2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Regulation mechanism of adipocyte differentiation through prostaglandin D2 receptor
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18570187
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cell biology
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| Research Institution | Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2007)
Osaka Bioscience Institute (2006) |
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Principal Investigator |
FUJIMORI Ko Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 薬学部, Lecturer (70425453)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
URADE Yoshihiro Osaka Bioscience Institute, 分子行動生物学部門, Department Head (10201360)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2007
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| Keywords | prostaglandin D2 / adipocyte / regulation of differentiation / regulation of obesity / molecular biology / transcriptional regulation |
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| Research Abstract |
Lipocalin-type prostaglandin (PG) D synthase (L-PGDS) is expressed in adipocytes and is proposed to be involved in the regulation of glucose tolerance and atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes, because L-PGDS gene knock-out mice show abnormalities in these functions. However, the role of L-PGDS and the regulation mechanism governing its gene expression in adipocytes remain unclear. I applied small interference RNA of L-PGDS to mouse 3T3-L1 cells and found that it suppressed differentiation of these cells into adipocytes. Reporter analysis of the mouse L-PGDS promoter demonstrated that a responsive element for liver receptor homolog-1 (LRH-1) at -233 plays a critical role in preadipocytic 3T3-L1 cells. Moreover, we identified two sterol regulatory elements (SREs) at -194 to be ciselements for activation of L-PGDS gene expression in adipocytic 3T3-L1 cells. L-PGDS mRNA was induced in response to synthetic liver X receptor agonist, T0901317, through activation of the expression of SRE-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) in the adipocytic 3T3-L1 cells. The results of electrophoretic mobility shift assay and chromatin immunoprecipitation assay revealed that LRH-1 and SREBP-1c bound to their respective binding elements in the promoter of L-PGDS gene. Small interference RNA-mediated suppression of LRH-1 or SREBP-1c decreased L-PGDS gene expression in preadipocytic or adipocytic 3T3-L1 cells, respectively. These results indicate that L-PGDS gene expression is activated by LRH-1 in preadipocytes and by SREBP-1c in adipocytes. Liver X receptor-mediated up-regulation of L-PGDS through activation of SREBP-1c is a novel pathway to enhance adipocyte differentiation.
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