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Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2022 Sep 27;1868(12):166563. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2022.166563. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder with unclear etiology. Evidence showed that immunoinflammatory dysregulation was involved in the pathogenesis. Bile acids, as important participants of hepatoenteric circulation, play a vital role in immunoinflammatory regulation through peripheral blood circulation. However, whether it has effects on rosacea remains unknown.

METHODS: Here, we performed a bile acid analysis on the serum samples of rosacea patients and healthy controls. Then we gavage G protein-coupled bile acid receptor 1 (TGR5) knockout mice with lithocholic acid (LCA) based on a LL37-induced rosacea-like model. We further overexpress TGR5 in HaCaT keratinocytes to figure out the downstream pathway.

RESULTS: We found varied bile acid profile in the peripheral blood circulation of patients, especially the most significant increase in LCA. LCA promoted skin inflammation in LL37-induced rosacea-like mouse model. Our in vivo and in vitro results further demonstrated that LCA induced inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, thus exacerbated rosacea-like skin inflammation, via TGR5 in keratinocytes and LL37-induced rosacea-like mouse model.

CONCLUSIONS: Therefore, we conclude that LCA promotes skin inflammation of rosacea via TGR5, and LCA-TGR5 axis may be a novel therapeutic target for rosacea.

PMID:36174876 | DOI:10.1016/j.bbadis.2022.166563

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