title: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha ligands inhibit cardiac lipoprotein lipase activity.
abstract: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are ligand-activated transcription factors that regulate gene expression of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) in liver and adipose tissue. We examined the direct effect of PPAR-alpha ligands on LPL catalytic activity in cultured cardiomyocytes from adult rat heart. After overnight culture (16 h), 1 microM Wy-14643 and 10 microM BM-17.0744 decreased total cellular LPL activity to approximately 50% of control with no change in enzyme synthesis or mass; as a consequence, PPAR-alpha activation produced a significant decrease in LPL specific activity (mU/ng LPL protein). Wy-14643 and BM-17.0744 also reduced heparin-releasable LPL activity and mass in the culture medium. Inhibition of LPL activity by Wy-14643 did not reduce the ability of insulin plus dexamethasone to stimulate cellular and heparin-releasable LPL activities. A similar inhibitory effect on cellular and heparin-releasable LPL activity was observed when cardiomyocytes were cultured with 60 microM linoleic acid. In conclusion, two different PPAR-alpha ligands (Wy-14643 and BM-17.0744) inhibited cellular LPL activity in cultured cardiomyocytes by a posttranscriptional and posttranslational mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Severson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D007850:Lauric Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D008024:Ligands; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology*; D020025:Peroxisome Proliferators / Q000494:pharmacology; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C116893:2,2-dichloro-12-(p-chlorophenyl)-dodecanoic acid; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D007850:Lauric Acids; D008024:Ligands; D020025:Peroxisome Proliferators; D011743:Pyrimidines; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D014157:Transcription Factors; C006253:pirinixic acid; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase