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Although dietary cholesterol was shown to exacerbate fatty liver and liver injury in alcohol-fed mice, findings regarding the combined effect of dietary cholesterol and heavy alcohol drinking on cholesterol homeostasis remain controversial. Ezetimibe has been widely used as a cholesterol-lowering drug in hypercholesterolemic subjects. It is not fully understood whether ezetimibe blunts the adverse effect of cholesterol on lipid and biliary bile acid metabolism in alcohol-exposed mice. In the current study, wild-type mice were subjected to NIAAA alcohol feeding model. Dietary cholesterol (0.2%, w\/v) and ezetimibe (0.001%, w\/v) were added to the liquid diets. Cholesterol and triglyceride contents in the liver and circulation were determined. Biliary bile acid composition, as well as hepatic and circulating inflammatory markers were analyzed. We found that ezetimibe protected mice from the synergistic effects of dietary cholesterol and alcohol on hepatic triglyceride accumulation, which was accompanied by enhanced expression of genes involved in hepatic beta oxidation. Dietary cholesterol caused great increases in liver cholesterol content and dramatic reductions in the expression of hepatic cholesterol biosynthetic genes in both control- and alcohol-fed mice. These changes were normalized by ezetimibe treatment. Ezetimibe attenuated dietary cholesterol-induced elevations in total biliary bile acids. Moreover, mice fed a diet containing both cholesterol and alcohol exhibited increased expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (Mcp1) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (Tnf\u03b1) in the distal small intestine. 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