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ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 151, Issue 4, Pages 1653-1661Publisher
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-1435
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- Agence Nationale de la Recherche [JCJC-05-47810]
- Technologie Servier Orleans
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The pregnane X receptors (PXRs) and the constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) were initially isolated as nuclear receptors regulating xenobiotic metabolism and elimination, alleviating chemical insults. However, recent works suggest that these xenoreceptors play an endobiotic role in modulating hepatic lipid metabolism. In this study, we show that CAR activators] phenobarbital and 6-(4-chlorophenyl)imidazo[2,1-b][ 1,3] thiazole-5-carbaldehyde O-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)oxime] induce the lipogenic gene thyroid hormone-responsivespot 14 protein( (THRSP) (orSpot14, S14) expression in human hepatocytes. In addition, we report that treatment of wild-type mice with mCAR activators (phenobarbital and 1,4-Bis[2-(3,5-dichloropyridyloxy)] benzene)efficiently increases thrsp expression, in contrast to CAR null mice. We demonstrate that CAR directly transactivates THRSP promoter through the direct repeat with 4-bp spacer thyroid hormone and PXR response element. Deletion or point mutations within this PXR response element led to a drastic inhibition of CAR-mediated THRSP transactivation. Gel-shift analysis revealed that the CAR/retinoid X receptor complex binds to this element. In conclusion, our results indicate that THRSP gene is a CAR and PXR target gene. Because THRSP expression correlates with lipogenesis and insulin sensitivity, our data suggest that CAR and/or PXR activating drugs and xenobiotics may promote aberrant hepatic de novo lipogenesis leading potentially to fatty liver diseases and insulin resistance. (Endocrinology 151: 1653-1661, 2010)
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