Hepatic farnesyl diphosphate synthase expression is suppressed by polyunsaturated fatty acids
Hepatic farnesyl diphosphate synthase expression is suppressed by polyunsaturated fatty acids
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DOI:
10.1042/bj20040933
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发表时间:
2005-02-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Bournot, P
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作者:
Le Jossic-Corcos, C;Gonthier, C;Bournot, P
Dietary vegetable oils and fish oils rich in PUFA (polyunsaturated fatty acids exert hypocholesterolaemic and hypotriglyceridaemic effects in rodents. The plasma cholesterol-lowering properties of PUFA are due partly to a diminution of cholesterol synthesis and of the activity of the rate-limiting enzyme HMG-CoA reductase (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase). To better understand the mechanisms involved, we examined how tuna fish oil and individual n - 3 and n - 6 PUFA affect the expression of hepatic FPP synthase (famesyl diphosphate synthase), a SREBP (sterol regulatory element-binding protein) target enzyme that is subject to negative-feedback regulation by sterols, in co-ordination with HMG-CcA reductase. Feeding mice on a tuna fish oil diet for 2 weeks decreased serum cholesterol and triacylglycerol levels, by 50 % and 60 % respectively. Hepatic levels of FPP synthase and HMG-CcA reductase mRNAs were also decreased, by 70% and 40 % respectively. Individual n - 3 and n - 6 PUFA lowered FPP synthase and HMG-CoA reductase mRNA levels in H4IIEC3 rat hepatoma, cells to a greater extent than did stearate and oleate, with the largest inhibitory effects occurring with arachidonate, EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid). We observed a similar inhibitory effect on protein levels of FPP synthase. The suppressive effect of PUFA on the FPP synthase mRNA level was not due to a decrease in mRNA stability, but to transcription inhibition. Moreover, a lower nuclear availability of both SREBP-1 and SREBP-2 mature forms was observed in HepG2 human hepatoblastoma cells treated with arachiclonate, EPA or DHA. Taken together, these data suggest that PUFA can down-regulate hepatic cholesterol synthesis through inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase and FPP synthase, at least in part through impainnent of the SREBP pathway.