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Activation of extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 promotes hepatocyte proliferation in response to growth stimuli, but whether constitutive hepatocyte ERK1/2 signaling functions in liver physiology is unknown. To examine the role of ERK1/2 in hepatic homeostasis, the effects of a knockout of  Erk1  and/or  Erk2  in mouse liver were examined. The livers of mice with a global  Erk1  knockout or a tamoxifen‐inducible, hepatocyte‐specific  Erk2  knockout were normal. In contrast,  Erk1/2  double‐knockout mice developed hepatomegaly and hepatitis by serum transaminases, histology, terminal deoxynucleotide transferase‐mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick end‐labeling, and assays of hepatic inflammation. Liver injury was associated with biochemical evidence of cholestasis with increased serum and hepatic bile acids and led to hepatic fibrosis and mortality. RNA sequencing and polymerase chain reaction analysis of double‐knockout mouse livers revealed that the rate‐limiting bile acid synthesis gene  Cyp7a1  ( cholesterol 7α‐hydroxylase ) was up‐regulated in concert with decreased expression of the transcriptional repressor  short heterodimer partner . Elevated bile acids were the mechanism of liver injury, as bile acid reduction by SC‐435, an inhibitor of the ileal apical sodium–dependent bile acid transporter, prevented liver injury.  Conclusion:  Constitutive ERK1 and ERK2 signaling has a redundant but critical physiological function in the down‐regulation of hepatic bile acid synthesis to maintain normal liver homeostasis.

Redundant Functions of ERK1 and ERK2 Maintain Mouse Liver Homeostasis Through Down‐Regulation of Bile Acid Synthesis