title: PPARalpha activation by Wy 14643 induces transactivation of the rat UCP-1 promoter without increasing UCP-1 mRNA levels and attenuates PPARgamma-mediated increases in UCP-1 mRNA levels induced by rosiglitazone in fetal rat brown adipocytes.
abstract: Rodent brown adipocytes express peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-alpha (PPARalpha) and PPARgamma and while the rodent uncoupling protein-1 (UCP-1) gene contains a putative peroxisome proliferator response element (PPRE), only PPARgamma activation by thiazolidinediones increase UCP-1 mRNA levels. We have investigated this phenomenon in foetal rat brown adipocytes (FBA) and show that although transactivation occurs in FBA containing a plasmid encoding 4.5kb of the 5'-flanking region of the rat UCP-1 promoter ((-4551)-UCP-1-CAT) treated with either the selective PPARgamma agonist rosiglitazone (1.0 microM) or the selective PPARalpha agonist Wy 14643 (10.0 microM), only rosiglitazone induced transcription of UCP-1 mRNA. Furthermore, Wy 14643 (10 and 100.0 microM) abolished rosiglitazone-induced UCP-1 mRNA induction in spite of a transactivation event occurring with the combination treatment. Thus in FBA PPARalpha-activation with Wy 14643 elicits a "blind" transactivation of the UCP-1 promoter which can prevent PPARgamma-mediated UCP-1 mRNA transcription either by competition for the PPRE or by an unidentified post-transcriptional event.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Biology, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Harlow, CM19 5AW, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teruel
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Clapham
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D000077556:Alitretinoin; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D020025:Peroxisome Proliferators / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000819:agonists*; D000077154:Rosiglitazone; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D045162:Thiazolidinediones; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000819:agonists*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D014162:Transfection; D014212:Tretinoin; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D020025:Peroxisome Proliferators; D011743:Pyrimidines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D013844:Thiazoles; D045162:Thiazolidinediones; D014157:Transcription Factors; C000604373:Ucp1 protein, rat; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1; D000077154:Rosiglitazone; D000077556:Alitretinoin; D014212:Tretinoin; C006253:pirinixic acid