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Effect of Ursodeoxycholic Acid on the Expression of the Hepatocellular Bile Acid Transporters (Ntcp and bsep) in Rats With Estrogen-Induced Cholestasis.

AbstractOBJECTIVES:
Rats with ethinyl estradiol-induced cholestasis have a decreased bile flow and a decreased expression of basolateral and canalicular hepatocyte membrane transporters. The bile acid ursodeoxycholic acid improves bile flow in these animals. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of ursodeoxycholic acid on the expression of hepatocellular bile acid carriers.
METHODS:
Rats received either ethinyl estradiol (5 mg.kg body wt. for 10 days) or ethinyl estradiol associated with ursodeoxycholic acid (1% in the diet). A third group of rats received ursodeoxycholic acid alone. Bile flow, bile acid, and glutathione biliary outputs were measured. Messenger RNA levels and protein expression of Na -dependent taurocholate co-transporting polypeptide, and bile salt export pump were determined in basolateral and canalicular membrane preparations by Northern and Western blot analysis.
RESULTS:
Ursodeoxycholic acid restored bile flow in ethinyl estradiol-treated rats by increasing bile acid secretion. It did not improve glutathione output nor bile acid-independent flow. Na -dependent taurocholate co-transporting polypeptide mRNA and protein were decreased by ethinyl estradiol and not restored by ursodeoxycholic acid. In contrast, canalicular bile salt export pump protein expression was decreased by ethinyl estradiol and fully restored to control levels by ursodeoxycholic acid.
CONCLUSIONS:
Ursodeoxycholic acid increases bile flow in ethinyl estradiol-treated rats by increasing bile acid secretion. This increase is possibly mediated by a normalization of the expression of the canalicular bile salt export pump.
AuthorsDumont Micheline, Jacquemin Emmanuel, Erlinger Serge
JournalJournal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition (J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr) Vol. 35 Issue 2 Pg. 185-91 (Aug 2002) ISSN: 0277-2116 [Print] United States
PMID12187295 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 11
  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
  • Abcb11 protein, rat
  • Bile Acids and Salts
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Estradiol Congeners
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Symporters
  • bile acid binding proteins
  • sodium-bile acid cotransporter
  • Ethinyl Estradiol
  • Ursodeoxycholic Acid
  • Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases
  • AKR1C2 protein, human
  • Glutathione
Topics
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 11
  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters (drug effects, genetics, metabolism)
  • Animals
  • Bile Acids and Salts (metabolism)
  • Biological Transport, Active
  • Carrier Proteins (drug effects, genetics, metabolism)
  • Cholestasis (chemically induced, metabolism)
  • Estradiol Congeners (toxicity)
  • Ethinyl Estradiol (pharmacology, toxicity)
  • Glutathione (metabolism)
  • Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases
  • Immunoblotting
  • Male
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent
  • RNA, Messenger (metabolism)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Symporters
  • Ursodeoxycholic Acid (pharmacology)

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