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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-8
pubmed:abstractText
Intrahepatic cholestasis eventually leads to liver failure. We report here a condition that decreases liver damage in intrahepatic cholestasis based on a mouse model that lacks multiple drug resistant protein 2 (ABCB4). We found that lack of phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEMT) decreased liver damage in Abcb4(-/-) mice caused by exposure of the liver to excess bile acids. The protective effect was not related to hepatic ratio of phosphatidylcholine to phosphatidylethanolamine or the level of cholesterol. The decreased concentration of bile acids in liver was related to impaired re-absorption of bile acids in intestine and increased disposal of bile acids in feces in Abcb4(-/-)/Pemt(-/-) mice as compared to Abcb4(-/-) mice. PEMT deficiency affected intestinal Na(+) absorption resulting in an impaired Na(+) concentration gradient along the length of the small intestine and abnormal absorption of bile acids mediated by apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (ASBT). The findings of this study suggest that inhibition of PEMT and/or reduction of intestinal sodium concentration may be helpful in attenuating liver damage and prolonging hepatic function in intrahepatic cholestasis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bile Acids and Salts, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholesterol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/P-Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/P-glycoprotein 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphatidylcholines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphatidylethanolamine..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphatidylethanolamines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sodium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/cytochrome P450 7A1, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/phosphatidylethanolamine
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1811
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
278-83
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Bile Acids and Salts, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Cholestasis, Intrahepatic, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Intestine, Small, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Liver Failure, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Liver Function Tests, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-P-Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Phosphatidylcholines, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Phosphatidylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Phosphatidylethanolamines, pubmed-meshheading:21292027-Sodium
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
The role of phosphatidylethanolamine methyltransferase in a mouse model of intrahepatic cholestasis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Group on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2S2, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't