Journal: American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology
Article Title: Developmental regulation of the intestinal FGF19 system in domestic pigs.
doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00312.2017
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 4. Simplified representation of the fibroblast growth factor-19 (FGF19) system and its age-dependent pattern of development in pigs. A: activation of farnesoid X receptor (FXR) in ileal enterocytes by bile acids synthesized by the liver (primary) and gut microbiota (secondary) promotes FGF19 gene transcription and protein secretion into portal circulation (20). Subsequently, FGF19 acts on target cells via interaction with FGF receptors (mainly FGFR4) and the coreceptor -Klotho, which provide to cells their specific responsiveness to FGF19 (17). In liver, FGF19 represses critical enzymes for bile acid synthesis (CYP7A1 and CYP4A21), thereby contributing to a retroinhibitory mechanism of homeostasis for bile acids (20). The action of FGF19 in liver also involves metabolic targets related to protein and glucose metabolism (19). Data reported herein suggest that FGF19 serves regulatory roles, not only in liver (metabolic homeostasis), but also in the intestine (autocrine action) during early life (dashed lines). SHP, small heterodimer partner. B: in pigs, the localization of FGF19 expression in ileum is acquired during lactation, and maximum FGF19 expression and secretion is attained in adulthood. These events correlate with a time-dependent increase in the proportion of primary bile acids that are transformed by gut microbiota into bile acid species that are more potent agonists of FXR. FGF19 receptors also follow an age-dependent pattern of development, showing remarkably high levels of expression in the upper small intestine during the neonatal phase and in liver soon after weaning.
Article Snippet: FGF19 protein levels were quantified in plasma (100 l) using a pig FGF19 ELISA Kit (CSB-E17583p; Cusabio).
Techniques: Activation Assay, Synthesized, Expressing, Transformation Assay