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Paluschinski M, Castoldi M, Schöler D, Bardeck N, Oenarto J, Görg B, Häussinger D. Tauroursodeoxycholate protects from glycochenodeoxycholate-induced gene expression changes in perfused rat liver. Biol Chem 2020; 400:1551-1565. [PMID: 31152635 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2019-0204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Tauroursodeoxycholate (TUDC) is well known to protect against glycochenodeoxycholate (GCDC)-induced apoptosis in rat hepatocytes. In the present study, we analyzed whether TUDC also exerts protective effects by modulating GCDC-induced gene expression changes. For this, gene array-based transcriptome analysis and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) were performed on RNA isolated from rat livers perfused with GCDC, TUDC or a combination of both (each 20 μm for 2 h). GCDC led to a significant increase of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) into the effluent perfusate, which was prevented by TUDC. GCDC, TUDC and co-perfusion induced distinct gene expression changes. While GCDC upregulated the expression of several pro-inflammatory genes, co-perfusion with TUDC increased the expression of pro-proliferative and anti-apoptotic p53 target genes. In line with this, levels of serine20-phosphorylated p53 and of its target gene p21 were elevated by GCDC in a TUDC-sensitive way. GCDC upregulated the oxidative stress surrogate marker 8OH(d)G and the pro-apoptotic microRNAs miR-15b/16 and these effects were prevented by TUDC. The upregulation of miR-15b and miR-16 in GCDC-perfused livers was accompanied by a downregulation of several potential miR-15b and miR-16 target genes. The present study identified changes in the transcriptome of the rat liver which suggest, that TUDC is hepatoprotective by counteracting GCDC-induced gene expression changes.
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- Martha Paluschinski
- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Shiffka SJ, Kane MA, Swaan PW. Planar bile acids in health and disease. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2017; 1859:2269-2276. [PMID: 28887043 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Revised: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Bile acids are the amphipathic primary end-products of cholesterol metabolism that aid in digestion as well as participate in signal transduction in several hepatic and enteric pathways. Despite the reputation of bile acids as signaling molecules implicated in disease states such as cancer and diabetes, there remain numerous bile acid species that are weakly characterized in either physiological or pathological conditions. This review presents one such group: the flat or planar bile acids, a set of bile acids found in humans during infancy and occurring again during certain diseases. As their name implies, these molecules are structurally distinct from the typical human bile acids, retaining the planar structure of their cholesterol predecessor instead of bending or twisting at the A ring. This review defines these species of bile acids in detail and describes their presence in infancy, gestation, and in disease. The large gaps in research regarding the flat bile acids are highlighted and all available experimental knowledge collected as far as 60years ago is summarized. Further, the potential for these molecules as endogenous biomarkers of liver disease and injury is discussed. Finally, the flat bile salts found in humans are compared to the ancestral and evolutionary older bile salts, which similarly have a flat steroidal structure, as mechanisms of flat bile acid biosynthesis are explored.
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- Stephanie J Shiffka
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, 20 Penn Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, 20 Penn Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, 20 Penn Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Hu X, Zhang Q, Zheng J, Kong W, Zhang HH, Zeng TS, Zhang JY, Min J, Wu C, Chen LL. Alteration of FXR phosphorylation and sumoylation in liver in the development of adult catch-up growth. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2016; 242:297-304. [PMID: 27190252 DOI: 10.1177/1535370216641788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Catch-up growth in adult, is increasingly recognized as an important causative factor for the extremely prevalent insulin resistance-related diseases especially in developing countries/territories. We aimed to investigate the alteration of bile acids level, phosphorylation and sumoylation of its interacting protein, bile acid receptor/farnesoid X receptor and their downstream signaling pathway, as well as insulin sensitivity and lipid profile in catch-up growth in adult rats. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly allocated into four groups for two sampling points: caloric restriction group, catch-up growth in adult refed with normal chow and their normal chow controls for four or eight weeks (N4, N8 individually).We found that total serum bile acids and farnesoid X receptor phosphorylation increased without significant changes in farnesoid X receptor sumoylation and its downstream small heterodimer partner expression at the end of caloric restriction stage, while the visceral fat decreased and insulin resistance never occurred in these animals; After refeeding, total serum bile acids, farnesoid X receptor phosphorylation and sumoylation, as well as Cyp7a1, SREBP-1c mRNA levels were higher with significant decrease in small heterodimer partner expression, which is associated fat accumulation, and drastic insulin resistance in whole body and skeletal muscle. Our findings demonstrated that the fat accumulation and insulin resistance are associated with increases of bile acids, alteration of farnesoid X receptor phosphorylation, and sumoylation and its downstream signaling pathway. These changes of bile acids, farnesoid X receptor phosphorylation and sumoylation, as well as their downstream signaling might be of importance in the etiology of fat accumulation and insulin resistance in catch-up growth in adult.
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- Xiang Hu
- 1 Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- 2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- 1 Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- 1 Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- 1 Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.,3 Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- 1 Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- 1 Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- 1 Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- 4 Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- 1 Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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Li G, L. Guo G. Farnesoid X receptor, the bile acid sensing nuclear receptor, in liver regeneration. Acta Pharm Sin B 2015; 5:93-8. [PMID: 26579433 PMCID: PMC4629218 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2015.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Revised: 01/02/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The liver is unique in regenerative potential, which could recover the lost mass and function after injury from ischemia and resection. The underlying molecular mechanisms of liver regeneration have been extensively studied in the past using the partial hepatectomy (PH) model in rodents, where 2/3 PH is carried out by removing two lobes. The whole process of liver regeneration is complicated, orchestrated event involving a network of connected interactions, which still remain fully elusive. Bile acids (BAs) are ligands of farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a nuclear receptor of ligand-activated transcription factor. FXR has been shown to be highly involved in liver regeneration. BAs and FXR not only interact with each other but also regulate various downstream targets independently during liver regeneration. Moreover, recent findings suggest that tissue-specific FXR also contributes to liver regeneration significantly. These novel findings suggest that FXR has much broader role than regulating BA, cholesterol, lipid and glucose metabolism. Therefore, these researches highlight FXR as an important pharmaceutical target for potential use of FXR ligands to regulate liver regeneration in clinic. This review focuses on the roles of BAs and FXR in liver regeneration and the current underlying molecular mechanisms which contribute to liver regeneration.
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Key Words
- ABC, ATP-binding cassette
- AMPK, AMP-activated protein kinase
- BA, bile acid
- Bile acids
- C/EBPβ, CCAAT-enhancer binding protein β
- CA, cholic acid
- CDCA, chenodeoxycholic acid
- CTX, cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis
- CYP7A1, cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase
- CYP8B1, sterol 12α-hydroxylase
- Cyp27-KO, sterol 27-hydroxylase–knockout
- DDAH-1, dimethylarginineaminohydrolase-1
- ERK1/2, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2
- FGF-15, fibroblast growth factor 15
- FGFR4, FGF receptor 4
- FOXM1b, forkhead boxm1b
- FXR, farnesoid X receptor
- Farnesoid X receptor
- Fibroblast growth factor 15
- Fxr-KO, Fxr-knockout
- GPBAR1 or TGR5, G protein-coupled BA receptor 1
- HEX, hematopoietically expressed homeobox
- JNK, c-Jun N-terminal kinase
- KC, Kupffer cells
- KO, knockout
- Liver regeneration
- Liver-intestine croass talk
- MAPK, mitogen-activated protein kinase
- MRP3, multidrug resistance associated protein 3
- NASH, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
- NF-κB, nuclear factor-κB
- PH, partial hepatectomy
- Rb, retinoblastoma
- SHP, small heterodimer partner
- STAT3, signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
- TH, thyroid hormone
- THR, TH receptor
- Transmembrane G protein coupled receptor 5
- WT, wild type
- cAMP, cyclic adenosine monophosphate
- hepFxr-KO, hepatocyte-specific Fxr knockout
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Delgado-Coello B, Briones-Orta MA, Macías-Silva M, Mas-Oliva J. Cholesterol: recapitulation of its active role during liver regeneration. Liver Int 2011; 31:1271-84. [PMID: 21745289 DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2011.02542.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Liver regeneration is a compensatory hyperplasia produced by several stimuli that promotes proliferation in order to provide recovery of the liver mass and architecture. This process involves complex signalling cascades that receive feedback from autocrine and paracrine pathways, recognized by parenchymal as well as non-parenchymal cells. Nowadays the dynamic role of lipids in biological processes is widely recognized; however, a systematic analysis of their importance during liver regeneration is still missing. Therefore, in this review we address the role of lipids including the bioactive ones such as sphingolipids, but with special emphasis on cholesterol. Cholesterol is not only considered as a structural component but also as a relevant lipid involved in the control of the intermediate metabolism of different liver cell types such as hepatocytes, hepatic stellate cells and Kupffer cells. Cholesterol plays a significant role at the level of specific membrane domains, as well as modulating the expression of sterol-dependent proteins. Moreover, several enzymes related to the catabolism of cholesterol and whose activity is down regulated are related to the protection of liver tissue from toxicity during the process of regeneration. This review puts in perspective the necessity to study and understand the basic mechanisms involving lipids during the process of liver regeneration. On the other hand, the knowledge acquired in this area in the past years, can be considered invaluable in order to provide further insights into processes such as general organogenesis and several liver-related pathologies, including steatosis and fibrosis.
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- Blanca Delgado-Coello
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, DF Mexico
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Molecular mechanism for the involvement of nuclear receptor FXR in HBV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma. Acta Pharm Sin B 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2011.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Yuan X, Yan S, Zhao J, Shi D, Yuan B, Dai W, Jiao B, Zhang W, Miao M. Lipid metabolism and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor signaling pathways participate in late-phase liver regeneration. J Proteome Res 2011; 10:1179-90. [PMID: 21192688 DOI: 10.1021/pr100960h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Liver regeneration (LR) is of great clinical significance in various liver-associated diseases. LR proceeds along a sequence of three distinct phases: priming/initiation, proliferation, and termination. Compared with the recognition of the first two phases, little is known about LR termination and structure/function reorganization. A combination of "omics" techniques, along with bioinformatics, may provide new insights into the molecular mechanism of the late-phase LR. Gene, protein, and metabolite profiles of the rat liver were determined by cDNA microarray, two-dimensional electrophoresis, and HPLC-MS analysis. Pathway enrichment analysis was performed to identify the pathways: 427 differentially expressed genes extracted from the microarray experiment revealed two expression patterns representing the early and late phase of LR. Functionally, the genes expressing at a higher level at the early phase than at the late phase were mainly involved in the response to stress, proliferation, and resistance to apoptosis, while those expressing at a lower level at the early phase than at the late phase were mainly engaged in lipid metabolism. Compared with the sham-operation control (SH) group, 5 proteins in the 70% partial hepatectomy (70%PHx) group were upregulated at the protein level, and 3 proteins were downregulated at 168 h after the 70%PHx. E-FABP, an upregulated fatty acid binding protein, was found to be involved in the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) signaling pathway. The metabolomic data confirmed the enhancement of lipid metabolism by the detection of the intermediate and final metabolites. We've concluded that increased lipid metabolism and activated PPAR signaling pathways play important roles in late-phase LR.
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- Xing Yuan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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Stärkel P, Shindano T, Horsmans Y, Gigot JF, Fernandez-Tagarro M, Marin JJG, Monte MJ. Foetal 'flat' bile acids reappear during human liver regeneration after surgery. Eur J Clin Invest 2009; 39:58-64. [PMID: 19087130 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2008.02059.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Changes in bile acid (BA) pool, such as the reappearance of typically foetal-type molecular species with a 'flat' structure at the steroid ring, occur during hepatocarcinogenesis, both in humans and rodents. Moreover flat-BAs also appear during rat liver regeneration. These changes can be detected in urine. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether flat-BAs also reappear during human liver regeneration, and whether this change correlates with the magnitude of liver resection. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients undergoing partial hepatectomy were divided in two groups: major hepatectomy group (> 50% of hepatic tissue resection, n = 17) and minor hepatectomy group (< 50%, n = 13). BAs were extracted from serum and urine (collected over 24 h) and analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Samples were obtained before surgery (day 0) and on the third and seventh days after hepatectomy. RESULTS In serum, total BAs significantly increased on day seven after hepatectomy, but only a moderate increase in flat-BA concentrations was observed. By contrast, urinary excretion of total as well as flat-BAs significantly increased at day three and day seven after hepatectomy. Moreover, the amount of flat-BAs excreted in urine during the first week after partial hepatectomy correlated with the magnitude of the resection. CONCLUSIONS Urinary BA output increases and flat-BAs reappear in urine during human liver regeneration. These results suggest that determination of BAs in urine may be an interesting parameter obtained by non-invasive techniques whose actual clinical value during human liver regeneration warrants further evaluation.
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- P Stärkel
- Department of Gastroenterology, St. Luc University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
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Cuesta de Juan S, Monte MJ, Macias RIR, Wauthier V, Calderon PB, Marin JJG. Ontogenic development-associated changes in the expression of genes involved in rat bile acid homeostasis. J Lipid Res 2007; 48:1362-70. [PMID: 17332599 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m700034-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ontogenic changes in the rat bile acid (BA) pool, measured enzymatically and by GC-MS, and expression of enzymes (5alpha-reductase, 5beta-reductase, and cytochrome P450 enzymes Cyp7a1, Cyp8b1, Cyp27 and Cyp3a11), transporters [bile salt export pump, sodium taurocholate-cotransporting polypeptide, apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter, and organic solute transporter alpha/beta (Ostalpha/Ostbeta)], and nuclear receptors [fetoprotein transcription factor (Ftf), farnesoid X receptor (Fxr), small heterodimer partner (Shp), and hepatic nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF-4alpha)], determined by quantitative PCR, were investigated. The absolute size of the BA pool increased progressively up to adulthood, whereas the complexity of its composition was high in fetuses, decreased after birth, increased again progressively up to adulthood, and decreased in aged animals. Allo-cholic acid only appeared early in development, in spite of low 5alpha-reductase expression. The relative size of the BA pool, corrected by liver weight, was maintained from 1 week after birth, except at weaning, when a transient peak accompanied by Shp downregulation and Cyp7a1 upregulation was observed. An imposed weaning delay of 1 week had no effect on the time course of the BA pool size but decreased the proportion of chenodeoxycholic and alpha-muricholic acids, whereas the proportion of cholic acid was increased, probably as a result of Cyp8b1 upregulation. In conclusion, changes in the expression of genes involved in BA homeostasis may play a role in physiological adaptations to digestive functions during the rat life span.
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- Susana Cuesta de Juan
- Laboratory of Experimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red for Hepatology and Gastroenterology Research (CIBERehd), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Monte MJ, Fernandez-Tagarro M, Macias RIR, Jimenez F, Gonzalez-San Martin F, Marin JJG. Changes in the expression of genes related to bile acid synthesis and transport by the rat liver during hepatocarcinogenesis. Clin Sci (Lond) 2005; 109:199-207. [PMID: 15853769 DOI: 10.1042/cs20050035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The relationship between BA (bile acid) secretion (measured by GC–MS) and the expression of genes (measured by reverse transcription real-time PCR) involved in liver BA transport and metabolism was investigated at 20 and 32 weeks during rat hepatocarcinogenesis. A progressive loss of mRNA for transporters (more marked for Ntcp, Bsep and Mrp2 than for Oatp1/Oatp1a1, Oatp2/Oatp1a4 and Oatp4/Oatp1b2) was found. The mRNA levels of Cyp7a1 and the nuclear receptors FXR (farnesoid X receptor), SHP (small heterodimer partner) and FTF (α-fetoprotein transcription factor) were not modified, whereas those of Cyp8b1 were enhanced and those of Cyp27 were reduced. Biliary secretion of CA (cholic acid) remained unchanged, whereas that of CDCA (chenodeoxycholic acid) and other non-C12-hydroxylated BAs was diminished. The re-appearance of ‘flat-BAs’ (mainly allo-BAs at 20 weeks and Δ4-unsaturated-BAs at 32 weeks) probably reflects the progressive decrease observed in the expression of 3-oxo-Δ4-steroid 5β-reductase, together with the maintenance of steroid 5α-reductase type I. A significant correlation between the 5α-reductase/5β-reductase ratio and bile output of ‘flat-BAs’ was found. In conclusion, during rat hepatocarcinogenesis, the expression of transporters/enzymes responsible for BA homoeostasis is changed due to mechanisms other than those controlled by FXR/SHP/FTF. These modifications result in the re-appearance of ‘flat-BAs’, together with an increased CA/CDCA ratio in bile.
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- Maria J Monte
- Laboratory of Experimental Hepatology and Drug Targeting, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Salamanca, Spain
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