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Regulation of classic and alternative bile acid synthesis in hypercholesterolemic rabbits: effects of cholesterol feeding and bile acid depletion.

Abstract
The effect of cholesterol feeding (3 g/day) on bile acid synthesis was examined in 10 New Zealand white rabbits (NZW), 8 Watanabe heterozygous and 10 homozygous rabbits with partial and complete deficiencies of LDL receptors. After 10 days of cholesterol feeding, bile fistulas were constructed and bile acid pool sizes were measured. Cholesterol feeding increased plasma and hepatic cholesterol levels in all rabbit groups. Baseline bile acid pool sizes were smaller (P < 0.01) in heterozygotes (139 +/- 3 mg) and homozygotes (124 +/- 30 mg) than NZW rabbits (254 +/- 44 mg). After feeding cholesterol, bile acid pool sizes doubled with increased cholic acid synthesis in NZW and, to a lesser extent, in Watanabe heterozygous rabbits but not in homozygotes. Baseline cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase activity in NZW and heterozygotes declined 69% and 53% (P < 0.001), respectively, after cholesterol feeding. Sterol 27-hydroxylase activity reflecting alternative bile acid synthesis increased 66% (P < 0.01) in NZW and 37% in Watanabe heterozygotes but not in homozygotes after feeding cholesterol. Bile fistula drainage stimulated cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase activity but not sterol 27-hydroxylase activity in all three rabbit groups. These results demonstrated that dietary cholesterol increased hepatic sterol 27-hydroxylase activity and alternative bile acid synthesis to expand the bile acid pool and inhibited cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase in NZW and in Watanabe heterozygous rabbits but not in homozygotes with absent hepatic LDL receptor function. Thus, in rabbits, sterol 27-hydroxylase is up-regulated by the increased hepatic cholesterol that enters the liver via LDL receptors whereas cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase is controlled by the circulating hepatic bile acid flux.
AuthorsG Xu, G Salen, S Shefer, G S Tint, L B Nguyen, T T Parker, T S Chen, J Roberts, X Kong, D Greenblatt
JournalJournal of lipid research (J Lipid Res) Vol. 39 Issue 8 Pg. 1608-15 (Aug 1998) ISSN: 0022-2275 [Print] United States
PMID9717721 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Bile Acids and Salts
  • Cholesterol, Dietary
  • Receptors, LDL
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
  • Cholesterol
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases
  • Steroid Hydroxylases
  • Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase
  • Cholestanetriol 26-Monooxygenase
  • Cholic Acid
Topics
  • Animals
  • Bile (metabolism)
  • Bile Acids and Salts (biosynthesis, metabolism)
  • Cholestanetriol 26-Monooxygenase
  • Cholesterol (blood, metabolism)
  • Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase (metabolism)
  • Cholesterol, Dietary (administration & dosage)
  • Cholic Acid (metabolism)
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System (metabolism)
  • Drainage
  • Heterozygote
  • Homozygote
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases (metabolism)
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II (genetics, metabolism)
  • Liver (metabolism)
  • Microsomes, Liver (enzymology)
  • Mitochondria, Liver (enzymology)
  • Rabbits
  • Receptors, LDL (deficiency, genetics)
  • Steroid Hydroxylases (metabolism)

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