A synthetic farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonist promotes cholesterol lowering in models of dyslipidemia
Autor: | Lisa Borges-Marcucci, Christine Huard, KehDih Lai, George P. Vlasuk, Douglas C. Harnish, Stephen J. Gardell, Mark J. Evans, Paige E. Mahaney, Julie A. Krueger, Shuguang Wang, Robert V. Martinez |
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Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Agonist medicine.medical_specialty Very low-density lipoprotein Indoles Physiology medicine.drug_class Receptors Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Mice Transgenic Fructose Kidney Rats Sprague-Dawley Mice chemistry.chemical_compound High-density lipoprotein Hyperinsulinism Physiology (medical) Internal medicine medicine Animals Humans Liver X receptor Cells Cultured Triglycerides Dyslipidemias Apolipoprotein A-I Hepatology Bile acid Cholesterol Gastroenterology Azepines Mice Mutant Strains Rats DNA-Binding Proteins Mice Inbred C57BL Disease Models Animal Endocrinology Receptors LDL Nuclear receptor chemistry Hyperglycemia Receptors Leptin Female Farnesoid X receptor Transcription Factors |
Zdroj: | American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 296:G543-G552 |
ISSN: | 1522-1547 0193-1857 |
DOI: | 10.1152/ajpgi.90585.2008 |
Popis: | The nuclear hormone receptor farnesoid X receptor (FXR) plays a critical role in the regulation of bile acid, triglyceride (TG), and cholesterol homeostasis. WAY-362450 (FXR-450/XL335) is a potent synthetic FXR agonist as characterized in luciferase reporter assays and in mediating FXR target gene regulation in primary human and immortalized mouse hepatocytes. In vivo, WAY-362450 dose dependently decreased serum TG levels after 7 days of oral dosing in western diet-fed low-density lipoprotein receptor−/− mice and in the diabetic mouse strains KK-Ay and db/db comparable to that achieved with the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-α agonist, fenofibrate. WAY-362450 treatment also reduced serum cholesterol levels via reductions in LDLc, VLDLc, and HDLc lipoprotein fractions that were not accompanied by hepatic cholesterol accumulation. This cholesterol lowering was dependent on FXR as demonstrated in a hypothyroid-induced hypercholesterolemia setting in FXR−/− mice. In fructose-fed models, WAY-362450 also decreased TG and VLDLc levels in rats and hamsters but significantly increased HDLc levels in rats while reducing HDLc levels in hamsters. The differential effect of WAY-362450 on HDLc is likely due to a murine-specific induction of endothelial lipase and scavenger receptor-BI that does not occur in rats. These studies demonstrate a consistent ability of WAY-362450 to lower both serum TG and cholesterol levels and suggest that synthetic FXR agonists may have clinical utility in the treatment of mixed dyslipidemia. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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