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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 46, 1732-1738, August 2005
Copyright © 2005 by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

ABCG5 and ABCG8 require MDR2 for secretion of cholesterol into bile

Silvia Langheim^*, Liqing Yu^*, Klaus von Bergmann, Dieter Lütjohann, Fang Xu, Helen H. Hobbs^*,**,, and Jonathan C. Cohen^1,,**,

^* Departments of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390
^** Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390
McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390
Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Bonn, 53105 Bonn, Germany

Published, JLR Papers in Press, June 1, 2005. DOI 10.1194/jlr.M500115-JLR200

¹ To whom correspondence should be addressed. e-mail: jonathan.cohen{at}utsouthwestern.edu

The major pathway for the removal of cholesterol from the body is via secretion into the bile. Three members of the ATP binding cassette (ABC) family, ABCG5 (G5), ABCG8 (G8), and ABCB4 (MDR2), are required for the efficient biliary export of sterols. Here, we examined the interdependence of these three ABC transporters for biliary sterol secretion. Biliary lipid levels in mice expressing no MDR2 (Mdr2^–/– mice) were compared with those of Mdr2^–/– mice expressing 14 copies of a human G5 (hG5) and hG8 transgene (Mdr2^–/–;hG5G8Tg mice). Mdr2^–/– mice had only trace amounts of biliary cholesterol and phospholipids. The Mdr2^–/–;hG5G8Tg mice had biliary cholesterol levels as low as those of Mdr2^–/– mice. Thus, MDR2 expression is required for G5G8-mediated biliary sterol secretion. To determine whether the reduction in fractional absorption of dietary sterols associated with G5G8 overexpression is secondary to the associated increase in biliary cholesterol, we compared the fractional absorption of sterols in Mdr2^–/–;hG5G8Tg and hG5G8Tg animals. Inactivation of MDR2 markedly attenuated the reduction in fractional sterol absorption associated with G5G8 overexpression.

These results are consistent with the notion that increased biliary cholesterol secretion contributes to the reduction in fractional sterol absorption associated with G5G8 overexpression.

Abbreviations: G5, ATP binding cassette transporter G5; G8, ATP binding cassette transporter G8; MDR2, ATP binding cassette transporter B4

Supplementary key words ATP binding cassette transporters G5 and G8 • ATP binding cassette transporter B4 • sitosterol • campesterol • cholesterol absorption • bile acid • fecal sterol

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