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1: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Mar 11;105(10):3891-6. Epub 2008 Feb 21.
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The organic solute transporter alpha-beta, Ostalpha-Ostbeta, is essential for intestinal bile acid transport and homeostasis.

Rao A, Haywood J, Craddock AL, Belinsky MG, Kruh GD, Dawson PA.

Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gastroenterology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.

The apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (Asbt) is responsible for transport across the intestinal brush border membrane; however, the carrier(s) responsible for basolateral bile acid export into the portal circulation remains to be determined. Although the heteromeric organic solute transporter Ostalpha-Ostbeta exhibits many properties predicted for a candidate intestinal basolateral bile acid transporter, the in vivo functions of Ostalpha-Ostbeta have not been investigated. To determine the role of Ostalpha-Ostbeta in intestinal bile acid absorption, the Ostalpha gene was disrupted by homologous recombination in mice. Ostalpha(-/-) mice were physically indistinguishable from wild-type mice. In everted gut sac experiments, transileal transport of taurocholate was reduced by >80% in Ostalpha(-/-) vs. wild-type mice; the residual taurocholate transport was further reduced to near-background levels in gut sacs prepared from Ostalpha(-/-)Mrp3(-/-) mice. The bile acid pool size was significantly reduced (>65%) in Ostalpha(-/-) mice, but fecal bile acid excretion was not elevated. The decreased pool size in Ostalpha(-/-) mice resulted from reduced hepatic Cyp7a1 expression that was inversely correlated with ileal expression of fibroblast growth factor 15 (FGF15). These data indicate that Ostalpha-Ostbeta is essential for intestinal bile acid transport in mice. Unlike a block in intestinal apical bile acid uptake, genetic ablation of basolateral bile acid export disrupts the classical homeostatic control of hepatic bile acid biosynthesis.

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PMID: 18292224 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC2268840