title: Differential induction of genes in liver and brown adipose tissue regulated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha during fasting and cold exposure in acyl-CoA dehydrogenase-deficient mice.
abstract: Mice deficient for either long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCAD-/-) or very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (VLCAD-/-) develop hepatic steatosis upon fasting, due to disrupted mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation. Moreover, neither mouse model can maintain core body temperature when exposed to cold. We investigated the effects of fasting and cold exposure on gene expression in these mice. Non-fasted LCAD-/- mice showed gene expression changes indicative of fatty liver, including elevated mRNA levels for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) and genes involved in lipogenesis. In LCAD-/- and VLCAD-/- mice challenged with fasting and cold exposure, expression of fatty acid oxidation genes was elevated in liver, consistent with increased PPARalpha activity. This effect was not seen in brown adipose tissue, suggesting that expression of these genes may be regulated differently than in liver. The effect of acute cold exposure on expression of fatty acid oxidation genes was measured in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-alpha-deficient mice (PPARalpha-/-) and controls. In PPARalpha-/- mice, basal expression of the acyl-CoA dehydrogenases was reduced in liver but was not altered in brown adipose tissue. While cold altered the expression of PPARgamma, sterol-regulatory element binding protein-1 (SREBP-1), ATP citrate lyase, and the uncoupling proteins in brown adipose tissue from both PPARalpha-/- and control mice, fatty acid oxidation genes were unaffected. Thus, while fatty acid oxidation appears critical for non-shivering thermogenesis, expression of the acyl-CoA dehydrogenases is not influenced by cold exposure. Moreover, mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation genes are not regulated by PPARalpha in brown adipose tissue as they are in liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Goetzman
authors.forename: Liqun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Philip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D015094:3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism; D001275:ATP Citrate (pro-S)-Lyase / Q000378:metabolism; D000102:Acetyl-CoA C-Acyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D042964:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase / Q000172:deficiency*; D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000378:metabolism*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019748:Carbon-Carbon Double Bond Isomerases / Q000378:metabolism; D003080:Cold Temperature; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004746:Enoyl-CoA Hydratase / Q000378:metabolism; D005215:Fasting / Q000378:metabolism*; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D047493:PPAR alpha / Q000378:metabolism*; D019998:Racemases and Epimerases / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D047493:PPAR alpha; C497388:Srebf1 protein, mouse; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors; C038784:fatty acid oxidation complex; D015094:3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases; D042964:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase; D000102:Acetyl-CoA C-Acyltransferase; D001275:ATP Citrate (pro-S)-Lyase; D004746:Enoyl-CoA Hydratase; D019998:Racemases and Epimerases; D019748:Carbon-Carbon Double Bond Isomerases