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The farnesoid X receptor (\n FXR<\/jats:italic>\n ) plays a critical role in the regulation of BA homeostasis. Consequently, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of\n FXR<\/jats:italic>\n -mediated BA metabolism following stimulation with high concentrations of free fatty acids (FFA).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n \n In vivo<\/jats:italic>\n , liver tissue from healthy control cows (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f6; with hepatic TAG\u202f&lt;\u202f1%) and fatty liver cows (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f6; with hepatic TAG\u202f&gt;\u202f2%) were used to evaluate the factors related to BA metabolism.\n In vitro<\/jats:italic>\n , hepatocytes isolated from three healthy female calves were exposed to either 1.2\u202fm\n M<\/jats:italic>\n FFAs or kept as controls to simulate metabolic distress. Subsequently, hepatocytes were treated with either 5 \u00b5\n M<\/jats:italic>\n of the\n FXR<\/jats:italic>\n activator GW4064 or 5 \u00b5\n M<\/jats:italic>\n of the\n FXR<\/jats:italic>\n inhibitor (Z)-guggulsterone with or without the addition of 1.2\u202fm\n M<\/jats:italic>\n FFAs.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Our findings indicate that both\n in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n and\n in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n exposure to FFAs was associated with increased mRNA and protein abundance of bile acid synthesis-related factors (\n CYP7A1<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n CYP8B1<\/jats:italic>\n ) and mRNA expression of\n CYP7B1<\/jats:italic>\n . Conversely, the expression of BA synthesis-related factors (\n FXR<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n CYP27A1<\/jats:italic>\n ) and BA transporters (\n ABCC2<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n ABCB11<\/jats:italic>\n ) were diminished in fatty liver cows compared to controls. Furthermore, compared to the control group, fatty acid synthesis-related factors (\n SREBF1<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n ACC1<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n FASN<\/jats:italic>\n ), a mitochondrial dysfunction marker (\n VDAC1<\/jats:italic>\n ), and oxidative stress indicators (ROS, H\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n O\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n ) were upregulated in the FFA group. Additionally, cholesterol synthesis-related genes (\n SREBF2<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n HMGCR<\/jats:italic>\n ) were lower in the FFA group compared to the control group. Notably, compared to the FFA group, the GW4064 + FFA group showed reduced expression of\n CYP7A1<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n CYP8B1<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n CYP27A1<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n CYP7B1<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n SREBF1<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n ACC1<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n FASN<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n VDAC1<\/jats:italic>\n , along with decreased TAG, ROS, and H\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n O\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n in hepatocytes. Conversely, the expression of\n FXR<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n SREBF2<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n HMGCR<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n ABCC2<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n ABCB11<\/jats:italic>\n was higher in the GW4064\u202f+\u202fFFA group compared to the FFA group. Furthermore, the application of the\n FXR<\/jats:italic>\n inhibitor (Z)-guggulsterone yielded results that were contrary those observed with GW4064.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Discussion<\/jats:title>\n Overall, our data suggest that FXR activation by GW4064 effectively attenuated high FFA-induced BA and lipid accumulation in calf hepatocytes, which ultimately alleviated hepatocyte oxidative damage.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fvets.2026.1801528","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,30]],"date-time":"2026-04-30T05:41:19Z","timestamp":1777527679000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Influence of farnesoid X receptor (FXR) on lipid metabolism in calf hepatocytes exposed to high fatty acid levels"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Bin","family":"Jia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of 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