title: Ethanol specifically decreases peroxisome proliferator activated receptor beta in B12 oligodendrocyte-like cells.
abstract: Peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear receptors that control important genes involved in lipid metabolism. Their role in nerve cells is uncertain, although anomalous myelination of the corpus callosum has been described in the PPARbeta-null mouse, and abnormalities of this tissue have been documented in fetal alcohol syndrome in humans. We report here that ethanol treatment of B12 oligodendrocyte-like cells induces a concentration- and time-dependent decrease in the mRNA and protein levels of PPARbeta, with no effect on PPARalpha or PPARgamma. The effect on PPARbeta is seen as an increase in mRNA degradation, as assessed by run-off assays, due to a significant decrease in PPARbeta mRNA half-life, with no observed changes in intracellular localization. Our results suggest a possible link between PPARbeta function and ethanol-induced abnormal myelination in oligodendrocytes.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Millenium Institute for Fundamental and Applied Biology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Andrea V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Leisewitz
authors.forename: Juan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Perez-Alzola
authors.forename: Karen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Fuenzalida
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Nibaldo C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Inestrosa
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bronfman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020871:RNA Stability / Q000187:drug effects; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000431:Ethanol