Plant sterols cause macrothrombocytopenia in a mouse model of sitosterolemia.

نویسندگان

  • Janine K Kruit
  • A Lyndsay Drayer
  • Vincent W Bloks
  • Nel Blom
  • Sandra G Olthof
  • Pieter J J Sauer
  • Gerald de Haan
  • Ido P Kema
  • Edo Vellenga
  • Folkert Kuipers
چکیده

Mutations in either ABCG5 or ABCG8 cause sitosterolemia, an inborn error of metabolism characterized by high plasma plant sterol concentrations. Recently, macrothrombocytopenia was described in a number of sitosterolemia patients, linking hematological dysfunction to disturbed sterol metabolism. Here, we demonstrate that macrothrombocytopenia is an intrinsic feature of murine sitosterolemia. Abcg5-deficient (Abcg5(-/-)) mice showed a 68% reduction in platelet count, and platelets were enlarged compared with wild-type controls. Macrothrombocytopenia was not due to decreased numbers of megakaryocytes or their progenitors, but defective megakaryocyte development with deterioration of the demarcation membrane system was evident. Lethally irradiated wild-type mice transplanted with bone marrow from Abcg5(-/-) mice displayed normal platelets, whereas Abcg5(-/-) mice transplanted with wild-type bone marrow still showed macrothrombocytopenia. Treatment with the sterol absorption inhibitor ezetimibe rapidly reversed macrothrombocytopenia in Abcg5(-/-) mice concomitant with a strong decrease in plasma plant sterols. Thus, accumulation of plant sterols is responsible for development of macrothrombocytopenia in sitosterolemia, and blocking intestinal plant sterol absorption provides an effective means of treatment.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of biological chemistry

دوره 283 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008