title: Liver type fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP) gene ablation reduces nuclear ligand distribution and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha activity in cultured primary hepatocytes.
abstract: The effect of liver type fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP) gene ablation on the uptake and distribution of long chain fatty acids (LCFA) to the nucleus by real-time laser scanning confocal imaging and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPARalpha) activity was examined in cultured primary hepatocytes from livers wild-type L-FABP+/+ and gene ablated L-FABP-/- mice. Cultured primary hepatocytes from livers of L-FABP-/- mice exhibited: (i) reduced oxidation of palmitic acid, a common dietary long chain fatty acid (LCFA); (ii) reduced expression of fatty acid oxidative enzymes-proteins transcriptionally regulated by PPARalpha; (iii) reduced palmitic acid-induced PPARalpha co-immunoprecipitation with coactivator SRC-1 concomitant with increased PPARalpha co-immunoprecipitation with coinhibitor N-CoR; (iv) reduced palmitic acid-induced PPARalpha. Diminished PPARalpha activation in L-FABP null hepatocytes was associated with lower uptake of common dietary LCFA (palmitic acid as well as its fluorescent derivative BODIPY FL C(16)), reduced level of total unesterified LCFA, and real-time redistribution of BODIPY FL C(16) from the central nucleoplasm to the nuclear envelope. Taken together, these studies support the hypothesis that L-FABP may facilitate ligand (LCFA)-activated PPARalpha transcriptional activity at least in part by increasing total LCFA ligand available to PPARalpha for inducing PPARalpha-mediated transcription of proteins involved in LCFA metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, TVMC College Station, TX 77843-4466, USA.
authors.forename: Avery L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: McIntosh
authors.forename: Barbara P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Atshaves
authors.forename: Heather A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Hostetler
authors.forename: Huan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Olga I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Lyuksyutova
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Landrock
authors.forename: Ann B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Kier
authors.forename: Friedhelm
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schroeder
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D008024:Ligands; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D047493:PPAR alpha / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C493320:Fabp1 protein, mouse; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D008024:Ligands; D047493:PPAR alpha