Propionate Enhances Synthesis and Secretion of Bile Acids in Primary Cultured Rat Hepatocytes via Succinyl CoA

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To discover the role of propionate produced by colonic bacteria, this study examined the secretion of bile acids and cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase activity in the primary cultured hepatocytes. Addition of propionate (2 mM) to the medium for 48 h caused an increase in the bile acid secretion and enzyme activity, while acetate and butyrate had no significant influence. Bile acid secretion vvas increased by the addition of succinyl CoA and its precursor substances (α-ketoglutarate, valine, isoleucine, and methionine), but not malate and oxaloacetate, which are the metabolites of succinyl CoA. α-Ketoglutarate and valine also increased the activity of cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase. Since cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase is a microsomal cytochrome P-450 enzyme and the formation of δ-aminolevulinate from succinyl CoA in the mitochondria is the rate-controlling step for the subsequent synthesis of heme proteins, propionate may affect bile acid synthesis via elevation of mitochondrial succinyl CoA.
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1992-11-23