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LABORATORY INVESTIGATION
Volume 90, Issue 10, Pages 1457-1467Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2010.107
Keywords
bile acids; circadian rhythm; Cyp7A1; enterohepatic circulation; Fgf15; Fxr
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- European Commission [LSHM-CT-2005-018734]
- Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR) [LSHM-CT-2005-018734]
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Hepatic bile acid synthesis is subject to complex modes of transcriptional control, in which the bile acid-activated nuclear receptor farnesoid X receptor (FXR) in liver and intestine-derived, FXR-controlled fibroblast growth factor 15 (Fgf15) are involved. The Fgf15 pathway is assumed to contribute significantly to control of hepatic bile acid synthesis. However, scientific evidence supporting this assumption is primarily based on gene expression data. Using intestine-selective FXR knockout mice (iFXR-KO), we show that contribution of intestinal FXR-Fgf15 signalling in regulation of hepatic cholesterol 7a-hydroxylase (Cyp7A1) expression depends on time of the day with increased hepatic Cyp7A1 expression in iFXR-KO mice compared with controls exclusively during the dark phase. To assess the physiological relevance hereof, we determined effects of intestine-selective deletion of FXR on physiological parameters such as bile formation and kinetics of the enterohepatic circulation of bile acids. It appeared that intestinal FXR deficiency leads to a modest but significant increase in cholic acid pool size, without changes in fractional turnover rate. As a consequence, bile flow and biliary bile acid secretion rates were increased in iFXR-KO mice compared with controls. Feeding a bile acid-containing diet or treatment with a bile acid sequestrant similarly affected bile formation in iFXR-KO and control mice and induced similar changes in Cyp7A1 and Cyp8B1 expression patterns. In conclusion, this study is the first to demonstrate the physiological relevance of the contribution of the intestinal FXR-Fgf15 signalling pathway in control of hepatic bile acid synthesis. Fgf15 contributes to the regulation of hepatic bile acid synthesis in mice mainly during the dark phase. Expansion of the circulating bile acid pool as well as bile acid sequestration diminishes the contribution of intestinal FXR-Fgf15 signalling in control of hepatic bile acid synthesis and bile formation. Laboratory Investigation (2010) 90, 1457-1467; doi: 10.1038/labinvest.2010.107; published online 7 June 2010
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