Regulation of sterol 27-hydroxylase and an alternative pathway of bile acid biosynthesis in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes |
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Authors: | R. T. Stravitz Z. R. Vlahcevic T. L. Russell M. L. Heizer N. G. Avadhani P. B. Hylemon |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Virginia Commonwealth University and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, VA 23298, U.S.A. b Department of Microbiology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, VA 23298, U.S.A. c Department of Animal Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | In man, hepatic mitochondrial sterol 27-hydroxylase and microsomal cholesterol 7-hydroxylase initiate distinct pathways of bile acid biosynthesis from cholesterol, the “acidic” and “neutral” pathways, respectively. A similar acidic pathway in the rat has been hypothesized, but its quantitative importance and ability to be regulated at the level of sterol 27-hydroxylase are uncertain. In this study, we explored the molecular regulation of sterol 27-hydroxylase and the acidic pathway of bile acid biosynthesis in primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes. mRNA and protein turnover rates were approximately 10-fold slower for sterol 27-hydroxylase than for cholesterol 7-hydroxylase. Sterol 27-hydroxylase mRNA was not spontaneously expressed in culture. The sole requirement for preserving sterol 27-hydroxylase mRNA at the level of freshly isolated hepatocytes (0 h) after 72 h was the addition of dexamethasone (0.1 μM; > 7-fold induction). Sterol 27-hydroxylase mRNA, mass and specific activity were not affected by thyroxine (1.0 μM), dibutyryl-cAMP (50 μM), nor squalestatin 1 (150 nM-1.0 μM), an inhibitor of cholesterol biosynthesis. Taurocholate (50 μM), however, repressed sterol 27-hydroxylase mRNA levels by 55%. Sterol 27-hydroxylase specific activity in isolated mitochondria was increased > 10-fold by the addition of 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin. Under culture conditions designed to maximally repress cholesterol 7-hydroxylase and bile acid synthesis from the neutral pathway but maintain sterol 27-hydroxylase mRNA and activity near 0 h levels, bile acid synthesis from [14C]cholesterol remained relatively high and consisted of β-muricholate, the product of chenodeoxycholate in the rat. We conclude that rat liver harbors a quantitatively important alternative pathway of bile acid biosynthesis and that its initiating enzyme, sterol 27-hydroxylase, may be slowly regulated by glucocorticoids and bile acids. |
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