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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 30, 1161-1171, Copyright © 1989 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Regulation of bile acid synthesis. III. Correlation between biliary bile salt hydrophobicity index and the activities of enzymes regulating cholesterol and bile acid synthesis in the rat

DM Heuman, PB Hylemon and ZR Vlahcevic
McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA.

Hepatic bile acid synthesis is thought to be under negative feedback control by bile salts in the enterohepatic circulation, acting at the level of cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase (C7 alpha H), the initial and rate-limiting step in the bile acid biosynthetic pathway. Bile salts also suppress the activity of the rate-limiting enzyme for cholesterol synthesis, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMG-CoA-R). The mechanisms of these regulatory effects are poorly understood, and one or both may be indirect. Previous data suggest that the hydrophilic- hydrophobic balance of bile salts, a major determinant of their cholesterol solubilizing properties, also determines their potency as regulators of bile acid and cholesterol synthesis. To further evaluate the relationship between the physicochemical and regulatory properties of bile acids, we altered the composition of the bile salt pool of rats by feeding one or more of seven different bile acids (1% w/w for 14 days). We then determined the mean hydrophilic-hydrophobic balance (hydrophobicity index) of the bile salts in bile, and correlated this with the specific activities of C7 alpha H and HMG-CoA-R, and of acyl- CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT), a third hepatic microsomal enzyme which regulates cholesterol esterification. In all instances following bile acid feeding, conjugates of the fed bile acid(s) became the predominant bile salts in bile. Highly significant negative linear correlations (each P less than 0.0001) were found between the hydrophobicity indices of biliary bile salts and the activities of C7 alpha H (r = 0.79) or HMG-CoA-R (r = 0.63). By contrast, no significant correlation could be demonstrated between ACAT activity and the hydrophobicity index of biliary bile salts. The correlation between activities of HMG-CoA-R and C7 alpha H was also highly significant (r = 0.81; P less than 0.0001). No significant correlation existed between ACAT and either HMG-CoA-R or C7 alpha H. Microsomal free cholesterol was not consistently altered by bile acid feeding. Thus, the potency of circulating bile salts as suppressors of the enzymes regulating bile acid and cholesterol synthesis increases with increasing hydrophobicity. The hydrophobic-hydrophilic balance of the bile salt pool may play an important role in the regulation of cholesterol and bile acid synthesis.
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