Upregulation of a basolateral FXR-dependent bile acid efflux transporter OSTalpha-OSTbeta in cholestasis in humans and rodents.

Abstract

Organic solute transporter (OSTalpha-OSTbeta) is a novel heteromeric bile acid and sterol transporter expressed at the basolateral membranes of epithelium in the ileum, kidney, and liver. To determine whether OSTalpha-OSTbeta undergoes farnesoid X receptor (FXR)-dependent adaptive regulation following cholestatic liver injury, mRNA and protein expression levels were analyzed in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and following common bile duct ligation (CBDL) in rats and Fxr null and wild-type mice. Hepatic OSTalpha and OSTbeta mRNA increased 3- and 32-fold, respectively, in patients with PBC compared with controls, whereas expression of Ostalpha and Ostbeta also increased in the liver of rats and mice following CBDL. In contrast, expression of Ostalpha and Ostbeta mRNA was generally lower in Fxr null mice, and CBDL failed to enhance expression of Ostalpha and Ostbeta compared with wild-type mice. HepG2 cells treated for 24 h with chenodeoxycholic acid, a selective FXR ligand, had higher levels of OSTalpha and OSTbeta mRNA and protein. Increases in OST protein were visualized by confocal microscopy at the plasma membrane. These results indicate that expression of Ostalpha and Ostbeta are highly regulated in response to cholestasis and that this response is dependent on the FXR bile acid receptor.

• Authors: James L Boyer, Michael Trauner, Albert Mennone, Carol J Soroka, Shi-Ying Cai, Tarek Moustafa, Gernot Zollner, Jin Young Lee, Nazzareno Ballatori
• Journal: American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology (Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol) Vol. 290 Issue 6 Pg. G1124-30 (Jun 2006) ISSN: 0193-1857 [Print] United States
• PMID: 16423920 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Bile Acids and Salts
• DNA-Binding Proteins
• Membrane Transport Proteins
• Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
• Transcription Factors
• organic solute transporter alpha, human
• SLC51B protein, human
• farnesoid X-activated receptor

Topics

• Animals
• Bile Acids and Salts (metabolism)
• Cell Membrane (metabolism)
• Cholestasis (complications, metabolism)
• DNA-Binding Proteins (metabolism)
• Hepatocytes (metabolism)
• Humans
• Liver (metabolism)
• Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary (complications, metabolism)
• Membrane Transport Proteins (metabolism)
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred C57BL
• Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
• Tissue Distribution
• Transcription Factors (metabolism)
• Up-Regulation