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Bile Acids as Hormones: The FXR-FGF15/19 Pathway

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Kliewer, Steven A., Mangelsdorf, David J.·2015·Digestive Diseases

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While it has long been recognized that bile acids are essential for solubilizing lipophilic nutrients in the small intestine, the discovery in 1999 that bile acids serve as ligands for the nuclear receptor farnesoid X receptor (FXR) opened the floodgates in terms of characterizing their actions as selective signaling molecules. Bile acids act on FXR in ileal enterocytes to induce the expression of fibroblast growth factor (FGF)15/19, an atypical FGF that functions as a hormone. FGF15/19 subsequently acts on a cell surface receptor complex in hepatocytes to repress bile acid synthesis and gluconeogenesis, and to stimulate glycogen and protein synthesis. FGF15/19 also stimulates gallbladder filling. Thus, the bile acid-FXR-FGF15/19 signaling pathway regulates diverse aspects of the postprandial enterohepatic response. Pharmacologically, this endocrine pathway provides exciting new opportunities for treating metabolic disease and bile acid-related disorders such as primary biliary cirrhosis and bile acid diarrhea. Both FXR agonists and FGF19 analogs are currently in clinical trials.

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Authors
Kliewer, S. A., & Mangelsdorf, D. J.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Venue
Digestive Diseases
Publisher
S. Karger AG
Published
2015
Volume
33
Issue
3
Pages
327-331
ISSN
  • 0257-2753 (ISSN-L)
  • 1421-9875
OpenAlex
W1555526329
Cited by
424
References
51
Citations by year
2026: 39 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 51 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 39 · 2021: 58 · 2020: 51 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 33 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 4
FWCI
2.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Digestive Diseases (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK-067158, R01DK067158)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Fibroblast Growth Factor Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
Keywords
bile acids, farnesoid X receptor, FGF15/19, bile acid signaling, enterohepatic circulation, postprandial metabolism, bile acid synthesis, gluconeogenesis, gallbladder filling, FXR agonists, primary biliary cirrhosis, bile acid diarrhea, metabolic disorders
MeSH terms
Receptor, Farnesoid X-Activated, Animals, Bile Acids and Salts, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase, Fibroblast Growth Factors, Gene Expression Regulation, Gluconeogenesis, Glycogen, Homeostasis, Humans, Insulin Resistance, Signal Transduction, Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, Enterocytes, Lipid Metabolism, Mice

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