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Bile acids derived from cholesterol and oxysterols derived from cholesterol and bile acid synthesis pathways are signaling molecules that regulate cholesterol homeostasis in mammals. Many nuclear receptors play pivotal roles in the regulation of bile acid and cholesterol metabolism. Bile acids activate the farnesoid X receptor (FXR) to inhibit transcription of the gene for cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase, and stimulate excretion and transport of bile acids. Therefore, FXR is a bile acid sensor that protects liver from accumulation of toxic bile acids and xenobiotics. Oxysterols activate the liver orphan receptors (LXR) to induce cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase and ATP-binding cassette family of transporters and thus promote reverse cholesterol transport from the peripheral tissues to the liver for degradation to bile acids. LXR also induces the sterol response element binding protein-1c that regulates lipogenesis. Therefore, FXR and LXR play critical roles in coordinate control of bile acid, cholesterol, and triglyceride metabolism to maintain lipid homeostasis. Nuclear receptors and bile acid/oxysterol-regulated genes are potential targets for developing drug therapies for lowering serum cholesterol and triglycerides and treating cardiovascular and liver diseases.
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- John Y L Chiang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio 44272, USA.
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Root C, Smith CD, Sundseth SS, Pink HM, Wilson JG, Lewis MC. Ileal bile acid transporter inhibition, CYP7A1 induction, and antilipemic action of 264W94. J Lipid Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m200121-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Roy S, Freake HC, Fernandez ML. Gender and hormonal status affect the regulation of hepatic cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase activity and mRNA abundance by dietary soluble fiber in the guinea pig. Atherosclerosis 2002; 163:29-37. [PMID: 12048119 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(01)00749-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Dietary soluble fiber (SF) consistently lowers plasma LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) concentrations, however, secondary mechanisms governing this reduction are not completely defined. Moreover, these mechanisms appear to differ with gender. Male, female and ovariectomized (to mimic menopause) guinea pigs were used to assess effects of gender, hormonal status and SF on activity and expression of hepatic cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7). Diets were identical except for fiber source (control 10% cellulose, SF 5% psyllium/5% pectin). SF intake resulted in 44% lower plasma total cholesterol, 51% lower plasma LDL-C and 22% lower plasma triacylglycerol (TAG) concentrations. However, ovariectomized guinea pigs fed either the control or SF diets, had the highest plasma LDL-C and TAG levels (P<0.01). SF altered hepatic cholesterol metabolism by effectively reducing hepatic free cholesterol, TAG and microsomal free cholesterol, while activity of CYP7, the rate-limiting enzyme of cholesterol catabolism, was up-regulated. Hepatic CYP7 mRNA abundance paralleled the increase in enzyme activity. Ovariectomized guinea pigs had lowest activity and expression of hepatic CYP7 even after intervention with SF. These results suggest that induction of hepatic CYP7 activity may account, in large part, for the hypocholesterolemic effect of SF. Gender and hormonal status influence metabolic responses to dietary SF with estrogen deprivation leading to the most detrimental lipid profile.
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- Suheeta Roy
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, 3624 Horsebarn Road Extension, U-17, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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Cholesterol cholelithiasis is common in Western populations and represents a consequence of altered cholesterol homeostasis. Gallstones form because of a complex and incompletely understood series of metabolic and physicochemical events that promote cholesterol crystallization in bile. In the context of current paradigms, this article reviews recent progress in research on biliary lipid metabolism and the pathogenesis of cholesterol gallstones.
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- Hideyuki Hyogo
- Department of Medicine, Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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The pregnane X receptor (PXR) is a promiscuous nuclear receptor that has evolved to protect the body from toxic chemicals. PXR is activated by a structurally diverse collection of xenobiotics, including several widely used prescription drugs. Various lipophilic compounds produced by the body, such as bile acids and steroids, also activate PXR. PXR stimulates the transcription of cytochrome P450 3A monooxygenases and other genes involved in the detoxification and elimination of these potentially harmful chemicals. Assays that detect PXR activation have important implications for the design of future drugs in two respects. On the one hand, PXR activation assays can be used to determine whether candidate drugs are likely to induce CYP3A gene expression and interact with other medicines. On the other hand, PXR agonists may prove useful in the treatment of diseases in which toxic metabolites accumulate, such as cholestatic liver disease.
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- Bryan Goodwin
- Nuclear Receptor Systems Research, GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
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Davis RA, Miyake JH, Hui TY, Spann NJ. Regulation of cholesterol-7α-hydroxylase: BAREly missing a SHP. J Lipid Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)31482-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Kliewer SA, Willson TM. Regulation of xenobiotic and bile acid metabolism by the nuclear pregnane X receptor. J Lipid Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)30141-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Sinal CJ, Yoon M, Gonzalez FJ. Antagonism of the actions of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha by bile acids. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:47154-62. [PMID: 11606578 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107000200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPARalpha) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that regulates the expression of a number of genes critical for fatty acid beta-oxidation. Because a number of substrates and intermediates of this metabolic pathway serve as ligand activators of this receptor, homeostatic control of fatty acid metabolism is achieved. Evidence also exists for PPARalpha-dependent regulation of genes encoding critical enzymes of bile acid biosynthesis. To determine whether the primary products of bile acid biosynthesis, cholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid, were capable of modulating PPARalpha function, a variety of in vivo and in vitro approaches were utilized. Feeding a bile acid-enriched diet significantly reduced the degree of hepatomegaly and induction of target genes encoding enzymes of fatty acid beta-oxidation caused by treatment with the potent PPARalpha ligand Wyeth-14,643. Convergent data from mechanistic studies indicate that bile acids interfere with transactivation by PPARalpha at least in part by impairing the recruitment of transcriptional coactivators. The results of this study provide the first evidence in favor of the existence of compounds, normally found within the body, that are capable of antagonizing the physiological actions of PPARalpha. The impact of PPARalpha antagonism by endogenous bile acids is likely to be limited under normal conditions and to have only minimal effects on bile acid homeostasis. However, during certain pathophysiological states where intracellular bile acid concentrations are elevated, meaningful effects on PPARalpha-dependent target gene regulation are possible.
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- C J Sinal
- Laboratory of Metabolism, Division of Basic Sciences, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Willson TM, Jones SA, Moore JT, Kliewer SA. Chemical genomics: functional analysis of orphan nuclear receptors in the regulation of bile acid metabolism. Med Res Rev 2001; 21:513-22. [PMID: 11607932 DOI: 10.1002/med.1023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Chemical genomics is the name we have given to the analysis of gene function through use of small molecule chemical tools. Orphan nuclear receptors are ideally suited to this technique of functional analysis, since their activity as transcription factors is regulated by small hydrophobic ligands. GW4064 is a potent and selective nonsteroidal ligand for the nuclear bile acid receptor FXR (NR1H4). Using GW4064 as a chemical tool, we have identified genes regulated by FXR in the liver, including those involved in bile acid synthesis and transport. We have also discovered that PXR (NR1I2) is a lithocholic acid receptor that controls the biosynthesis and metabolism of bile acids. Together FXR and PXR cooperate to control biliary and urinary bile acid excretion. These functions suggest that potent PXR and FXR ligands may offer a new approach to the treatment of cholestatic liver disease.
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- T M Willson
- Nuclear Receptor Discovery Research, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, North Carolina 27709, USA.
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Pandak WM, Schwarz C, Hylemon PB, Mallonee D, Valerie K, Heuman DM, Fisher RA, Redford K, Vlahcevic ZR. Effects of CYP7A1 overexpression on cholesterol and bile acid homeostasis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2001; 281:G878-89. [PMID: 11557507 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.2001.281.4.g878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The initial and rate-limiting step in the classic pathway of bile acid biosynthesis is 7alpha-hydroxylation of cholesterol, a reaction catalyzed by cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1). The effect of CYP7A1 overexpression on cholesterol homeostasis in human liver cells has not been examined. The specific aim of this study was to determine the effects of overexpression of CYP7A1 on key regulatory steps involved in hepatocellular cholesterol homeostasis, using primary human hepatocytes (PHH) and HepG2 cells. Overexpression of CYP7A1 in HepG2 cells and PHH was accomplished by using a recombinant adenovirus encoding a CYP7A1 cDNA (AdCMV-CYP7A1). CYP7A1 overexpression resulted in a marked activation of the classic pathway of bile acid biosynthesis in both PHH and HepG2 cells. In response, there was decreased HMG-CoA-reductase (HMGR) activity, decreased acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) activity, increased cholesteryl ester hydrolase (CEH) activity, and increased low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) mRNA expression. Changes observed in HMGR, ACAT, and CEH mRNA levels paralleled changes in enzyme specific activities. More specifically, LDLR expression, ACAT activity, and CEH activity appeared responsive to an increase in cholesterol degradation after increased CYP7A1 expression. Conversely, accumulation of the oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxycholesterol in the microsomes after CYP7A1 overexpression was correlated with a decrease in HMGR activity.
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- W M Pandak
- Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23249, USA
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Gilmore J, Rotondo F, Pelletier AM, LaMarre J, Alaoui-Jamali M, Kirby GM. Identification of a 43-kDa protein in human liver cytosol that binds to the 3'-untranslated region of CYP2A6 mRNA. Biochem Pharmacol 2001; 62:669-78. [PMID: 11551511 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(01)00720-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hepatic expression of cytochrome P450 2A6 (CYP2A6) varies widely in humans and is induced during hepatitis; however, the mechanism regulating CYP2A6 has not been established. The murine orthologue Cyp2a5 is regulated post-transcriptionally by mRNA stabilization. A 43-kDa protein that binds to the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of Cyp2a5 mRNA has been identified, but its role in mRNA stabilization is unclear. We hypothesized that similar interactions occur between cytosolic proteins in human liver and CYP2A6 3'-UTR mRNA. We identified, by RNA electrophoretic mobility shift assay, an hepatic cytosolic protein that binds specifically to sequences in the 3'-UTR of CYP2A6. Complexes did not form with denatured proteins and were eliminated with proteinase K digestion. Complex formation was inhibited with a molar excess of unlabeled CYP2A6 RNA but not by non-specific competitor RNA. Protein-mRNA interactions were not affected by probe denaturation, suggesting that RNA secondary structure is not essential for binding. UV cross-linking of complexes revealed RNA-binding proteins in both human and mouse liver cytosols with molecular masses of approximately 43 kDa. Using truncated RNA probes corresponding to various lengths of CYP2A6 mRNA, the protein-binding site was localized to a 50-nucleotide region between bases 1478 and 1527 of the 3'-UTR. Complex formation with hepatic cytosolic protein from four human subjects correlated with levels of hepatic CYP2A6 microsomal protein, suggesting a possible regulatory role. Further characterization of the RNA-binding protein, the primary binding site, and the influence of this interaction on CYP2A6 mRNA stability will help to elucidate the relevance of these findings to the post-transcriptional control of CYP2A6.
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- J Gilmore
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Staudinger JL, Goodwin B, Jones SA, Hawkins-Brown D, MacKenzie KI, LaTour A, Liu Y, Klaassen CD, Brown KK, Reinhard J, Willson TM, Koller BH, Kliewer SA. The nuclear receptor PXR is a lithocholic acid sensor that protects against liver toxicity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:3369-74. [PMID: 11248085 PMCID: PMC30660 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.051551698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1017] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The pregnane X receptor (PXR) is the molecular target for catatoxic steroids such as pregnenolone 16alpha-carbonitrile (PCN), which induce cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A) expression and protect the body from harmful chemicals. In this study, we demonstrate that PXR is activated by the toxic bile acid lithocholic acid (LCA) and its 3-keto metabolite. Furthermore, we show that PXR regulates the expression of genes involved in the biosynthesis, transport, and metabolism of bile acids including cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (Cyp7a1) and the Na(+)-independent organic anion transporter 2 (Oatp2). Finally, we demonstrate that activation of PXR protects against severe liver damage induced by LCA. Based on these data, we propose that PXR serves as a physiological sensor of LCA, and coordinately regulates gene expression to reduce the concentrations of this toxic bile acid. These findings suggest that PXR agonists may prove useful in the treatment of human cholestatic liver disease.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases
- Cholestasis, Intrahepatic/metabolism
- Cholestasis, Intrahepatic/prevention & control
- Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/genetics
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/genetics
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Lithocholic Acid/metabolism
- Lithocholic Acid/pharmacology
- Liver/drug effects
- Liver/injuries
- Liver/metabolism
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating/genetics
- Pregnane X Receptor
- Pregnenolone Carbonitrile/pharmacology
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/physiology
- Receptors, Steroid/genetics
- Receptors, Steroid/metabolism
- Receptors, Steroid/physiology
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- J L Staudinger
- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Repa JJ, Mangelsdorf DJ. The role of orphan nuclear receptors in the regulation of cholesterol homeostasis. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 2001; 16:459-81. [PMID: 11031244 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.16.1.459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 558] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cholesterol balance is maintained by a series of regulatory pathways that control the acquisition of cholesterol from endogenous and exogenous sources and the elimination of cholesterol, facilitated by its conversion to bile acids. Over the past decade, investigators have discovered that a family of membrane-bound transcription factors, sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs), mediate the end-product repression of key enzymes of cholesterol biosynthesis. Recently orphan members of another family of transcription factors, the nuclear hormone receptors, have been found to regulate key pathways in bile acid metabolism, thereby controlling cholesterol elimination. The study of these orphan nuclear receptors suggests their potential as targets for new drug therapies.
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- J J Repa
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9050, USA
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Bramlett KS, Yao S, Burris TP. Correlation of farnesoid X receptor coactivator recruitment and cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene repression by bile acids. Mol Genet Metab 2000; 71:609-15. [PMID: 11136553 DOI: 10.1006/mgme.2000.3106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cholesterol conversion to bile acids in the liver is regulated by the rate-limiting enzyme cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1). CYP7A1 activity is regulated by feedback repression by bile acids at the transcriptional level. The farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily, was recently demonstrated to function as the bile acid receptor and its high level of expression in the liver implicates it in the transcriptional regulation of CYP7A1. This study compares the potencies of various bile acids in their ability to mediate recruitment of the transcriptional coactivator protein, steroid receptor coactivator-1 (SRC-1), to the FXR ligand binding domain with their ability to repress CYP7A1 expression in HepG2 cells. A mammalian two-hybrid assay was utilized to assess the ability of FXR to recruit SRC-1 in a ligand-dependent manner. Chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) was the most potent and efficacious compound in the SRC-1 recruitment assay (EC(50) = 11.7 microM) followed by deoxycholic acid (DCA; EC(50) = 19.0 microM). Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) displayed minimal activity while cholic acid (CA) was inactive. In order to directly compare the potencies of the bile acids in the coactivator recruitment assay to their ability to repress CYP7A1 expression, a branched DNA assay was developed to rapidly measure CYP7A1 mRNA levels from HepG2 cells cultured in 96-well plates. The rank order and absolute potency was conserved (CDCA IC(50) = 8.7 microM, DCA IC(50) = 27.2 microM, UDCA and CA inactive) consistent with bile acid repression of CYP7A1 being mediated by FXR.
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- K S Bramlett
- Department of Gene Regulation, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285, USA
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Buhman KK, Furumoto EJ, Donkin SS, Story JA. Dietary psyllium increases expression of ileal apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter mRNA coordinately with dose-responsive changes in bile acid metabolism in rats. J Nutr 2000; 130:2137-42. [PMID: 10958804 DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.9.2137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Psyllium (PSY), a type of dietary fiber containing mainly soluble components, has been shown to decrease serum cholesterol concentrations in several species; however, mechanisms involved are not clearly defined. Four groups of 10 rats were fed semipurified diets containing 10% dietary fiber from cellulose and/or PSY for 21 d. Increasing levels of PSY were fed (0,3.33, 6.67 and 10% PSY) with the remaining 10% made up with cellulose. Liver cholesterol, cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A) activity and mRNA, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase (HMGR) mRNA, ileal apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (ASBT) mRNA, fecal bile acids and total steroids, and intestinal bile acid content were measured. All variables responded in a dose-dependent manner to PSY in the diet. Total liver cholesterol content was significantly reduced in all groups fed PSY compared to cellulose-fed controls [138(a), 105(b), 105(b) and 93(c) micromol (SEM = 4.2) for 0, 3.33, 6.67 and 10% PSY, respectively]. Activity of CYP7A was significantly greater in all groups fed PSY compared to the cellulose-fed controls [6.36(c), 16.92(b), 15.28(b) and 20.37(a) pmol x min(-1) x mg protein(-1) (SEM = 3.19) for 0, 3.33, 6.67 and 10% PSY, respectively]. These differences in CYP7A activity were similar to differences in CYP7A, HMGR and ASBT mRNA levels. Fecal bile acid and total steroid excretion as well as total intestinal bile acids were significantly greater in rats fed PSY-containing diets compared to 0% PSY-fed rats. These results suggest that the reduction in liver cholesterol involves modulating the size and composition of the bile acid pool via regulation of ileal ASBT, CYP7A and HMGR mRNA levels.
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- K K Buhman
- Departments of. Foods and Nutrition and. Animal Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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In nonhepatic cells, cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase induces the expression of genes regulating cholesterol biosynthesis, efflux, and homeostasis. J Lipid Res 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)33443-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Miyake JH, Wang SL, Davis RA. Bile acid induction of cytokine expression by macrophages correlates with repression of hepatic cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:21805-8. [PMID: 10823815 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c000275200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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In the studies reported herein, we show that two complementary experimental models: inbred strains of mice (i.e. C57BL/6 and C3H/HeJ), and a differentiated line of rat hepatoma cells (i.e. L35 cells), require the activation of cytokines by monocyte/macrophages to display bile acid negative feedback repression of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1). Feeding a bile acid-containing atherogenic diet for 3 weeks to C57BL/6 mice led to a 70% reduction in the expression of hepatic CYP7A1 mRNA, whereas no reduction was observed in C3H/HeJ mice. The strain-specific response to repression of CYP7A1 paralleled the activation of hepatic cytokine expression. Studies using cultured THP-1 monocyte/macrophages showed that the hydrophobic bile acid chenodeoxycholate, a well established potent repressor of CYP7A1, induced the expression of mRNAs encoding interleukin 1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha). In contrast, the hydrophilic bile acid ursodeoxycholate, which does not repress CYP7A1, did not induce cytokine mRNA expression by THP-1 cells. Chenodeoxycholate activation of cytokines by THP-1 cells was blocked by the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonist rosiglitazone. The expression of cytokines (e.g. IL-1 and TNFalpha) by THP-1 cells paralleled with the ability of these cells to produce conditioned medium that when added to rat L35 hepatoma cells, repressed CYP7A1. Moreover, rosiglitazone, which blocks cytokine activation by macrophages, also blocked the repression of CYP7A1 normally exhibited by C57BL/6 mice fed the bile acid-containing atherogenic diet. The combined data indicate that the activation of cytokines may mediate CYP7A1 repression caused by feeding mice an atherogenic diet containing bile acids.
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- J H Miyake
- Mammalian Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182-4614, USA
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Oxygenated derivatives of cholesterol (oxysterols) present a remarkably diverse profile of biological activities, including effects on sphingolipid metabolism, platelet aggregation, apoptosis, and protein prenylation. The most notable oxysterol activities center around the regulation of cholesterol homeostasis, which appears to be controlled in part by a complex series of interactions of oxysterol ligands with various receptors, such as the oxysterol binding protein, the cellular nucleic acid binding protein, the sterol regulatory element binding protein, the LXR nuclear orphan receptors, and the low-density lipoprotein receptor. Identification of the endogenous oxysterol ligands and elucidation of their enzymatic origins are topics of active investigation. Except for 24, 25-epoxysterols, most oxysterols arise from cholesterol by autoxidation or by specific microsomal or mitochondrial oxidations, usually involving cytochrome P-450 species. Oxysterols are variously metabolized to esters, bile acids, steroid hormones, cholesterol, or other sterols through pathways that may differ according to the type of cell and mode of experimentation (in vitro, in vivo, cell culture). Reliable measurements of oxysterol levels and activities are hampered by low physiological concentrations (approximately 0.01-0.1 microM plasma) relative to cholesterol (approximately 5,000 microM) and by the susceptibility of cholesterol to autoxidation, which produces artifactual oxysterols that may also have potent activities. Reports describing the occurrence and levels of oxysterols in plasma, low-density lipoproteins, various tissues, and food products include many unrealistic data resulting from inattention to autoxidation and to limitations of the analytical methodology. Because of the widespread lack of appreciation for the technical difficulties involved in oxysterol research, a rigorous evaluation of the chromatographic and spectroscopic methods used in the isolation, characterization, and quantitation of oxysterols has been included. This review comprises a detailed and critical assessment of current knowledge regarding the formation, occurrence, metabolism, regulatory properties, and other activities of oxysterols in mammalian systems.
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- G J Schroepfer
- Departments of Biochemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA.
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Stroup D, Chiang JY. HNF4 and COUP-TFII interact to modulate transcription of the cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1). J Lipid Res 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)32068-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Sladek R, Giguère V. Orphan nuclear receptors: an emerging family of metabolic regulators. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 2000; 47:23-87. [PMID: 10582084 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)60109-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- R Sladek
- Molecular Oncology Group, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Charest MC, Rhainds D, Falstrault L, Matzouranis T, Brissette L. Selective uptake of cholesteryl ester from low density lipoprotein is involved in HepG2 cell cholesterol homeostasis. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 263:402-9. [PMID: 10406948 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00527.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Low density lipoprotein (LDL) can follow either a holoparticle uptake pathway, initiated by the LDL receptor (LDLr), and be completely degraded, or it can deliver its cholesteryl esters (CE) selectively to HepG2 cells. Although high density lipoprotein-CE selective uptake has been shown to be linked to cell cholesterol homeostasis in nonhepatic cells, there is no available information on the effect of LDL-CE selective uptake on hepatic cell cholesterol homeostasis. In order to define the role of the LDL-CE selective uptake pathway in hepatic cell cholesterol homeostasis, we used a cellular model that expresses constitutively a LDLr antisense mRNA and that shows LDLr activity at 31% the normal level (HepG2-all cells). The addition of a specific antibody anti-LDLr (IgG-C7) reduces LDL protein degradation (LDLr activity) to 7%. This cellular model therefore reflects, above all, LDL-CE selective uptake activity when incubated with LDL. The inactivation of LDLr reduces LDL-protein association by 78% and LDL-CE association by only 43%. The LDL-CE selective uptake was not reduced by the inactivation of LDLr. The activities of the various enzymes involved in cell cholesterol homeostasis were measured in normal and LDLr-deficient cells during incubation in the absence or presence of LDL as a cholesterol source. Essentially, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase and acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) activities responded to LDL in LDLr-deficient cells as well as in normal HepG2 cells. Inhibition of lysosomal hydrolysis with chloroquine abolished the effect measured on ACAT activity in the presence of LDL, suggesting that CE of LDL, but not free cholesterol, maintains cell cholesterol homeostasis. Thus, in HepG2 cells, when LDLr function is virtually abolished, LDL-CE selective uptake is coupled to cell cholesterol homeostasis.
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- M C Charest
- Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
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Nitta M, Ku S, Brown C, Okamoto AY, Shan B. CPF: an orphan nuclear receptor that regulates liver-specific expression of the human cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:6660-5. [PMID: 10359768 PMCID: PMC21971 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.12.6660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase is the first and rate-limiting enzyme in a pathway through which cholesterol is metabolized to bile acids. The gene encoding cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase, CYP7A, is expressed exclusively in the liver. Overexpression of CYP7A in hamsters results in a reduction of serum cholesterol levels, suggesting that the enzyme plays a central role in cholesterol homeostasis. Here, we report the identification of a hepatic-specific transcription factor that binds to the promoter of the human CYP7A gene. We designate this factor CPF, for CYP7A promoter binding factor. Mutation of the CPF binding site within the CYP7A promoter abolished hepatic-specific expression of the gene in transient transfection assays. A cDNA encoding CPF was cloned and identified as a human homolog of the Drosophila orphan nuclear receptor fushi tarazu F1 (Ftz-F1). Cotransfection of a CPF expression plasmid and a CYP7A reporter gene resulted in specific induction of CYP7A-directed transcription. These observations suggest that CPF is a key regulator of human CYP7A gene expression in the liver.
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- M Nitta
- Biology Department, Tularik Inc., Two Corporate Drive, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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Bravo E, Cantafora A, Cicchini C, Avella M, Botham KM. The influence of estrogen on hepatic cholesterol metabolism and biliary lipid secretion in rats fed fish oil. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1437:367-77. [PMID: 10101270 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(99)00019-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Both estrogen and dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are known to be hypocholesterolemic, but appear to exert their effects by different mechanisms. In this study, the interaction between dietary fish oil (rich in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids) and estrogen in the regulation of hepatic cholesterol metabolism and biliary lipid secretion in rats was studied. Rats fed a low fat or a fish oil-supplemented diet for 21 days were injected with 17alpha-ethinyl estradiol (5 mg/kg body weight) or the vehicle only (control rats) once per day for 3 consecutive days. Estrogen-treatment led to a marked reduction in plasma cholesterol levels in fish oil-fed rats, which was greater than that observed with either estrogen or dietary fish oil alone. The expression of mRNA for cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase was decreased by estrogen in rats fed a low fat or a fish oil-supplemented diet, while the output of cholesterol (micromol/h/kg b.wt.) in the bile was unchanged in both groups. Cholesterol levels in the liver were increased by estrogen in rats given either diet, but there was a significant shift from cholesterol esterification to cholesteryl ester hydrolysis only in the fish oil-fed animals. Estrogen increased the concentration of cholesterol (micromol/ml) in the bile in rats fed the fish oil, but not the low fat diet. However, the cholesterol saturation index was unaffected. The output and concentration of total bile acid was also unaffected, but changes in the distribution of the individual bile acids were observed with estrogen treatment in both low fat and fish oil-fed groups. These results show that interaction between estrogen-treatment and dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids causes changes in hepatic cholesterol metabolism and biliary lipid secretion in rats, but does not increase the excretion of cholesterol from the body.
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- E Bravo
- Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Laboratorio di Metabolismo e Biochimica Patologica, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy
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This article provides a review of the pathways through which cholesterol is degraded to bile acids. Regulation of key enzymes in the bile acid biosynthestic pathways is discussed. The important role of these pathways in the maintenance of cholesterol homeostasis and the possible therapeutic implications for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia are emphasized.
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- Z R Vlahcevic
- Division of Gastroenterology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
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Crestani M, Sadeghpour A, Stroup D, Galli G, Chiang JY. Transcriptional activation of the cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A) by nuclear hormone receptors. J Lipid Res 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)32474-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Massimi M, Lear SR, Huling SL, Jones AL, Erickson SK. Cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A): patterns of messenger RNA expression during rat liver development. Hepatology 1998; 28:1064-72. [PMID: 9755244 DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cholesterol 7-hydroxylase is a rate-limiting enzyme in bile acid synthesis, a major pathway for cholesterol catabolism. It plays a crucial role in postnatal development and survival. In an adult liver, its activity and messenger RNA (mRNA) are heterogeneously distributed with concentration in the pericentral area. We defined how the pattern of cholesterol 7-hydroxylase mRNA evolves during rat liver development, correlated this with its total liver mRNA levels, and determined when its heterogeneous pattern of expression is established. Cholesterol 7-hydroxylase mRNA was undetectable in 18-day-old fetal livers by Northern blot. It was increased markedly in newborns with a homogeneous liver lobular distribution as determined by in situ hybridization. At postnatal day four, mRNA levels were markedly decreased with concomitant appearance of a lobular gradient: mRNA was detected only in a few hepatocytes located around efferent venules. At 22 days, the time of highest mRNA expression, a marked extension of the gradient towards the periportal area was observed, indicating that the increase in total liver cholesterol 7-hydroxylase mRNA level was a result of recruitment of hepatocytes upstream from the central vein area. By 28 days, the adult pattern was observed. Thus, expression of cholesterol 7-hydroxylase mRNA is tightly regulated during rat liver development, both temporally and spatially supporting its critical role in normal postnatal development.
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- M Massimi
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
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Andreou ER, Prokipcak RD. Analysis of human CYP7A1 mRNA decay in HepG2 cells by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Arch Biochem Biophys 1998; 357:137-46. [PMID: 9721193 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1998.0792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The conversion of cholesterol to bile acids is the major pathway through which cholesterol is removed from the body. The initial and rate-limiting step in this catabolic pathway is catalyzed by the liver-specific enzyme cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1). The HepG2 cell line has been used as a model to study human CYP7A1. The levels of CYP7A1 mRNA, however, are quite low in this cell line and require the use of poly(A)+ mRNA for detection using standard Northern analysis. As an alternative, we established a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay that can be used to study CYP7A1 mRNA in HepG2 cells. Using RT-PCR, we analyzed the influence of cell culture conditions on CYP7A1 mRNA levels. We observed an increase in CYP7A1 mRNA levels as the density of the cell culture increased. This rise in CYP7A1 was accompanied by a reciprocal drop in the levels of the proto-oncogene c-myc. Since c-myc expression is strongly associated with cell growth status, this inverse relationship suggests that conditions that favor reduced cell proliferation result in higher levels of CYP7A1 expression. We also established the validity of using RT-PCR for the measurement of mRNA decay rates using c-myc and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNAs as a model: The same half-life value was obtained for the c-myc mRNA using either Northern analysis or RT-PCR. Using our RT-PCR method we determined that human CYP7A1 mRNA decays with a half-life of 4.6 +/- 0.9 h (n = 8) in HepG2 cells. We show that the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide prolonged the CYP7A1 mRNA half-life, suggesting that translation is required for mRNA decay. Dexamethasone treatment, however, did not alter CYP7A1 mRNA decay rate but it increased CYP7A1 steady-state mRNA levels, suggesting that the effect of this glucocorticoid in HepG2 cells may be transcriptional.
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- E R Andreou
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
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Bravo E, Cantafora A, DeLuca V, Tripodi M, Avella M, Botham KM. The mechanism underlying the hypocholesterolemic effect of chronic fish oil feeding in rats is not due to increased excretion of dietary cholesterol. Atherosclerosis 1998; 139:253-63. [PMID: 9712331 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(98)00075-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The role of the excretion of dietary cholesterol in the hypocholesterolaemic effect of chronic fish oil feeding in rats was investigated. The hepatic uptake and processing of [3H]cholesterol carried in chylomicrons derived from fish oil was studied in vivo in rats fed a low fat diet or a diet supplemented with fish oil for 21 days. In addition, the effects of the fish oil diet on cholesterol esterification, cholesteryl ester hydrolysis, bile acid synthesis and biliary lipid secretion were determined. In rats fed the fish oil as compared to the low fat diet, the uptake of [3H]cholesterol from the blood and its secretion into bile as bile acids was significantly slower, and this was entirely due to a decrease in the bile acid fraction. Biliary bile acid mass secretion was unchanged by fish oil feeding, while biliary cholesterol and phospholipid secretion was increased. No significant differences were observed either in the expression of mRNA for cholesterol 7alpha hydroxylase or the secretion of bile acids into bile after 20 h biliary drainage between the fish oil and low fat diet groups, suggesting that bile acid synthesis is not affected. These results indicate that the access of chylomicron cholesterol to the hepatic substrate pool for bile acid formation is decreased in the fish oil fed rats, and this, together with its slower uptake from the blood, accounts for the retardation of its excretion via the bile. Thus, the hypocholesterolemic effect of dietary fish oil in rats is not due to more rapid metabolism of cholesterol originating from the diet.
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- E Bravo
- Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Laboratorio di Metabolismo e Biochimica Patologica, Roma, Italy
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Buhman KK, Furumoto EJ, Donkin SS, Story JA. Dietary psyllium increases fecal bile acid excretion, total steroid excretion and bile acid biosynthesis in rats. J Nutr 1998; 128:1199-203. [PMID: 9649606 DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.7.1199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Psyllium, a source of dietary fiber rich in soluble components results in lower serum cholesterol concentration in several species. Suggested mechanisms for the hypocholesterolemic effect include a greater excretion of fecal bile acids and total steroids, and up-regulation of bile acid biosynthesis. The activity of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (7alphaOHase), the rate limiting enzyme in bile acid biosynthesis, is higher in rats fed 5% psyllium. Whether this higher activity corresponds to an increase in mRNA levels has not been determined. Four groups of 10 rats were fed a semipurified diet containing 5% cellulose (CEL; control), 5% cellulose plus 1% cholic acid (CCA), 5% cellulose plus 2% cholestyramine (CHY) or 5% psyllium hydrocolloid (PSY) for 3 wk. Liver cholesterol concentration, fecal bile acid and total steroid excretion, 7alphaOHase activity and 7alphaOHase mRNA levels were measured. Liver cholesterol content in rats fed CCA was significantly higher than in all other groups. Rats fed CHY and PSY had significantly lower liver cholesterol content than those fed CEL. Total fecal steroid and bile acid excretions were significantly greater in rats fed CCA, CHY and PSY than in those fed CEL. Activities and mRNA levels of 7alphaOHase in rats fed CHY and PSY were significantly higher than in rats fed CEL or CCA. These data indicate that feeding psyllium to rats increases fecal bile acid and total steroid excretion as well as 7alphaOHase activity and 7alphaOHase mRNA levels.
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- K K Buhman
- Department of Foods & Nutrition, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Bhattacharjee A, Lappi VR, Rutherford MS, Schook LB. Molecular dissection of dimethylnitrosamine (DMN)-induced hepatotoxicity by mRNA differential display. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1998; 150:186-95. [PMID: 9630468 DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Differential display reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (DDRT-PCR) was used to catalogue altered hepatic transcript expression during dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) exposure in vivo. Mice were administered DMN (1.5 or 5 mg/kg) or vehicle (phosphate-buffered saline) i.p. once daily for up to 7 days, and livers were collected 6 h post-injection. Total RNA was reverse transcribed and cDNA subsets were selectively amplified by PCR. DDRT-PCR products were fractionated on denaturing polyacrylamide gels, and differentially expressed bands were excised, reamplified, and subsequently cloned into a plasmid vector. This study identified 23 cDNAs that were induced and 25 cDNAs that were suppressed during DMN exposure. Altered expression during DMN exposure for cDNA clones was confirmed by Northern blotting, RNase protection, or in situ hybridization analyses. DNA sequence information indicated that four cDNAs suppressed during DMN exposure encode cytochrome P450 isoenzyme-cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7), a monokine, a myeloid cell differentiation protein, and mouse major urinary protein (MUP). We further observed a DMN-induced increase in transcripts for complement factor 3 (C3) and serum amyloid A (SAA). In contrast, the remaining differentially expressed transcripts detected by DDRT-PCR during DMN exposure demonstrated no similarity to sequences present in Genbank, suggesting that they may encode previously unreported gene products. In situ hybridization showed MUP transcripts to be expressed by hepatic centrilobular areas that undergo necrosis during subchronic DMN exposure. Thus, the utilization of DDRT-PCR has identified several differentially expressed hepatic mRNAs associated with various doses and stages of DMN exposure.
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- A Bhattacharjee
- Department of Veterinary PathoBiology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108, USA
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The addition of a 7-hydroxyl group is an early and often rate-limiting step in the synthesis of bile acids. This reaction is catalysed by two cytochrome P450 enzymes known as cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase and oxysterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase. cDNAs encoding these proteins have been isolated and used to define two evolutionarily conserved pathways that produce 7 alpha-hydroxylated bile acids.
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- M Schwarz
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9046, USA
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Bravo E, Flora L, Cantafora A, De Luca V, Tripodi M, Avella M, Botham KM. The influence of dietary saturated and unsaturated fat on hepatic cholesterol metabolism and the biliary excretion of chylomicron cholesterol in the rat. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1390:134-48. [PMID: 9507091 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2760(97)00174-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The biliary excretion of [3H] cholesterol carried in chylomicrons derived from palm oil (rich in long chain saturated fatty acids), olive oil (rich in monounsaturated fatty acids) or corn oil (rich in n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids was studied in vivo in rats fed the corresponding oil in the diet for 21 days. The secretion of radioactivity into bile as both bile acids and unesterified cholesterol was significantly slower in the animals fed palm oil as compared to those given olive or corn oil, indicating that dietary saturated fat retards the excretion of cholesterol from the diet as compared to mono- or n-6 polyunsaturated fat. In order to investigate the mechanisms underlying these differences, the influence of the three high fat diets on cholesterol esterification, cholesteryl ester hydrolysis and bile acid synthesis in the liver and on biliary lipid output were also measured. The ratio of cholesterol esterification to cholesteryl ester hydrolysis was markedly raised in the olive and corn oil-fed as compared to palm oil-fed animals. Biliary cholesterol secretion was higher in corn oil-fed rats than in those fed olive or palm oil or a low fat diet, and this was associated with a markedly increased lithogenic index in these animals. The activity of cholesterol 7alpha hydroxylase was higher in the olive and corn oil-fed than in the palm oil-fed animals, although the expression of mRNA for the enzyme was increased only in the olive oil diet group. After 20 h biliary drainage, the rate of bile acid secretion into bile was increased in the rats fed olive and corn oil rather than to palm oil. These findings indicate that feeding rats mono- or n-6 polyunsaturated as compared to saturated fat in the diet promotes the storage of cholesteryl ester in the liver and leads to increased bile acid synthesis, resulting in the more rapid excretion of cholesterol originating from the diet via the bile.
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- E Bravo
- Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Laboratorio di of Metabolismo e Biochimica Patologica, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy
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Schwarz M, Lund EG, Lathe R, Björkhem I, Russell DW. Identification and characterization of a mouse oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase cDNA. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:23995-4001. [PMID: 9295351 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.38.23995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The synthesis of essential 7alpha-hydroxylated bile acids in the liver is mediated by two pathways that involve distinct 7alpha-hydroxylases. One pathway is initiated in the endoplasmic reticulum by cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase, a well studied cytochrome P450 enzyme. A second pathway is initiated by a less well defined oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase. Here, we show that a mouse hepatic oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase is encoded by Cyp7b1, a cytochrome P450 cDNA originally isolated from the hippocampus. Expression of a Cyp7b1 cDNA in cultured cells produces an enzyme with the same biochemical and pharmacological properties as those of the hepatic oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase. Cyp7b1 mRNA and protein are induced in the third week of life commensurate with an increase in hepatic oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase activity. In the adult mouse, dietary cholesterol or colestipol induce cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase mRNA levels but do not affect oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase enzyme activity, mRNA, or protein levels. Cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase mRNA is reduced to undetectable levels in response to bile acids, whereas expression of oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase is modestly decreased. The liver thus maintains the capacity to synthesize 7alpha-hydroxylated bile acids regardless of dietary composition, underscoring the central role of 7alpha-hydroxylated bile acids in lipid metabolism.
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- M Schwarz
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235-9046, USA
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Stroup D, Crestani M, Chiang JY. Orphan receptors chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor II (COUP-TFII) and retinoid X receptor (RXR) activate and bind the rat cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A). J Biol Chem 1997; 272:9833-9. [PMID: 9092518 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.15.9833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A) is transcriptionally regulated by a number of factors, including hormones, bile acids, and diurnal rhythm. Previous studies have identified a region from nucleotides (nt) -74 to -55 of the rat CYP7A promoter that enhanced bile acid repression of the SV40 early promoter, as assayed with a luciferase reporter gene in transiently transfected HepG2 cells. The rat CYP7A promoter/reporter activity was strongly stimulated by cotransfection with an expression plasmid encoding the nuclear hormone receptor chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor II (COUP-TFII) in a dose-dependent manner. Site-directed mutagenesis in the region of nt -74 to -55 altered this stimulation. Recombinant COUP-TFII expressed in HepG2 or COS-1 cells were found to bind to nt -74 -55 and nt -149 -128 probes by electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) and by supershifting the corresponding band with COUP-TFII-specific antibodies. The region of nt -176 -117 was previously mapped as a retinoic acid response region and was found to bind retinoid X receptor (RXR). EMSA supershift assays of wild-type and mutant oligomers using antibody against RXR revealed that the sequences between nt -145 and -134 were important for RXR binding. We conclude that COUP-TFII stimulates the transcriptional activity of the rat CYP7A promoter by binding to the sequences between nt -74 to -54 and nt -149 to -128. RXR may stimulate CYP7A gene transcription by binding to a direct repeat of the hormone response element separated by one nucleotide located at nt -146 -134.
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- D Stroup
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio 44272-0095, USA
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Lehmann JM, Kliewer SA, Moore LB, Smith-Oliver TA, Oliver BB, Su JL, Sundseth SS, Winegar DA, Blanchard DE, Spencer TA, Willson TM. Activation of the nuclear receptor LXR by oxysterols defines a new hormone response pathway. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:3137-40. [PMID: 9013544 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.6.3137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 918] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Accumulation of cholesterol causes both repression of genes controlling cholesterol biosynthesis and cellular uptake and induction of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase, which leads to the removal of cholesterol by increased metabolism to bile acids. Here, we report that LXRalpha and LXRbeta, two orphan members of the nuclear receptor superfamily, are activated by 24(S), 25-epoxycholesterol and 24(S)-hydroxycholesterol at physiologic concentrations. In addition, we have identified an LXR response element in the promoter region of the rat cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene. Our data provide evidence for a new hormonal signaling pathway that activates transcription in response to oxysterols and suggest that LXRs play a critical role in the regulation of cholesterol homeostasis.
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- J M Lehmann
- Department of Molecular Endocrinology, Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
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Dietary fats modulate the regulatory potential of dietary cholesterol on cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene expression. J Lipid Res 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)37444-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cooper AD, Chen J, Botelho-Yetkinler MJ, Cao Y, Taniguchi T, Levy-Wilson B. Characterization of Hepatic-specific Regulatory Elements in the Promoter Region of the Human Cholesterol 7α-Hydroxylase Gene. J Biol Chem 1997. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.6.3444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Björkhem I, Lund E, Rudling M. Coordinate regulation of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase and HMG-CoA reductase in the liver. Subcell Biochem 1997; 28:23-55. [PMID: 9090290 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5901-6_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- I Björkhem
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
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Material dealing with the chemistry, biochemistry, and biological activities of oxysterols is reviewed for the period 1987-1995. Particular attention is paid to the presence of oxysterols in tissues and foods and to their physiological relevance.
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- L L Smith
- University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0653, USA
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Feingold KR, Spady DK, Pollock AS, Moser AH, Grunfeld C. Endotoxin, TNF, and IL-1 decrease cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA levels and activity. J Lipid Res 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)37610-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The Regulation of Cholesterol Conversion to Bile Acids. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-2558(08)60347-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Crestani M, Stroup D, Chiang JY. Hormonal regulation of the cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7). J Lipid Res 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)39723-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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McLean MP, Zhao Z, Ness GC. Reduced hepatic LDL-receptor, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase and sterol carrier protein-2 expression is associated with pregnancy loss in the diabetic rat. Endocrine 1995; 3:695-703. [PMID: 21153157 DOI: 10.1007/bf03000200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/1995] [Accepted: 06/22/1995] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Hepatic low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenyzme A reductase (HMGR), cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase, and sterol carrier protein-2 are important proteins associated with the uptake, synthesis, degradation and transport of cellular cholesterol. Since cholesterol is critically important for steroid hormone synthesis and is an essential component in membrane biosynthesis, this study investigated whether these proteins are altered in the normal pregnant and streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic pregnant rat. The goal of these experiments was to determine whether diabetic reproductive dysfunction is associated with a significant change in maternal cholesterol homeostasis. Diabetic animals were grouped based on their ability or inability to maintain pregnancy up to day 15 post-conception. LDLR and HMGR mRNA levels were significantly reduced in animals which did not maintain pregnancy whereas diabetic animals with fetuses had normal LDLR and HMGR mRNA levels. Hepatic LDLR, HMGR, and SCP2 protein levels were examined in normal pregnant and diabetic pregnant animals by Western blot analysis. SCP2 levels were reduced in all diabetic animals, particularly in the diabetic animals which lost their fetuses. The decline in SCP2 was associated with an increase in sterol carrier protein-X (SCPx), a protein related to SCP2. SCPx has been shown to have thiolytic activity and is thought to have a role in β-oxidation of fatty acids. HMGR was also significantly reduced in diabetic animals which lost their fetuses. Cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase mRNA was slightly, but not significantly, reduced in all diabetic animals. Serum very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) +LDL cholesterol increased significantly in the STZ-treated diabetic rats while the HDL cholesterol levels declined in these animals. Reduced hepatic LDLR and HMGR mRNA levels were consistently associated with reduced serum progesterone and an inability to maintain pregnancy. The results of this study suggest that the maintenance of maternal cholesterol metabolism is a critical factor directly associated with successful pregnancy outcome in the diabetic rat.
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- M P McLean
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, 33606, Tampa, Florida, USA
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Doerner K, Gurley E, Vlahcevic Z, Hylemon P. Regulation of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase expression by sterols in primary rat hepatocyte cultures. J Lipid Res 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)41125-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Lewis DS, Jackson EM, Mott GE. Triiodothyronine accelerates maturation of bile acid metabolism in infant baboons. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1995; 268:E889-96. [PMID: 7762642 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1995.268.5.e889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We tested the hypothesis that triiodothyronine (T3) treatment accelerates the early postnatal maturation of bile acid metabolism in the baboon. Infant baboons were implanted with 21-day-release pellets containing T3 (n = 12), a placebo pellet (n = 6), or no pellet (n = 13). T3 treatment increased plasma T3 concentrations from 3.0 to 5.0 nmol/l between birth and 15 wk of age. At 15 wk of age, bile acid pool sizes, fractional turnover rates (FTR), and synthetic rates were determined by an isotope-dilution method with 3H- and 14C-labeled cholic (CA) and chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA). T3 treatment increased CA pool size by 47% and CA synthetic rate by 37% but did not significantly affect CDCA pool size or synthetic rate. Consequently CA-to-CDCA pool size ratio (0.77 vs. 0.42) and biliary CA-to-CDCA concentration ratio (0.88 vs. 0.46) were higher in the T3-treated infants than in combined placebo-treated and nontreated control infants. T3 treatment did not affect the bile acid glycine-to-taurine conjugate ratio, CA FTR, or CDCA pool size, FTR, and synthetic rate. T3 treatment lowered plasma high-density lipoprotein fraction 2 and 3 cholesterol concentrations by 22 and 40%, respectively. T3 treatment also increased hepatic low-density lipoprotein receptor mRNA levels but did not affect plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations. We conclude that modest elevation of plasma T3 during the preweaning period increases the CA-to-CDCA ratio at the end of the preweaning period to near adult values.
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- D S Lewis
- Department of Physiology and Medicine, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio 78228-0147, USA
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Ogawa H, Kawamata S. Periportal expression of the serine dehydratase gene in rat liver. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02389024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bertolotti M, Spady DK, Dietschy JM. Regulation of hepatic cholesterol metabolism in the rat in vivo: effect of a synthetic fat-free diet on sterol synthesis and low-density lipoprotein transport. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1995; 1255:293-300. [PMID: 7734446 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(94)00245-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A synthetic fat-free diet, previously shown to decrease hepatic cholesterol synthesis, was utilized to manipulate cholesterol balance in vivo in female Sprague-Dawley rats. A significant 65% decrease of hepatic cholesterol synthesis compared to controls was shown after 1 week of treatment, which remained constant during the following 3 weeks. The inhibitory effect of the diet was completely abolished by cholestyramine supplementation. At week 3 of the experimental diet, bile acid synthesis was reduced by 63%, this reduction being correlated with decreased recycling frequency of the bile acid pool. Hepatic clearance of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) was slightly decreased, with no changes in plasma cholesterol, hepatic LDL-cholesterol uptake and whole body LDL-cholesterol production. When cholesterol and saturated fatty acids were supplemented to the diets in the attempt to disclose alteration in LDL transport, LDL clearance was unaffected; plasma LDL-cholesterol and hepatic LDL-cholesterol uptake were increased, as a consequence of increased LDL-cholesterol production. On the other hand, hepatic cholesterol synthesis was further suppressed; bile acid synthesis was increased by cholesterol supplementation in the fat-free group, even if to subnormal levels. These findings suggest that: (1) bile acid synthesis is decreased by feeding a synthetic fat-free diet, probably due to slower recirculation of bile acids along the entero-hepatic axis in conditions of reduced functional need; (2) consequently, a significant reduction of hepatic cholesterol synthesis is observed with no changes in LDL-cholesterol uptake; (3) further supplementation of dietary cholesterol and saturated fats is compensated for by changes in the rates of cholesterol and bile acid synthesis, but not of LDL transport. The data confirm the existence of independent regulation for hepatic sterol synthesis and LDL transport in this species.
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- M Bertolotti
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
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Twisk J, Hoekman MF, Muller LM, Iida T, Tamaru T, Ijzerman A, Mager WH, Princen HM. Structural aspects of bile acids involved in the regulation of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase and sterol 27-hydroxylase. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1995; 228:596-604. [PMID: 7737153 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.0596m.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We have recently reported that coordinate down-regulation of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase and sterol 27-hydroxylase by bile acids results in suppression of bile acid synthesis in cultured rat hepatocytes [Twisk, J., De Wit, E. & Princen, H. M. G. (1995) Biochem. J. 305, 505-511]. In the current study, we have assessed the effects of a large group of different bile acids, both naturally occurring and synthetic, on these two key enzymes, to elucidate structural features which render bile acids potent as regulators of bile acid synthesis. Addition of 50 microM deoxycholate or cholate, two relatively hydrophobic bile acids, to the culture medium of hepatocytes resulted in strong suppression of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase (suppression of 75%) and 88%, respectively) and sterol 27-hydroxylase activity (suppression of 76% and 72%, respectively). These effects were also reflected in the mRNA levels and the transcriptional activities of the two enzymes, showing a parallel suppression of both parameters in response to cholate (suppression of 78% and 43% for cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA and transcription, respectively, and suppression of 76% and 42% for sterol 27-hydroxylase mRNA and transcription, respectively). In contrast, no effects were observed with the two hydrophilic bile acids, beta-muricholate and ursocholate. Transient expression analysis in cultured rat hepatocytes, using a promoter-reporter construct containing the proximal part of the cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase promoter, demonstrated a reduction of transcriptional activity by cholate (reduction of 72%), but not by ursocholate. Assessment of the effects of 27 different bile acids, varying in the number, position and orientation (alpha/beta) of hydroxyl groups on the steroid nucleus of the molecule, on cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA showed only a moderate correlation with the hydrophobicity index of the bile acid involved (r = 0.61; P < 0.0001). Analysis of the three-dimensional structure of a number of these bile acids suggests that hydroxyl groups situated in close proximity to each other within the molecule, creating a hydrophilic environment, as in the case of cholate, may be a prerequisite for a strong inhibitory potency. Deviation from this situation leads to a markedly lesser effect on suppression of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase and sterol 27-hydroxylase.
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- J Twisk
- Gaubius Laboratory TNO-PG, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Kai M, Eto T, Kondo K, Setoguchi Y, Higashi S, Maeda Y, Setoguchi T. Synchronous circadian rhythms of mRNA levels and activities of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase in the rabbit and rat. J Lipid Res 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)39914-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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