Activation of PPARδ alters lipid metabolism in db/db mice
- 12 May 2000
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 473 (3), 333-336
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01554-4
Abstract
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear receptors, which heterodimerize with the retinoid X receptor and bind to peroxisome proliferator response elements in the promoters of regulated genes. Despite the wealth of information available on the function of PPARα and PPARγ, relatively little is known about the most widely expressed PPAR subtype, PPARδ. Here we show that treatment of insulin resistant db/db mice with the PPARδ agonist L-165 041, at doses that had no effect on either glucose or triglycerides, raised total plasma cholesterol concentrations. The increased cholesterol was primarily associated with high density lipoprotein (HDL) particles, as shown by fast protein liquid chromatography analysis. These data were corroborated by the chemical analysis of the lipoproteins isolated by ultracentrifugation, demonstrating that treatment with L-165 041 produced an increase in circulating HDL without major changes in very low or low density lipoproteins. White adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase activity was reduced following treatment with the PPARδ ligand, but was increased by a PPARγ agonist. These data suggest both that PPARδ is involved in the regulation of cholesterol metabolism in db/db mice and that PPARδ ligands could potentially have therapeutic value.Keywords
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