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Yang Y, Zhang M, Eggertsen G, Chiang JYL. On the mechanism of bile acid inhibition of rat sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP8B1) transcription: roles of alpha-fetoprotein transcription factor and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1583:63-73. [PMID: 12069850 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(02)00186-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase (CYP8B1) is a key enzyme of the bile acid biosynthetic pathway. It regulates the composition of bile acids in bile, i.e. ratio between cholic acid (CA) and chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA). In similarity with cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1), this enzyme is subjected to a negative feedback regulation by bile acids. It has been recently reported that bile acid-activated farnesoid X receptor (FXR) induces the small heterodimer partner (SHP) that interacts with alpha-fetoprotein transcription factor (FTF) and down-regulates CYP7A1 transcription. We studied whether the same mechanism also regulated rat CYP8B1 gene transcription. Feeding rats with CDCA caused a 40-50% decrease of CYP8B1 and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF4alpha) mRNA expression levels. This was associated with an increase in FTF mRNA expression, but SHP mRNA expression was not altered. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) and transient transfection assay of promoter/reporter genes coupled to mutagenesis analysis identified a putative bile acid response element (BARE) that has an HNF4alpha binding site embedded in two overlapping FTF binding sites. Mutation of the HNF4alpha binding site markedly reduced basal promoter activity and its repression by bile acids. Cotransfection with FTF strongly repressed CYP8B1 transcription. Interestingly, HNF4alpha could overcome the inhibitory effects of FTF and bile acids. We conclude that FTF and HNF4alpha not only play critical roles on CYP8B1 gene transcription, but also mediate bile acid feedback inhibition. This study reveals a novel mechanism by which bile acids inhibit rat CYP8B1 gene transcription by inducing FTF and inhibiting HNF4alpha expression.
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- Yizeng Yang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown 44272, USA
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Post SM, Duez H, Gervois PP, Staels B, Kuipers F, Princen HM. Fibrates suppress bile acid synthesis via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha-mediated downregulation of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase and sterol 27-hydroxylase expression. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2001; 21:1840-5. [PMID: 11701475 DOI: 10.1161/hq1101.098228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Fibrates are hypolipidemic drugs that affect the expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism by activating peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs). Fibrate treatment causes adverse changes in biliary lipid composition and decreases bile acid excretion, leading to an increased incidence of cholesterol gallstones. In this study, we investigated the effect of fibrates on bile acid synthesis. Ciprofibrate and the PPARalpha agonist Wy14,643 decreased bile acid synthesis in cultured rat hepatocytes and suppressed cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase and sterol 27-hydroxylase activities, paralleled by a similar reduction of the respective mRNAs. Treatment of rats with 0.05% (wt/wt) ciprofibrate decreased cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase enzyme activity and mRNA. The functional involvement of PPARalpha in the suppression of both enzymes was proven with the use of PPARalpha-null mice. In wild-type mice, ciprofibrate reduced cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase and sterol 27-hydroxylase enzyme activities and mRNA. The decrease in mRNA of both enzymes is regulated transcriptionally and posttranscriptionally, respectively, resulting in a decline in the output of fecal bile acids (-45%) and a 3-fold increase in fecal cholesterol secretion. These effects were completely abolished in PPARalpha-null mice. A decreased bile acid production by PPARalpha-mediated downregulation of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase and sterol 27-hydroxylase may contribute to the increased risk of gallstone formation after fibrate treatment.
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- S M Post
- Gaubius Laboratory, TNO-PG, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Hunt MC, Yang YZ, Eggertsen G, Carneheim CM, Gåfvels M, Einarsson C, Alexson SE. The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) regulates bile acid biosynthesis. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:28947-53. [PMID: 10867000 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m002782200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Fibrates are a group of hypolipidemic agents that efficiently lower serum triglyceride levels by affecting the expression of many genes involved in lipid metabolism. These effects are exerted via the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha). In addition, fibrates also lower serum cholesterol levels, suggesting a possible link between the PPARalpha and cholesterol metabolism. Bile acid formation represents an important pathway for elimination of cholesterol, and the sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase is a branch-point enzyme in the bile acid biosynthetic pathway, which determines the ratio of cholic acid to chenodeoxycholic acid. Treatment of mice for 1 week with the peroxisome proliferator WY-14,643 or fasting for 24 h both induced the sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase mRNA in liver. Using the PPARalpha knockout mouse model, we show that the induction by both treatments was dependent on the PPARalpha. A reporter plasmid containing a putative peroxisome proliferator-response element (PPRE) identified in the rat sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase promoter region was activated by treatment with WY-14,643 in HepG2 cells, being dependent on co-transfection with a PPARalpha expression plasmid. The rat 12alpha-hydroxylase PPRE bound in vitro translated PPARalpha and retinoid X receptor alpha, albeit weakly, in electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Treatment of wild-type mice with WY-14,643 for 1 week resulted in an increased relative amount of cholic acid, an effect that was abolished in the PPARalpha null mice, verifying the functionality of the PPRE in vivo.
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- M C Hunt
- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Technology, Division of Clinical Chemistry, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, S-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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Howard WR, Pospisil JA, Njolito E, Noonan DJ. Catabolites of cholesterol synthesis pathways and forskolin as activators of the farnesoid X-activated nuclear receptor. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2000; 163:195-202. [PMID: 10698678 DOI: 10.1006/taap.1999.8869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The nuclear receptors are a family of transcriptional mediators that, upon activation, bind DNA and regulate gene transcription. Among these receptors, the farnesoid X-activated receptor (FXR) has recently been identified as one activated by bile acids and farnesol. To investigate the potential of other sterols to activate FXR, as well as to examine relevant relationships among identified activators of FXR, the current study used a mammalian cell transcription assay to quantify and compare activation potential. In addition to the classical bile acids deoxycholate (DCA) and chenodeoxycholate (CDCA), FXR was shown to be transcriptionally active in the presence of the androgen catabolites 5alpha-androstan-3alpha-ol-17-one (androsterone) and 5beta-androstan-3alpha-ol-17-one (etiocholanolone), as well as the sterol bronchodilatory drug forskolin. Conversely, cholesterol and several other key precursors to the androgens and bile acids were either not active or only slightly active. Furthermore, it was observed that the bile acid ursodeoxycholate (UDCA) could inhibit DCA and CDCA activation of FXR in a manner parallel to its ability to antagonize DCA and CDCA induction of apoptosis. By far, the most efficacious activator of FXR was forskolin. Interestingly, although it is classically viewed as an initiator of the adenylate cyclase/protein kinase A (PKA) pathway, PKA inhibition did not inhibit forskolin's activation of FXR nor was cyclic AMP (cAMP) able to stimulate FXR-mediated transcription. These data would suggest that forskolin acts as a ligand for FXR rather than as a secondary activator of FXR and could have important implications with respect to its potential toxicity and pharmacological use.
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- W R Howard
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0084, USA
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Rodrigues CM, Kren BT, Steer CJ, Setchell KD. Formation of delta 22-bile acids in rats is not gender specific and occurs in the peroxisome. J Lipid Res 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)37597-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Ståhlberg D, Reihnér E, Rudling M, Berglund L, Einarsson K, Angelin B. Influence of bezafibrate on hepatic cholesterol metabolism in gallstone patients: reduced activity of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase. Hepatology 1995; 21:1025-30. [PMID: 7705775 DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840210421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Bezafibrate is a hypolipidemic fibric acid derivative known to induce cholesterol supersaturation of bile. To characterize its effects on hepatic cholesterol metabolism, 31 normolipidemic, normal-weight patients with gallstones undergoing cholecystectomy were studied. Eleven patients (5 men) were randomized to treatment with bezafibrate, 200 mg three times daily for 4 weeks before operation; the remaining 20 patients (5 men) served as nontreatment controls. At operation, a liver biopsy specimen was obtained under standardized conditions and several important parameters of cholesterol metabolism were assayed. Bezafibrate treatment lowered total plasma cholesterol and triglycerides 30% and 37%, respectively. The hepatic cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase activity was reduced by approximately 60% in the bezafibrate treated patients compared with the controls, whereas the acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) activity was similar in the two groups. The total 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase activity was increased twofold in the treated patients, whereas the active enzyme remained about the same as in the controls. The low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor binding activity was unaffected by the treatment. Bezafibrate treatment significantly reduces cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase activity, and it is suggested that this may play an important role for the development of supersaturated bile during such therapy.
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- D Ståhlberg
- Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden
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Aránega A, González FJ, Aránega AE, Muros MA, Fernández JE, Vélez C, Prados J, Alvarez L. Effects of fibric acid derivatives on accumulation of actin in myocardiocytes. Int J Cardiol 1991; 33:47-54. [PMID: 1937982 DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(91)90151-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We used sodium dodecylsulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting to analyze the effects of the fibric acid derivatives bezafibrate, fenofibrate and gemfibrozil on the accumulation of actin in the cytoplasmic and cytoskeletal fraction of cultured myocardiocytes. All three drugs tested modified cellular and subcellular actin in different ways, and the findings are thought to be related with the secondary effect of arrhythmia known to be caused by these drugs. Bezafibrate and gemfibrozil more markedly affected accumulation of actin by myocytes, while fenofibrate interfered less notably with the accumulation of this protein.
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- A Aránega
- Basic Cardiovascular Research Section, School of Medicine, University of Granada, Spain
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Ståhlberg D, Reihnér E, Ewerth S, Einarsson K, Angelin B. Effects of bezafibrate on hepatic cholesterol metabolism. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 1991; 40 Suppl 1:S33-6. [PMID: 2044640 DOI: 10.1007/bf01409405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The influence of bezafibrate treatment on hepatic cholesterol metabolism was studied in rats and in humans. The activities of the three key enzymes involved in cholesterol metabolism [3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase, and acyl-coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT)] were suppressed by bezafibrate treatment in rats, but only the ACAT activity was significantly decreased when the activity was related to total liver weight. In humans, HMG-CoA reductase activity was increased about twice in the treated normolipidemic gallstone patients. In contrast, the concentration of lathosterol in serum decreased, indicating depression of the cholesterol synthesis. The increase in HMG-CoA reductase activity may be a compensatory effect of an inhibition of some other enzymes in the synthesis of cholesterol, as in vitro study on liver microsomes excluded a direct inhibitory effect of bezafibrate on HMG-CoA reductase. The ACAT activity was not significantly changed, and the cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase activity was decreased by 55-60% compared with controls. The LDL-receptor-binding activity was unaffected by bezafibrate treatment.
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- D Ståhlberg
- Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Ståhlberg D, Angelin B, Einarsson K. Effects of treatment with clofibrate, bezafibrate, and ciprofibrate on the metabolism of cholesterol in rat liver microsomes. J Lipid Res 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)38297-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Levine WG, Raza H. Clofibrate selectively induces azoreduction of dimethylaminoazobenzene (DAB) by rat liver microsomes. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1986; 197:861-70. [PMID: 3094343 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-5134-4_82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Scofield RF, Schumann WC, Kumaran K, Landau BR. Effects of clofibrate and ethanol on the pathways of initial fatty acid oxidation. Biochem Pharmacol 1982; 31:2119-21. [PMID: 7115430 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(82)90431-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Cuchet P, Morrier C, Cand F, Keriel C. Effects of clofibrate and tiadenol on the elimination of lipids and bile acids in rat bile. Lipids 1981; 16:732-8. [PMID: 7300592 DOI: 10.1007/bf02535340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The aim of the work presented here was to compare the biliary elimination of cholesterol and the different bile acids of rats that had been made hypolipidemic by short-term treatments with clofibrate or tiadenol. Both treatments induced a significant decrease in cholesterol output in the bile. The analysis of the different bile acids showed a decrease in dihydroxylated acids elimination (especially CDC acid) without any difference between the 2 sexes. This decrease was associated with an increase in cholic acid excretion. These results are directly correlated with the dose of the administered hypolipidemic drug. The drugs caused as significant increase in the ratio of trihydroxylated acids of the bile and on the output was obtained, for both drugs, with a treatment of 200 mg/kg/day. Clofibrate had a greater effect than tiadenol at this dose. Both drugs show a greater effect on lowering serum lipid levels in female animals when compared to males, whereas elimination of bile cholesterol and modifications of bile acids were greater in male animals than female animals.
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Li JR, Kim DN, Lee KT, Reiner JM, Thomas WA. Effect of clofibrate, cholestyramine, cholesterol and feeding pattern on the diurnal variation of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylation in swine. Exp Mol Pathol 1980; 32:52-60. [PMID: 7188690 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4800(80)90042-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Kutz K, Schulte A, Just C, Lindstaedt H, Reiter B. Bile formation and biliary lipid composition under the influence of clofibrate and phenobarbital pretreatment in the rat. NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 1979; 308:171-7. [PMID: 503248 DOI: 10.1007/bf00499061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Anthony LE, Schmucker DL, Mooney JS, Jones AL. A quantitative analysis of fine structure and drug metabolism in livers of clofibrate-treated young adult and retired breeder rats. J Lipid Res 1978. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)41552-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Landriscina C, Ruggiero FM, Gnoni GV, Quagliariello E. Reduced activity of hepatic microsomal fatty acid chain elongation synthesis in clofibrate-fed rats. Biochem Pharmacol 1977; 26:1401-4. [PMID: 20103 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(77)90364-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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