title: Research of an in vitro model to study the expression of fatty acid-binding proteins in the small intestine.
abstract: In order to find an in vitro model for studying the regulation of the biosynthesis of the cytoplasmic Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins (FABPc) expressed in the small intestine, Intestinal- and Liver- (I- and L-) FABPc expressions were tested by Northern blotting in 8 normal or cancerous intestinal cell lines from man, mouse and rat and in organ culture of mouse jejunal explants. Neither I- nor L-FABPc mRNA was detected in any cell strains tested except in the highly differentiated human enterocyte-like intestinal cell line Caco-2. In this line, Northern blot analysis revealed a single messenger of about 0.7 kb corresponding to the L-FABPc. A two-fold increase in mRNA L-FABPc occurred in differentiated Caco-2 cells treated for 7 days with 0.05 mM bezafibrate, a peroxisome-proliferating hypolipidemic drug. The lack of I-FABPc messengers in this strain led us to seek another in vitro model. I- and L-FABPc messengers were found using an organ culture of mouse jejunal explants. A clear rise in I- and, especially, L-FABPc mRNA levels occurred 6 and 24 hr after the addition of 0.05 mM bezafibrate in the culture medium.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Nutrition, EA DRED 580, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mallordy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Besnard
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Carlier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002460:Cell Line; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D051381:Rats; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; C107608:FABP7 protein, human; C082667:Fabp5 protein, mouse; C086936:Fabp7 protein, mouse; C490174:Fabp7 protein, rat; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins