterized by waxy yellow plaques with a propensity for skin folds . histologically , the epidermis shows orthohyperkeratosis , parakeratosis , and marked acanthosis with inflammatory infiltrates of lymphocytes , histiocytes and neutrophils . accumulations of neutrophils may form in the stratum comeum . verruciform xanthoma , characterized by foamy , lipid - filled histiocytes in the dermal papillae , has also been observed in several reported cases of child syndrome . new patches of involved skin , on the same or on the contralateral side , can develop . lesions may appear and disappear spontaneously , and usually do not respond well to most therapeutic trials of emollients , topical steroids , etc . patients with skin disorders such as ichthyosiform nevus , ichthyosis , inflammatory linear vernucous epidermal nevus ( ilven ), linear epidermal nevus , epidermal nevus , inflammatory epidermal nevus , epidermal hyperplasia , psoriasiform erythroderma and psoriasiform epidermal nevus , which are clinically very similar to the skin abnormality seen in nsdhl deficiency child syndrome , may have nsdhl deficiency or other sterol biosynthetic defects at the same enzymatic step . ilven may represent the mild end of the spectrum of the same defect as that in child syndrome . limb defects may range from mild hypoplasia of digits to agenesis of an entire limb . punctate calcifications of cartilaginous structures are often observed in newborns or young infants , but usually resolve over time . finger and toenails may be dysplastic . in addition to the skeletal and cutaneous manifestations , patients may have ipsilateral visceral anomalies , including brain , renal , and cardiac defects . the right side is involved more frequently than the left . if the left side is affected , there is a higher risk for a serious or lethal cardiac defect . a distinct splicing mutation was identified in two unrelated child syndrome patients . the mutation ivs7 - 2 a to c , alters the splice acceptor site at the beginning of exon 8 of the nsdhl gene . the presence of the heterozygous mutation was confirmed by sequencing pcr products . the mutation was also found to be present in one of the patients &# 39 ; asymptomatic mother by direct sequencing . confirmation of the mutation was performed by rt - pcr performed as described in levin et al ., genome res ., 6 : 465 - 477 ( 1996 ) on patient lymphoblast dna using the primers shown below that amplify between exon 7 and exon 8 of the dna sequence . pcr conditions were 94 ° c ., 7 minutes ; 94 ° c ., 30 seconds ; 55 ° c ., 30 seconds ; 72 ° c ., 30 seconds ; then forty cycles of 72 ° c ., 7 minutes and 4 ° c . the rt - pcr product was excised from a gel and directly sequenced . it indicated that the mutation results in abnormal splicing and the in frame deletion of the first fifty - six amino acids in exon 8 of the protein . other mutations have been identified in the nsdhl gene of child patients and are described in könig et al ., am . j . med . genet ., 90 : 339 - 346 ( 2000 ), which is incorporated by reference herein . sterol analysis of the serum and / or skin fibroblasts of the patients and mother demonstrated the accumulation of 4 - methyl sterols consistent with the mutation in the nsdhl gene . abnormal sterol accumulation consistent with defects in the genes encoding enzymes in the nsdhl step was also observed in psoriasis patients . psoriasis is a chronic papulosquamous disorder that undergoies spontaneous remissions and exacerbations . in psoriasis , skin lesions are sharply demarcated with distinct borders . the lesions of psoriasis demonstrate a variety of morphologic types and areas of distribution on the body . the surface of the lesions is covered with silvery scales , and under the scale , there is glossy , homogeneous erythema . nails are frequently involved in psoriasis ; the abnormalities can include nail pits , brownish or yellowish discoloration beneath the nail plate , or severe onychodystrophy . histopathology of psoriasis is characterized by thickened ( 3 - 5 × normal ) epidermis ( acanthosis ), parakeratosis , and a lymphohistiocytic infiltrate in the papillary dermis . the dermal papillae become thin and elongated , and contain tortuous blood vessels in an edematous stroma . psoriasis , its diagnosis , and its treatment are discussed in abel , psoriasis 8 / 97 , 2 . dermatology iii , pp . psoriasis - 1 to psoriasis - 14 , in scientific american medicine , scientific american , inc ., new york , n . y . ( 1973 - 2000 ), which is incorporated by reference herein . differences between psoriasis and the nsdhl deficiency skin lesions include an apparent difference in the clinical appearance of the skin scales , in that the scales in psoriasis are silvery and those of nsdhl deficiency are waxy and yellow , and the lack of verruciform xanthomatous changes in the dermis in psoriasis on biopsy . however , in psoriasis and other ichthyoses , such as harlequin ichthyosis , lipid vacoules are seen in lesional keratinocytes ultrastructurally . keratinocytes may be vacoulated in child syndrome as well . to determine if common psoriasis is associated with the same abnormalities of cholesterol biosynthesis that are characteristic of both human nsdhl - and murine nsdhl - deficiency , sterols were quantified in the scales of human psoriatic skin and from forearm skin of human adult controls . presented in table 2 below are representative data summarizing sterol levels in the skin of three adult psoriasis samples , three normal adult controls , and one of the child syndrome patients discussed in example 3 , wherein all values are percent of total sterols all psoriasis samples tested had increased levels of the same two 4 - methylsterols that are most prominent in nsdhl - deficient mouse plasma , tissues , and cultured cells : 4 - methylcholest - 8 ( 9 )- en - 3beta - ol ( methylsterol - 1 ) and 4 - methylcholesta - 8 ( 9 ), 24 - dien - 3beta - ol ( methylsterol - 2 ). these are the sterols that are predicted herein to be increased because of the deficient activity of the nsdhl - encoded 3β - hsd of the sterol - 4 - demethylase complex . only trace amounts of these compounds are present in normal skin . another important characteristic of the skin of the human psoriasis is the near absence of squalene , a isoprenoid precursor of lanosterol and one of the most abundant lipids in normal skin . essentially the same abnormal pattern of sterols was found in the skin of the child syndrome patient with the established nsdhl mutation described in example 3 above . one difference between the sterol profile of child syndrome skin and that of psoriasis skin is the reversed ratio of the two 4 - methylsterols . nevertheless , the similarity of the two sterol profiles indicates that dysfunction of the sterol - 4 - demethylase enzyme complex is a characteristic of human psoriasis in the patients examined . diagnostic methods based on the analysis of genes encoding enzymes participating in the sterol - 4 - demethylase complex or on analysis of sterol accumulation are therefore contemplated as useful to clinicians in the initial diagnosis of psoriasis and also in determining treatment course as different psoriasis patients are not necessarily responsive to the same therapies . while the present invention has been described in terms of exemplary methods , it is understood that variations and modifications will occur to those skilled in the art . therefore , only such 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