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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2011.21.12.1772

Expression of Anion Exchanger and CFTR in the Hepatocyte and Cholangiocytes in Bile Duct-Ligated Rat  

Lee, Jae-Dong (Department of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Wang, Joon-Ho (Department of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Ki, Seung-Seog (Department of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Choe, Won-Hyeok (Department of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Park, Jae-Seung (Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine)
Cho, Won-Kyoo (Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine)
Park, Jung-Jun (Division of Sport Science, Pusan National University)
Kim, Hong-Su (Department of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
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Journal of Life Science / v.21, no.12, 2011 , pp. 1772-1777 More about this Journal
Abstract
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene and sodium-independent $Cl^-/HCO_3^-$ anion exchanger (AE) genes are expressed in a wide variety of mammalian tissues including cholangiocytes. They play an important role in the regulation of intracellular pH (pHi) as well as in transepithelial acid/base transport necessary for biliary bicarbonate secretion. The aim of this study was to examine the expression level of CFTR gene and AE genes (AE1, AE2 and AE3) in the cholangiocytes and the hepatocytes, and also measure AE2 gene expression level after bile duct ligation (BDL). As we previously described, isolated hepatocytes and cholangiocytes from the liver of normal and BDL rats were prepared and gene expression levels were measured by using RT-PCR. We found that AE1, AE2, and AE3 genes were expressed in both hepatocytes and cholangiocytes, but CFTR was only in cholangiocytes. AE2 gene expression level was higher in the BDL hepatocytes than normal hepatocytes, which was significantly different between two groups. AE2 gene expression level was lower in the BDL cholangiocytes than normal cholangiocytes. However, AE2 gene expression level in both hepatocytes and cholangiocytes were not changed with a longer duration of BDL. These results suggest that CFTR and AE2 may play an important role in the pathogenetic mechanism of biliary cholestatic liver disease.
Keywords
Hepatocyte; cholangiocyte; CFTR; anion exchanger; cholestasis;
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