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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1968-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
Fed cholestanol is converted by the rabbit to 5alpha-bile acids which coprecipitate with the normally occurring 5beta-bile acids to form gallstones composed of calcium and sodium glycoallodeoxycholate and glycodeoxycholate. The present study shows that oral administration of large doses of neomycin prevents gallstone formation in the cholestanol-fed rabbit and reduces the elevated concentration of allodeoxycholic acid in bile, with a reciprocal increase in allocholic acid concentration. The reduction in the concentration of allodeoxycholic acid and in the incidence of gallstones is proportional to the dose of neomycin; at a concentration of allodeoxycholic acid below about 20% of total bile acids, gallstone formation does not occur. Neomycin probably exerts its action by modifying the anerobic intestinal flora which dehydroxylate allocholic acid to allodeoxycholic acid; if so, this suggests that both hepatic and bacterial transformations are essential steps in the pathogenesis of cholestanol-induced cholelithiasis. The bile of rabbits on a normal diet contains allodeoxycholic acid (5% of total bile acids). A similar decrease in allodeoxycholic acid concentration and reciprocal increase in allocholic acid concentration is observed when neomycin is administered to rabbits on a normal diet.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-2275
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
244-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1968
pubmed:articleTitle
Experimental cholelithiasis in the rabbit induced by cholestanol feeding: effect of neomycin treatment on bile composition and gallstone formation.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article