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PPAR RESEARCH
Volume 2014, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2014/747014
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- Fonds pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche de la faculte de pharmacie de l'universite Laval
- CIHR (New Investigator Award) [MSH95330]
- Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) [MOP-119331]
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) [402213-2012]
- Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) [17745]
- Pfizer cardiovascular Canada
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Hypolipidemic fibrates activate the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) alpha to modulate lipid oxidation and metabolism. The present study aimed at evaluating how 3 PPAR alpha agonists, namely, fenofibrate, gemfibrozil, and Wy14,643, affect bilirubin synthesis and metabolism. Human umbilical vein epithelial cells (HUVEC) and coronary artery smooth muscle cells (CASMC) were cultured in the absence or presence of the 3 activators, and mRNA, protein, and/or activity levels of the bilirubin synthesizing heme oxygenase- (HO-) 1 and biliverdin reductase (BVR) enzymes were determined. Human hepatocytes (HH) and HepG2 cells sustained similar treatments, except that the expression of the bilirubin conjugating UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A1 enzyme and multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) 2 transporter was analyzed. In HUVECs, gemfibrozil, fenofibrate, and Wy14,643 upregulated HO-1 mRNA expression without affecting BVR. Wy14,643 and fenofibrate also caused HO-1 protein accumulation, while gemfibrozil and fenofibrate favored the secretion of bilirubin in cell media. Similar positive regulations were also observed with the 3 PPAR alpha ligands in CASMCs where HO-1 mRNA and protein levels were increased. In HH and HepG2 cells, both UGT1A1 and MRP2 transcripts were also accumulating. These observations indicate that PPAR alpha ligands activate bilirubin synthesis in vascular cells and metabolism in liver cells. The clinical implications of these regulatory events are discussed.
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