Expression of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c (SREBP-1c) mRNA in rat hepatoma cells requires endogenous LXR ligands

R. A. DeBose-Boyd; J. Ou; J. L. Goldstein; M. S. Brown

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Expression of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c (SREBP-1c) mRNA in rat hepatoma cells requires endogenous LXR ligands

R. A. DeBose-Boyd, J. Ou, J. L. Goldstein, M. S. Brown

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The current paper describes a line of cultured rat hepatoma cells (McA-RH7777 cells) that mimics the behavior of rat liver by producing an excess of mRNA for sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c (SREBP-1c) as opposed to SREBP-1a. These two transcripts are derived from a single gene by use of alternative promoters that are separated by many kilobases in the genome. The high level of SREBP-1c mRNA is abolished when cholesterol synthesis is blocked by compactin, an inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA (HMG CoA) reductase that inhibits cholesterol synthesis. Levels of SREBP-1c mRNA are restored by mevalonate, the product of the HMG CoA reductase reaction, and by ligands for the nuclear hormone receptor LXR, including 22(R)-hydroxycholesterol and T0901317. These data suggest that transcription of the SREBP-1c gene in hepatocytes requires tonic activation of LXR by an oxysterol intermediate in the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway. Reduction of this intermediate lowers SREBP-1c levels, and this in turn is predicted to lower the rates of fatty acid biosynthesis in liver.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1477-1482
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume	98
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.98.4.1477
State	Published - Feb 13 2001

Keywords

Fatty acid synthesis
Nuclear receptors
Oxysterols
Statins
Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins

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