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ArticleNucleic acids research2004

The inhibition of the human cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (CYP7A1) promoter by fibrates in cultured cells is mediated via the liver x receptor alpha and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha heterodimer.

G Franck Gbaguidi, Luis B Agellon

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

G Franck GbaguidiCanadian Institutes of Health Research Group in Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids and Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2S2, Canada.
Luis B Agellon
Canadian Institutes of Health Research · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In previous work, we showed that the binding of the liver x receptor alpha:peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (LXRalpha:PPARalpha) heterodimer to the murine Cyp7a1 gene promoter antagonizes the stimulatory effect of their respective ligands. In this study, we determined if LXRalpha:PPARalpha can also regulate human CYP7A1 gene promoter activity. Co-expression of LXRalpha and PPARalpha in McArdle RH7777 hepatoma cells decreased the activity of the human CYP7A1 gene promoter in response to fibrates and 25-hydroxycholesterol. In vitro, the human CYP7A1 Site I bound LXRalpha:PPARalpha, although with substantially less affinity compared with the murine Cyp7a1 Site I. The binding of LXRalpha:PPARalpha to human CYP7A1 Site I was increased in the presence of either LXRalpha or PPARalpha ligands. In HepG2 hepatoblastoma cells, fibrates and 25-hydroxycholesterol inhibited the expression of the endogenous CYP7A1 gene as well as the human CYP7A1 gene promoter when co-transfected with plasmids encoding LXRalpha and PPARalpha. However, a derivative of the human CYP7A1 gene promoter that contains a mutant form of Site I that does not bind LXRalpha:PPARalpha was not inhibited by WY 14,643 or 25-hydroxycholesterol in both McArdle RH7777 and HepG2 cells. The ligand-dependent recruitment of LXRalpha:PPARalpha heterodimer onto the human CYP7A1 Site I can explain the inhibition of the human CYP7A1 gene promoter in response to fibrates and 25-hydroxycholesterol.

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DNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression RegulationNuclear ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticAcids, AcyclicAnimalsBezafibrateBinding SitesCell Line, TumorCells, CulturedCholesterol 7-alpha-HydroxylaseClofibrateDimerizationGemfibrozilHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha25-hydroxycholesterolAcids, AcyclicBezafibrateCholesterol 7-alpha-HydroxylaseClofibrateDNA-Binding ProteinsGemfibrozilHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alphaHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-betaHNF1A protein, humanHnf1a protein, ratHNF1B protein, humanHydroxycholesterolsLigandsLiver X ReceptorsNR1H3 protein, humanNr1h3 protein, ratNuclear ProteinsOrphan Nuclear Receptorspirinixic acidPyrimidinesReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearTranscription Factors

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PMID14960721
PMCPMC373396
OpenAlexW2117024782

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