PMID- 22903823 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130529 LR - 20211021 IS - 1096-0929 (Electronic) IS - 1096-6080 (Print) IS - 1096-0929 (Linking) VI - 130 IP - 2 DP - 2012 Dec TI - Repression of hepatobiliary transporters and differential regulation of classic and alternative bile acid pathways in mice during pregnancy. PG - 257-68 LID - 10.1093/toxsci/kfs248 [doi] AB - During pregnancy, proper hepatobiliary transport and bile acid synthesis protect the liver from cholestatic injury and regulate the maternal and fetal exposure to bile acids, drugs, and environmental chemicals. The objective of this study was to determine the temporal messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein profiles of uptake and efflux transporters as well as bile acid synthetic and conjugating enzymes in livers from virgin and pregnant mice on gestational days (GD) 7, 11, 14, and 17 and postnatal days (PND) 1, 15, and 30. Compared with virgins, the mRNAs of most transporters were reduced approximately 50% in pregnant dams between GD11 and 17. Western blot and immunofluorescence staining confirmed the downregulation of Mrp3, 6, Bsep, and Ntcp proteins. One day after parturition, the mRNAs of many uptake and efflux hepatobiliary transporters remained low in pregnant mice. By PND30, the mRNAs of all transporters returned to virgin levels. mRNAs of the bile acid synthetic enzymes in the classic pathway, Cyp7a1 and 8b1, increased in pregnant mice, whereas mRNA and protein expression of enzymes in the alternative pathway of bile acid synthesis (Cyp27a1 and 39a1) and conjugating enzymes (Bal and Baat) decreased. Profiles of transporter and bile acid metabolism genes likely result from coordinated downregulation of transcription factor mRNA (CAR, LXR, PXR, PPARalpha, FXR) in pregnant mice on GD14 and 17. In conclusion, pregnancy caused a global downregulation of most hepatic transporters, which began as early as GD7 for some genes and was maximal by GD14 and 17, and was inversely related to increasing concentrations of circulating 17beta-estradiol and progesterone as pregnancy progressed. FAU - Aleksunes, Lauren M AU - Aleksunes LM AD - Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA. FAU - Yeager, Ronnie L AU - Yeager RL FAU - Wen, Xia AU - Wen X FAU - Cui, Julia Yue AU - Cui JY FAU - Klaassen, Curtis D AU - Klaassen CD LA - eng GR - RR021940/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - ES020522/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 ES019487/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - DK081461/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - ES007079/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - ES009649/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - DK080774/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P30ES005022/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 ES020522/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - R00 DK080774/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - ES019487/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 ES005022/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20120817 PL - United States TA - Toxicol Sci JT - Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology JID - 9805461 RN - 0 (Bile Acids and Salts) RN - 0 (Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 4G7DS2Q64Y (Progesterone) RN - 4TI98Z838E (Estradiol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bile Acids and Salts/blood/*metabolism MH - Biological Transport MH - Blotting, Western MH - Body Weight MH - Down-Regulation MH - Estradiol/blood MH - Female MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic MH - Gestational Age MH - Lactation/genetics/metabolism MH - Liver/*metabolism MH - Membrane Transport Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Organ Size MH - Parturition/genetics/metabolism MH - Pregnancy MH - Progesterone/blood MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism MH - Transcription, Genetic PMC - PMC3498745 EDAT- 2012/08/21 06:00 MHDA- 2013/05/31 06:00 PMCR- 2013/12/01 CRDT- 2012/08/21 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/08/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/05/31 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - kfs248 [pii] AID - 10.1093/toxsci/kfs248 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Toxicol Sci. 2012 Dec;130(2):257-68. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfs248. Epub 2012 Aug 17.