title: 9-cis-retinoic acid enhances fatty acid-induced expression of the liver fatty acid-binding protein gene.
abstract: The role of retinoic acids (RA) on liver fatty acid-binding protein (L-FABP) expression was investigated in the well differentiated FAO rat hepatoma cell line. 9-cis-Retinoic acid (9-cis-RA) specifically enhanced L-FABP mRNA levels in a time- and dose-dependent manner. The higher induction was found 6 h after addition of 10(-6) M 9-cis-RA in the medium. RA also enhanced further both L-FABP mRNA levels and cytosolic L-FABP protein content induced by oleic acid. The retinoid X receptor (RXR) and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR), which are known to be activated, respectively, by 9-cis-RA and long chain fatty acid (LCFA), co-operated to bind specifically the peroxisome proliferator-responsive element (PPRE) found upstream of the L-FABP gene. Our result suggest that the PPAR-RXR complex is the molecular target by which 9-cis-RA and LCFA regulate the L-FABP gene.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Nutrition, E.A. DRED 580, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Poirier
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Braissant
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Niot
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wahli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Besnard
mesh_terms: D000077556:Alitretinoin; D000818:Animals; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D019281:Dimerization; D004357:Drug Synergism; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008830:Microbodies / Q000378:metabolism; D018996:Myelin P2 Protein / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D047488:Retinoid X Receptors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; C493320:Fabp1 protein, mouse; C493321:Fabp1 protein, rat; C490174:Fabp7 protein, rat; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D018996:Myelin P2 Protein; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D047488:Retinoid X Receptors; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000077556:Alitretinoin; D014212:Tretinoin