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Contrasting effects of water-soluble and water-insoluble dietary fibers on bile acid conjugation and taurine metabolism in the rat 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
The effect of the type of dietary fiber on the bile acid and taurine metabolism was examined in rats. Diets containing 10%
of various water-soluble fibers (citrus pectin, konjak mannan, guar gum) as compared to a fiber-free diet increased biliary
excretion of total bile acids. In contrast, water-insoluble dietary fibers (cellulose, corn bran, chitin; 10% in the diets)
as well as cholestyramine (5% in the diet) considerably, decreased bile acid excretion. Water-soluble dietary fibermediated
increases in bile acid excretion were totally attributable to increases in glycine-conjugates. Thus, these fibers greatly
increased by the bile acid glycine-to-taurine ratio (G/T). Excretio of glycine conjugates decreased more than that of taurine
conjugates in rats fed various water-insoluble dietary fibers. As a results, G/T in rats fed water-insoluble fibers was significantly
lowered as compared to G/T in animals fed a fiber-free diet. Cholestyramine did not affect the G/T ratio of bile acids. Fecal
bile acid excretion and the activities of hepatic cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase (EC 1.14.13.17) in rats fed various water-soluble
dietary fibers approximately doubled as compared to the respective values for rats fed a fiber-free diet. Whereas cholestyramine
greatly increased these parameters, water-insoluble fibers did not significantly affect them. Various water-soluble fibers
decreased hepatic concentration and urinary excretion of taurine as well as the activity of hepatic cysteine dioxygenase (EC
1.13.11.20). In contrast, water-insoluble fibers considerably increased hepatic taurine concentrations and enzyme activities.
The parameters for taurine metabolism were unaffected by cholestyramine. It was suggested that the types of dietary fiber
affected hepatic taurine synthesis and thus modified bile acid glycine/taurine ratios. 相似文献
2.
Effects of bile acid feeding on hepatic deoxycholate 7α-hydroxylase activity in the hamster 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
In order to investigate the effects of bile acid feeding on hepatic microsomal deoxycholate 7α-hydroxylase activity, three
different bile acids were administered (0.2% w/w in chow) to hamsters for two weeks. Deoxycholate 7α-hydroxylase activity
was increased markedly by feeding of cholic acid (CA) and slightly by deoxycholic acid (DCA) Chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA)
had little effect on the enzyme activity. Feeding each of the bile acids significantly inhibited the activity of cholesterol
7α-hydroxylase in the order CDCA≥ DCA>CA. There was no correlation between deoxycholate 7α-hydroxylase activity and cholesterol
7α-hydroxylase activity. It is concluded that the activity of deoxycholate 7α-hydroxylase is up-regulated by feeding DCA and
CA and that the mechanism seems to be different from that of cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase. The increased activity of hepatic
deoxycholate 7α-hydroxylase by CA and DCA should be beneficial in minimizing the toxic effects of DCA in the hamster. 相似文献
3.
Effects of expansion of the hepatic free cholesterol pool on bile acid and cholesterol metabolism and homeostasis were examined
in rats fed cholesterol in high-fat diets or treated with oleyl-p-(n-decyl)-benzenesulfonate (ODS) or progesterone. Cholesterol feeding for 10–16 days, which increased free (33%) and esterified
(6-fold) cholesterol, had no effect on cholate synthesis, total bile acid synthesis, or cholate turnover, whereas these activities
were increased 60–80% by ODS and progesterone, which produced only small increases (19%) in free cholesterol. Cholesterol
feeding reduced β-hydroxy-β-methylglutaryl (HMG)-CoA reductase (72%) and cholesteryl ester hydrolase (48%) and increased acyl-CoA:cholesterol
acyltransferase (184%), whereas ODS and progesterone reversed these compensatory responses in cholesterol-fed rats. Cholesterol
7α-hydroxylase was changed no more than 22% by any treatment. A bolus of ODS elevated biliary cholesterol output 41% and shifted
biliary bile acid synthesis and composition toward 12-deoxy bile acids. These effects were not seen in ODS-fed or progesterone-treated
rats, in which cholesteryl ester stores were depleted. It is concluded that effects of free cholesterol on bile acid synthesis
and biliary cholesterol are probably mediated by specific precursor or regulatory pools which can be independently regulated
and which represent a relatively small fraction of hepatic free cholesterol. 相似文献
4.
The influence of feeding cholesterol to rats during pregnancy and postpartum (from the 11th day of gestation to the third
day after delivery) on the serum and hepatic cholesterol levels and on the bile acid composition in the pool and in the liver
in relationship to the dams and their pups was examined. The hepatic content of cholesterol in both dam and offspring increased
during cholesterol feeding without any changes in serum cholesterol level. In the dams, mainly the esterified cholesterol
was increased; in the pups, mainly the free cholesterol was increased. Cholesterol feeding led to a pronounced increase in
the pool of β-muricholic acid and a relative decrease in the lithocholic acid concentration in pregnant rats. In fetal rats,
the chenodeoxycholic acid pool was increased by cholesterol intake. The lithocholic acid pool was larger in the postpartum
rats fed cholesterol than in the controls, while the concentration of α- and β-muricholic acids was decreased. The neonates
of cholesterol-fed dams had a larger pool of chenodeoxycholic acid but a smaller pool of β-muricholic acid. These results
suggest that the metabolism of cholesterol and of bile acids in dams and their offspring respond differently to cholesterol
intake. 相似文献
5.
The effects of feeding diets containing either cholesterol (0.24% w/w) or cholestyramine (2.5% w/w) and of fasting on sterol
synthesis in the liver, ileum, and lung of both male and female guinea pigs have been studied by measuring the incorporation
by tissue slices of14C-labeled acetate into total digitonin-precipitable sterols. Cholesterol feeding significantly decreased (P<0.05) sterol synthesis
in the liver, ileum, and lung of the males and in the ileum of females. Cholestyramine feeding stimulated the rate of hepatic
sterol synthesis 13-fold but did not significantly affect sterologenesis in the ileum. Sterol synthesis in the lung was significantly
increased (P<0.05) but to a much lesser extent than in the liver. Fatty acid synthesis in the liver, ileum, and lung was not
significantly affected by either cholesterol or cholestyramine feeding. In guinea pigs fasted for 24 hr, sterol synthesis
was inhibited in all three tissues, the most pronounced effect occurring in the liver. Only in the lung was fatty acid synthesis
significantly decreased (P<0.001) by fasting. Cholesterol feeding resulted in increased concentrations of cholesterol in the
plasma and liver. Cholestyramine feeding reduced plasma cholesterol concentration by 81% in females and by 64% in males. However,
it did not significantly change the tissue cholesterol concentrations. Fasting resulted in a significant increase (P<0.05)
in plasma cholesterol concentration but did not affect the concentration of cholesterol in the tissues. It was concluded that
in the normal guinea pig, the feedback inhibition produced by both cholesterol and also possibly by bile acids suppresses
sterol synthesis in the liver to very low rates compared to those in the small intestine, where sterologenesis is not only
less sensitive to the cholesterol negative feedback system than that in the liver, but also is not subject to regulation by
the bile acid negative feedback system. 相似文献
6.
Substitution of casein for soybean protein in the diet causes high degrees of hypercholesterolemia in rabbits. When rats or
humans were fed exactly the same diets, no response of the concentration of serum cholesterol to the type of protein was observed.
The hypothesis is put forward that, in rabbits, dietary casein and peptides derived from it—because of their high degree of
phosphorylation—inhibit the binding of glycine-conjugated bile acids to insoluble calcium phosphate in the intestinal lumen.
As a result, feeding of casein causes an increase in the availability of bile acids, which leads to enhanced absorption of
bile acids and cholesterol. Eventually, the concentration of serum cholesterol will be increased. In rabbits this cascade
of events occurs because these animals have a relatively low activity of intestinal alkaline phosphatase, and a high ratio
of glycine to taurine in conjugated bile acids. Unlike glycine conjugates, taurine-conjugated bile acids do not effectively
bind to the intestinal calcium-phosphate sediment. The low activity of intestinal alkaline phosphatase in rabbits secures
the high degree of phosphorylation of casein and its peptide products in the small intestine. In contrast with rabbits, rats
and humans have high activities of intestinal alkaline phosphatase and a low glycine-to-taurine ratio in conjugated bile acids.
Thus the hypothesis presented would explain why rabbits, but not rats and humans, are susceptible to dietary casein with respect
to the concentration of serum cholesterol. The relevance of the hypothesis as to the mechanisms underlying the hypercholesterolemic
effect of some other dietary proteins is discussed. 相似文献
7.
The effect of chitosan feeding (for 21 days) on intestinal bile acids was studied in male rats. Serum cholesterol levels in
rats fed a commercial diet low in cholesterol were decreased by chitosan supplementation. Chitosan inhibited the transformation
of cholesterol to coprostanol without causing a qualitative change in fecal excretion of these neutral sterols. Increased
fiber consumption did not increase fecal excretion of bile acids, but caused a marked change in fecal bile acid composition.
Litcholic acid increased sigificantly, deoxycholic acid increased to a leasser extent, whereas hyodeoxycholic acid and the
6β-isomer and 5-epimeric 3α-hydroxy-6-keto-cholanoic acid(s) decreased. The pH in the cecum and colon became elevated by chitosan
feeding which affected the conversion of primary bile acids to secondary bile acids in the large intestine. In the cecum,
chitosan feeding increased the concentration of α-,β-, and ω-muricholic acids, and lithocholic acid. However, the levels of
hyodeoxycholic acid and its 6β-isomer, of monohydroxy-monoketo-cholanoic acids, and of 3α, 6ξ, 7ξ-trihydroxy-cholanoic acid
decreased. The data suggest that chitosan feeding affects the metabolism of intestinal bile acids in rats. 相似文献
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9.
Cholesterol fed guinea pigs develop a hemolytic anemia accompanied by high cholesterol concentrations in the liver, plasma,
and red cells. We have studied the bile acid metabolism of guinea pigs fed a diet with or without cholesterol in a search
for the factor(s) which prevent adequate control of their body cholesterol pool and, therefore, its pathological consequences.
The results show that in the cholesterol fed guinea pig the synthesis (and excretion) of bile acids was at least three times
greater than in controls. This is the result of a doubling of the fractional turnover rate and a smaller increase in the pool
size. The major increase of the bile acid pool was in the liver. The main bile acid in gall bladder bile and small intestines
was chenodeoxycholic acid, with smaller amounts of 7-ketolithocholic and ursodeoxycholic acids. In the caecum, large intestines,
and feces, the major bile acid was lithocholic acid. 相似文献
10.
Fifty-two male guinea pigs fed on a scorbutigenic diet were divided into a control group (10 mg ascorbicacid per animal per
day) and a group with latent vitamin C deficiency (2 weeks on the scorbutigenic diet only, followed by a maintaining dose
of 0.5 mg ascorbic acid per animal per day). After 13 weeks, 26-14C-cholesterol was administered intraperitoneally to all the animals, in which the14C excretion in the expired CO2 and the urine and cholesterol specific activity in the blood serum and liver were then studied at intervals of 24 hr and
1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 weeks. The ascorbic acid concentration in the liver and spleen of the control animals was five times
higher than in vitain C-deficient animals. The total cholesterol concentration in serum and liver was significantly higher
in the vitamin C-deficient guinea pigs. A two-pool analysis of the disappearance curves of serum cholesterol specific activity
showed that the size of the cholesterol pool A (blood and tissues with rapid cholesterol exchange) was greater in the vitamin
C-deficient animals. The rate of the transformation of cholesterol to bile acids was estimated as the ratio of14CO2 expired to liver cholesterol specific activity. Latent vitamin C deficiency caused significant slowing down of this process
(controls: 11.8±0.6; vitamin C deficiency: 8.3±0.4 mg/24 r/500 g w/w). A significant correlation between the liver ascorbic
acid concentration and the rate of cholesterol transformation to bile acids was found. The results demonstrate that ascorbic
acid is necessary for a normal course of cholesterol catabolism. In latent vitamin C deficiency, the rate of cholesterol catabolism
slows down and cholesterol consequently accumulates in the blood and liver of vitamin C-deficient guinea pigs. 相似文献
11.
Plasma cholesterol, arachidonic acid (AA, 20∶4n−6), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22∶6n−3) are higher in breast-fed infants
than in infants fed formula without cholesterol, AA, or DHA. This study investigated differences in plasma, hepatic, and bile
lipids and phospholipid fatty acids, and expression of hepatic proteins involved in sterol metabolism that result from feeding
formula with cholesterol with egg phospholipid to provide AA and DHA. For this study, three groups of piglets were evaluated:
piglets fed formula with 0.65 mmol/L cholesterol, the same formula with 0.8% AA and 0.2% DHA from egg phospholipid, and piglets
fed sow milk. Piglets fed the formula with phospholipid AA and DHA had higher plasma high density lipoprotein, but not apoprotein
(apo) B cholesterol or triglyceride; higher bile acid and phospholipid concentrations in bile; and higher liver and bile phospholipid
AA and DHA than piglets fed formula without AA and DHA (P<0.05). Hydroxy methylglutaryl (HMG)-CoA reductase and 7-α-hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzymes of cholesterol and bile
acid synthesis, respectively, and low density lipoprotein receptor mRNA levels were not different between piglets fed formula
without and with phospholipid AA and DHA, but HMG-CoA reductase and 7α-hydroxylase mRNA were higher, and plasma apo B containing
lipoprotein cholesterol was lower in all piglets fed formula than in piglets fed milk. These studies show that supplementing
formula with AA and DHA from egg phospholipid alters bile metabolism by increasing the bile AA and DHA, and bile acid and
phospholipid. 相似文献
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The present study was undertaken to define the relationship between calcium metabolism and bile acid composition in animal
models of diet induced cholesterol and pigment gallstones. Groups of prairie dogs were fed either a control non-lithogenic
chow (N=12), a 1.2% cholesterol enriched chow (N=6, XOL) for two weeks, or a high carbohydrate diet deficient in iron (N=6,
CHO-FeD), or a high carbohydrate diet with normal iron levels (N=6, CHO) for eight weeks. Hepatic (HB) and gallbladder (GB)
bile samples were analyzed for total calcium, cholesterol, phospholipids, total bile acids (TBA), and individual bile acid
composition.
In each of the four groups, TBA concentrations were essentially similar and taurine conjugates accounted for approximately
90% of TBA in HB bile and about 98% in GB bile. In the control group, cholic acid (CA) was the predominant bile acid and comprised
76% of TBA and chenodeoxycholic (CDCA) accounted for about 13% of the total. Feeding a diet rich in cholesterol caused a significant
change in the relative concentrations of individual bile acids of hepatic bile—such that CA decreased significantly (p<0.001)
while CDCA increased by 300% (p<0.001). The changes in secondary bile acids were insignificant. An identical shift in individual
bile acid composition was noted in animals maintained on high carbohydrate diet, irrespective of iron content. Similar changes
were observed in the GB in the experimental groups.
Calcium concentrations of GB bile with or without gallstone formation showed a positive linear relationship with TBA (y=4.35+0.14X,
p<0.001) and taurochenodoxycholic acid (TCDCA) (y=15.04+0.46X, p<0.001), but an inverse relationship with taurocholic acid
(TCA) (Y=55.16−0.41X, p<0.008). However, such relationships were absent in hepatic bile. These data indicate that diet-induced
alterations in bile acid composition may modify calcium solubility or GB function, thereby contributing to the increased GB
calcium observed during cholesterol and pigment gallstone formation. 相似文献
13.
Bertram I. Cohen Takahiro Mikami Nariman Ayyad Akira Ohshima R. Infante Erwin H. Mosbach 《Lipids》1995,30(9):855-861
The effects of β-muricholic acid and hyocholic acid on cholesterol cholelithiasis were examined in two animal models. The
following experiments were carried out: A) In a gallstone prevention study, prairie dogs were fed the lithogenic diet with
or without 0.1% β-muricholic or 0.1% hyocholic acid for eight weeks. B) In a second prevention study, hamsters were fed the
lithogenic diet with or without 0.1% β-muricholic acid or 0.1% hyocholic acid for six weeks. C) In a gallstone dissolution
study, hamsters were fed the lithogenic diet for six weeks to induce stones; stone dissolution was examined during administration
of a cholesterol-free purified diet with or without 0.1% β-muricholic acid or 0.1% hyocholic acid. In the prevention study
in prairie dogs (A), both bile acids failed to prevent stone formation, the cholesterol saturation index of bile was 0.89
in the lithogenic controls, remained unchanged with hyocholic acid and increased to 1.52 in the β-muricholic acid group. In
the prevention study in hamsters (B), β-muricholic acid completely inhibited the cholesterol cholelithiasis (0% stone incidence);
the cholesterol saturation index of bile was 1.78 (compared to lithogenic controls, 1.37). Hyocholic acid reduced stone incidence
to 16% with a cholesterol saturation index of 0.98. In the dissolution study in hamsters (C), preexisting cholesterol gallstones
were not dissolved by either hydrophilic bile acid after feeding these bile acids for an additional six weeks; at the end
of the experiment, the cholesterol saturation indices were below unity. These studies suggest that, in the hamster animal
model, hydrophilic bile acids may be useful for the prevention of gallstones but not dissolution of preestablished cholesterol
gallstones. 相似文献
14.
Klyohisa Uchida Takashi Aklyoshi Hirotsune Igimi Haruto Takase Yasuharu Nomura Shouichi Ishihara 《Lipids》1991,26(7):526-530
The preventive effect of 3α,7β,12α-trihydroxy-5β-cholanoic acid (ursocholic acid) and ursodeoxycholic acid on the formation
of biliary cholesterol crystals was studied in mice. Cholesterol crystals developed with 80% incidence after feeding for five
weeks a lithogenic diet containing 0.5% cholesterol and 0.25% sodium cholate. When 0.25% ursocholic acid or ursodeoxycholic
acid was added to the lithogenic diet, the incidence as well as the grade (severity) of the gallstones were reduced. Plasma
and liver cholesterol levels were decreased by ursodeoxycholic acid but not by ursocholic acid. Gallbladder cholesterol and
phospholipid levels were decreased by both bile acids. The biliary bile acid level was decreased by ursocholic acid but not
by ursodeoxycholic acid. After feeding ursocholic acid, its level in the bile was about 25% and the levels of cholic acid
and β-muricholic acid decreased. Fecal sterol excretion was not changed by ursocholic acid, but was increased by ursodeoxycholic
acid. After feeding ursocholic acid, fecal excretion of deoxycholic acid, cholic acid, and ursocholic acid increased. No differences
were found between mice, with or without gallstones, in plasma and liver cholesterol levels, biliary phospholipid and bile
acid levels, fecal sterol and bile acid levels, and biliary and fecal bile acid composition. The results suggest that the
lower incidence of crystal formation after treatment with ursocholic acid is probably by a different mechanism than with ursodeoxycholic
acid. In the mouse model, ursodeoxycholic acid exerts its effect at least partially, by decreasing cholesterol absorption.
Ursocholic acid is well absorbed and excreted into bile and transformed into deoxycholic acid by the intestinal microflora
in mice. 相似文献
15.
Bengt E. Gustafsson Bo Angelin Ingemar Björkhem Kurt Einarsson Jan-Åke Gustafsson 《Lipids》1981,16(4):228-233
The aim of this investigation was to study the influence of chenodeoxycholic acid administration on cholesterol and bile acid
synthesis in germ-free rats. Seven rats were fed a basal diet and 2 groups of 4 rats received the same diet supplemented with
0.4 and 1% chenodeoxycholic acid, respectively. After 6 weeks, feces were collected in one 3- and one 4-day pool for analysis
of cholesterol and bile acids. When the sampling period was finished, the rats were killed and the liver microsomal fractions
isolated. The activities of HMG CoA reductase and cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase were determined, the 7α-hydroxylase by a mass
fragmentographic method. The 2 dominating bile acids in the untreated rats were cholic acid and β-muricholic acid. During
treatment with chenodeoxycholic acid, 60–70% of this bile acid was converted into α- and β-muricholic acid, indicating a high
activity of the 6β-hydroxylase. The excretion of cholic acid was almost completely inhibited and the 7α-hydroxylase activity
was decreased ca 75% in the rats fed 1% chenodeoxycholic acid. The activity of the hepatic HMG CoA reductase was unchanged.
The fecal excretion of cholesterol increased 2–3 times. An accumulation of cholesterol was seen in the rats treated with 1%
chenodeoxycholic acid, which was probably a result of the decreased catabolism of cholesterol to bile acids. 相似文献
16.
Nozomu Takeuchi Mitsuharu Murase Yasuharu Nomura Haruto Takase Kiyohisa Uchida 《Lipids》1987,22(8):566-571
In order to investigate the effect of hepatic cholesterol flux on biliary bile acids, Triton WR 1339 and orotic acid were
administered to rats, and the biliary cholesterol, phospholipids and bile acids were analyzed together with serum lipoproteins
and hepatic lipids. Triton, which raised serum very low density lipoprotein and lipid levels and decreased serum high density
lipoprotein liver lipid levels, increase the biliary cholic acid group/chenodeoxycholic acid group ratio (CA/CDCA) in the
bile without affecting the total amount of bile acids and the other biliary lipids. Orotic acid, which decreased serum lipid
and lipoprotein concentrations and increased liver lipid levels, increased the biliary excretion of cholesterol and phospholipids,
but produced no significant change in the total amount of bile acids and in the CA/CDCA ratio in bile. 相似文献
17.
G. A. Nagana Gowda Narasimhamurthy Shanaiah Amanda Cooper Mary Maluccio Daniel Raftery 《Lipids》2009,44(6):527-535
Bile acids constitute a group of structurally closely related molecules and represent the most abundant constituents of human
bile. Investigations of bile acids have garnered increased interest owing to their recently discovered additional biological
functions including their role as signaling molecules that govern glucose, fat and energy metabolism. Recent NMR methodological
developments have enabled single-step analysis of several highly abundant and common glycine- and taurine- conjugated bile
acids, such as glycocholic acid, glycodeoxycholic acid, glycochenodeoxycholic acid, taurocholic acid, taurodeoxycholic acid,
and taurochenodeoxycholic acid. Investigation of these conjugated bile acids in human bile employing high field (800 MHz)
1H-NMR spectroscopy reveals that the ratios between two glycine-conjugated bile acids and their taurine counterparts correlate
positively (R
2 = 0.83–0.97; p = 0.001 × 10−2–0.006 × 10−7) as do the ratios between a glycine-conjugated bile acid and its taurine counterpart (R
2 = 0.92–0.95; p = 0.004 × 10−3–0.002 × 10−10). Using such correlations, concentration of individual bile acids in each sample could be predicted in good agreement with
the experimentally determined values. These insights into the pattern of bile acid conjugation in human bile between glycine
and taurine promise useful clues to the mechanism of bile acids’ biosynthesis, conjugation and enterohepatic circulation,
and may improve our understanding of the role of individual conjugated bile acids in health and disease.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
18.
The effects of SMP-500, a novel ACAT inhibitor, on serum lipid levels, hepatic lipid secretion rate, and hepatic lipid disposition
in rats were studied to clarify its lipid-lowering action. SMP-500 reduced the serum cholesterol level in a dose-dependent
manner in rats fed a hypercholesterolemic diet. SMP-500 also reduced hepatic free cholesterol content in addition to hepatic
total and esterified cholesterol contents. Biliary concentrations of cholesterol and bile acid were increased by SMP-500;
however, the bile flow and lithogenic index were not affected. SMP-500 increased cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase mRNA level. Therefore,
it is suggested that the increase in concentrations of cholesterol and bile acid in bile is due to both the increase of bile
acid production through the increase of cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase and the decrease of hepatic free cholesterol content. An
inhibitory effect of SMP-500 both on the cholesterol secretion and on the TG secretion from liver was observed. SMP-500 reduced
the serum TG level in sucrose-fed rats. From these results, one may hypothesize that the suppression of hepatic VLDL secretion
probably plays an important role on both cholesterol- and TG-lowering effects of SMP-500. 相似文献
19.
Mizuho Une Erwin H. Mosbach Bertram I. Cohen Patricia May-Donath Charles K. Mcsherry 《Lipids》1985,20(4):222-226
3α-Hydroxy-7ζ-methyl-5β-cholanoic acid (7ζ-methyl-LA) was infused intravenously into bile fistula hamsters to investigate
its metabolism and effect on the bile flow as compared with lithocholic acid. Following infusion of the labeled bile acids,
bile was collected quantitatively to allow measurement of bile flow and bile acid composition. More than 80% of radioactivity
was recovered in bile within 4 hr. 7ζ-Methyl-LA and lithocholic acid in bile were present as the taurine and glycine conjugates;
no free bile acids were detected. 7ζ-Methyl-LA was neither hydroxylated nor metabolized to any measurable extent, though lithocholic
acid was 7α-hydroxylated to chenodeoxycholic acid (30–45%).
At the infusion rate at which lithocholic acid induced a severe cholestasis (264 nmol/min), 7ζ-methyl-LA did not decrease
the bile flow. In fact, the infusion of 7ζ-methyl-LA produced a mild choleresis under conditions where endogenous bile acid
excretion was not changed appreciably compared to control infusions with albumin.
It is concluded that 7ζ-methyl-LA is not metabolized in the hamster but is conjugated with taurine and glycine, and that the
introduction of a methyl group at the 7-position of lithocholic acid appears to alleviate the cholestatic effect of lithocholic
acid in the hamster. 相似文献
20.
Visualization of Bile Homeostasis Using <Superscript>1</Superscript>H-NMR Spectroscopy as a Route for Assessing Liver Cancer 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Changes in bile synthesis by the liver or alterations in the enterohepatic circulation due to a variety of etiological conditions
may represent a novel source of liver disease-specific biomarkers. Bile from patients with liver diseases exhibited significant
changes in the levels of glycine- and taurine-conjugated bile acids, phospholipids, cholesterol and urea relative to non-liver
disease controls. Cholangiocarcinoma and non-malignant liver diseases (NMLD) showed the most significant alterations. Further,
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) could be differentiated from NMLD (p = 0.02), as well as non-liver disease controls (p = 0.02) based on the amounts of bile acids, phospholipids and/or cholesterol. HCC also differed with cholangiocarcinoma although
not significantly. Urea increases somewhat in non-malignant liver disease relative to non-liver disease controls, while the
bile acids, phospholipids and cholesterol all decrease significantly. The ratio between some major bile metabolites also distinguished
NMLD (p = 0.004–0.01) from non-liver disease controls. This snapshot view of bile homeostasis, is obtainable from a simple nuclear
magnetic resonance (NMR) approach and demonstrates the enormous opportunity to assess liver status, explore biomarkers for
high risk diseases such as cancers and improve the understanding of normal and abnormal cellular functions. 相似文献