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J Biol Chem ; 282(26): 19152-66, 2007 Jun 29.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17468099

ABSTRACT

The ability of pollutants to affect human health is a major concern, justified by the wide demonstration that reproductive functions are altered by endocrine disrupting chemicals. The definition of endocrine disruption is today extended to broader endocrine regulations, and includes activation of metabolic sensors, such as the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs). Toxicology approaches have demonstrated that phthalate plasticizers can directly influence PPAR activity. What is now missing is a detailed molecular understanding of the fundamental basis of endocrine disrupting chemical interference with PPAR signaling. We thus performed structural and functional analyses that demonstrate how monoethyl-hexyl-phthalate (MEHP) directly activates PPARgamma and promotes adipogenesis, albeit to a lower extent than the full agonist rosiglitazone. Importantly, we demonstrate that MEHP induces a selective activation of different PPARgamma target genes. Chromatin immunoprecipitation and fluorescence microscopy in living cells reveal that this selective activity correlates with the recruitment of a specific subset of PPARgamma coregulators that includes Med1 and PGC-1alpha, but not p300 and SRC-1. These results highlight some key mechanisms in metabolic disruption but are also instrumental in the context of selective PPAR modulation, a promising field for new therapeutic development based on PPAR modulation.


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Adipocytes/drug effects , Adipogenesis/drug effects , Diethylhexyl Phthalate/analogs & derivatives , Environmental Pollutants/toxicity , PPAR gamma/metabolism , 3T3-L1 Cells , Adipocytes/cytology , Adipocytes/metabolism , Adipogenesis/physiology , Animals , Binding Sites , COS Cells , Chlorocebus aethiops , Diethylhexyl Phthalate/chemistry , Diethylhexyl Phthalate/metabolism , Diethylhexyl Phthalate/toxicity , Environmental Pollutants/chemistry , Environmental Pollutants/metabolism , Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer , HeLa Cells , Humans , Hypoglycemic Agents/chemistry , Hypoglycemic Agents/metabolism , Mice , PPAR gamma/chemistry , PPAR gamma/genetics , Promoter Regions, Genetic/physiology , Protein Structure, Tertiary , RNA, Small Interfering/pharmacology , Rosiglitazone , Thiazolidinediones/chemistry , Thiazolidinediones/metabolism
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