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Fickert, P; Wagner, M; Marschall, HU; Fuchsbichler, A; Zollner, G; Tsybrovskyy, O; Zatloukal, K; Liu, J; Waalkes, MP; Cover, C; Denk, H; Hofmann, AF; Jaeschke, H; Trauner, M.
24-norUrsodeoxycholic acid is superior to ursodeoxycholic acid in the treatment of sclerosing cholangitis in Mdr2 (Abcb4) knockout mice.
Gastroenterology. 2006; 130(2):465-481 Doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.10.018
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Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
Fickert Peter
Trauner Michael
Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
Denk Helmut
Tsybrovskyy Oleksiy
Wagner Martin
Zatloukal Kurt
Zollner Gernot
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Current therapy for primary sclerosing cholangitis is of limited efficacy. Multidrug resistance gene 2 knockout mice (Mdr2(-/-)) represent a well-characterized model for sclerosing cholangitis. Experiments were performed to test in such mice the therapeutic effects of 24-norUrsodeoxycholic acid, a C(23) homologue of ursodeoxycholic acid with 1 fewer methylene group in its side chain. Mdr2(-/-) mice were fed a diet containing 24-norUrsodeoxycholic acid (0.5% wt/wt) or ursodeoxycholic acid (0.5% wt/wt) as a clinical comparator for 4 weeks; controls received standard chow. Effects on serum liver tests, liver histology, markers of inflammation and fibrosis, and bile acid transport and metabolism were compared. 24-norUrsodeoxycholic acid metabolism was studied in serum, liver, bile, and urine. 24-norUrsodeoxycholic acid markedly improved liver tests and liver histology and significantly reduced hydroxyproline content and the number of infiltrating neutrophils and proliferating hepatocytes and cholangiocytes. 24-norUrsodeoxycholic acid underwent extensive phase I/II metabolism (hydroxylation, sulfation, and glucuronidation), thereby increasing the hydrophilicity of biliary bile acid secretion. There was a coordinated induction of bile acid detoxifying enzymes (Cyp2b10, Cyp3a11, and Sult2a1) and efflux pumps (Mrp3 and Mrp4). Ursodeoxycholic acid, in contrast, increased alanine transaminase and alkaline phosphatase levels, had no significant effects on hydroxyproline content, and induced biliary transporters and detoxification enzymes to a much smaller extent than 24-norUrsodeoxycholic acid. 24-norUrsodeoxycholic acid ameliorates sclerosing cholangitis in Mdr2(-/-) mice. Its therapeutic mechanisms involve (1) increasing the hydrophilicity of biliary bile acids, (2) stimulating bile flow with flushing of injured bile ducts, and (3) inducing detoxification and elimination routes for bile acids.
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Bile Acids and Salts - analysis
Cholangitis, Sclerosing - drug therapy Cholangitis, Sclerosing - pathology
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Mice, Knockout -
P-Glycoproteins - deficiency P-Glycoproteins - genetics
Ursodeoxycholic Acid - analogs & derivatives Ursodeoxycholic Acid - therapeutic use

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