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ArticleMolecular biology reports2014

28-Homobrassinolide: a novel oxysterol transactivating LXR gene expression.

R Premalatha, K Srikumar, D Vijayalaksmi, G N Kumar, P P Mathur

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Article in Molecular biology reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nuclear Receptors and Lipid Sensing.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2022
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R PremalathaDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, 605014, India, prema.srikumar@gmail.com.
K Srikumar
D Vijayalaksmi
G N Kumar
P P Mathur
Pondicherry University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cholesterol is the template for steroid hormone biosynthesis. Cholesterol homeostasis is regulated by Cyt-P450 oxygenated cholesterols acting as ligands on LXR-α and LXR-β transcription factors that are now emerging as drug targets. Heterodimerization of LXRs with retinoic acid receptor is considered a prerequisite for target gene activation. Dietary plant oxysterol 28-homobrassinolide (28-HB) is a proven antihyperglycemic and a pro-steroidogenic agent in the rat. Whether 28-HB has a role in LXR gene expression was therefore investigated using oral gavage (15 days) of 28-HB (333 µg/kg b w) to normal and diabetic rat. PCR amplified LXR-α and β mRNA transcripts from treated rat liver and testis exhibited quantitative differences in their expression. Conformational differences in 28-HB docking to LXR-α and β binding domains were also noted through in silico studies, LXR-β adopting lesser specificity. We report that 28-HB transactivates LXR genes in the rat tissues.

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Analysis of VarianceAnimalsCholestanonesDNA, ComplementaryDNA PrimersEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayLiver X ReceptorsMaleOrphan Nuclear ReceptorsPlant Growth RegulatorsProtein BindingProtein ConformationRatsRats, WistarReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTestisCholestanonesDNA, ComplementaryDNA PrimershomobrassinolideLiver X ReceptorsNr1h3 protein, ratOrphan Nuclear ReceptorsPlant Growth RegulatorsTestosterone

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