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  • Title: Portal blood concentrations of conjugated cholic and chenodeoxycholic acids. Relationships to bile salt synthesis in liver cells.
    Author: Botham KM, Lawson ME, Beckett GJ, Percy-Robb IW, Boyd GS.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1981 Jul 24; 665(1):81-7. PubMed ID: 7197162.
    Abstract:
    1. Rats were maintained in a strictly controlled environment of 12 h illumination and 12 h darkness. At regular intervals during the light/dark cycle the portal blood conjugated cholic acid and conjugated chenodeoxycholic acid concentrations were measured. The bile salt concentrations exhibited similar diurnal rhythms, the highest concentrations occurring in the middle of the dark phase. 2. The concentrations of conjugated cholic and chenodeoxycholic acids in the portal blood of rats fed a diet containing the bile salt sequestrant, cholestyramine, were significantly lower than those found in rats given a control diet. 3. During total biliary drainage the portal blood concentrations of conjugated cholic and chenodeoxycholic acids fell to a minimum 6--8 h after the start of the experiment, whereas bile salt synthesis in hepatocytes isolated from the rats was not increased until the least 13 h after the commencement of total biliary drainage. 4. These results suggest that the concentrations of bile salts in the portal blood do not affect directly the diurnal fluctuation in rates of bile salt synthesis, as the response of synthesis to a change in portal blood bile salt concentrations is too slow. 5. When the rats were given a small supplement of cholesterol in the diet to suppress hepatic cholesterologenesis prior to being subjected to total biliary drainage, the changes in the portal blood concentrations of conjugated cholic and chenodeoxycholic acids and the synthesis of the two bile salts by isolated hepatocytes were similar to those found in rats given the control diet. 6. The rise in bile salt production seen during biliary drainage may not be dependent exclusively on a preceding increase in cholesterol synthesis.
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