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3β-Isoobeticholic acid efficiently activates the farnesoid X receptor (FXR) due to its epimerization to 3α-epimer by hepatic metabolism.
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3β-Isoobeticholic acid efficiently activates the farnesoid X receptor (FXR) due to its epimerization to 3α-epimer by hepatic metabolism.

  • Stefela A Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, Heyrovskeho 1203, Hradec Kralove, 500 05, Czech Republic.
  • Kaspar M Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo Nam. 2, Prague 6 - Dejvice, 166 10, Czech Republic; Faculty of Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, Prague 2, 128 43, Czech Republic.
  • Drastik M Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, Heyrovskeho 1203, Hradec Kralove, 500 05, Czech Republic.
  • Holas O Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, Heyrovskeho 1203, Hradec Kralove, 500 05, Czech Republic.
  • Hroch M Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University, Simkova 870/13, Hradec Kralove, 500 03, Czech Republic.
  • Smutny T Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, Heyrovskeho 1203, Hradec Kralove, 500 05, Czech Republic.
  • Skoda J Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, Heyrovskeho 1203, Hradec Kralove, 500 05, Czech Republic.
  • Hutníková M Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, Heyrovskeho 1203, Hradec Kralove, 500 05, Czech Republic.
  • Pandey AV Pediatric Endocrinology, University Children's Hospital, Department of Biomedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Micuda S Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Charles University, Simkova 870/13, Hradec Kralove, 500 03, Czech Republic.
  • Kudova E Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo Nam. 2, Prague 6 - Dejvice, 166 10, Czech Republic.
  • Pavek P Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, Heyrovskeho 1203, Hradec Kralove, 500 05, Czech Republic. Electronic address: pavek@faf.cuni.cz.
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  • 2020-06-08
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  • The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology. - 2020
Bile acids
Gene regulation
Metabolism
Nuclear receptors
Pharmacokinetics
Animals
Cell Line
Chenodeoxycholic Acid
Chlorocebus aethiops
Humans
Isomerism
Liver
Male
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
English Bile acids (BAs) are important signaling molecules acting via the farnesoid X nuclear receptor (FXR) and the membrane G protein-coupled bile acid receptor 1 (GPBAR1). Besides deconjugation of BAs, the oxidoreductive enzymes of colonic bacteria and hepatocytes enable the conversion of BAs into their epimers or dehydrogenated forms. Obeticholic acid (OCA) is the first-in-class BA-derived FXR agonist approved for the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis. Herein, a library of OCA derivatives, including 7-keto, 6-ethylidene derivatives and 3β-epimers, was synthetized and investigated in terms of interactions with FXR and GPBAR1 in transaction assays and evaluated for FXR target genes expression in human hepatocytes and C57BL/6 mice. The derivatives were further subjected to cell-free analysis employing in silico molecular docking and a TR-FRET assay. The conversion of the 3βhydroxy epimer and its pharmacokinetics in mice were studied using LC-MS. We found that only the 3β-hydroxy epimer of OCA (3β-isoOCA) possesses significant activity to FXR in hepatic cells and mice. However, in a cell-free assay, 3β-isoOCA had about 9-times lower affinity to FXR than did OCA. We observed that 3β-isoOCA readily epimerizes to OCA in hepatocytes and murine liver. This conversion was significantly inhibited by the hydroxy-Δ5-steroid dehydrogenase inhibitor trilostane. In addition, we found that 3,7-dehydroobeticholic acid is a potent GPBAR1 agonist. We conclude that 3β-isoOCA significantly activates FXR due to its epimerization to the more active OCA by hepatic metabolism. Other modifications as well as epimerization on the C3/C7 positions and the introduction of 6-ethylidene in the CDCA scaffold abrogate FXR agonism and alleviate GPBAR1 activation.
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