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On the mechanism of bile acid inhibition of rat sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP8B1) transcription: roles of alpha-fetoprotein transcription factor and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha.

The sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase (CYP8B1) is a key enzyme of the bile acid biosynthetic pathway. It regulates the composition of bile acids in bile, i.e. ratio between cholic acid (CA) and chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA). In similarity with cholesterol…

Structure and functions of human oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase cDNAs and gene CYP7B1.

Oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase has broad substrate specificity for sterol metabolites and may be involved in many metabolic processes including bile acid synthesis and neurosteroid metabolism. The cloned human oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7B1) cDNA…

Orphan receptors chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor II (COUP-TFII) and retinoid X receptor (RXR) activate and bind the rat cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A).

The cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A) is transcriptionally regulated by a number of factors, including hormones, bile acids, and diurnal rhythm. Previous studies have identified a region from nucleotides (nt) -74 to -55 of the rat CYP7A…

HNF4 and COUP-TFII interact to modulate transcription of the cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1).

The gene for cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) contains a sequence at nt -149 to -118 that was found to play a large role in determining the overall transcriptional activity and regulation of the promoter. Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 (HNF4) and…

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) and agonist inhibit cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1) transcription.

Fibrates are widely used hypolipidemic drugs that regulate the expression of many genes involved in lipid metabolism by activating the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha). The objective of this study was to investigate the…

Tags: *DNA-Binding Proteins, *Regulatory Sequences, 2000, Animals, Anticholesteremic Agents/pharmacology, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors, Binding Sites, Chiang J Y, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/biosynthesis/*genetics, Clofibric Acid/pharmacology, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/*agonists, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Enzymologic, Gene Expression Regulation, Genes, Genetic, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, Humans, Journal of lipid research, Liver/metabolism, Marrapodi M, Models, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nucleic Acid, Peroxisome Proliferators/pharmacology, Phosphoproteins/metabolism, Promoter Regions, Protein Binding, Pyrimidines/pharmacology, Rats, Receptors, Reporter, Response Elements, Retinoic Acid/metabolism, Retinoid X Receptors, Species Specificity, Transcription, Transcription Factors/*agonists/metabolism, Transcriptional Activation

Transcriptional activation of the cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A) by nuclear hormone receptors.

The gene encoding cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A), the rate-limiting enzyme in bile acid synthesis, is transcriptionally regulated by bile acids and hormones. Previously, we have identified two bile acid response elements (BARE) in the…

Tags: *Receptors, *Transcriptional Activation, 1998, Animals, Base Sequence, Bile Acids and Salts/biosynthesis, Chiang J Y, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*genetics, COUP Transcription Factor II, COUP Transcription Factors, Crestani M, Cultured, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/*physiology, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism, DNA/metabolism, Galli G, Genes, Genetic, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, Hormones/*physiology, Journal of lipid research, Luciferases/genetics, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutagenesis, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nucleic Acid, Oligonucleotide Probes/metabolism, Phosphoproteins/metabolism, Promoter Regions, Rats, Receptors, Repetitive Sequences, Reporter, Retinoic Acid/metabolism, Retinoid X Receptors, Sadeghpour A, Site-Directed, Steroid, Stroup D, Transcription Factors/metabolism, Tumor Cells

Farnesoid X receptor responds to bile acids and represses cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1) transcription.

Cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1) transcription is repressed by bile acids. The goal of this study is to elucidate the mechanism of CYP7A1 transcription by bile acid-activated farnesoid X receptor (FXR) in its native promoter and cellular…

Regulation of human sterol 27-hydroxylase gene (CYP27A1) by bile acids and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF4alpha).

Mitochondrial sterol 27-hydroxylase (CYP27A1) catalyses sterol side-chain oxidation of bile acid synthesis from cholesterol, and the first reaction of the acidic bile acid biosynthetic pathway. Hydrophobic bile acids suppress human CYP27A1 gene…

Tags: *DNA-Binding Proteins, 2003, Base Sequence, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors, Bile Acids and Salts/*pharmacology, Binding Sites/genetics, Cell Line, Chen Wenling, Chenodeoxycholic Acid/pharmacology, Chiang John Y L, Cholestanetriol 26-Monooxygenase, Cloning, Cultured, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics/metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, DNA, DNA/chemistry/genetics, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, gene, Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects, Genetic/*genetics, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, Humans, Luciferases/genetics/metabolism, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutagenesis, Mutation, NEOMED College of Medicine, Phosphoproteins/genetics/*metabolism, Promoter Regions, Receptors, Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics/metabolism, Response Elements/genetics, Sequence Analysis, Site-Directed, Steroid Hydroxylases/*genetics, Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism, Transfection, Tumor Cells

Nuclear receptor-mediated repression of human cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene transcription by bile acids.

Hydrophobic bile acids strongly repressed transcription of the human cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1) in the bile acid biosynthetic pathway in the liver. Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) repressed CYP7A1/Luc reporter activity in a transfection…

Tags: *Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases, *Membrane Glycoproteins, 2001, Animals, Bile Acids and Salts/*pharmacology, Caco-2 Cells, Carrier Proteins/genetics/physiology, Cell Line, Chen W, Chiang J Y, CHO Cells, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*genetics, Cricetinae, Cultured, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics/*physiology, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, DNA-Binding Proteins/drug effects/genetics/physiology, DNA/metabolism, Embryo, Gene Expression/*drug effects, Genetic, Genetic/drug effects, Humans, Journal of lipid research, Kidney, Liver/metabolism, Luciferases/genetics, Mammalian, Messenger/analysis, NEOMED College of Medicine, Owsley E, Promoter Regions, Rats, Receptors, Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism, Retinoic Acid/genetics/physiology, Retinoid X Receptors, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Stroup D, Taurocholic Acid/pharmacology, Transcription, Transcription Factors/drug effects/genetics/physiology, Transfection, Tumor Cells, Yang Y

Sequential activation of Elk-1/Egr-1/GADD45alpha by arsenic.

Long-term exposure to arsenic, an environmental contaminant, leads to increased risks of cancers. In the present study, we investigated the sequential regulation of Elk-1 and Egr-1 on As3+-induced GADD45alpha, an effector of G2/M checkpoint. We found…

A novel bile acid-activated vitamin D receptor signaling in human hepatocytes.

Vitamin D receptor (VDR) is activated by natural ligands, 1alpha,

Tags: 2010, Calcitriol/*metabolism, Calcitriol/pharmacology, Cell Membrane/drug effects/metabolism, Cell Nucleus/drug effects/metabolism, Chiang John Y L, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Ellis Ewa, Enzyme Activation/drug effects, Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors, Genetic/genetics, Han Shuxin, Hep G2 Cells, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4/metabolism, Hepatocytes/*drug effects/enzymology/*metabolism, Humans, Intracellular Space/drug effects/metabolism, Li Tiangang, Ligands, Lithocholic Acid/*pharmacology, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases/metabolism, Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.), NEOMED College of Medicine, Phosphorylation/drug effects, Phosphotyrosine/metabolism, Promoter Regions, Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology, Protein Transport/drug effects, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf/metabolism, Receptors, Retinoid X Receptor alpha/metabolism, Signal Transduction/*drug effects, src-Family Kinases/metabolism, Steroid Hydroxylases/genetics/metabolism, Strom Stephen, Vitamin D3 24-Hydroxylase

PXR induces CYP27A1 and regulates cholesterol metabolism in the intestine.

Mitochondrial sterol 27-hydroxylase (CYP27A1) catalyzes oxidative cleavage of the sterol side chain in the bile acid biosynthetic pathway in the liver and

Tags: *Lipid Metabolism, 2007, ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics, Base Sequence, Cell Line, Chen Wenling, Chiang John Y L, Cholestanetriol 26-Monooxygenase/*metabolism, Cholesterol, Cholesterol/*metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Fluorinated, Genes, Genetic/drug effects, Genetic/genetics, HDL/metabolism, Hepatocytes/drug effects/enzymology/metabolism, Humans, Hydrocarbons, Hydroxycholesterols/metabolism/pharmacology, Intestinal Mucosa/metabolism, Intestines/cytology/drug effects/enzymology, Journal of lipid research, Li Tiangang, Member 1, Messenger/genetics/metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pregnane X Receptor, Promoter Regions, Receptors, Reporter, Response Elements/genetics, Rifampin/pharmacology, RNA, Steroid/*metabolism, Subfamily G, Sulfonamides/pharmacology, Transcription, Up-Regulation/drug effects

Cytokine regulation of human sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase (CYP8B1) gene.

Sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase (CYP8B1) catalyzes cholic acid synthesis in the liver and is feedback inhibited by bile acids. In addition to activating farnesoid X receptor (nuclear receptor subfamily 1H4), bile acids also induce inflammatory cytokines…

Tags: 2005, American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, Cell Line, Chenodeoxycholic Acid/pharmacology, Chiang John Y L, Chromosome Mapping, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism, Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology, Gene Expression Regulation/*drug effects, Genetic/drug effects, Genetic/physiology, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, Hepatocytes/metabolism, Humans, Interleukin-1/*pharmacology, Jahan Asmeen, MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects/physiology, Messenger/antagonists & inhibitors, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8/metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors, NEOMED College of Medicine, Phosphoproteins/genetics/metabolism, Phosphorylation, Promoter Regions, Response Elements/genetics, RNA, Steroid 12-alpha-Hydroxylase/antagonists & inhibitors/*genetics, Transcription, Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism

Trivalent chromium inhibits TSP-1 expression, proliferation, and O-GlcNAc signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells in response to high glucose in vitro.

Trivalent chromium (Cr(3+)) is a mineral nutrient reported to have beneficial effects in glycemic and cardiovascular health. In vitro and in vivo studies suggest that Cr(3+) supplementation reduces the atherogenic potential and lowers the risk of…

Tags: 2015, American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, Aorta/drug effects/metabolism, Cell Proliferation/*drug effects/genetics, Cells, Chavez Ronaldo J, Chromium/*pharmacology, Cultured, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Fructosephosphates/metabolism, Ganguly Rituparna, Genetic/drug effects/genetics, Glucose/*metabolism, Glutamine/genetics, Glycosylation/drug effects, Hexosamines/metabolism, Humans, Hyperglycemia/metabolism, Muscle, Myocytes, N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases/genetics, NEOMED College of Medicine, O-glycosylation, Promoter Regions, Raman Priya, reactive oxygen species, Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism, Sahu Soumyadip, Signal Transduction/*drug effects/genetics, Smooth, Smooth Muscle/*drug effects/metabolism, Thrombospondin 1/*antagonists & inhibitors/genetics, thrombospondin-1, Transcription, trivalent chromium, vascular smooth muscle cells, Vascular/*drug effects/metabolism

Leptin augments recruitment of IRF-1 and CREB to thrombospondin-1 gene promoter in vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro.

We previously reported that high pathophysiological concentrations of leptin, the adipocyte-secreted peptide, upregulate the expression of a potent proatherogenic matricellular protein, thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), in vascular smooth muscle cells.…

Tags: *cAMP response element-binding protein, *interferon regulatory factor-1, *leptin, *thrombospondin-1, *Transcription, *vascular smooth muscle cells, 2016, American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, Binding Sites/genetics, Cells, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation/methods, Cultured, Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/*metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Ganguly Rituparna, Gene Expression Regulation/genetics, Genetic/genetics, Humans, Interferon Regulatory Factor-1/*metabolism, Leptin/*metabolism, Muscle, Mutagenesis, Myocytes, NEOMED College of Medicine, Promoter Regions, Raman Priya, Response Elements/genetics, Sahu Soumyadip, Site-Directed/methods, Smooth, Smooth Muscle/*metabolism, Thrombospondin 1/*genetics/*metabolism, Transcription, Transcriptional Activation/genetics, Transfection/methods, Up-Regulation/genetics, Vascular/*metabolism

Histone deacetylase inhibitor vorinostat (SAHA, MK0683) perturb miR-9-MCPIP1 axis to block IL-1beta-induced IL-6 expression in human OA chondrocytes.

AIM OF THE STUDY: High levels of IL-6 are believed to contribute to osteoarthritis (OA) pathogenesis. The expression of IL-6 is regulated post-transcriptionally by the miR-9-MCPIP-1 axis in chondrocytes. Vorinostat (SAHA) inhibits the IL-6 expression…

Bcl-2 positively regulates Sox9-dependent chondrocyte gene expression by suppressing the MEK-ERK1/2 signaling pathway.

Bcl-2 is an anti-apoptotic protein that has recently been shown to regulate other cellular functions. We previously reported that Bcl-2 regulates chondrocyte matrix gene expression, independent of its anti-apoptotic function. Here, we further…

Tags: *Gene Expression Regulation, 2005, Adenoviridae/genetics, Animals, Apoptosis, beta-Galactosidase/metabolism, Blotting, Butadienes/pharmacology, Caspase Inhibitors, Cell Differentiation, Cell Line, Chondrocytes/*metabolism, Collagen Type II/metabolism, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Down-Regulation, Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology, Fibroblasts/metabolism, Fluorescence, Genetic, High Mobility Group Proteins/*metabolism, Horton Walter E Jr, Lac Operon, Luciferases/metabolism, MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases/*metabolism, McBurney Denise, Messenger/metabolism, Microscopy, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/*metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/*metabolism, NEOMED College of Medicine, NF-kappa B/metabolism, Nitriles/pharmacology, Phenotype, Phosphorylation, Promoter Regions, Protein Kinase C-alpha, Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors, Proteoglycans/metabolism, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/*metabolism, Rats, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Signal Transduction, Small Interfering/metabolism, SOX9 Transcription Factor, Sprague-Dawley, The Journal of biological chemistry, Time Factors, Transcription, Transcription Factors/*metabolism, Transfection, Western, Yagi Rieko

Transcriptional regulation of the human sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP8B1): roles of heaptocyte nuclear factor 4alpha in mediating bile acid repression.

Sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase catalyzes the synthesis of cholic acid and controls the ratio of cholic acid over chenodeoxycholic acid in the bile. Transcription of CYP8B1 is inhibited by bile acids, cholesterol, and insulin. To study the mechanism of…

Orphan nuclear receptor oestrogen-related receptor gamma (ERRgamma) plays a key role in hepatic cannabinoid receptor type 1-mediated induction of CYP7A1 gene expression.

Bile acids are primarily synthesized from cholesterol in the liver and have important roles in dietary lipid absorption and cholesterol homoeostasis. Detailed roles of the orphan nuclear receptors regulating cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1),…

Tags: 2015, Animals, bile acid, Bile Acids and Salts/metabolism, Cannabinoid, cannabinoid receptors, CB1/agonists/genetics/*metabolism, Cells, Chiang John Y L, Choi Hueng-Sik, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*biosynthesis/genetics, cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1), Cultured, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Drug Inverse Agonism, Estrogen/genetics/*metabolism, Ethanol/pharmacology, Gene Expression, Genetic, Glycerides/pharmacology, GSK5182, HEK293 Cells, Hepatocytes/metabolism, Humans, Inbred C57BL, Jeong Won-Il, Kim Don-Kyu, Kim Seong Heon, Knockout, Lee Chul-Ho, Lee In-Kyu, Lee Ji-Min, Liver/*metabolism, Mice, NEOMED College of Medicine, oestrogen-related receptor gamma (ERRgamma), orphan nuclear receptor, Park Seung Bum, Promoter Regions, Rats, Receptor, Receptors, small heterodimer partner (SHP), Sprague-Dawley, The Biochemical journal, Transcription, Zhang Yaochen

Carboxylesterase 1 Is Regulated by Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4alpha and Protects Against Alcohol- and MCD diet-induced Liver Injury.

The liver is a major organ that controls hepatic and systemic homeostasis. Dysregulation of liver metabolism may cause liver injury. Previous studies have demonstrated that carboxylesterase 1 (CES1) regulates hepatic triglyceride metabolism and…

Inhibition of human papillomavirus type 16 gene expression by nordihydroguaiaretic acid plant lignan derivatives.

Several methylated derivatives of a plant lignan, nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) were found to be potent anti-viral agents by suppressing Sp1 regulated transcription within the sexually transmitted viruses human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and…

Valproate increases dopamine transporter expression through histone acetylation and enhanced promoter binding of Nurr1.

The dopamine transporter (DAT) is the key regulator of dopaminergic transmission and is a target of several xenobiotics, including pesticides and pharmacological agents. Previously, we identified a prominent role for histone deacetylases in the…

Tags: 2017, Acetylation/drug effects, Animals, Butyrates/pharmacology, Cell Line, Cell Survival/drug effects, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins/*metabolism, Dopamine transporter, Dopaminergic Neurons/cytology/drug effects/metabolism, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Eid Aseel, Epigenesis, Epigenetics, Genetic, Genetic/drug effects, Green Ashley L, Group A, Guo Grace L, HDAC, Histone deacetylase, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors/*pharmacology, Histone Deacetylases/metabolism, Histones/*drug effects/metabolism, Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism, Hydroxamic Acids/pharmacology, Member 2/*metabolism, Messenger/metabolism, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Neuropharmacology, Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Nurr1, Pitx3, Promoter Regions, Rats, Richardson Jason R, RNA, Transcription Factors/metabolism, Valproate, Valproic Acid/*pharmacology, Zarbl Helmut, Zhan Le

Transcriptional regulation of human oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase by sterol response element binding protein.

Oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7B1) metabolizes oxysterols, potent regulators of lipid homeostasis. Very little is known about transcriptional regulation of human CYP7B1. The present results indicate that sterol response element binding protein…

Genomic structure and regulation of the rat hepatic CYP4F1 gene by peroxisome proliferators.

The rat hepatic gene CYP4F1 encodes a fatty acid omega hydroxylase P450 that metabolizes proinflammatory eicosanoids and long-chain fatty acids. We have completely sequenced the CYP4F1 gene (Accession Nos. AF200361 and AF181083), identified multiple…

Basic transcription element binding protein (BTEB) transactivates the cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A).

Cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase catalyzes the first and rate-limiting step in the conversion of cholesterol to bile acids in the liver. Previously, we have identified two bile acid response elements located in nt -74 to -54 (BARE-I) and -148 to -118…

The isolation and characterization of the human cytochrome b5 gene.

From a series of lambda and cosmid libraries, we isolated DNA sequences corresponding to the complete coding region for the human cytochrome b5 (CYB5) gene. The overall gene organization was the same as the bovine and rabbit CYB5 genes. One cosmid…

Effects of bile acids and steroid/thyroid hormones on the expression of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA and the CYP7 gene in HepG2 cells.

The expression of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA levels in confluent HepG2 cultures was reduced by tauro- or glyco-conjugates of deoxycholate and chenodeoxycholate, but not by cholate. Ursodeoxycholates, on the other hand, stimulated the mRNA…

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