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Multiple peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor beta subtypes from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

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Leaver M, Ezaz MT, Fontagne S, Tocher DR, Boukouvala E & Krey G (2007) Multiple peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor beta subtypes from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, 38 (3), pp. 391-400. https://doi.org/10.1677/JME-06-0043

Abstract
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are ligand-activated transcription factors belonging to the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily that function as critical regulators of lipid and energy homeostasis. Although intensively studied in mammals, their basic biological functions are still poorly understood. The objective of this work was to characterise PPAR¦Â subtypes in a fish the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in order to address PPAR function and the regulation of lipid homeostasis in lower vertebrates. The screening of an Atlantic salmon genomic library revealed the presence of four genes for PPAR¦Â subtypes. Based on comparisons of exons and exon-flanking regions, these genes were assigned into two families, ssPPAR¦Â1 and ssPPAR¦Â2, each family containing two isotypes; ssPPAR¦Â1A and ¦Â1B and ssPPAR¦Â2A and ¦Â2B. Two full-length cDNAs for ssPPAR¦Â1A and ssPPPAR¦Â2A were isolated. Transcripts for ssPPAR¦Â1A and ssPPAR¦Â2A have distinct tissue expression profiles, with ssPPAR¦Â1A predominating in liver and ssPPAR¦Â2A predominating in gill. Expression levels of mRNA of either isotype were up to ten fold lower in kidney, heart, spleen, muscle, and brain.. In cellular transfection assays ssPPAR¦Â1A is activated by monounsaturated fatty acids, 2-bromopalmitate and by the mammalian PPAR¦Â-specific ligand GW501516. In contrast, PPAR¦Â2A was not activated by any of the compounds tested. Furthermore, ssPPAR¦Â2A repressed both basal reporter gene activity and the GW501516-induced activity of ssPPAR¦Â1A. The results indicate unexpected levels of variety and complexity in PPAR subtype and mechanism of action in lower vertebrates.

Keywords
PPAR; Atlantic salmon; transactivation; expression; Lipoproteins Fish; Fishes Feeding and feeds; Dietary supplements; Glucuronosyltransferase

Journal
Journal of Molecular Endocrinology: Volume 38, Issue 3

StatusPublished
Publication date01/03/2007
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PublisherSociety for Endocrinology
ISSN0952-5041
eISSN1479-6813

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