Abstract
We have recently shown that both ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) and tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) prevent transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1)-induced hepatocyte apoptosis by modulating the E2F-1/p53/Bax pathway. In addition, activation of glucocorticoid (GR) and mineralocorticoid receptors (MR) inhibits apoptosis in various systems. UDCA induces a ligand-independent activation of the GR, thus potentially regulating a number of targets. In this study, we investigated the role of GR and MR during TGF-beta1-induced hepatocyte apoptosis, and identified additional antiapoptotic targets for UDCA. Our results showed that in primary hepatocytes, TGF-beta1 induced 40-50% decreases in gr and mr mRNA expression (p < 0.01), together with up to 10-fold reductions in their protein levels (p < 0.01). Notably, pretreatment with UDCA resulted in a significant upregulation of nuclear steroid receptors (p < 0.05), which coincided with 2- and 3-fold increases in the level of GR and MR nuclear translocation, respectively, when compared with that of TGF-beta1 alone (p < 0.05). Similarly, TUDCA induced GR and MR nuclear translocations (p < 0.05) and markedly prevented MR protein changes associated with TGF-beta1 (p < 0.05) without affecting...Continue Reading
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