title: Different effects of dietary chenodeoxycholic acid and ursodeoxycholic acid on colonic adenylate cyclase in the rat.
abstract: The oral administration of dietary chenodeoxycholic acid (1%), but not of ursodeoxycholic acid (1%), to male Sprague Dawley rats results in a significant increase in the colonic adenylate cyclase activity without any influence on the colonic cyclic-AMP phosphodiesterase activity. No effect of chronic bile acid feeding on the response of colonic adenylate cyclase to prostaglandin E2 and vasoactive intestinal peptide is observed. These data emphasize a dependence of the cyclic-AMP adenylate cyclase activation on the chemical structure of the bile acid. This may be of pathophysiologic relevance with respect to the frequently observed diarrhea as a side effect of oral chenodeoxycholic, but not ursodeoxycholic acid therapy for cholesterol gallstone dissolution in man.
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Seitz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Czygan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Veith
mesh_terms: D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000378:metabolism; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003106:Colon / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D003840:Deoxycholic Acid; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid; D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases