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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 361, Issue 1, Pages 156-161Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.07.001
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cholestasis; bile acid; apoptosis; G protein-coupled receptor; TGR5; JNK
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TGR5 is a novel G protein-coupled cell-surface bile acid receptor. In cholestasis, bile acids induce hepatocyte apoptosis by primarily activating death receptor-mediated signaling. We examined if bile acid-induced TGR5 activation is participating in bile acid-induced hepatocyte apoptosis. TGR5 expression and its responsiveness to bile acid were confirmed in human hepatocytes. TGR5 inhibition attenuated bile acid-induced caspase 8 activation, which resulted from reduced bile acid-induced caspase 8 recruited to a death-inducing signaling complex (DISC). Bile acid-induced c-Jun-N terminal kinase (JNK) activation was dependent on bile acid activation of TGR5. JNK formed complexes with caspase 8, which were reduced following bile acid treatment, but this reduction was prevented when TGR5 or JNK was inhibited. In conclusion, bile acids activate TGR5, which leads to JNK activation and reduced complex formation of JNK with caspase 8, thus facilitating caspase 8 recruitment to DISC. These observations suggest therapeutic applications for TGR5 signaling blockage in cholestasis. (D 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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