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Wu X, Zhang T, Bossuyt J, Li X, McKinsey TA, Dedman JR, Olson EN, Chen J, Brown JH, Bers DM. Local InsP3-dependent perinuclear Ca2+ signaling in cardiac myocyte excitation-transcription coupling. J Clin Invest 2006; 116:675-82. [PMID: 16511602 PMCID: PMC1386110 DOI: 10.1172/jci27374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 369] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2005] [Accepted: 01/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Previous work showed that calmodulin (CaM) and Ca2+-CaM-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) are somehow involved in cardiac hypertrophic signaling, that inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (InsP3Rs) in ventricular myocytes are mainly in the nuclear envelope, where they associate with CaMKII, and that class II histone deacetylases (e.g., HDAC5) suppress hypertrophic gene transcription. Furthermore, HDAC phosphorylation in response to neurohumoral stimuli that induce hypertrophy, such as endothelin-1 (ET-1), activates HDAC nuclear export, thereby regulating cardiac myocyte transcription. Here we demonstrate a detailed mechanistic convergence of these 3 issues in adult ventricular myocytes. We show that ET-1, which activates plasmalemmal G protein-coupled receptors and InsP3 production, elicits local nuclear envelope Ca2+ release via InsP3R. This local Ca2+ release activates nuclear CaMKII, which triggers HDAC5 phosphorylation and nuclear export (derepressing transcription). Remarkably, this Ca2+-dependent pathway cannot be activated by the global Ca2+ transients that cause contraction at each heartbeat. This novel local Ca2+ signaling in excitation-transcription coupling is analogous to but separate (and insulated) from that involved in excitation-contraction coupling. Thus, myocytes can distinguish simultaneous local and global Ca2+ signals involved in contractile activation from those targeting gene expression.
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- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/physiology
- Animals
- Calcium Channels/deficiency
- Calcium Channels/genetics
- Calcium Signaling/physiology
- Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2
- Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Calmodulin/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Endothelin-1/physiology
- Histone Deacetylases/metabolism
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate/physiology
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Myocytes, Cardiac/enzymology
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Myocytes, Cardiac/physiology
- Nuclear Envelope/enzymology
- Nuclear Envelope/metabolism
- Nuclear Envelope/physiology
- Rabbits
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/deficiency
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic/physiology
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Multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized by accumulation of monoclonal plasma cells in the bone marrow and progression of lytic bone lesions. MM cells enhance bone resorption by triggering a coordinated increase in RANK ligand and decrease in osteoprotegerin in the bone marrow. Macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1alpha and (MIP)-1beta are secreted by MM cells, and play a major role in the enhancement of bone resorption by MM cells. Furthermore, the growth and survival of MM cells are enhanced by contact with osteoclasts (OCs) suggesting the presence of a vicious cycle between OCs and MM cells. OCs also enhance angiogenesis in concert with MM cells largely through the cooperative actions of osteopontin from OCs and VEGF from MM cells. The angiogenic effect may further facilitate the vicious cycle between bone destruction and MM cell expansion. In addition, MM cells secrete soluble factor(s) to suppress bone formation. Secreted Frizzled-related protein (sFRP)-2, an inhibitor of Wingless type (Wnt) binding to Frizzled, is produced by most MM cells, and immunodepletion of sFRP-2 abrogates the inhibition of bone formation. Thus, MM cells enhance bone resorption and suppress bone formation to cause destructive bone lesions. Further elucidation of the mechanism of bone destruction by MM may lead to a novel therapeutic approach to prevent bone destruction and tumor growth.
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Glass DA, Karsenty G. Canonical Wnt Signaling in Osteoblasts Is Required for Osteoclast Differentiation. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006; 1068:117-30. [PMID: 16831912 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1346.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Inactivation of Lrp5, a gene encoding a likely Wnt co-receptor, results in low bone mass (osteopenia) by decreasing bone formation, suggesting that Wnt signaling in osteoblasts regulates bone formation. Here we show that Tcf1 and Tcf4 are expressed in osteoblasts during development and after birth; stabilization of beta-catenin, an essential component of canonical Wnt signaling, in differentiated osteoblasts results in high bone mass while its deletion from differentiated osteoblasts leads to osteopenia. Histological analysis showed that these mutations affect bone resorption. Cellular and molecular studies showed that beta-catenin together with TCF proteins regulates in osteoblasts the expression of Osteoprotegerin, a major inhibitor of osteoclast differentiation. These findings demonstrate that, in differentiated osteoblasts, beta-catenin and presumably Wnt signaling are negative regulators of osteoclast differentiation; thus they broaden our knowledge about functions that Wnt proteins may have at various stages of skeletogenesis.
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Ding X, Lichti K, Staudinger JL. The mycoestrogen zearalenone induces CYP3A through activation of the pregnane X receptor. Toxicol Sci 2006; 91:448-55. [PMID: 16547076 PMCID: PMC2981864 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfj163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Zearalenone is a mycoestrogen that is produced in the fungi Fusarium graminearum, Fusarium culmorum, Fusarium equiseti, and Fusarium crookwellense. These fungi commonly exist in agricultural products. Human pregnane X receptor (hPXR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that regulates the expression of numerous hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes, including several clinically important cytochrome P450s. In this report, we show that zearalenone is an efficacious ligand for hPXR. We also describe the creation and validation of a novel adenoviral-mediated transduction protocol used to express functional FLAG-tagged-hPXR protein in a transformed cell line (HepG2) and primary cell types (cultured hepatocytes). Treatment of hPXR-transduced HepG2 cells with zearalenone induces expression of CYP3A4, the "prototypical" PXR-target gene in human liver. Treatment of hPXR-transduced cultured hepatocytes isolated from PXR-knockout mice with zearalenone induces the expression of Cyp3a11, the prototypical murine hepatic PXR-target gene. Using mammalian two-hybrid assays, we show that zearalenone displaces the nuclear receptor corepressor protein N-CoR from hPXR, while it recruits coactivator proteins steroid receptor coactivator-1, Glucocorticoid Receptor-Interacting Protein 1 and PPAR-Binding protein (GRIP1) and PBP to hPXR. Concentration-response analysis using a PXR-responsive reporter gene assay reveals that zearalenone activates hPXR with an EC50 value of approximately 1.5 microM. Because activation of hPXR represents the molecular basis of an important class of drug interactions, our findings suggest that studies to investigate the potential of zearalenone to induce the metabolism of other drugs in humans are warranted. In addition, due to the limited availability of primary human hepatocytes, our adenoviral-mediated hPXR expression protocol will likely prove useful in studies of the xenobiotic response.
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- Adenoviridae/genetics
- Animals
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A/biosynthesis
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/biosynthesis
- Estrogen Receptor alpha/metabolism
- Estrogens, Non-Steroidal/toxicity
- Hepatocytes/drug effects
- Hepatocytes/metabolism
- Humans
- Membrane Proteins/biosynthesis
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Models, Animal
- Pregnane X Receptor
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/deficiency
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Receptors, Steroid/deficiency
- Receptors, Steroid/genetics
- Receptors, Steroid/metabolism
- Transduction, Genetic
- Zearalenone/toxicity
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Chung ACK, Xu X, Niederreither KA, Cooney AJ. Loss of orphan nuclear receptor GCNF function disrupts forebrain development and the establishment of the isthmic organizer. Dev Biol 2006; 293:13-24. [PMID: 16530751 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2005] [Revised: 11/17/2005] [Accepted: 12/06/2005] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The isthmic organizer, which is located at the midbrain-hindbrain boundary, is important for midbrain development. The mechanism by which the development of the organizer is initiated and maintained is not well understood. Inactivation of the gene encoding the orphan nuclear receptor, GCNF, diminishes the expression of secreted signaling molecules, Fgf8 and Wnt1, the paired box genes Pax2/5, En1/2, and homeodomain transcription factor Gbx2; all of which are essential for isthmic organizer function. In addition, full neuronal differentiation is not observed in the midbrain region of GCNF-/- embryos. Increased cell death may contribute to the loss of midbrain structure in GCNF-/- embryos. These results indicate that GCNF is required for establishment of the isthmic organizer, thereby regulating the midbrain development.
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- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Animals
- Apoptosis/physiology
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- DNA-Binding Proteins/deficiency
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Down-Regulation
- Ectoderm/metabolism
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 8/biosynthesis
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 8/genetics
- Homeodomain Proteins/biosynthesis
- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/biosynthesis
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Mesencephalon/abnormalities
- Mesencephalon/embryology
- Mesencephalon/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/biosynthesis
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics
- Neurons/cytology
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 6, Group A, Member 1
- Organizers, Embryonic/abnormalities
- Organizers, Embryonic/embryology
- Organizers, Embryonic/metabolism
- Otx Transcription Factors/biosynthesis
- Otx Transcription Factors/genetics
- Phosphoproteins/biosynthesis
- Phosphoproteins/genetics
- Prosencephalon/abnormalities
- Prosencephalon/embryology
- Prosencephalon/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/deficiency
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/physiology
- Somites/metabolism
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Gerbod-Giannone MC, Li Y, Holleboom A, Han S, Hsu LC, Tabas I, Tall AR. TNFalpha induces ABCA1 through NF-kappaB in macrophages and in phagocytes ingesting apoptotic cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:3112-7. [PMID: 16492740 PMCID: PMC1413897 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0510345103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2005] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Recent evidence suggests that tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) signaling in vascular cells can have antiatherogenic consequences, but the mechanisms are poorly understood. TNFalpha is released by free cholesterol-loaded apoptotic macrophages, and the clearance of these cells by phagocytic macrophages may help to limit plaque development. Macrophage cholesterol uptake induces ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter ABCA1 promoting cholesterol efflux to apolipoprotein A-I and reducing atherosclerosis. We show that TNFalpha induces ABCA1 mRNA and protein in control and cholesterol-loaded macrophages and enhances cholesterol efflux to apolipoprotein A-I. The induction of ABCA1 by TNFalpha is reduced by 65% in IkappaB kinase beta-deficient macrophages and by 30% in p38alpha-deficient macrophages, but not in jun kinase 1 (JNK1)- or JNK2-deficient macrophages. To evaluate the potential pathophysiological significance of these observations, we fed TNFalpha-secreting free cholesterol-loaded apoptotic macrophages to a healthy macrophage monolayer (phagocytes). ABCA1 mRNA and protein were markedly induced in the phagocytes, a response that was mediated both by TNFalpha signaling and by liver X receptor activation. Thus, TNFalpha signals primarily through NF-kappaB to induce ABCA1 expression in macrophages. In atherosclerotic plaques, this process may help phagocytic macrophages to efflux excess lipids derived from the ingestion of cholesterol-rich apoptotic corpses.
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Inagaki T, Moschetta A, Lee YK, Peng L, Zhao G, Downes M, Yu RT, Shelton JM, Richardson JA, Repa JJ, Mangelsdorf DJ, Kliewer SA. Regulation of antibacterial defense in the small intestine by the nuclear bile acid receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:3920-5. [PMID: 16473946 PMCID: PMC1450165 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509592103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 821] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Obstruction of bile flow results in bacterial proliferation and mucosal injury in the small intestine that can lead to the translocation of bacteria across the epithelial barrier and systemic infection. These adverse effects of biliary obstruction can be inhibited by administration of bile acids. Here we show that the farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a nuclear receptor for bile acids, induces genes involved in enteroprotection and inhibits bacterial overgrowth and mucosal injury in ileum caused by bile duct ligation. Mice lacking FXR have increased ileal levels of bacteria and a compromised epithelial barrier. These findings reveal a central role for FXR in protecting the distal small intestine from bacterial invasion and suggest that FXR agonists may prevent epithelial deterioration and bacterial translocation in patients with impaired bile flow.
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Columbano A, Ledda-Columbano GM, Pibiri M, Cossu C, Menegazzi M, Moore DD, Huang W, Tian J, Locker J. Gadd45beta is induced through a CAR-dependent, TNF-independent pathway in murine liver hyperplasia. Hepatology 2005; 42:1118-26. [PMID: 16231353 DOI: 10.1002/hep.20883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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We previously observed that Gadd45/MyD118, a member of the Gadd45 family of inducible factors, showed the strongest immediate-early induction common to two distinctive proliferation responses of the liver: (1) regeneration induced by surgical partial hepatectomy and (2) hyperplasia induced by the primary mitogen TCPOBOP, a ligand of the constitutive androstane receptor (CAR). Gadd45 is known to be stimulated by nuclear factor (NF) B, which is activated by tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) in the early response to partial hepatectomy. We therefore investigated whether TNF and NFB also stimulated Gadd45 as part of the response to CAR ligands, or whether activation occurred by an alternative pathway. TCPOBOP effects were characterized in three mouse genotypes: wild-type, TNFR1-/-, and TNFR1-/-TNFR2-/-. The results showed that TCPOBOP did not activate NFB in any of the mice, but a strong induction of Gadd45 messenger RNA was observed in all three genotypes, where TCPOBOP also induced CyP2b10, a classical target gene of activated CAR, and cyclin D1, a proliferation linked gene. Thus, the absence of TNFR signaling and induction of NFB did not impair CAR-mediated gene induction. Moreover, hepatocyte proliferation was strongly induced, and at significantly higher levels than wild type, in both TNFR1-/- and TNFR1-/-TNFR2-/- mice. Further studies evaluated TCPOBOP-induced gene expression in CAR-/- mice, by microarray expression profiling and Northern blot. The induced changes in gene expression, including the stimulation of Gadd45, were almost completely abolished--hence all were mediated via CAR activation. In conclusion, in the liver, Gadd45 can be induced by a distinctive pathway that requires CAR and is independent of TNF-NFB. The greater induction of proliferation in TNFR-null mice suggests negative cross-talk between the CAR and TNF-NFB controls that regulate proliferation.
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Zollner G, Wagner M, Fickert P, Geier A, Fuchsbichler A, Silbert D, Gumhold J, Zatloukal K, Kaser A, Tilg H, Denk H, Trauner M. Role of nuclear receptors and hepatocyte-enriched transcription factors for Ntcp repression in biliary obstruction in mouse liver. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2005; 289:G798-805. [PMID: 16002565 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00319.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Expression of the main hepatic bile acid uptake system, the Na+-taurocholate cotransporter (Ntcp), is downregulated during cholestasis. Bile acid-induced, farnesoid X receptor (FXR)-mediated induction of the nuclear repressor short heterodimer partner (SHP) has been proposed as a key mechanism reducing Ntcp expression. However, the role of FXR and SHP or other nuclear receptors and hepatocyte-enriched transcription factors in mediating Ntcp repression in obstructive cholestasis is unclear. FXR knockout (FXR-/-) and wild-type (FXR+/+) mice were subjected to common bile duct ligation (CBDL). Cholic acid (CA)-fed and LPS-treated FXR-/- and FXR+/+ mice were studied for comparison. mRNA levels of Ntcp and SHP and nuclear protein levels of hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1alpha, HNF-3beta, HNF-4alpha, retinoid X receptor (RXR)-alpha, and retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-alpha and their DNA binding were assessed. Hepatic cytokine mRNA levels were also measured. CBDL and CA led to Ntcp repression in FXR+/+, but not FXR-/-, mice, whereas LPS reduced Ntcp expression in both genotypes. CBDL and LPS but not CA induced cytokine expression and reduced levels of HNF-1alpha, HNF-3beta, HNF-4alpha, RXRalpha, and RARalpha to similar extents in FXR+/+ and FXR-/-. DNA binding of these transactivators was unaffected by CA in FXR+/+ mice but was markedly reduced in FXR-/- mice. In conclusion, Ntcp repression by CBDL and CA is mediated by accumulating bile acids via FXR and does not depend on cytokines, whereas Ntcp repression by LPS is independent of FXR. Reduced levels of HNF-1alpha, RXRalpha, and RARalpha in CBDL FXR-/- mice and reduced DNA binding in CA-fed FXR-/- mice, despite unchanged Ntcp levels, indicate that these factors may have a minor role in regulation of mouse Ntcp during cholestasis.
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Gut P, Huber K, Lohr J, Brühl B, Oberle S, Treier M, Ernsberger U, Kalcheim C, Unsicker K. Lack of an adrenal cortex in Sf1 mutant mice is compatible with the generation and differentiation of chromaffin cells. Development 2005; 132:4611-9. [PMID: 16176945 DOI: 10.1242/dev.02052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The diversification of neural-crest-derived sympathoadrenal (SA) progenitor cells into sympathetic neurons and neuroendocrine adrenal chromaffin cells was thought to be largely understood. In-vitro studies with isolated SA progenitor cells had suggested that chromaffin cell differentiation depends crucially on glucocorticoids provided by adrenal cortical cells. However, analysis of mice lacking the glucocorticoid receptor gene had revealed that adrenal chromaffin cells develop mostly normally in these mice. Alternative cues from the adrenal cortex that may promote chromaffin cell determination and differentiation have not been identified. We therefore investigated whether the chromaffin cell phenotype can develop in the absence of an adrenal cortex, using mice deficient for the nuclear orphan receptor steroidogenic factor-1 (SF1), which lack adrenal cortical cells and gonads. We show that in Sf1–/– mice typical chromaffin cells assemble correctly in the suprarenal region adjacent to the suprarenal sympathetic ganglion. The cells display most features of chromaffin cells, including the typical large chromaffin granules. Sf1–/–chromaffin cells are numerically reduced by about 50% compared with the wild type at embryonic day (E) 13.5 and E17.5. This phenotype is not accounted for by reduced survival or cell proliferation beyond E12.5. However, already at E12.5 the `adrenal' region in Sf1–/– mice is occupied by fewer PHOX2B+ and TH+ SA cells as well as SOX10+ neural crest cells. Our results suggest that cortical cues are not essential for determining chromaffin cell fate, but may be required for proper migration of SA progenitors to and/or colonization of the adrenal anlage.
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Tabuchi M, Miyazawa K, Kimura M, Maeda H, Kawai T, Kameyama Y, Goto S. Enhancement of crude bone morphogenetic protein-induced new bone formation and normalization of endochondral ossification by bisphosphonate treatment in osteoprotegerin-deficient mice. Calcif Tissue Int 2005; 77:239-49. [PMID: 16193235 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-004-0223-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2004] [Accepted: 06/23/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a novel secreted member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor family which plays a crucial role in negative regulation of osteoclastic bone resorption. We investigated both the quantity and quality of heterotopic new bone induced by crude bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) as a means of examining bone metabolism by bisphosphonate administration in OPG-/- mice. Four weeks after implantation of crude BMP, the volume of heterotopic new bone in OPG-/- mice without alendronate was significantly less than in wild-type (WT) mice. Alendronate treatment of OPG-/- mice resulted in enhancement of the volume of heterotopic new bone. Histological findings revealed that WT mice showed normal bone formation with persistent cartilage that was interspersed with islands of bone. In contrast, the cartilage was replaced by trabecular bone and bone marrow adipocytes in OPG-/- mice without alendronate. However, some cartilage was still present in OPG-/- mice with alendronate compared to those without alendronate. All bone formation-related parameters and bone resorption-related parameters were significantly lower in OPG-/- mice with alendronate than in those without alendronate. These findings suggest that in stimulated osteoclastogenesis without OPG, osteoinductive activity induced by crude BMP is inhibited and endochondral ossification induced by crude BMP is accelerated. On the other hand, alendronate treatment of OPG-/- mice caused osteoinductive activity induced by crude BMP to increase and endochondral ossification induced by crude BMP to be decelerated. In conclusion, inhibition of stimulated osteoclastogenesis results in the enhancement of new bone formation and normalization of endochondral ossification.
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MESH Headings
- Alendronate/pharmacology
- Alkaline Phosphatase/blood
- Animals
- Bone Morphogenetic Proteins/chemistry
- Bone Morphogenetic Proteins/pharmacology
- Bone Resorption/drug therapy
- Bone Resorption/genetics
- Bone Resorption/metabolism
- Cattle
- Chondrogenesis/drug effects
- Chondrogenesis/genetics
- Disease Models, Animal
- Drug Synergism
- Female
- Glycoproteins/deficiency
- Glycoproteins/genetics
- Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Injections, Subcutaneous
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Ossification, Heterotopic/chemically induced
- Ossification, Heterotopic/pathology
- Osteoblasts/drug effects
- Osteoblasts/pathology
- Osteoclasts/drug effects
- Osteoclasts/pathology
- Osteogenesis/drug effects
- Osteogenesis/genetics
- Osteoporosis/blood
- Osteoporosis/drug therapy
- Osteoporosis/genetics
- Osteoprotegerin
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/deficiency
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/deficiency
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism
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Wang L, Liu J, Saha P, Huang J, Chan L, Spiegelman B, Moore DD. The orphan nuclear receptor SHP regulates PGC-1alpha expression and energy production in brown adipocytes. Cell Metab 2005; 2:227-38. [PMID: 16213225 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2005.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2005] [Revised: 08/08/2005] [Accepted: 08/25/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Brown adipocytes increase energy production in response to induction of PGC-1alpha, a dominant regulator of energy metabolism. We have found that the orphan nuclear receptor SHP (NR0B2) is a negative regulator of PGC-1alpha expression in brown adipocytes. Mice lacking SHP show increased basal expression of PGC-1alpha, increased energy expenditure, and resistance to diet-induced obesity. Increased PGC-1alpha expression in SHP null brown adipose tissue is not due to beta-adrenergic activation, since it is also observed in primary cultures of SHP(-/-) brown adipocytes that are not exposed to such stimuli. In addition, acute inhibition of SHP expression in cultured wild-type brown adipocytes increases basal PGC-1alpha expression, and SHP overexpression in SHP null brown adipocytes decreases it. The orphan nuclear receptor ERRgamma is expressed in BAT and its transactivation of the PGC-1alpha promoter is potently inhibited by SHP. We conclude that SHP functions as a negative regulator of energy production in BAT.
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MESH Headings
- Adipocytes/metabolism
- Adipose Tissue, Brown/cytology
- Adipose Tissue, Brown/ultrastructure
- Animals
- Energy Metabolism/physiology
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genes, Reporter
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Lipids/analysis
- Liver/cytology
- Mice
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Obesity/genetics
- Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/deficiency
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism
- Thermogenesis/genetics
- Thermogenesis/physiology
- Trans-Activators/genetics
- Trans-Activators/metabolism
- Transcription Factors
- Transcriptional Activation
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Inagaki T, Choi M, Moschetta A, Peng L, Cummins CL, McDonald JG, Luo G, Jones SA, Goodwin B, Richardson JA, Gerard RD, Repa JJ, Mangelsdorf DJ, Kliewer SA. Fibroblast growth factor 15 functions as an enterohepatic signal to regulate bile acid homeostasis. Cell Metab 2005; 2:217-25. [PMID: 16213224 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2005.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1340] [Impact Index Per Article: 70.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2005] [Revised: 08/01/2005] [Accepted: 09/01/2005] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The liver and intestine play crucial roles in maintaining bile acid homeostasis. Here, we demonstrate that fibroblast growth factor 15 (FGF15) signals from intestine to liver to repress the gene encoding cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1), which catalyzes the first and rate-limiting step in the classical bile acid synthetic pathway. FGF15 expression is stimulated in the small intestine by the nuclear bile acid receptor FXR and represses Cyp7a1 in liver through a mechanism that involves FGF receptor 4 (FGFR4) and the orphan nuclear receptor SHP. Mice lacking FGF15 have increased hepatic CYP7A1 mRNA and protein levels and corresponding increases in CYP7A1 enzyme activity and fecal bile acid excretion. These studies define FGF15 and FGFR4 as components of a gut-liver signaling pathway that synergizes with SHP to regulate bile acid synthesis.
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Morello F, de Boer RA, Steffensen KR, Gnecchi M, Chisholm JW, Boomsma F, Anderson LM, Lawn RM, Gustafsson JA, Lopez-Ilasaca M, Pratt RE, Dzau VJ. Liver X receptors alpha and beta regulate renin expression in vivo. J Clin Invest 2005; 115:1913-22. [PMID: 16007255 PMCID: PMC1159146 DOI: 10.1172/jci24594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2005] [Accepted: 05/10/2005] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system controls blood pressure and salt-volume homeostasis. Renin, which is the first enzymatic step of the cascade, is critically regulated at the transcriptional level. In the present study, we investigated the role of liver X receptor alpha (LXR(alpha)) and LXR(beta) in the regulation of renin. In vitro, both LXRs could bind to a noncanonical responsive element in the renin promoter and regulated renin transcription. While LXR(alpha) functioned as a cAMP-activated factor, LXR(beta) was inversely affected by cAMP. In vivo, LXRs colocalized in juxtaglomerular cells, in which LXR(alpha) was specifically enriched, and interacted with the renin promoter. In mouse models, renin-angiotensin activation was associated with increased binding of LXR(alpha) to the responsive element. Moreover, acute administration of LXR agonists was followed by upregulation of renin transcription. In LXR(alpha) mice, the elevation of renin triggered by adrenergic stimulation was abolished. Untreated LXR(beta) mice exhibited reduced kidney renin mRNA levels compared with controls. LXR(alpha)LXR(beta) mice showed a combined phenotype of lower basal renin and blunted adrenergic response. In conclusion, we show herein that LXR(alpha) and LXR(beta) regulate renin expression in vivo by directly interacting with the renin promoter and that the cAMP/LXR(alpha) signaling pathway is required for the adrenergic control of the renin-angiotensin system.
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Land PW, Monaghan AP. Abnormal development of zinc-containing cortical circuits in the absence of the transcription factor Tailless. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 2005; 158:97-101. [PMID: 15950290 PMCID: PMC2724001 DOI: 10.1016/j.devbrainres.2005.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2005] [Revised: 04/25/2005] [Accepted: 04/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Absence of the transcription factor tailless (tlx) leads to premature laminar development and thinning of neocortex. We used zinc autometallography to determine if tailless deletion alters the organization of cortical circuits. In tlx-/- mice, layer 4 barrels, which normally lack synaptic zinc, are densely innervated by zinc-containing terminals. Furthermore, barrels with zinc inputs are constructed, in part, from zinc-sequestering neurons, a phenotype not normally found in layer 4.
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Abrahams BS, Kwok MCH, Trinh E, Budaghzadeh S, Hossain SM, Simpson EM. Pathological aggression in "fierce" mice corrected by human nuclear receptor 2E1. J Neurosci 2005; 25:6263-70. [PMID: 16000615 PMCID: PMC6725287 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4757-04.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2004] [Revised: 05/20/2005] [Accepted: 05/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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"Fierce" mice, homozygous for the deletion of nuclear receptor 2E1 (NR2E1), show abnormal brain-eye development and pathological aggression. To evaluate functional equivalency between mouse and human NR2E1, we generated mice transgenic for a genomic clone spanning the human NR2E1 locus and bred these animals to fierce mice deleted for the corresponding mouse gene. In fierce mutants carrying human NR2E1, structural brain defects were eliminated and eye abnormalities ameliorated. Excitingly, behavior in these "rescue" mice was indistinguishable from controls. Because no artificial promoter was used to drive transgene expression, promoter and regulatory elements within the human NR2E1 clone are functional in mouse. Normal behavior in rescue animals suggests that mechanisms underlying the behavioral abnormalities in fierce mice may also be conserved in humans. Our data support the hypothesis that variation at NR2E1 may contribute to human behavioral disorders. Use of this rescue paradigm with other genes will permit the direct evaluation of human genes hypothesized to play a causal role in psychiatric disease but for which evidence is lacking or equivocal.
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MESH Headings
- Aggression/physiology
- Agonistic Behavior/physiology
- Animals
- Brain/abnormalities
- Brain/embryology
- Cerebral Cortex/abnormalities
- Congenital Abnormalities/embryology
- Congenital Abnormalities/genetics
- Congenital Abnormalities/therapy
- Crosses, Genetic
- Exploratory Behavior/physiology
- Eye Abnormalities/embryology
- Eye Abnormalities/genetics
- Eye Abnormalities/therapy
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Olfactory Bulb/abnormalities
- Orphan Nuclear Receptors
- Phenotype
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/chemistry
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/deficiency
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/physiology
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Retina/abnormalities
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Species Specificity
- Territoriality
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Gnerre C, Schuster GU, Roth A, Handschin C, Johansson L, Looser R, Parini P, Podvinec M, Robertsson K, Gustafsson JA, Meyer UA. LXR deficiency and cholesterol feeding affect the expression and phenobarbital-mediated induction of cytochromes P450 in mouse liver. J Lipid Res 2005; 46:1633-42. [PMID: 15930522 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m400453-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Metabolic transformation by the superfamily of cytochromes P450 (CYPs) plays an important role in the detoxification of xenobiotics such as drugs, environmental pollutants, and food additives. Endogenous substrates of CYPs include fatty acids, sterols, steroids, and bile acids. Induction of CYPs via transcriptional activation by substrates and other xenobiotics is an important adaptive mechanism that increases the organism's defense capability against toxicity. Numerous in vivo and in vitro data have highlighted the concept that the molecular mechanism of hepatic drug induction is linked to endogenous regulatory pathways. In particular, in vitro data suggest that oxysterols via the liver X receptor (LXR) inhibit phenobarbital (PB)-mediated induction of CYPs. To study the link between LXR, cholesterol homeostasis, and drug induction in vivo, we designed experiments in wild-type, LXRalpha-, LXRbeta-, and LXRalpha/beta-deficient mice. Our data expose differential regulatory patterns for Cyp2b10 and Cyp3a11 dependent on the expression of LXR isoforms and on challenge of cholesterol homeostasis by excess dietary cholesterol. Our results suggest that, in the mouse, liver cholesterol status significantly alters the pattern of expression of Cyp3a11, whereas the absence of LXR leads to an increase in PB-mediated activation of Cyp2b10.
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Miyawaki T, Uemura A, Dezawa M, Yu RT, Ide C, Nishikawa S, Honda Y, Tanabe Y, Tanabe T. Tlx, an orphan nuclear receptor, regulates cell numbers and astrocyte development in the developing retina. J Neurosci 2005; 24:8124-34. [PMID: 15371513 PMCID: PMC6729803 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2235-04.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Tlx belongs to a class of orphan nuclear receptors that underlies many aspects of neural development in the CNS. However, the fundamental roles played by Tlx in the control of eye developmental programs remain elusive. By using Tlx knock-out (KO) mice, we show here that Tlx is expressed by retinal progenitor cells in the neuroblastic layer during the period of retinal layer formation, and it is critical for controlling the generation of appropriate numbers of retinal progenies through the activities of cell cycle-related molecules, cyclin D1 and p27Kip1. Tlx expression is restricted to Müller cells in the mature retina and appears to control their proper development. Furthermore, we show that Tlx is expressed by immature astrocytes that migrate from the optic nerve onto the inner surface of the retina and is required for their generation and maturation, as assessed by honeycomb network formation and expression of R-cadherin, a critical component for vasculogenesis. The impaired astrocyte network formation on the inner retinal surface is accompanied by the loss of vasculogenesis in Tlx KO retinas. Our studies thus indicate that Tlx underlies a fundamental developmental program of retinal organization and controls the generation of the proper numbers of retinal progenies and development of glial cells during the protracted period of retinogenesis.
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Akashi M, Takumi T. The orphan nuclear receptor RORalpha regulates circadian transcription of the mammalian core-clock Bmal1. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2005; 12:441-8. [PMID: 15821743 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 355] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2004] [Accepted: 03/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
The PAS (PER-ARNT-SIM) helix-loop-helix transcription factor BMAL1 (also known as MOP3) is an essential component of the circadian pacemaker in mammals. Here we show that the retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor RORalpha (NR1F1) directly activates transcription of Bmal1 through two conserved RORalpha response elements that are required for cell-autonomous transcriptional oscillation of Bmal1 mRNA. Positive involvement of RORalpha in generation of the Bmal1 circadian oscillation was verified by behavioral analyses of RORalpha-deficient staggerer mice that showed aberrant locomotor activity and unstable rhythmicity. In cultured cells, loss of endogenous RORalpha protein resulted in a dampened circadian rhythm of Bmal1 transcription, further indicating that RORalpha is a functional component of the cell-autonomous core circadian clock. These results indicate that RORalpha acts to promote Bmal1 transcription, thereby maintaining a robust circadian rhythm.
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MESH Headings
- ARNTL Transcription Factors
- Animals
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
- Behavior, Animal/physiology
- Cell Line
- Circadian Rhythm/genetics
- Circadian Rhythm/physiology
- DNA/genetics
- DNA/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Mice
- Mutation/genetics
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 1
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/deficiency
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Response Elements/genetics
- Trans-Activators/deficiency
- Trans-Activators/genetics
- Trans-Activators/metabolism
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic/genetics
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Banerjee S, Lee J, Venkatesh K, Wu CF, Hasan G. Loss of flight and associated neuronal rhythmicity in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor mutants of Drosophila. J Neurosci 2005; 24:7869-78. [PMID: 15356199 PMCID: PMC1289272 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0656-04.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Coordinated flight in winged insects requires rhythmic activity of the underlying neural circuit. Here, we show that Drosophila mutants for the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP(3)) receptor gene (itpr) are flightless. Electrophysiological recordings from thoracic indirect flight muscles show increased spontaneous firing accompanied by a loss of rhythmic flight activity patterns normally generated in response to a gentle puff of air. In contrast, climbing speed, the jump response, and electrical properties of the giant fiber pathway are normal, indicating that general motor coordination and neuronal excitability are much less sensitive to itpr mutations. All mutant phenotypes are rescued by expression of an itpr(+) transgene in serotonin and dopamine neurons. Pharmacological and immunohistochemical experiments support the idea that the InsP(3) receptor functions to modulate flight specifically through serotonergic interneurons. InsP(3) receptor action appears to be important for normal development of the flight circuit and its central pattern generator.
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- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Calcium Channels/deficiency
- Calcium Channels/genetics
- Calcium Channels/physiology
- Drosophila Proteins/deficiency
- Drosophila Proteins/genetics
- Drosophila Proteins/physiology
- Drosophila melanogaster/genetics
- Drosophila melanogaster/growth & development
- Drosophila melanogaster/physiology
- Electromyography
- Fenclonine/administration & dosage
- Fenclonine/pharmacology
- Flight, Animal/physiology
- Hot Temperature
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate/physiology
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors
- Interneurons/physiology
- Monoiodotyrosine/administration & dosage
- Monoiodotyrosine/pharmacology
- Motor Neurons/physiology
- Muscles/physiology
- Phenotype
- Pupa
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/deficiency
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/physiology
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/physiology
- Serotonin/physiology
- Transgenes
- Wings, Animal/abnormalities
- Wings, Animal/growth & development
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Dirkx R, Vanhorebeek I, Martens K, Schad A, Grabenbauer M, Fahimi D, Declercq P, Van Veldhoven PP, Baes M. Absence of peroxisomes in mouse hepatocytes causes mitochondrial and ER abnormalities. Hepatology 2005; 41:868-78. [PMID: 15732085 DOI: 10.1002/hep.20628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
Abstract
Peroxisome deficiency in men causes severe pathology in several organs, particularly in the brain and liver, but it is still unknown how metabolic abnormalities trigger these defects. In the present study, a mouse model with hepatocyte-selective elimination of peroxisomes was generated by inbreeding Pex5-loxP and albumin-Cre mice to investigate the consequences of peroxisome deletion on the functioning of hepatocytes. Besides the absence of catalase-positive peroxisomes, multiple ultrastructural alterations were noticed, including hepatocyte hypertrophy and hyperplasia, smooth endoplasmic reticulum proliferation, and accumulation of lipid droplets and lysosomes. Most prominent was the abnormal structure of the inner mitochondrial membrane, which bore some similarities with changes observed in Zellweger patients. This was accompanied by severely reduced activities of complex I, III, and V and a collapse of the mitochondrial inner membrane potential. Surprisingly, these abnormalities provoked no significant disturbances of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels and redox state of the liver. However, a compensatory increase of glycolysis as an alternative source of ATP and mitochondrial proliferation were observed. No evidence of oxidative damage to proteins or lipids nor elevation of oxidative stress defence mechanisms were found. Altered expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR-alpha) regulated genes indicated that PPAR-alpha is activated in the peroxisome-deficient cells. In conclusion, the absence of peroxisomes from mouse hepatocytes has an impact on several other subcellular compartments and metabolic pathways but is not detrimental to the function of the liver parenchyma. Supplementary material for this article can be found on the HEPATOLOGY website (http://interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0270-9139/suppmat/index.html).
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Handschin C, Gnerre C, Fraser DJ, Martinez-Jimenez C, Jover R, Meyer UA. Species-specific mechanisms for cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) regulation by drugs and bile acids. Arch Biochem Biophys 2005; 434:75-85. [PMID: 15629111 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2004.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2004] [Revised: 10/06/2004] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
The gene encoding cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) is tightly regulated in order to control intrahepatic cholesterol and bile acid levels. Ligands of the xenobiotic-sensing pregnane X receptor inhibit CYP7A1 expression. To retrace the evolution of the molecular mechanisms underlying CYP7A1 inhibition, we used a chicken hepatoma cell system that retains the ability to be induced by phenobarbital and other drugs. Whereas bile acids regulate CYP7A1 via small heterodimer partner and liver receptor homolog-1, mRNA expression of these nuclear receptors is unchanged by xenobiotics. Instead, drugs repress chicken hepatic nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF4alpha) transcript levels concomitant with a reduction in CYP7A1 expression. Importantly, no reduction of HNF4alpha levels is found in mouse liver in vivo and in human primary hepatocyte cultures, respectively. Thus, besides the importance of HNF4alpha in CYP7A1 regulation in all species, birds and mammals use different signaling pathways to adjust CYP7A1 levels after exposure to xenobiotics.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Bile Acids and Salts/metabolism
- Bile Acids and Salts/pharmacology
- Cells, Cultured
- Chickens
- Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/genetics
- Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/drug effects
- Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4
- Hepatocytes/drug effects
- Hepatocytes/metabolism
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenobarbital/pharmacology
- Phosphoproteins/genetics
- Phosphoproteins/metabolism
- Pregnane X Receptor
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/deficiency
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Receptors, Steroid/deficiency
- Receptors, Steroid/genetics
- Receptors, Steroid/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Species Specificity
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
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Uppal H, Toma D, Saini SPS, Ren S, Jones TJ, Xie W. Combined loss of orphan receptors PXR and CAR heightens sensitivity to toxic bile acids in mice. Hepatology 2005; 41:168-76. [PMID: 15619241 DOI: 10.1002/hep.20512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
Efficient detoxification of bile acids is necessary to avoid pathological conditions such as cholestatic liver damage and colon cancer. The orphan nuclear receptors PXR and CAR have been proposed to play an important role in the detoxification of xeno- and endo-biotics by regulating the expression of detoxifying enzymes and transporters. In this report, we showed that the combined loss of PXR and CAR resulted in a significantly heightened sensitivity to bile acid toxicity in a sex-sensitive manner. A regimen of lithocholic acid treatment, which was tolerated by wild-type and PXR null mice, caused a marked accumulation of serum bile acids and histological liver damage as well as an increased hepatic lipid deposition in double knockout males. The increased sensitivity in males was associated with genotype-specific suppression of bile acid transporters and loss of bile acid-mediated downregulation of small heterodimer partner, whereas the transporter suppression was modest or absent in females. The double knockout mice also exhibited gene- and tissue-specific dysregulation of PXR and CAR target genes in response to PXR and CAR agonists. In conclusion, althoughthe cross-regulation of target genes by PXR and CAR has b een proposed, the current study represents in vivo evidence of the combined loss of both receptors causing a unique pattern of gene regulation that can be translated into physiological events such as sensitivity to toxic bile acids.
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Levin N, Bischoff ED, Daige CL, Thomas D, Vu CT, Heyman RA, Tangirala RK, Schulman IG. Macrophage Liver X Receptor Is Required for Antiatherogenic Activity of LXR Agonists. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2005; 25:135-42. [PMID: 15539622 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000150044.84012.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Objective—
Complications of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease due to elevated blood cholesterol levels are the major cause of death in the Western world. The liver X receptors, LXRα and LXRβ (LXRs), are ligand-dependent transcription factors that act as cholesterol sensors and coordinately control transcription of genes involved in cholesterol and lipid homeostasis as well as macrophage inflammatory gene expression. LXRs regulate cholesterol balance through activation of ATP-binding cassette transporters that promote cholesterol transport and excretion from the liver, intestine, and macrophage. Although LXR agonists are known to delay progression of atherosclerosis in mouse models, their ability to abrogate preexisting cardiovascular disease by inducing regression and stabilization of established atherosclerotic lesions has not been addressed.
Methods and Results—
We demonstrate that LXR agonist treatment increases ATP-binding cassette transporter expression within preexisting atherosclerotic lesions, resulting in regression of these lesions as well as remodeling from vulnerable to stable lesions and a reduction in macrophage content. Further, using macrophage-selective LXR-deficient mice created by bone marrow transplantation, we provide the first evidence that macrophage LXR expression is necessary for the atheroprotective actions of an LXR agonist.
Conclusions—
These data substantiate that drugs targeting macrophage LXR activity may offer therapeutic benefit in the treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
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