Figure 1. Increased bile secretion following silencing of miR-33.
- Bile recovered from the gallbladder of mice (n = 5) on chow diet, injected with saline, and scrambled or anti-miR-33 oligonucleotides (5 mpk i.v., for 2 consecutive days). Animals were then kept for a week on chow and fasted overnight before sample collection.
- Levels of phosphatidylcholine (PC), cholesterol (chol) and bile acids present in gallbladder bile in the same mice.
- Relative expression of hepatic canalicular transporters in the same mice.
- A different group of mice (n = 6–8) was injected as described above. A week later, mice were anesthetized, the bile duct cannulated, and hepatic bile collected for 1 h.
- Levels of bile acids, phosphatidylcholine (PC), cholesterol (chol) present in bile from the last group of mice. Data shown as mean ± SEM. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.