title: Up-regulation of uncoupling protein 3 gene expression by fatty acids and agonists for PPARs in L6 myotubes.
abstract: Uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3), which uncouples electron transport from ATP synthesis, is expressed at high levels in the skeletal muscle, an important organ in glucose and lipid metabolism. Because several reports proposed that fatty acids induced UCP3 gene expression in skeletal muscle in vivo, in the present study we examined the regulation of UCP3 gene expression by various fatty acids using L6 myotubes. UCP3 gene expression was increased in L6 myotubes by various fatty acids or by alpha-bromopalmitate, a nonmetabolized derivative of palmitic acid. Because fatty acids are also known as agonists for PPARs, we examined the involvement of PPARs in the regulation of the UCP3 gene expression. L-165041, a PPAR delta agonist, increased UCP3 gene expression in L6 myotubes, whereas neither Wy 14,643, a PPAR alpha agonist, nor Pioglitazone, a PPAR gamma agonist, increased it. Therefore, we conclude that UCP3 gene expression is increased by the activation of PPAR delta in L6 myotubes and postulate that PPAR delta mediates at least some part of the increased UCP3 gene expression by fatty acids in skeletal muscle in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hosoda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fujikura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yonemitsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwakura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masuzaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshimasa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002460:Cell Line; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D007473:Ion Channels; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000819:agonists / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000819:agonists / Q000502:physiology*; D000071247:Uncoupling Protein 3; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D007473:Ion Channels; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D014157:Transcription Factors; C000604394:Ucp3 protein, rat; D000071247:Uncoupling Protein 3