Constitutive androstane receptor agonist, TCPOBOP, attenuates steatohepatitis in the methionine choline-deficient diet-fed mouse.
OBJECTIVE
To ascertain whether constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) activation by 1,4-bis-[2-(3,5,-dichloropyridyloxy)] benzene (TCPOBOP) modulates steatohepatitis in the methionine choline-deficient (MCD) diet-fed animal.


METHODS
C57/BL6 wild-type mice were fed the MCD or standard diet for 2 wk and were treated with either the CAR agonist, TCPOBOP, or the CAR inverse agonist, androstanol.


RESULTS
Expression of CYP2B10 and CYP3A11, known CAR target genes, increased 30-fold and 45-fold, respectively, in TCPOBOP-treated mice fed the MCD diet. TCPOBOP treatment reduced hepatic steatosis (44.6 +/- 5.4% vs 30.4 +/- 4.5%, P < 0.05) and serum triglyceride levels (48 +/- 8 vs 20 +/- 1 mg/dL, P < 0.05) in MCD diet-fed mice as compared with the standard diet-fed mice. This reduction in hepatic steatosis was accompanied by an increase in enzymes involved in fatty acid microsomal omega-oxidation and peroxisomal beta-oxidation, namely CYP4A10, LPBE, and 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase. The reduction in steatosis was also accompanied by a reduction in liver cell apoptosis and inflammation. In contrast, androstanol was without effect on any of the above parameters.


CONCLUSIONS
CAR activation stimulates induction of genes involved in fatty acid oxidation, and ameliorates hepatic steatosis, apoptosis and inflammation.
Baskin-Bey
Edwina-S
ES
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Anan
Akira
A
Isomoto
Hajime
H
Bronk
Steven-F
SF
Gores
Gregory-J
GJ
D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D002796:Choline Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D000090702:Constitutive Androstane Receptor; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D007249:Inflammation / Q000188:drug therapy; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000378:metabolism; D008715:Methionine / Q000172:deficiency; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D047493:PPAR alpha / Q000235:genetics; D011725:Pyridines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000819:agonists*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000819:agonists*
D000090702:Constitutive Androstane Receptor; D005227:Fatty Acids; D047493:PPAR alpha; D011725:Pyridines; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D014157:Transcription Factors; D007975:Leukotriene B4; C028474:1,4-bis(2-(3,5-dichloropyridyloxy))benzene; D008715:Methionine