title: Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid regulation of gene expression.
abstract: This review describes the mechanisms by which polyunsaturated fatty acids regulate the activity of the nuclear transcription factors, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor and sterol regulatory element binding protein-1, and it describes the role that the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor and sterol regulatory element binding protein-1 play in coordinating the regulation of lipid synthesis, lipid oxidation, and thermogenesis. Finally, the requirement for dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids, particularly n-3 fatty acids, is defined in terms of the effects polyunsaturated fatty acids exert on gene expression and the role that these effects play in overall energy balance.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nutritional Sciences, and the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 78712-1097, USA. pprice@mail.utexas.edu
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000235:genetics; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; C497387:SREBF1 protein, human; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors