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Unexpected effects of fasting on murine lipid homeostasis--transcriptomic and lipid profiling.
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PMID:  20347175     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Starvation induces massive perturbations in metabolic pathways involved in energy metabolism, but its effect on the metabolism of lipids, particularly cholesterol, is little understood. METHODS: A comparative genomic analysis of the gut and the liver in response to fasting was performed, with intestinal perfusion and lipid profiling of the plasma, bile, liver, intestinal tissue, perfusate, and faeces in FVB mice. RESULTS: The expression profiles suggested increased cholesterol trafficking in the liver and decreased trafficking in the small intestine. Plasma cholesterol concentrations significantly increased, and triglycerides decreased in fasting. Surprisingly, in prolonged fasting, the biliary bile salt and lipid output rates increased, with increased hepatic and intestinal lipid turnover, and enhanced trans-intestinal cholesterol excretion. In contrast, faecal sterol loss declined sharply. To investigate whether the increased biliary phospholipid secretion could nourish the intestinal epithelium, we studied the histology of the small intestines upon fasting in multidrug resistant protein 2 deficient mice with scarce biliary phospholipids. Their adaptive biliary response to fasting was lost, while the shortage of biliary phospholipids strongly induced apoptosis and proliferation in the small intestine and increased the number of mucin-producing cells. CONCLUSION: Even with no dietary fat, lipid levels remain remarkably constant in the murine liver and intestines during prolonged fasting. The biliary system, always assumed to be coupled to the postprandial response, shows a paradoxical increase in activity. We hypothesise that biliary lipids are mobilised to supply the enterocytes with luminal fuel and to stabilise transport systems in the intestine for ensuring a rapid recovery when the food supply resumes.
Authors:
Milka Sokolović; Aleksandar Sokolović; Cindy P A A van Roomen; Anna Gruber; Roelof Ottenhoff; Saskia Scheij; Theodorus B M Hakvoort; Wouter H Lamers; Albert K Groen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-03-04
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of hepatology     Volume:  52     ISSN:  0168-8278     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Hepatol.     Publication Date:  2010 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-03     Completed Date:  2010-08-10     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8503886     Medline TA:  J Hepatol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  737-44     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright (c) 2010 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands. m.sokolovic@amc.uva.nl
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cell Division
Cholesterol / metabolism
Comparative Genomic Hybridization
Fasting / physiology*
Gene Expression Profiling*
Homeostasis
Immunohistochemistry
Intestine, Small / cytology,  physiology
Intestines / physiology
Lipids / physiology*
Liver / physiology
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred Strains
Mice, Knockout
Mucins / biosynthesis,  genetics
P-Glycoproteins / deficiency,  genetics
Phospholipids / metabolism
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / genetics
Sterols / metabolism
Triglycerides / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Lipids; 0/Mucins; 0/P-Glycoproteins; 0/P-glycoprotein 2; 0/Phospholipids; 0/Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; 0/SREB2 protein, mouse; 0/Sterols; 0/Triglycerides; 57-88-5/Cholesterol

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