Depletion of hepatic forkhead box O1 does not affect cholelithiasis in male and female mice

© 2020 Feng et al..

Cholelithiasis is one of the most prevalent gastroenterological diseases and is characterized by the formation of gallstones in the gallbladder. Both clinical and preclinical data indicate that obesity, along with comorbidity insulin resistance, is a predisposing factor for cholelithiasis. Forkhead box O1 (FoxO1) is a key transcription factor that integrates insulin signaling with hepatic metabolism and becomes deregulated in the insulin-resistant liver, contributing to dyslipidemia in obesity. To gain mechanistic insights into how insulin resistance is linked to cholelithiasis, here we determined FoxO1's role in bile acid homeostasis and its contribution to cholelithiasis. We hypothesized that hepatic FoxO1 deregulation links insulin resistance to impaired bile acid metabolism and cholelithiasis. To address this hypothesis, we used the FoxO1LoxP/LoxP-Albumin-Cre system to generate liver-specific FoxO1-knockout mice. FoxO1-knockout mice and age- and sex-matched WT littermates were fed a lithogenic diet, and bile acid metabolism and gallstone formation were assessed in these animals. We showed that FoxO1 affected bile acid homeostasis by regulating hepatic expression of key enzymes in bile acid synthesis and in biliary cholesterol and phospholipid secretion. Furthermore, FoxO1 inhibited hepatic expression of the bile acid receptor farnesoid X receptor and thereby counteracted hepatic farnesoid X receptor signaling. Nonetheless, hepatic FoxO1 depletion neither affected the onset of gallstone disease nor impacted the disease progression, as FoxO1-knockout and control mice of both sexes had similar gallstone weights and incidence rates. These results argue against the notion that FoxO1 is a link between insulin resistance and cholelithiasis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:295

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The Journal of biological chemistry - 295(2020), 20 vom: 15. Mai, Seite 7003-7017

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Feng, Xiaoyun [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Cuiling [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Sojin [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Jingyang [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Yamauchi, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Chenglin [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Sucha [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Shen [VerfasserIn]
Miller, Rita [VerfasserIn]
Monga, Satdarshan P [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Yongde [VerfasserIn]
Dong, H Henry [VerfasserIn]

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Bile Acids and Salts
Bile acid
Bile acid metabolism
Cholelithiasis
Cholesterol
FOXO
Farnesoid X receptor (Fxr)
Farnesoid X-activated receptor
Forkhead Box Protein O1
Forkhead box O1 (FoxO1)
FoxO1
Foxo1 protein, mouse
Gallstone
Gene knockout
Insulin resistance
Journal Article
Liver
Metabolic disease
Metabolic disorder
Mice
Obesity
Phospholipids
Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 23.12.2020

Date Revised 16.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1074/jbc.RA119.012272

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308584872