bile acids;
bile flow;
liver;
TRANSPORT PROTEINS;
EPITHELIAL-CELLS;
NEURONAL CILIA;
DETECT CHANGES;
EXPRESSION;
RAT;
FLOW;
D O I:
10.1515/BC.2010.077
中图分类号:
Q5 [生物化学];
Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号:
070307 [化学生物学];
071010 [生物化学与分子生物学];
摘要:
Cholangiocyte cilia are sensory organelles that extend from the apical membrane into the bile duct lumen and detect changes in bile flow and osmolarity. Whether or not cholangiocyte cilia are responsive to bile acids is unknown. TGR5 (Gpbar-1) is a membrane-bound bile acid receptor which is expressed in biliary epithelial cells and promotes chloride secretion in gallbladder epithelial cells. As shown in the present study. TGR5 is localized in the primary cilium of mouse and human cholangiocytes. Here the receptor could play an important role in coupling biliary bile acid concentration and composition to ductular bile formation.