期刊名称：Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition
印刷版ISSN：0912-0009
电子版ISSN：1880-5086
出版年度：2005
卷号：37
期号：2
页码：39-44
DOI：10.3164/jcbn.37.39
出版社：The Society for Free Radical Research Japan
摘要：Peroxisome proliferators-activated receptors gamma (PPARγ) is an isoform of PPARs which are members of the nuclear receptor superfamily and are considered as key sensors of lipid and glucose homeostasis. This ligand-activated transcription factor has been intensively studied for more than a decade and the bona fide endogenous ligand remains unknown. 15-Deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2 (15d-PGJ2) is of great interest because it affects gene transcription by binding and activating PPARγ and by covalent addition to transcription factors and signaling molecules. However, the actual concentration of 15d-PGJ2 is several orders of magnitude below the levels required to induce many of the biological reaction attributed to this molecule. This short review will focus on 15d-PGJ2 as a ligand of PPARγ and on other candidates of the endogenous ligand for the receptor.
