Editor's Highlight: Farnesoid X Receptor Protects Against Low-Dose Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Liver Injury Through the Taurocholate-JNK Pathway.

Autor:	Takahashi S; Laboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892., Tanaka N; Laboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.; Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan., Golla S; Laboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892., Fukami T; Laboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892., Krausz KW; Laboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892., Polunas MA; Office of Research and Economic Development Translational Science., Weig BC; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854., Masuo Y; Laboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892., Xie C; Laboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892., Jiang C; Laboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892., Gonzalez FJ; Laboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology [Toxicol Sci] 2017 Aug 01; Vol. 158 (2), pp. 334-346.
DOI:	10.1093/toxsci/kfx094
Abstrakt:	Hepatotoxicity is of major concern for humans exposed to industrial chemicals and drugs. Disruption of farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a master regulator of bile acid (BA) metabolism, enhanced the sensitivity to liver injury in mice after toxicant exposure, but the precise mechanism remains unclear. In this study, the interconnection between BA metabolism, FXR, and chemically induced hepatotoxicity was investigated using metabolomics, Fxr-null mice (Fxr-/-) and hepatocytes, and recombinant adenoviruses. A single low-dose intraperitoneal injection of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), an inducer of acute hepatitis in mice, resulted in more severe hepatocyte damage and higher induction of pro-inflammatory mediators, such as chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 (Ccl2), in Fxr-/-. Serum metabolomics analysis revealed marked increases in circulating taurocholate (TCA) and tauro-β-muricholate (T-β-MCA) in these mice, and forced expression of bile salt export protein (BSEP) by recombinant adenovirus in Fxr-/- ameliorated CCl4-induced liver damage. Treatment of Fxr-null hepatocytes with TCA, but not T-β-MCA, significantly increased c-Jun-N-terminal kinase (JNK) activation and Ccl2 mRNA levels, and up-regulation of Ccl2 mRNA was attenuated by co-treatment with a JNK inhibitor SP600125, indicating that TCA directly amplifies hepatocyte inflammatory signaling mainly mediated by JNK under FXR-deficiency. Additionally, pretreatment with SP600125 or restoration of FXR expression in liver by use of recombinant adenovirus, attenuated CCl4-induced liver injury. Collectively, these results suggest that the TCA-JNK axis is likely associated with increased susceptibility to CCl4-induced acute liver injury in Fxr-/-, and provide clues to the mechanism by which FXR and its downstream gene targets, such as BSEP, protects against chemically induced hepatotoxicity. (Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Toxicology 2017. This work is written by US Government employees and is in the public domain in the United States.)
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