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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol ; 321(4): G243-G251, 2021 09 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34259574

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The gallbladder is considered an important organ in maintaining digestive and metabolic homeostasis. Given that therapeutic options for gallbladder diseases are often limited to cholecystectomy, understanding gallbladder pathophysiology is essential in developing novel therapeutic strategies. Since liver X receptor ß (LXRß), an oxysterol-activated transcription factor, is strongly expressed in gallbladder cholangiocytes, the aim was to investigate LXRß physiological function in the gallbladder. Thus, we studied the gallbladders of WT and LXRß-/- male mice using immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, qRT-PCR, bile duct cannulation, bile and blood biochemistry, and duodenal pH measurements. LXRß-/- mice presented a large gallbladder bile volume with high duodenal mRNA levels of the vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), a strong mediator of gallbladder relaxation. LXRß-/- gallbladders showed low mRNA and protein expression of Aquaporin-1, Aquaporin-8, and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). A cystic fibrosis-resembling phenotype was evident in the liver showing high serum cholestatic markers and the presence of reactive cholangiocytes. For LXRß being a transcription factor, we identified eight putative binding sites of LXR on the promoter and enhancer of the Cftr gene, suggesting Cftr as a novel LXRß regulated gene. In conclusion, LXRß was recognized as a regulator of gallbladder bile volume through multiple mechanisms involving CFTR and aquaporins.NEW & NOTEWORTHY This report reveals a novel and specific role of the nuclear receptor liver X receptor ß (LXRß) in controlling biliary tree pathophysiology. LXRß-/- mice have high gallbladder bile volume and are affected by a cholangiopathy that resembles cystic fibrosis. We found LXRß to regulate the expression of both aquaporins water channels and the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. This opens a new field in biliary tree pathophysiology, enlightening a possible transcription factor controlling CFTR expression.


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Aquaporina 1/metabolismo , Aquaporinas/metabolismo , Bile/metabolismo , Regulador de Condutância Transmembrana em Fibrose Cística/metabolismo , Vesícula Biliar/metabolismo , Receptores X do Fígado/metabolismo , Animais , Aquaporina 1/genética , Aquaporinas/genética , Sítios de Ligação , Proliferação de Células , Regulador de Condutância Transmembrana em Fibrose Cística/genética , Duodeno/metabolismo , Vesícula Biliar/ultraestrutura , Receptores X do Fígado/genética , Masculino , Camundongos Knockout , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , Peptídeo Intestinal Vasoativo/genética , Peptídeo Intestinal Vasoativo/metabolismo
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