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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-22
pubmed:abstractText
Bile acids activate a nuclear receptor, farnesoid X receptor (FXR), that induces bile salt export pump (BSEP) but inhibits cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) gene transcription in the liver. Guggulsterone, a plant sterol that lowers serum cholesterol, has been shown to antagonize FXR activated genes. Transient transfection assay of a human BSEP/luciferase reporter in HepG2 cells transfected with FXR reveals that guggulsterone strongly antagonizes bile acid induction of the BSEP gene. On the other hand, guggulsterone has no effect on FXR inhibition of the CYP7A1 gene, but strongly inhibits the human CYP7A1 gene by activation of pregnane X receptor (PXR). These results suggest that guggulsterone inhibits bile acid secretion from hepatocytes into bile and activates PXR to inhibit bile acid synthesis in the liver. Reduced conversion of cholesterol and bile acid excretion may lead to an increase of hepatic cholesterol and decrease of intestinal cholesterol absorption, and results in lowering serum cholesterol.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ABCB11 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chenodeoxycholic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pregnenediones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Steroid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/farnesoid X-activated receptor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/pregna-4,17-diene-3,16-dione, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/pregnane X receptor
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
304
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
191-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Guggulsterone antagonizes farnesoid X receptor induction of bile salt export pump but activates pregnane X receptor to inhibit cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology, Northeastern Ohio Univ's College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH 44272, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.