Lithocholic acid

Catalog No.S4003 Batch:S400304

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Technical Data

Formula

C24H40O3
Molecular Weight 376.57 CAS No. 434-13-9
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 75 mg/mL (199.16 mM)
Ethanol 19 mg/mL (50.45 mM)
Water Insoluble
* <1 mg/ml means slightly soluble or insoluble.
* Please note that Selleck tests the solubility of all compounds in-house, and the actual solubility may differ slightly from published values. This is normal and is due to slight batch-to-batch variations.
* Room temperature shipping (Stability testing shows this product can be shipped without any cooling measures.)

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Biological Activity

Description Lithocholic acid is a toxic secondary bile acid, causes intrahepatic cholestasis, has tumor-promoting activity, its toxic effect can be protected after it activates the vitamin D receptor, PXR and FXR.
Targets
FXR [1] PXR [1] vitamin D receptor [1]
In vitro

Lithocholic acid (LCA) is a hydrophobic secondary bile acid that is primarily formed in the intestine by the bacterial 7α-dehydroxylation of chenodeoxycholic acid. LCA causes intrahepatic cholestasis (cessation or impairment of bile flow). LCA activates PXR (pregnane X receptor), and the LCA-induced severe liver damage can be protected by the activation of PXR. [1] LCA can activate farnesoid X receptor (FXR) with EC50 of 3.8 μM. [2] LCA directly binds VDR (vitamin D receptor) with Ki of 29μM, activates VDR (vitamin D receptor) 30 μM, with much more sensitivity than the other nuclear receptors (eg. PXR, FXR), and its toxic effect is thus protected. [3] LCA has tumor-promoting activity, inhibits mammalian DNA Polymerase β with IC50 of 15 μM. [4]
In vivo

Administration of LCA and its conjugates to rodents causes intrahepatic cholestasis,a pathogenic state characterized by decreased bile flow and the accumulation of bile constituents in the liver and blood. [1] In DMH (dimethyldydrazine)-induced murine carcinogenesis model, LCA suppresses apoptosis almost completely in premalignant colon. [5] LCA activates VDR, induces expression in vivo of CYP3A, a cytochrome P450 enzyme that detoxifies LCA in the liver and intestine. [3]

Protocol (from reference)

Kinase Assay:

[3]
  • Competitive ligand binding assay.

    Ligand binding is performed using lysates from COS-7 cells transfected with expression plasmids for VDR or RXRα. Binding is performed overnight at 4°C in lysate buffer with 0.71 nM (18 Ci/mmol) [3H]1,25(OH)2D3 and bile acid competitor. Unbound [3H]1,25(OH)2D3 is removed by adsorption to dextran-coated charcoal and the supernatant removed for scintillation counting. Ki values are calculated from a computer fit of competition curves from triplicate assays.
Animal Study:

[1]
  • Animal Models

    Mouse

  • Dosages

    0.125 mg/g, twice a day for 4 days.

  • Administration

    i.p.

Selleck's Lithocholic acid has been cited by 5 publications

Vitamin D3 suppresses the cholesterol homeostasis pathway in patient-derived glioma cell lines [ FEBS Open Bio, 2023, 13(9):1789-1806] PubMed: 37489660
Vitamin D3 suppresses the cholesterol homeostasis pathway in patient-derived glioma cell lines [ FEBS Open Bio, 2023, 13(9):1789-1806] PubMed: 37489660
Jiangzhi granule attenuates non-alcoholic steatohepatitis through modulating bile acid in mice fed high-fat vitamin D deficiency diet [ Biomed Pharmacother, 2022, 149:112825] PubMed: 35305348
Drug repositioning as a therapeutic strategy for neurodegenerations associated with OPA1 mutations [ Hum Mol Genet, 2020, ddaa244] PubMed: 33231680
Production of Functional Hepatobiliary Organoids from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells [ Int J Stem Cells, 2020, 10.15283/ijsc20152] PubMed: 33377458

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