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The Human Na⁺-Taurocholate Cotransporting Polypeptide Gene Is Activated by Glucocorticoid Receptor and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor- Coactivator-1, and Suppressed by Bile Acids via a Small Heterodimer Partner-Dependent Mechanism

Laboratory of Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Gerd A. Kullak-Ublick, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland. E-mail: gerd.kullak{at}usz.ch.

Na+-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP) is the major bile acid uptake system in human hepatocytes. NTCP and the ileal transporter ASBT (apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter) are two sodium-dependent transporters critical for the enterohepatic circulation of bile acids. The hASBT gene is known to be activated by the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Here we show that GR also induces the endogenous hNTCP gene and transactivates the reporter-linked hNTCP promoter, in the presence of its ligand dexamethasone. Mutational analysis of the hNTCP promoter identified a functional GR response element, with which GR directly interacts within living cells. The GR/dexamethasone activation of endogenous hNTCP expression was suppressed by bile acids, in a manner dependent on the bile acid receptor farnesoid X receptor. Overexpression of the farnesoid X receptor-inducible transcriptional repressor small heterodimer partner also suppressed the GR/dexamethasone-activation of the hNTCP promoter. The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor- coactivator-1 enhanced the GR/dexamethasone activation of the hNTCP promoter. In conclusion, the hNTCP promoter is activated by GR in a ligand-dependent manner, similarly to the hASBT promoter. Thus, glucocorticoids may coordinately regulate the major bile acid uptake systems in human liver and intestine. The GR/dexamethasone activation of the hNTCP promoter is counteracted by bile acids and small heterodimer partner, providing a negative feedback mechanism for bile acid uptake in human hepatocytes.

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Nuclear Receptors:   SHP  |  FXRα  |  GR

Coregulators:   PGC-1

Ligands:   GW4064  |  Dexamethasone  |  RU486

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