PPARγ 基因与代谢综合征关系的研究进展

过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体(PPARs)γ基因已被公认在调控脂肪细胞分化和多种代谢(糖、脂肪、能量代谢等)中起重要作用。它在脂肪、肌肉、肝脏等多种与胰岛素作用有关的组织中表达,并且具备激活后调控涉及葡萄糖的产生、转运、利用及脂肪代谢的调节等基因的表达。PPARγ基因在脂肪细胞分化、糖、脂代谢、动脉粥样硬化形成、炎性反应中起重要作用,从而与T2DM、胰岛素抵抗、肥胖症、心血管疾病和高血压等疾病的发病风险相关。本文综述了PPARγ基因的结构、功能及其多态性与代谢综合征关系的研究进展。     

畜禽PPARα基因研究进展

过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体(Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors,PPARs)是核激素受体家族中的配体激活受体,控制许多细胞内的代谢过程,PPARα作为过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体家族重要成员之一,是调控机体脂质代谢的重要枢纽,在调控畜禽机体肝脏脂质代谢方面有重要作用。PPARα基因由四个结构域组成,多在机体肝脏和脂肪组织中表达,可作为细胞核受体被外源和内源的特异性配体结合并激活,进而结合靶基因发挥对肝脏脂质代谢的调控作用。就PPARα基因的结构特点及表达模式、PPARα基因对肝脏脂代谢的调控机制,以及现阶段PPARα在畜禽方面的研究进展进行阐述,旨在引起人们对PPARα基因调控脂质代谢的关注,并为畜禽肝脏脂质代谢过程的机理研究和相关疾病的治疗提供一些理论支持。     

PGC-1α的转录调节和翻译后修饰

过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体γ(peroxisome proliferator activated receptorγ,PPARγ)辅助激活因子-1α(PPARγcoactivator-1α,PGC-1α)是线粒体生物合成的关键调节分子.外界刺激(寒冷、饥饿、运动)一方面可以改变PGC-1α的基因和蛋白质表达水平,另一方面可以通过翻译后修饰方式调节其蛋白质活性,最终调节细胞能量代谢和线粒体生物合成过程.PGC-1α表达的异常是代谢性疾病及老年性疾病等发病的重要原因.本文就PGC-1α在转录水平和翻译后修饰水平的调节方式的最新研究进展作一综述.     

PPARγ受体与消化道肿瘤相关性的研究进展

过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体-γ(PPARγ)是由配体激活的一类核转录因子,属于II型核受体超家族成员之一。经研究发现,PPARγ在多种肿瘤组织中均有所表达,而且它在调控细胞分化、诱导细胞凋亡和抑制细胞增殖中发挥重要的转录调节作用。激活后的PPARγ可以调控多种核内靶基因的表达,抑制肿瘤细胞的形成、生长与增殖等,与消化道肿瘤的发生、发展及预后有着密切的关系。     

PPARα在肝脏相关疾病中作用的研究进展

过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体α(perixisome proliferation-activated receptor alpha,PPARα)是核受体超家族成员,是参与肝脏β氧化的主要调控蛋白,通过诱导下游靶基因转录,从而发挥其重要的生物学功能。近年来,肝脏相关疾病的研究备受关注,肝癌(主要以肝细胞性肝癌为主)也呈年轻化趋势。PPARα的活化能够降低高脂喂养小鼠肝脏中甘油三酯的含量或脂肪的生成量。此外,PPARα通过调控细胞增殖与凋亡进程等多种机制参与肝癌进程。现综述PPARα在非酒精性脂肪肝、酒精性脂肪肝和肝细胞性肝癌进程中的作用。     

过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体α的研究进展

过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体（Peroxisome proliferator activated receptors,PPARs）作为核受体超家族的一员,其作用广泛,可调节脂肪细胞因子表达、抑制炎症因子、改善胰岛素抵抗等。PPARs有三种亚型,分别是：PPARα、PPARβ／δ和PPARγ。其中PPARα是PPARs最主要的亚型,主要分布在肝脏中。PPARα由不饱和脂肪酸或贝特类降脂药物等配体活化后形成异二聚体,调控靶基因的表达,发挥生物学功能。PPARα参与调节肝脏脂质吸收、脂肪酸氧化、酮体生成、胆固醇代谢等脂代谢过程,以及糖代谢、炎症反应和细胞增殖等,与脂肪性肝病、肝脏炎症反应、乙肝病毒复制和肝癌等肝脏疾病密切相关。本文对PPARα的结构、作用机制、生物学功能及其与肝脏疾病的关系进行综述。PPARα作为肝脏疾病一个新的治疗靶点,阐明其与肝脏疾病发生机制之间的关系,有助于为肝脏疾病的治疗提供新的途径。     

PPAR基因在脊椎动物发育过程中的功能研究

过氧化物酶体增殖剂激活受体(peroxisome proliferstor activated receptor,PPAR)是核激素受体家族中的配体激活受体,在不同的物种中已经发现了它的3种亚型,即PPARα、PPARβ(也有称δ)和PPARγ。通过结合到相应的激活剂上,这些受体在一些重要的代谢途径中刺激靶基因的表达。本文是就PPAR在一些脊椎动物胚胎发育过程中的功能方面作一综述。PPAR的功能表现在脂肪组织、脑组织、胎盘和皮肤的分化方面。     

视黄酸X受体α促进猪前体脂肪细胞分化

采用细胞转染、油红O染色、油红O染色提取法、GPDH活性测定、semi-qRT-PCR等方法研究了视黄酸X受体α (retinoic acid X receptor α, RXRα)在猪原代前体脂肪细胞分化中的作用及其机理.结果表明,转染pRXRα-EGFP促进了猪前体脂肪细胞RXRα 的表达,脂肪细胞分化能力随之增强, 脂肪细胞GPDH活性、分化转录因子PPARγ和C/EBPαmRNA表达水平均显著升高(P<0.05). 结果提示,RXRα可能通过调控过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体γ(peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor-γ, PPARγ)和CAAT/增强子结合蛋白家族（CCAAT/enhancer binding proteins, C/EBP）C/EBPα 基因表达变化促进猪前体脂肪细胞分化.     

原代培养大鼠脂肪前体细胞分化过程中PPARγ和C/EBPαmRNA的表达(简报)

脂肪前体细胞是一类具有增殖分化能力的单能干细胞,在体内多种因素的影响下,脂肪前体细胞聚脂分化为成熟脂肪细胞。研究表明,脂肪前体细胞的聚脂分化过程受到一系列基因的调控,其中.过氧化物酶体增殖体激活受体(peroxisome prolifera- tors-activated receptor gamma,PPARγ)与CCAAT增强子结合蛋白α(CCAAT/enhancer binding protein al-     

过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体γ与肿瘤细胞凋亡的研究进展

过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体(peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor,PPAR)属于核受体超家族成员之一,PPAR有3种亚型,即PPARα、PPARβ和PPARγ.近年研究发现肿瘤细胞中普遍表达PPARγ,而且PPARγ配体可以抑制肿瘤细胞增殖,诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡,因此PPARγ被认为是肿瘤治疗的新靶点.本文就PPARγ与肿瘤细胞凋亡的研究进展作一简要综述.     

PPARs and the complex journey to obesity

Obesity and the related disorders of dyslipidemia and diabetes (components of syndrome X) have become global health epidemics. Over the past decade, the elucidation of key regulators of energy balance and insulin signaling have revolutionized our understanding of fat and sugar metabolism and their intimate link. The three 'lipid-sensing' peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR-alpha, PPAR-gamma and PPAR-delta) exemplify this connection, regulating diverse aspects of lipid and glucose homeostasis, and serving as bona fide therapeutic targets. With molecular underpinnings now in place, new pharmacologic approaches to metabolic disease and new questions are emerging.     

Cardiomyocyte-restricted peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-delta deletion perturbs myocardial fatty acid oxidation and leads to cardiomyopathy

Fatty acid oxidation (FAO) is a primary energy source for meeting the heart's energy requirements. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-delta (PPAR-delta) may have important roles in FAO. But it remains unclear whether PPAR-delta is required for maintaining basal myocardial FAO. We show that cre-loxP-mediated cardiomyocyte-restricted deletion of PPAR-delta in mice downregulates constitutive expression of key FAO genes and decreases basal myocardial FAO. These mice have cardiac dysfunction, progressive myocardial lipid accumulation, cardiac hypertrophy and congestive heart failure with reduced survival. Thus, chronic myocardial PPAR-delta deficiency leads to lipotoxic cardiomyopathy. Together, our data show that PPAR-delta is a crucial determinant of constitutive myocardial FAO and is necessary to maintain energy balance and normal cardiac function. We suggest that PPAR-delta is a potential therapeutic target in treating lipotoxic cardiomyopathy and other heart diseases.     

Disruption of transforming growth factor-beta signaling by curcumin induces gene expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma in rat hepatic stellate cells

Activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSC), the major effectors of hepatic fibrogenesis, is coupled with sequential alterations in gene expression, including an increase in receptors for transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and a dramatic reduction in the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma). The relationship between them remains obscure. We previously demonstrated that curcumin induced gene expression of PPAR-gamma in activated HSC, leading to reducing cell proliferation, inducing apoptosis and suppressing expression of extracellular matrix genes. The underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. We recently observed that stimulation of PPAR-gamma activation suppressed gene expression of TGF-beta receptors in activated HSC, leading to the interruption of TGF-beta signaling. This observation supported our assumption of an antagonistic relationship between PPAR-gamma activation and TGF-beta signaling in HSC. In this study, we further hypothesize that TGF-beta signaling might negatively regulate gene expression of PPAR-gamma in activated HSC. The present report demonstrates that exogenous TGF-beta1 inhibits gene expression of PPAR-gamma in activated HSC, which is eliminated by the pretreatment with curcumin likely by interrupting TGF-beta signaling. Transfection assays further indicate that blocking TGF-beta signaling by dominant negative type II TGF-beta receptor increases the promoter activity of PPAR-gamma gene. Promoter deletion assays, site-directed mutageneses, and gel shift assays localize two Smad binding elements (SBEs) in the PPAR-gamma gene promoter, acting as curcumin response elements and negatively regulating the promoter activity in passaged HSC. The Smad3/4 protein complex specifically binds to the SBEs. Overexpression of Smad4 dose dependently eliminates the inhibitory effects of curcumin on the PPAR-gamma gene promoter and TGF-beta signaling. Taken together, these results demonstrate that the interruption of TGF-beta signaling by curcumin induces gene expression of PPAR-gamma in activated HSC in vitro. Our studies provide novel insights into the molecular mechanisms of curcumin in the induction of PPAR-gamma gene expression and in the inhibition of HSC activation.     

Pioglitazone and dexamethasone induce adipogenesis in D1 bone marrow stromal cell line, but not through the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma pathway

Osteoblasts and adipocytes share a common progenitor in bone marrow. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) plays a critical role in adipogenesis. Using a mouse pluripotent mesenchymal cell, D1, as a model, several reports have demonstrated that dexamethasone, a glucocorticoid, can induce adipogenesis. We first examined whether adipogenesis induction in D1 cells is initiated by activation of PPAR-gamma. The results revealed that pioglitazone induces adipogenesis in D1 cells in a dose-dependent manner and decreases alkaline phosphatase activity in D1 cells. Interestingly, this adipogenesis was not blocked by bisphenol A diglycidyl ether, a PPAR-gamma antagonist. A PPAR-gamma-mediated reporter gene assay showed no response to pioglitazone. We then asked whether dexamethasone-induced adipogenesis can be repressed by mifepristone (RU486), an antagonist of glucocorticoid receptor. The results disclosed that mifepristone cannot counteract dexamethasone-induced adipogenesis, and mifepristone itself induced adipogenesis in D1 cells. Moreover, glucocorticoid receptor-mediated reporter gene assay was not responsive to dexamethasone or mifepristone. We concluded that the adipogenesis induced by pioglitazone and dexamethasone in D1 cells may not occur via a PPAR-gamma and glucocorticoid receptor pathway. Finally, we analyzed the gene expression profile of D1 by cDNA microarray after treatment with dexamethasone. We found that the expression of several adipogenesis-related genes is highly provoked by this agent.     

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma1 is dephosphorylated and degraded during BAY 11-7085-induced synovial fibroblast apoptosis

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) plays a central role in whole body metabolism by regulating adipocyte differentiation and energy storage. Recently, however, PPAR-gamma has also been demonstrated to affect proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis of different cell types. As we have previously shown that BAY 11-7085-induced synovial fibroblast apoptosis is prevented by PPAR-gamma agonist 15d-PGJ2; the expression of PPAR-gamma in these cells was studied. Both PPAR-gamma1 and PPAR-gamma2 isoforms were cloned from synovial fibroblast RNA, but only PPAR-gamma1 was detected by Western blot, showing constitutive nuclear expression. Within minutes of BAY 11-7085 treatment, a PPAR-gamma1-specific band was shifted into a form of higher mobility, suggesting dephosphorylation, as confirmed by phosphatase treatment of cell extracts. Of interest, BAY 11-7085-induced PPAR-gamma1 dephosphorylation was followed by PARP and caspase-8 cleavage as well as by PPAR-gamma1 protein degradation. PPAR-gamma1 dephosphorylation was followed by the loss of PPAR-DNA binding activity ubiquitously present in synovial fibroblast nuclear extracts. Unlike the phosphorylated form, dephosphorylated PPAR-gamma1 was found in insoluble membrane cell fraction and was not ubiquitinated before degradation. PPAR-gamma1 dephosphorylation coincided with ERK1/2 phosphorylation that accompanies BAY 11-7085-induced synovial fibroblasts apoptosis. 15d-PGJ2, PGD2, and partially UO126, down-regulated ERK1/2 phosphorylation, protected cells from BAY 11-7085-induced apoptosis, and reversed both PPAR-gamma dephosphorylation and degradation. Furthermore, PPAR-gamma antagonist BADGE induced PPAR-gamma1 degradation, ERK1/2 phosphorylation, and synovial fibroblasts apoptosis. The results presented suggest an anti-apoptotic role for PPAR-gamma1 in synovial fibroblasts. Since apoptotic marker PARP is cleaved after PPAR-gamma1 dephosphorylation but before PPAR-gamma1 degradation, dephosphorylation event might be enough to mediate BAY 11-7085-induced apoptosis in synovial fibroblasts.