title: Effect of diabetes on the metabolism of chenodeoxycholic acid in isolated perfused rat liver.
abstract: The formation of alpha-muricholic acid and beta-muricholic acid from chenodeoxycholic acid was comparatively investigated in livers isolated from normal, streptozotocin-diabetic, and insulin-treated diabetic rats. [24-14C]Chenodeoxycholic acid or [24-14C]alpha-muricholic acid was infused into the perfused livers. There was no difference in biliary excretion of 14C among the different groups of rats after the infusion of each 14C-labelled bile acid. Biliary [14C]bile acids were chromatographed on a thin-layer plate and the distribution of radioactivity on the plate was measured by radioscanning. In the diabetic group, the formation ratio of alpha-muricholic acid and beta-muricholic acid from [24-14C]chenodeoxycholic acid and also that of beta-muricholic acid from [24-14C]alpha-muricholic acid were much smaller than in the normal group. Treatment of the diabetic group with insulin cancelled the difference in the infusion of each [24-14C]bile acid. The results indicate that not only 6 beta-hydroxylation of chenodeoxycholic acid to alpha-muricholic acid but also 7-epimerization of the latter acid to beta-muricholic acid is suppressed in an insulin-deficient state in rats.
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authors.lastname: Ogura
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authors.lastname: Ayaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D002793:Cholic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002793:Cholic Acids; D007328:Insulin; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid; C004821:muricholic acid