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Sehayek, E. et al.

Sehayek, Hagey, Fung, Duncan, Yu, Eggertsen, Björkhem, Hofmann, Breslow,

Two loci on chromosome 9 control bile acid composition: evidence that a strong candidate gene, Cyp8b1, is not the culprit.

An intercross between C57BL/6J and CASA/Rk mice was used to study the genetics of biliary bile acid composition. In parental strains, male C57BL/6J mice had significantly higher cholic acid (CA; 14%) and lower beta-muricholic acid (betaMC; 27%) than CASA/Rk mice, whereas females did not differ. However, quantitative trait locus analysis of F2 mice revealed no significant chromosome 9 loci in males but loci in females on chromosome 9 for percentage CA (%CA) at 72 centimorgan (cM) [logarithm of the odds (LOD) 5.89] and %betaMC at 54 cM (LOD 4.09). Chromosome 9 congenic and subcongenic strains representing CASA/Rk intervals 38-73 cM (9KK) and 68-73 cM (9DKK) on the C57BL/6J background were made. In 9KK and 9DKK males, %CA was increased and %betaMC was unchanged, whereas in 9KK but not 9DKK females, %CA was increased and %betaMC was decreased. Sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase (Cyp8b1) channels bile acid precursors into CA and maps at chromosome 9 (73 cM). However, there was no significant difference in Cyp8b1 mRNA or enzymatic activity between parental mice, parental-congenic-subcongenic mice, or high-low biliary %CA F2 mice. In summary, two chromosome 9 loci control sexually dimorphic effects on biliary bile acid composition: a distal (68-73 cM) major determinant in males, and a more proximal (38-68 cM) major determinant in females. In this intercross, Cyp8b1, a strong candidate, does not appear to be responsible.[1]

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Two loci on chromosome 9 control bile acid composition: evidence that a strong candidate gene, Cyp8b1, is not the culprit. Sehayek, E., Hagey, L.R., Fung, Y.Y., Duncan, E.M., Yu, H.J., Eggertsen, G., Björkhem, I., Hofmann, A.F., Breslow, J.L. J. Lipid Res. (2006) [Pubmed]

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