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  • Title: The acute phase response is associated with retinoid X receptor repression in rodent liver.
    Author: Beigneux AP, Moser AH, Shigenaga JK, Grunfeld C, Feingold KR.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 2000 May 26; 275(21):16390-9. PubMed ID: 10747970.
    Abstract:
    The acute phase response (APR) is associated with decreased hepatic expression of many proteins involved in lipid metabolism. The nuclear hormone receptors peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) and liver X receptor (LXR) play key roles in regulation of hepatic lipid metabolism. Because heterodimerization with RXR is crucial for their action, we hypothesized that a decrease in RXR may be one mechanism to coordinately down-regulate gene expression during APR. We demonstrate that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induces a rapid, dose-dependent decrease in RXRalpha, RXRbeta, and RXRgamma proteins in hamster liver. Maximum inhibition was observed at 4 h for RXRalpha (62%) and RXRbeta (50%) and at 2 h for RXRgamma (61%). These decreases were associated with a marked reduction in RXRalpha, RXRbeta, and RXRgamma mRNA levels. Increased RNA degradation is likely responsible for the repression of RXR, because LPS did not decrease RXRbeta and RXRgamma transcription and only marginally inhibited (38%) RXRalpha transcription. RXR repression was associated with decreased LXRalpha and PPARalpha mRNA levels and reduced RXR x RXR, RXR x PPAR and RXR x LXR binding activities in nuclear extracts. Furthermore, LPS markedly decreased both basal and Wy-14,643-induced expression of acyl-CoA synthetase, a well characterized PPARalpha target. The reduction in hepatic RXR levels alone or in association with other nuclear hormone receptors could be a mechanism for coordinately inhibiting the expression of multiple genes during the APR.
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