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Tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA), a hydrophilic bile acid, has been shown to reduce endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and counteract apoptosis in different pathologies. We aimed to investigate the therapeutic potential of TUDCA in experimental secondary biliary liver fibrosis in mice, induced by common bile duct ligation. The kinetics of the hepatic UPR and apoptosis during the development of biliary fibrosis was studied by measuring markers at six different timepoints post-surgery by qPCR and Western blot. Next, we investigated the therapeutic potential of TUDCA, 10 mg\/kg\/day in drinking water, on liver damage (AST\/ALT levels) and fibrosis (Sirius red-staining), in both a preventive and therapeutic setting. Common bile duct ligation resulted in the increased protein expression of CCAAT\/enhancer-binding protein homologous protein (CHOP) at all timepoints, along with upregulation of pro-apoptotic caspase 3 and 12, tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 1A (TNFRsf1a) and Fas-Associated protein with Death Domain (FADD) expression. Treatment with TUDCA led to a significant reduction of liver fibrosis, accompanied by a slight reduction of liver damage, decreased hepatic protein expression of CHOP and reduced gene and protein expression of pro-apoptotic markers. These data indicate that TUDCA exerts a beneficial effect on liver fibrosis in a model of cholestatic liver disease, and suggest that this effect might, at least in part, be attributed to decreased hepatic UPR signaling and apoptotic cell death.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms18010214","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,1,20]],"date-time":"2017-01-20T10:10:12Z","timestamp":1484907012000},"page":"214","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["Modulation of the Unfolded Protein Response by Tauroursodeoxycholic Acid Counteracts Apoptotic Cell Death and Fibrosis in a Mouse Model for Secondary Biliary Liver Fibrosis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Annelies","family":"Paridaens","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sarah","family":"Raevens","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lindsey","family":"Devisscher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eliene","family":"Bogaerts","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xavier","family":"Verhelst","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anne","family":"Hoorens","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hans","family":"Van Vlierberghe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0990-7034","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Leo","family":"Van Grunsven","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Liver Cell Biology Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1090 Brussels, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anja","family":"Geerts","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9109-7570","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Isabelle","family":"Colle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,1,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"14","DOI":"10.1034\/j.1600-0676.2002.00002.x","article-title":"Cholestatic liver disease: Pathophysiology and therapeutic options","volume":"22","author":"Hofmann","year":"2002","journal-title":"Liver"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1481","DOI":"10.1053\/j.gastro.2010.09.004","article-title":"Pathogenesis of cholestatic liver disease and therapeutic approaches","volume":"139","author":"Hirschfield","year":"2010","journal-title":"Gastroenterology"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1677","DOI":"10.3748\/wjg.15.1677","article-title":"Bile-acid-induced cell injury and protection","volume":"15","author":"Perez","year":"2009","journal-title":"World J. 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