出版社:American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要:The acute-phase response (APR) suppresses type II nuclear hormonereceptors and alters the expression of their target genes involvedin lipid metabolism in the liver and heart. Therefore, we examinedthe expression of liver X receptor/retinoid X receptor (LXR/RXR)and their target genes in kidney from mice treated with lipopolysaccharide(LPS) and in human proximal tubular HK-2 cells treated withinterleukin-1ß (IL-1ß) and tumor necrosisfactor- (TNF-). We found that LXR and RXR expression was suppressedby LPS in kidney and by IL-1ß or TNF- in HK-2 cells.The decrease in LXR/RXR expression was associated with a decreasein the expression of several LXR target genes [apolipoproteinE (apoE), ABCA1, ABCG1, and sterol-regulatory element bindingprotein-1c (SREBP-1c)] and a decrease in ligand-induced apoEexpression. Moreover, IL-1ß and TNF- significantlyreduced liver X receptor response element (LXRE)-driven transcriptionas measured by LXRE-linked luciferase activity. However, overexpressionof LXR/RXR only partially restored the cytokine-mediated reductionin LXRE-linked luciferase activity. Additionally, expressionof the LXR coactivators peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor coactivator 1 (PGC1) and steroid receptor coactivator-2 (SRC-2)was decreased by IL-1ß or TNF-.
We conclude that the APR suppresses the expression of both nuclearreceptors LXR/RXR and several LXR coactivators in kidney, whichcould be a mechanism for coordinately regulating the expressionof multiple LXR target genes that play important roles in lipidmetabolism in kidney during the APR.Abbreviations: apoE, apolipoprotein E; APR, acute-phase response; FXR, farnesoid X receptor; IL, interleukin; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; LXR, liver X receptor; LXRE, liver X receptor response element; PGC-1, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor coactivator 1; PPAR, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor; PTC, proximal tubular cell; RXR, retinoid X receptor; SRC, steroid receptor coactivator; SREBP-1c, sterol-regulatory element binding protein-1c; TNF, tumor necrosis factor
Supplementary key words lipopolysaccharide • acute-phase response • lipid metabolism