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Identification of a nuclear receptor for bile acids

Makishima, Makoto, Okamoto, Arthur Y., Repa, Joyce J., Tu, Hua, Learned, R. Marc, Luk, Alvin, Hull, Mitchell V., Lustig, Kevin D. +2 more·1999·Science

Abstract

Bile acids are essential for the solubilization and transport of dietary lipids and are the major products of cholesterol catabolism. Results presented here show that bile acids are physiological ligands for the farnesoid X receptor (FXR), an orphan nuclear receptor. When bound to bile acids, FXR repressed transcription of the gene encoding cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase, which is the rate-limiting enzyme in bile acid synthesis, and activated the gene encoding intestinal bile acid-binding protein, which is a candidate bile acid transporter. These results demonstrate a mechanism by which bile acids transcriptionally regulate their biosynthesis and enterohepatic transport.

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  • Both BAR and GPBAR1 can be activated by primary and secondary bile acids alike.

    “Both receptors can be activated by primary and secondary bile acids alike (Kawamata et al., 2003; Makishima et al., 1999; Maruyama et al., 2002; Parks et al., 1999; H. Wang et al., 1999).”
  • Changes in the GM's composition correspond to changes in blood and brain BA profiles, and specific BA ligands' physicochemical properties determine the potency of BA receptor activation.

    “Changes in the GM’s composition correspond to changes in blood and brain BA profiles, which are essential because specific BA ligands’ distinct physicochemical properties determine the potency of BA receptor activation (320–323).”

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Authors
Makishima, M., Okamoto, A. Y., Repa, J. J., Tu, H., Learned, R. M., Luk, A., Hull, M. V., Lustig, K. D., Mangelsdorf, D. J., & Shan, B.
Affiliations
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • Tularik Incorporated, Two Corporate Drive, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
Corresponding author
  • Makishima, Makoto
  • Okamoto, Arthur Y.
  • Repa, Joyce J.
  • Mangelsdorf, David J.
Venue
Science
Published
1999-05-21
Volume
284
Issue
5418
Pages
1362-1365
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2053581007
Cited by
2,714
References
20
Citations by year
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FWCI
35.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
Keywords
bile acids, farnesoid X receptor, nuclear receptors, orphan receptors, CYP7A1, bile acid synthesis, enterohepatic circulation, transcriptional regulation, bile acid transport
MeSH terms
Receptor, Farnesoid X-Activated, Animals, Bile Acids and Salts, Biological Transport, Carrier Proteins, Cell Line, Chenodeoxycholic Acid, Cholesterol, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase, DNA-Binding Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Homeostasis, Humans, Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases, Ligands, Liver, Membrane Glycoproteins, Transcription Factors, Transfection, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, Symporters, Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent, 3-alpha-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase (B-Specific), Mice, Histone Acetyltransferases, Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 1

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