title: Glucocorticoids differentially regulate Na-bile acid cotransport in normal and chronically inflamed rabbit ileal villus cells.
abstract: Previous studies have demonstrated that apical Na-bile acid cotransport (ASBT) is inhibited during chronic ileitis by both a decrease in the affinity as well as a decrease in the number of cotransporters. Methylprednisolone (MP), a commonly used treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD, e.g., Crohn's disease), has been shown to reverse the inhibition of several other Na-solute cotransporters during chronic enteritis. However, the effect of MP on ASBT in the chronically inflamed ileum is not known. MP stimulated ASBT in villus cells from the normal rabbit ileum by increasing the cotransporter expression without a change in the affinity of the cotransporter for bile acid. Western blot studies demonstrated an increase in cotransporter expression. MP reversed the inhibition of ASBT in villus cells from the chronically inflamed ileum. Kinetic studies demonstrated that the mechanism of MP-mediated reversal of ASBT inhibition was secondary to a restoration of both affinity as well as cotransporter numbers. Western blot analysis demonstrated restoration of cotransporter numbers after MP treatment of rabbits with chronic ileitis. Thus MP stimulates ASBT in the normal ileum by increasing cotransporter numbers. MP reverses the inhibition of ASBT during chronic ileitis. However, MP restores the diminished affinity as well as cotransporter expression levels during chronic ileitis. Thus MP differentially regulates ASBT in the normal and in the chronically inflamed ileum.
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Translational Science Institute, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, 26506, USA.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coon
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kekuda
authors.forename: Prosenjit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: Uma
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sundaram
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007079:Ileitis / Q000378:metabolism*; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008871:Microvilli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D029363:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D027981:Symporters / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D029363:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent; D027981:Symporters; C071908:sodium-bile acid cotransporter; D008775:Methylprednisolone