Background & Aims In cholestatic syndromes, body accumulation of bile acids is thought to cause itching. However, the mechanisms supporting this effect remain elusive. Recently, GPBAR1 (TGR5) a G-protein coupled receptor has been shown to mediate itching caused by intradermal administration of DCA and LCA. 6α-ethyl-3α, 7α-dihydroxy-24-nor-5β-cholan-23-ol (BAR502) is a non-bile acid dual ligand for FXR and GPBAR1. Methods Cholestasis was induced in wild type and GPBAR1-/- mice by administration of α-naphthylisothiocyanate (ANIT) or 17α-ethynylestradiol. Results. In naive mice skin application of DCA, TLCA, 6-ECDCA, oleanolic and betulinic acid induces a GPBAR1 dependent pruritogenic response that could be desensitized by re-challenging the mice with the same GPBAR1 agonist. In wild type and GPBAR1-/- mice cholestasis induced by ANIT fails to induce spontaneous itching and abrogates scratching behavior caused by intradermal administration of DCA. In this model, co-treatment with BAR502 increases survival, attenuates serum alkaline phosphatase levels and robustly modulates the liver expression of canonical FXR target genes including OSTα, BSEP, SHP and MDR1, without inducing pruritus. Betulinic acid, a selective GPBAR1 ligand, failed to rescue wild type and GPBAR1-/- mice from ANIT cholestasis but did not induced itching. In the 17α-ethynylestradiol model BAR502 attenuates cholestasis and reshapes bile acid pool without inducing itching.

Impaired Itching Perception in Murine Models of Cholestasis Is Supported by Dysregulation of GPBAR1 Signaling / Cipriani, Sabrina; Renga, Barbara; D'Amore, Claudio; Simonetti, Michele; De Tursi, Antonio Angelo; Carino, Adriana; Monti, Maria Chiara; Sepe, Valentina; Zampella, Angela; Fiorucci, Stefano. - In: PLOS ONE. - ISSN 1932-6203. - 10:7(2015), p. e0129866. [10.1371/journal.pone.0129866]

Impaired Itching Perception in Murine Models of Cholestasis Is Supported by Dysregulation of GPBAR1 Signaling

Monti, Maria Chiara;SEPE, VALENTINA;ZAMPELLA, ANGELA
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2015

Abstract

Background & Aims In cholestatic syndromes, body accumulation of bile acids is thought to cause itching. However, the mechanisms supporting this effect remain elusive. Recently, GPBAR1 (TGR5) a G-protein coupled receptor has been shown to mediate itching caused by intradermal administration of DCA and LCA. 6α-ethyl-3α, 7α-dihydroxy-24-nor-5β-cholan-23-ol (BAR502) is a non-bile acid dual ligand for FXR and GPBAR1. Methods Cholestasis was induced in wild type and GPBAR1-/- mice by administration of α-naphthylisothiocyanate (ANIT) or 17α-ethynylestradiol. Results. In naive mice skin application of DCA, TLCA, 6-ECDCA, oleanolic and betulinic acid induces a GPBAR1 dependent pruritogenic response that could be desensitized by re-challenging the mice with the same GPBAR1 agonist. In wild type and GPBAR1-/- mice cholestasis induced by ANIT fails to induce spontaneous itching and abrogates scratching behavior caused by intradermal administration of DCA. In this model, co-treatment with BAR502 increases survival, attenuates serum alkaline phosphatase levels and robustly modulates the liver expression of canonical FXR target genes including OSTα, BSEP, SHP and MDR1, without inducing pruritus. Betulinic acid, a selective GPBAR1 ligand, failed to rescue wild type and GPBAR1-/- mice from ANIT cholestasis but did not induced itching. In the 17α-ethynylestradiol model BAR502 attenuates cholestasis and reshapes bile acid pool without inducing itching.
2015
Impaired Itching Perception in Murine Models of Cholestasis Is Supported by Dysregulation of GPBAR1 Signaling / Cipriani, Sabrina; Renga, Barbara; D'Amore, Claudio; Simonetti, Michele; De Tursi, Antonio Angelo; Carino, Adriana; Monti, Maria Chiara; Sepe, Valentina; Zampella, Angela; Fiorucci, Stefano. - In: PLOS ONE. - ISSN 1932-6203. - 10:7(2015), p. e0129866. [10.1371/journal.pone.0129866]
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