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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 36, 308-314, Copyright © 1995 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Identification of novel differentially expressed hepatic genes in cholesterol-fed rabbits by a non-targeted gene approach

AT Remaley, UK Schumacher, HR Amouzadeh, HB Brewer Jr and JM Hoeg
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

Several key genes involved in cholesterol metabolism are known to be directly regulated by cholesterol. The possible indirect effect, however, of increased levels of cellular cholesterol on gene expression and its possible role in cholesterol metabolism and atherosclerosis has not been thoroughly explored. In order to determine the overall effect of cholesterol on gene expression, we isolated differentially expressed genes from a PCR-based subtraction library prepared from the liver of chow-fed and cholesterol-fed rabbits. A total of nine upregulated and four down-regulated cDNA fragments were isolated. As determined by Northern blot analysis, the expression of the isolated cDNAs began to change as early as the first week on the cholesterol-rich diet or as late as 4 weeks, which corresponded with hepatic cholesterol accumulation. Three of the cDNAs were identified by DNA sequence homology, whereas the remaining cDNAs had no significant homology match. CYP1A1, a cytochrome P450 isoenzyme, was found to be down- regulated in hepatocytes by cholesterol feeding. Osteopontin and Mac-2, which are produced by macrophages, were found to be up-regulated in Kupffer cells by cholesterol feeding. Overall these results demonstrate the usefulness of the subtraction library approach for identifying new candidate genes for exploring the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.
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