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Bile acid retention and activation of endogenous hepatic farnesoid-X-receptor in the pathogenesis of fatty liver disease in ob/ob-mice

Martin, Ina V. ; Schmitt, Johannes ; Minkenberg, Alexander ; Mertens, Joachim C. ; Stieger, Bruno ; Mullhaupt, Beat ; Geier, Andreas

In: Biological Chemistry, 2010, vol. 391, no. 12, p. 1441-1449

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    Titre
    • Bile acid retention and activation of endogenous hepatic farnesoid-X-receptor in the pathogenesis of fatty liver disease in ob/ob-mice
    Auteur
    • Martin, Ina V.
    • Schmitt, Johannes
    • Minkenberg, Alexander. Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen (UKA), D-52074 Aachen, Germany
    • Mertens, Joachim C.. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich (USZ), CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland
    • Stieger, Bruno
    • Mullhaupt, Beat
    • Geier, Andreas
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Biological Chemistry, 2010, vol. 391, no. 12, p. 1441-1449. Walter de Gruyter
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    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:300657
    Summary
    The nuclear bile acid receptor FXR (farnesoid-X-receptor) has recently been implicated in the pathophysiology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease because selective FXR-agonists improve glucose and lipid metabolism in rodent models of obesity. However, the regulation of FXR and other relevant nuclear receptors as well as their lipogenic target genes in fatty liver is still not revealed in detail. Livers were harvested from 14-week-old male ob/ob mice and wild-type controls. Serum bile acids were quantified by radioimmunoassay. mRNA and protein expression of transporters and nuclear receptors was analyzed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting, whereas DNA binding to the IR-1 element was examined by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. In this study we show: (i) bile acid retention in ob/ob mice, (ii) a resulting FXR upregulation and binding to the IR-1 element in ob/ob animals and (iii) concomitant activation of the fatty acid synthase as a potential lipogenic FXR target gene in vivo. The present study suggests a potential role of hepatic bile acid retention and FXR activation in the induction of lipogenic target genes. Differences between intestinal and hepatic FXR could explain apparent contradictory information regarding its effects on fatty liver disease