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JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 130, Issue 12, Pages 2915-2921Publisher
AMER INST NUTRITION
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.12.2915
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sterol regulatory element binding protein; copper; fatty acid synthase; rats
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK 52573] Funding Source: Medline
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and an enhanced rate of hepatic lipid synthesis. Because the nuclear transcription factor sterol regulatory element binding protein-1 (SREBP-1) is a strong enhancer of fatty acid synthase promoter activity, it was hypothesized that Cu deficiency induces fatty acid synthase gene transcription by increasing the nuclear localization of mature SREBP-1. Male weanling rats were pair-fed a Cu-adequate (6.0 mg/kg) or Cu-deficient (0.6 mg/kg) diet (AIN-93) for 28 d. DNase I hypersensitivity site mapping of the hepatic fatty acid synthase gene revealed the presence of four major hypersensitivity sites located at -8700 to -8600, -7300 to -6900, -600 to -400 and -100 to +50. Although Cu deficiency did not change the hypersensitivity site pattern or intensity, in vitro footprinting of the region between -100 and +50 indicated that Cu deficiency enhanced DNA protein interactions within this region. The sequence between -68 and -58 contains the DNA recognition sequence for SREBP-1 and upstream stimulatory element-1 (USF-1). Western blot analysis revealed that the dietary Cu deficiency increased the hepatic nuclear content of mature SREBP-1 by 150% (P < 0.05), and it concomitantly decreased the membrane content of precursor SREBP-1 by 45% (P < 0.05). Changes in the hepatic distribution of SREBP-1 associated with Cu deficiency were not accompanied by changes in SREBP-1 mRNA. The nuclear content of USF-1 was unaffected by dietary Cu status. The hepatic increase in mature SREBP-1 of Cu-deficient rats was accompanied by a 400% increase and an 80% decrease in the abundance of fatty acid synthase and cholesterol 7-alpha hydroxylase mRNA, respectively, hepatic These data indicate that a Cu deficiency stimulates hepatic lipogenic gene expression by increasing the hepatic translocation of mature SREBP-1.
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