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The Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 40, 708-714, April 1999
Copyright © 1999 by Lipid Research, Inc.


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Phytanic acid is ligand and transcriptional activator of murine liver fatty acid binding protein

Christian Wolfruma, Peter Ellinghausb, Manfred Fobkerb,c, Udo Seedorfb, Gerd Assmannb,c, Torsten Börchersd, and Friedrich Spenera
a Institut für Biochemie, D-48149 Münster, Germany
b Institut für Arterioskleroseforschung, D-48149 Münster, Germany
c Institut für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin, D-48149 Münster, Germany
d Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and Institut für Chemo- und Biosensorik, D-48149 Münster, Germany

Correspondence to: Friedrich Spener

Branched-chain phytanic acid is metabolized in liver peroxisomes. Sterol carrier protein 2/sterol carrier protein x (SCP2/SCPx) knockout mice, which develop a phenotype with a deficiency in phytanic acid degradation, accumulate dramatically high concentrations of this fatty acid in serum (Seedorf at al. 1998. Genes Dev. 12: 1189–1201) and liver. Concomitantly, a 6.9-fold induction of liver fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP) expression is observed in comparison to wild-type animals fed standard chow, possibly mediated by the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR{alpha}). Cytosolic transport of phytanic acid to either peroxisomal membranes or to the nucleus for activation of PPAR{alpha} may be mediated by L-FABP, which gives rise to the question whether phytanic acid is a transactivator of this protein. Here we show first that phytanic acid binds to recombinant L-FABP with high affinity. Then the increase of the in vivo phytanic acid concentration by phytol feeding to mice results in a 4-fold induction of L-FABP expression in liver, which is in the order of that attained with bezafibrate, a known peroxisome proliferator. Finally to test in vitro whether this induction is conferred by phytanic acid, we cotransfected HepG2 cells with an expression plasmid for murine PPAR{alpha} and a CAT-reporter gene with 176 bp of the murine L-FABP promoter, containing the peroxisome proliferator responsive element (PPRE). After incubation with phytanic acid, we observed a 3.2-fold induction of CAT expression.

These findings, both in vivo and in vitro, demonstrate that phytanic acid is a transscriptional activator of L-FABP expression and that this effect is mediated via PPAR{alpha}.—Wolfrum, C., P. Ellinghaus, M. Fobker, U. Seedorf, G. Assmann, T. Börchers, and F. Spener. Phytanic acid is ligand and transcriptional activator of murine liver fatty acid binding protein. J. Lipid Res. 1999. 40: 708 –714.

Supplementary key words: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor, peroxisome proliferation, sterol carrier protein 2, sterol carrier protein x, isothermal titration calorimetry, SCP2/SCPx-deficient knock out mice, L-FABP


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