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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-21
pubmed:abstractText
Literature suggests that glucocorticoid (GC) exposure during early life may have long-term consequences into adult life. GCs are known to influence hepatic bile acid synthesis and their transport within the enterohepatic circulation. This study addresses effects of early postnatal exposure to GC on hepatic expression of key genes in bile acid metabolism and bile acid kinetics in adult rats. Male rats were treated with either dexamethasone (DEX) or saline at days 1-3 d after birth. Liver tissue and blood were collected from 2 d to 50 wk of age. Bile acid kinetics were determined at week 8. DEX acutely induced hepatic mRNA levels of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (Cyp7a1), cholesterol 27-hydroxylase (Cyp27), and in particular sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase (Cyp8b1), whereas expression of the bile acid transporters bile salt export pump (Bsep) and sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (Ntcp) was moderately affected. Neonatal DEX administration led to increased bilary lipid secretion, decreased Cyp8B1 mRNA expression and a 3-fold higher Cyp7a1/Cyp8b1 mRNA ratio in rats at week 8 compared with age-matched controls without alterations in bile acid kinetics. Therefore, neonatal DEX administration causes altered gene expressions later in life that are not translated into quantitative changes in bile acid kinetics.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Abcb11 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bile Acids and Salts, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytochrome P-450 CYP27A1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dexamethasone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glucocorticoids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lipids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Organic Anion Transporters..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Steroid 12-alpha-Hydroxylase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Symporters, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/sodium-bile acid cotransporter
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0031-3998
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
375-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-8-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18356742-ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Bile Acids and Salts, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Cholic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Cytochrome P-450 CYP27A1, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Dexamethasone, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Glucocorticoids, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Lipids, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Steroid 12-alpha-Hydroxylase, pubmed-meshheading:18356742-Symporters
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Dexamethasone exposure of neonatal rats modulates biliary lipid secretion and hepatic expression of genes controlling bile acid metabolism in adulthood without interfering with primary bile acid kinetics.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Liver, Digestive, and Metabolic Disease, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't