Differential regulation of hepatic organic cation transporter 1, organic anion-transporting polypeptide 1a4, bile-salt export pump, and multidrug resistance-associated protein 2 transporter expression in lymphocyte-deficient mice associates with interleukin-6 production

J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2013 Oct;347(1):136-44. doi: 10.1124/jpet.113.205369. Epub 2013 Aug 8.

Abstract

Cholestasis results from interrupted bile flow and is associated with immune-mediated liver diseases. It is unclear how inflammation contributes to cholestasis. The aim of this study was to determine whether T and B cells contribute to hepatic transporter expression under basal and inflammatory conditions. C57BL/6J wild-type mice or strains lacking T, B, or both T and B cells were exposed to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or saline, and livers were collected 16 hours later. Branched DNA signal amplification was used to assess mRNA levels of organic anion-transporting polypeptides (Oatp) 1a1, 1a4, and 1b2; organic cation transporter (Oct) 1; canalicular bile-salt export pump (Bsep); multidrug resistance-associated proteins (Mrp) 2 and 3; and sodium-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (Ntcp). Real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis was used to correlate changes of transporter expression with interleukin-1b (IL-1b), IL-6, IL-17A, IL-17F, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and interferon-γ expression in the liver. LPS treatment inhibited Bsep and Oct1 mRNA expression, and this was abrogated with a loss of T cells, but not B cells. In addition, the absence of T cells increased Mrp2 mRNA expression, whereas B cell deficiency attenuated Oatp1a4 mRNA in LPS-treated mice. Oatp1a1, Oatp1b2, Ntcp, and Mrp3 were largely unaffected by T or B cell deficiency. Lymphocyte deficiency altered basal and inflammatory IL-6, but not TNF-α or IL-1b, mRNA expression. Taken together, these data implicate lymphocytes as regulators of basal and inflammatory hepatic transporter expression and suggest that IL-6 signaling may play a critical role.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 11
  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / biosynthesis*
  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / physiology
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Interleukin-6 / biosynthesis*
  • Interleukin-6 / physiology
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Lymphocytes / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, 129 Strain
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 2
  • Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins / physiology
  • Octamer Transcription Factor-1 / biosynthesis*
  • Octamer Transcription Factor-1 / physiology
  • Organic Cation Transport Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Organic Cation Transport Proteins / physiology

Substances

  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 11
  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
  • Abcb11 protein, mouse
  • Interleukin-6
  • Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 2
  • Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins
  • Oatp2 protein, mouse
  • Octamer Transcription Factor-1
  • Organic Cation Transport Proteins
  • Pou2f1 protein, mouse
  • interleukin-6, mouse