title: Ursodeoxycholic acid action on the transport function of the small intestine in normal and cystic fibrosis mice.
abstract: Ursodeoxycholic acid possesses choleretic and cytoprotective properties and in cystic fibrosis (CF) it is used to treat the hepatobiliary symptoms of the disease. This study investigated the effects of this bile acid on the transport function of the small intestine in normal and CF mice. The effects of ursodeoxycholic acid were monitored as changes in short-circuit current (SCC) in stripped sheets of small intestine from normal (Swiss MF1) and transgenic CF (Cftr(tm2Cam)) mice. In ileal sheets from Swiss MF1 mice, mucosal ursodeoxycholic acid caused a biphasic increase in SCC. The first phase was reduced by lowering the mucosal Na+ concentration, while the second phase was inhibited by (Cl-)-free conditions, serosal furosemide or mucosal diphenylamine-2-carboxylic acid (DPC), suggesting an initial Na+-dependent bile acid absorption followed by a stimulation of electrogenic Cl- secretion. Serosal application of ursodeoxycholic acid to the ileum and mucosal or serosal application to the mid-intestine and jejunum elicited a secretory response only. Secretion was Ca2+-dependent, but did not involve neural mechanisms. Mucosal mast cells, histamine and serotonin (5-HT) were implicated in the secretory response. Responses in tissues from transgenic wild-type mice were similar to those obtained with Swiss MF1 mice, but the secretory response to mucosal or serosal application of the bile acid was impaired in CF tissues. In ilea from CF mice the initial absorptive phase of the response to mucosal ursodeoxycholic acid was still observed. It is concluded that ursodeoxycholic acid induces secretion throughout the murine small intestine by a mechanism that involves degranulation of mucosal mast cells. In the ileum Na+-dependent absorption can also be detected. The secretory response is defective in CF intestine, but the absorptive effect is still present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, UK. j.hardcastle@sheffield.ac.uk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hardcastle
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Hardcastle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000494:pharmacology; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002756:Cholagogues and Choleretics / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D002756:Cholagogues and Choleretics; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid; D002118:Calcium