title: Identification of peroxisome proliferator-responsive human genes by elevated expression of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha in HepG2 cells.
abstract: In mice and other sensitive species, PPARalpha mediates the induction of mitochondrial, microsomal, and peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation, peroxisome proliferation, liver enlargement, and tumors by peroxisome proliferators. In order to identify PPARalpha-responsive human genes, HepG2 cells were engineered to express PPARalpha at concentrations similar to mouse liver. This resulted in the dramatic induction of mRNAs encoding the mitochondrial HMG-CoA synthase and increases in fatty acyl-CoA synthetase (3-8-fold) and carnitine palmitoyl-CoA transferase IA (2-4-fold) mRNAs that were dependent on PPARalpha expression and enhanced by exposure to the PPARalpha agonist Wy14643. A PPAR response element was identified in the proximal promoter of the human HMG-CoA synthase gene that is functional in its native context. These data suggest that humans retain a capacity for PPARalpha regulation of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and ketogenesis. Human liver is refractory to peroxisome proliferation, and increased expression of mRNAs for the peroxisomal fatty acyl-CoA oxidase, bifunctional enzyme, or thiolase, which accompanies peroxisome proliferation in responsive species, was not evident following Wy14643 treatment of cells expressing elevated levels of PPARalpha. Additionally, no significant differences were seen for the expression of apolipoprotein AI, AII, or CIII; medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase; or stearoyl-CoA desaturase mRNAs.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Savas
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000378:metabolism; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II / Q000378:metabolism; D053305:Apolipoprotein C-III; D001056:Apolipoproteins C / Q000378:metabolism; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008156:Luciferases / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D020675:Peroxisomes / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012260:Ribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism; D013937:Thymidine Kinase / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D053305:Apolipoprotein C-III; D001056:Apolipoproteins C; D005227:Fatty Acids; D011743:Pyrimidines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D014157:Transcription Factors; C008047:3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A; C006253:pirinixic acid; D008156:Luciferases; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase; D013937:Thymidine Kinase; D012260:Ribonucleases; D010100:Oxygen