Lithocholyltaurine
Lithocholyltaurine is a bile salt formed in the liver from lithocholic acid conjugation with taurine, usually as the sodium salt. It solubilizes fats for absorption and is itself absorbed. Lithocholic acid, a hydrophobic secondary bile acid, is well known to cause intrahepatic cholestasis. There have been extensive studies on the mechanisms of lithocholate-induced cholestasis in animals. Lithocholate diminishes both the bile acid-dependent and independent bile flow. In humans, elevated levels of lithocholic acid are found in patients with chronic cholestatic liver disease. Lithocholyltaurine impairs both the bile canalicliar contractions and the canalicliar bile secretion, possibly by acting directly on the canalicliar membranes in lithocholyltaurine-induced cholestasis. Lithocholyltaurine induce acute cholestasis-associated with retrieval of the bile salt export pump. The bile salt export pump (BSEP) of hepatocyte secretes conjugated bile salts across the canalicliar membrane in an ATP-dependent manner. Hepatic retention of bile acids may lead to liver injury by hepatocyte apoptosis and eventually deterioration of cholestatic liver diseases. One mechanism of induced apoptosis by lithocholyltaurine is the induction of transcriptional activity of AP-1 (activation protein-1). (PMID: 16981261 , 15763547 , 16332456 , 18164257 ).
Structure for HMDB00722 (Lithocholyltaurine)
C26H45NO5S
483.704
483.301844245
2-[(4R)-4-[(2S,5R,15R)-5-hydroxy-2,15-dimethyltetracyclo[8.7.0.0²,⁷.0¹¹,¹⁵]heptadecan-14-yl]pentanamido]ethane-1-slifonic acid
2-[(4R)-4-[(2S,5R,15R)-5-hydroxy-2,15-dimethyltetracyclo[8.7.0.0²,⁷.0¹¹,¹⁵]heptadecan-14-yl]pentanamido]ethaneslifonic acid
516-90-5
QBYUNVOYXHFVKC-LVMSMGIASA-N
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Detected and Quantified
Liquid
Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum – 10V, PositiveNot Available
Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum – 20V, PositiveNot Available
Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum – 40V, PositiveNot Available
Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum – 10V, NegativeNot Available
Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum – 20V, NegativeNot Available
Predicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum – 40V, NegativeNot Available
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FDB022203
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C02592
TAUROLITHOCHOLATE
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HMDB00722
HMDB00722
5690
53477716
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36259
- Tadano T, Kanoh M, Matsumoto M, Sakamoto K, Kamano T: Studies of serum and feces bile acids determination by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Rinsho Byori. 2006 Feb;54(2):103-10. [PubMed:16548228 ]
- Lee BL, New AL, Ong CN: Comparative analysis of conjugated bile acids in human serum using high-performance liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis. J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl. 1997 Dec 19;704(1-2):35-42. [PubMed:9518169 ]
- Hayashi H, Takada T, Suzuki H, Onuki R, Hofmann AF, Sugiyama Y: Transport by vesicles of glycine- and taurine-conjugated bile salts and taurolithocholate 3-sulfate: a comparison of human BSEP with rat Bsep. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2005 Dec 30;1738(1-3):54-62. Epub 2005 Nov 15. [PubMed:16332456 ]
- Watanabe N, Kagawa T, Kojima S, Takashimizu S, Nagata N, Nishizaki Y, Mine T: Taurolithocholate impairs bile canalicular motility and canalicular bile secretion in isolated rat hepatocyte couplets. World J Gastroenterol. 2006 Sep 7;12(33):5320-5. [PubMed:16981261 ]
- Crocenzi FA, Basiglio CL, Perez LM, Portesio MS, Pozzi EJ, Roma MG: Silibinin prevents cholestasis-associated retrieval of the bile salt export pump, Bsep, in isolated rat hepatocyte couplets: possible involvement of cAMP. Biochem Pharmacol. 2005 Apr 1;69(7):1113-20. [PubMed:15763547 ]
- Pusl T, Vennegeerts T, Wimmer R, Denk GU, Beuers U, Rust C: Tauroursodeoxycholic acid reduces bile acid-induced apoptosis by modulation of AP-1. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Feb 29;367(1):208-12. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.12.122. Epub 2007 Dec 27. [PubMed:18164257 ]
Enzymes
- General function:
- Involved in sulfotransferase activity
- Specific function:
- Sulfotransferase that utilizes 3-phospho-5-adenylyl sulfate (PAPS) as sulfonate donor to catalyze the sulfonation of steroids and bile acids in the liver and adrenal glands.
- Gene Name:
- SULT2A1
- Uniprot ID:
- Q06520
- Molecular weight:
- 33779.57