miR-148a-mediated estrogen-induced cholestasis in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy: Role of PXR/MRP3

• Published in: PloS one 2017-06, Vol.12 (6), p.e0178702-e0178702
• Main Authors: Rao, Zhou-Zhou, Zhang, Xiao-Wen, Ding, Yi-Ling, Yang, Meng-Yuan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 17β-Estradiol; Acids; Analysis; Apoptosis; Bile; Bile Acids and Salts - blood; Bile Acids and Salts - secretion; Biology and Life Sciences; Cell Line; Cholestasis; Cholestasis, Intrahepatic - genetics; Cholestasis, Intrahepatic - metabolism; DNA methylation; Estradiol - pharmacology; Estradiol - physiology; Estradiol - secretion; Estrogens; Female; Gallbladder diseases; Gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation; Genes, Reporter; Genetic aspects; Genetic engineering; Gynecology; Health aspects; Hepatitis; Hepatocytes - drug effects; Hepatocytes - secretion; Humans; In vitro methods and tests; Inhibition; Liver; Liver cancer; Liver diseases; Medicine and Health Sciences; MicroRNAs - genetics; MicroRNAs - physiology; Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins - physiology; Obstetrics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications - genetics; Pregnancy Complications - metabolism; Pregnant women; Proteins; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Receptors, Steroid - physiology; Research and Analysis Methods; Rifampin; Risk factors; RNA Interference; RNA, Small Interfering - genetics; Rodents; Secretion; Sex hormones; Signal Transduction - physiology; Silence; siRNA; Transduction, Genetic; Up-Regulation; Western blotting
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178702

Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is an idiopathic liver disease while the biochemical characteristic is the elevated level of total bile acid (TBA). The present study investigated whether miR-148a mediates the induced effect of estrogen on the development of ICP and the proper mechanism: PXR/MRP3 signal pathway. mRNA expression was detected by qPCR, protein expression was detected by western blotting, the concentration of estrogen and TBA were detected by reagent kit respectively. In the cinical research, it was found that miR-148a expression was positive related with the concentration of TBA in the serum of ICP patients. In in vitro research, estradiol (500 nmol/L, 12 h) significantly upregulated miR-148a expression and LV-148a-siRNA inhibited the function of estradiol (500 nmol/L, 48 h) on TBA secretion. In addition, gene silence of miR-148a upregulated PXR expression which was inhibited by estradiol in LO2 cells. Pretreatment of rifampin (10 μmol/L), the agonist of PXR alleviated the TBA secretion induced by estradiol (500 nmol/L, 48 h). miR-148a-siRNA and PXR had a synergistic action on TBA secretion of LO2. Both of miR-148a-siRNA and rifampin (10 μmol/L) inhibited the upregulated effect of estradiol on MRP3 expression. This research has demonstrated that miR-148a may be involved in the induction of estrogen on ICP via PXR signal pathway, and MRP3 may be involved.