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The nuclear bile acid receptor FXR controls the liver derived tumor suppressor histidine-rich glycoprotein.

Abstract
The nuclear bile acid receptor Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) is strongly expressed in liver and intestine, controls bile acid and lipid homeostasis and exerts tumor-protective functions in liver and intestine. Histidine-rich glycoprotein (HRG) is an abundant plasma protein produced by the liver with the proposed function as a pattern recognition molecule involved in the clearance of immune complexes, necrotic cells and pathogens, the modulation of angiogenesis, the normalization of deranged endothelial vessel structure in tumors and tumor suppression. FXR recognition sequences were identified within a human HRG promoter fragment that mediated FXR/FXR-agonist dependent reporter gene activity in vitro. We show that HRG is a novel transcriptional target gene of FXR in human hepatoma cells, human upcyte® primary hepatocytes and 3D human liver microtissues in vitro and in mouse liver in vivo. Prolonged administration of the potent nonsteroidal FXR agonist PX20606 increases HRG levels in mouse plasma. Finally, daily oral administration of this FXR agonist for seven days resulted in a significant increase of HRG levels in the plasma of healthy human male volunteers during a clinical Phase I safety study. HRG might serve as a surrogate marker indicative of liver-specific FXR activation in future human clinical studies. Furthermore, potent FXR agonists might be beneficial in serious health conditions where HRG is reduced, for example, in hepatocellular carcinoma but also other solid cancers, liver failure, sepsis and pre-eclampsia.
AuthorsUlrich Deuschle, Manfred Birkel, Eva Hambruch, Martin Hornberger, Olaf Kinzel, Sanja Perović-Ottstadt, Andreas Schulz, Ulrike Hahn, Michael Burnet, Claus Kremoser
JournalInternational journal of cancer (Int J Cancer) Vol. 136 Issue 11 Pg. 2693-704 (Jun 01 2015) ISSN: 1097-0215 [Electronic] United States
PMID25363753 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Phase I, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
Copyright© 2014 UICC.
Chemical References
  • 4-(((6-((5-cyclopropyl-3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-4-isoxazolyl)methoxy)-2-(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridinyl)methylamino)methyl)benzoic acid
  • 4-(2-(2-chloro-4-((5-cyclopropyl-3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-4-isoxazolyl)methoxy)phenyl)cyclopropyl)benzoic acid
  • Benzoates
  • Isoxazoles
  • Proteins
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
  • histidine-rich proteins
  • farnesoid X-activated receptor
Topics
  • Animals
  • Benzoates (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
  • Cell Line
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation (drug effects)
  • Hep G2 Cells
  • Hepatocytes (metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Isoxazoles (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
  • Liver (metabolism, pathology)
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear (agonists, metabolism)

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