Publication Date:
2002-05-04
Description:
Extracts of the resin of the guggul tree (Commiphora mukul) lower LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol levels in humans. The plant sterol guggulsterone [4,17(20)-pregnadiene-3,16-dione] is the active agent in this extract. We show that guggulsterone is a highly efficacious antagonist of the farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a nuclear hormone receptor that is activated by bile acids. Guggulsterone treatment decreases hepatic cholesterol in wild-type mice fed a high-cholesterol diet but is not effective in FXR-null mice. Thus, we propose that inhibition of FXR activation is the basis for the cholesterol-lowering activity of guggulsterone. Other natural products with specific biologic effects may modulate the activity of FXR or other relatively promiscuous nuclear hormone receptors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Urizar, Nancy L -- Liverman, Amy B -- Dodds, D'Nette T -- Silva, Frank Valentin -- Ordentlich, Peter -- Yan, Yingzhuo -- Gonzalez, Frank J -- Heyman, Richard A -- Mangelsdorf, David J -- Moore, David D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2002 May 31;296(5573):1703-6. Epub 2002 May 2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11988537" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Binding Sites
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Caco-2 Cells
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Carrier Proteins/genetics/metabolism
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Cells, Cultured
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Chenodeoxycholic Acid/pharmacology
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Cholesterol/*metabolism
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Cholesterol, Dietary/administration & dosage
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DNA/metabolism
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DNA-Binding Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Hepatocytes/metabolism
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Histone Acetyltransferases
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Humans
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*Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases
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Hypolipidemic Agents/metabolism/*pharmacology
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Ligands
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Liver/metabolism
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*Membrane Glycoproteins
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Mice
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Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 1
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Pregnenediones/metabolism/*pharmacology
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Promoter Regions, Genetic
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
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Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism
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Receptors, Steroid/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism
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Transcription Factors/*antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Transcriptional Activation/drug effects
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Transfection
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Tumor Cells, Cultured
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
