Wei Wang1, Xiaofei Ren2, Yi Cai3, Lihong Chen4, Weiping Zhang5, Jianming Xu6. 1. Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, Anhui Province, China. hide2002@163.com. 2. Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, Anhui Province, China. renxiaofei1980@126.com. 3. Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, Anhui Province, China. wzcaiyi2015@163.com. 4. Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, Anhui Province, China. chlhhome@163.com. 5. Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, Anhui Province, China. zwp0202@163.com. 6. Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, Anhui Province, China. xujm1017@163.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Previous studies have shown that rifampicin induced choleresis, the mechanisms of which have not been described. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms underlying in vivo rifampicin-induced choleresis. METHODS: In one experimental set, rats were treated chronically with rifampicin on days 1, 3 and 7. Serum and biliary parameters were assayed, and mRNA and protein levels, as well as the locations of the hepatic export transporters were analyzed by real-time PCR, western blot and immunofluorescence. Ductular mass was evaluated immunohistochemically. In another experimental set, rats received an acute infusion of rifampicin. The amount of rifampicin in bile was detected using HPLC. Biliary parameters were monitored following intrabiliary retrograde fluxes of the Cl(-)/HCO3 (-) exchange inhibitor 4,4'-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS) or 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)benzoic acid (NPPB) in the infused rats. RESULTS: Biliary bicarbonate output increased in parallel to the augmented bile flow in response to rifampicin, and this effect was abolished with intrabiliary administration of DIDS, but not NPPB. The biliary secretion of rifampicin with increases in bile flow and biliary rifampicin in response to different infused doses of the antibiotic show no significant correlations. After rifampicin treatment, the expression level of anion exchanger 2 (AE2) increased, while the location of hepatic transporters did not change. However, RIF treatment did not increase ductular mass significantly. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that the increase in bile flow induced by rifampicin is mainly due to increased HCO3 (-) excretion mediated by increased AE2 protein expression and activity.
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Previous studies have shown that rifampicin induced choleresis, the mechanisms of which have not been described. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms underlying in vivo rifampicin-induced choleresis. METHODS: In one experimental set, rats were treated chronically with rifampicin on days 1, 3 and 7. Serum and biliary parameters were assayed, and mRNA and protein levels, as well as the locations of the hepatic export transporters were analyzed by real-time PCR, western blot and immunofluorescence. Ductular mass was evaluated immunohistochemically. In another experimental set, rats received an acute infusion of rifampicin. The amount of rifampicin in bile was detected using HPLC. Biliary parameters were monitored following intrabiliary retrograde fluxes of the Cl(-)/HCO3 (-) exchange inhibitor 4,4'-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS) or 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)benzoic acid (NPPB) in the infused rats. RESULTS: Biliary bicarbonate output increased in parallel to the augmented bile flow in response to rifampicin, and this effect was abolished with intrabiliary administration of DIDS, but not NPPB. The biliary secretion of rifampicin with increases in bile flow and biliary rifampicin in response to different infused doses of the antibiotic show no significant correlations. After rifampicin treatment, the expression level of anion exchanger 2 (AE2) increased, while the location of hepatic transporters did not change. However, RIF treatment did not increase ductular mass significantly. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that the increase in bile flow induced by rifampicin is mainly due to increased HCO3 (-) excretion mediated by increased AE2 protein expression and activity.
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Anion exchanger 2; Bile flow; HCO3 −; Rifampicin
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