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Comparative Study
. 1993 Aug;38(8):1543-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF01308618.

Lithocholate-3-O-glucuronide-induced cholestasis. A study with congenital hyperbilirubinemic rats and effects of ursodeoxycholate conjugates

H Takikawa  1 , K Minagawa, N Sano, M Yamanaka
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Comparative Study

Lithocholate-3-O-glucuronide-induced cholestasis. A study with congenital hyperbilirubinemic rats and effects of ursodeoxycholate conjugates

H Takikawa et al. Dig Dis Sci. 1993 Aug.

Abstract

The mechanism of lithocholate-3-O-glucuronide-induced cholestasis is unknown. In this study, we investigated the cholestatic effects of this agent in a congenital hyperbilirubinemic rat, EHBR. We also studied the effects of ursodeoxycholate-3-O-glucuronide and tauroursodeoxycholate on lithocholate-3-O-glucuronide-induced cholestasis in rats. Lithocholate-3-O-glucuronide, administered at the rate of 0.1 mumol/min/100 g for 40 min, a cholestatic dose in control rats, failed to cause cholestasis in EHBR, and biliary lithocholate-3-O-glucuronide excretion was delayed. Biliary concentrations of this agent did not correlate with the severity of cholestasis. Both tauroursodeoxycholate and ursodeoxycholate-3-O-glucuronide, infused at the rate of 0.2 mumol/min/100 g for 120 min, completely inhibited cholestasis induced by lithocholate-3-O-glucuronide administered at the rate of 0.1 mumol/min/100 g for 40 min. Only tauroursodeoxycholate enhanced biliary lithocholate-3-O-glucuronide excretion. These findings indicate that lithocholate-3-O-glucuronide-induced cholestasis is induced by damage at the level of the bile canalicular membrane. Ursodeoxycholate-3-O-glucuronide inhibits this cholestasis, possibly by inhibiting the access of lithocholate-3-O-glucuronide to the bile canalicular membrane.

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