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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2015 Jan 28;283(3):168–177. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2015.01.015

Table 3. Gene Expression Changes after TCA Treatment.

Human or mouse hepatocytes were treated with the indicated concentration of taurocholic acid (TCA) and then RT-PCR was used to assess gene changes. No changes were found at 50 or 500 μM TCA treatment in human hepatocytes (data not shown). N=3.

Murine
Hepatocytes
Control 5000μM TCA
mKC 1.0 ± 0.1 25.1 ± 4.6*
MIP-2 1.0 ± 0.1 780.0 ± 122.0*
VCAM-1 1.0 ± 0.2 3.9 ± 0.2*
ICAM-1 1.0 ± 0.1 7.4 ± 0.3*
TNF-α 1.0 ± 0.2 2.2 ± 0.4*
Human
Hepatocytes
Control 5000μM TCA
CXCL-1
(mKC)
1.0 ± 0.4 1.3 ± 0.4
CXCL-2
(MIP-2)
1.0 ± 0.4 0.8 ± 0.1
ICAM-1 1.0 ± 0.1 1.5 ± 0.4
IL-8 1.0 ± 0.2 2.4 ± 0.4*
*

P<0.05 (versus control).

mKC, mouse keratinocyte derived factor; MIP-2, macrophage inflammatory protein 2; VCAM-1, vascular cellular adhesion molecule-1; ICAM-1, intercellular adhesion molecule-1; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor α; CXCL, CXC chemokine motif ligand; IL-8, interleukin-8.