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J Mol Endocrinol ; 49(3): 165-74, 2012 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22889684

ABSTRACT

Hepatic LDL receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1) plays a role in the clearance of circulating remnant lipoproteins. In this study, we investigated the effect of rosiglitazone treatment on the expression and function of hepatic LRP1. HepG2 cells were incubated with various concentrations of rosiglitazone. Male Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO) rats and Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats were treated with rosiglitazone for 5 weeks. The expression and function of LRP1 in HepG2 cells and liver samples of rats were analyzed. LRP1 mRNA and protein expressions were increased by 0.5 and 5  µM rosiglitazone in HepG2 cells. However, at concentrations above 50  µM rosiglitazone, LRP1 mRNA and protein expressions did not change compared with those in nontreated cells. Reporter assay showed that 0.5 and 5  µM rosiglitazone increased the transcriptional activity of the LRP1 promoter in HepG2 cells. The uptake of apolipoprotein E through LRP1 in HepG2 cells was also increased by rosiglitazone. Hepatic LRP1 was reduced in OLETF rats compared with that of LETO rats and rosiglitazone treatment increased hepatic LRP1 in OLETF rats. A high glucose condition (25  mM glucose in culture media) reduced the expression of LRP1 in HepG2 cells, and this reduced LRP1 expression was recovered with rosiglitazone. In conclusion, our data suggest that decreased hepatic LRP1 in a diabetic condition is associated with the development of atherogenic dyslipidemia and that increased hepatic LRP1 by thiazolidinediones could contribute to an improvement in atherogenic lipid profiles in diabetic patients.


Subject(s)
Dyslipidemias/drug therapy , Dyslipidemias/metabolism , Liver/metabolism , Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1/metabolism , Thiazolidinediones/therapeutic use , Animals , Hep G2 Cells , Humans , Liver/drug effects , Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1/genetics , Rats , Rosiglitazone
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Int J Neuropsychopharmacol ; 15(1): 135-42, 2012 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22040807

ABSTRACT

Thiazolidinediones, such as rosiglitazone or pioglitazone, are anti-diabetic agents that have been expected to show a beneficial effect in Alzheimer's disease (AD) because of their anti-inflammatory effect. However, these agents have failed to show a significant beneficial effect on AD in recent clinical trials. Here, we suggest that low-dose rosiglitazone treatment, and not the conventional doses, has an amyloid ß (Aß)-clearing effect by increasing LRP1, an Aß outward transporter in the blood-brain barrier. Rosiglitazone up-regulated LRP1 mRNA and protein expression and LRP1 promoter activity in human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMECs). Aß uptake through LRP1 in HBMECs was also increased by rosiglitazone. This increase in LRP1 and Aß uptake was observed in up to 10 nm rosiglitazone concentration. At concentrations above 20 nm rosiglitazone, the LRP1 expression and Aß uptake in HBMECs were not altered. The possible mechanism of this unusual dose response is discussed. This study suggests a new therapeutic application of thiazolidinediones for AD at a much lower dose than the doses used for diabetes treatment.


Subject(s)
Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism , Brain/drug effects , Endothelial Cells/drug effects , Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1/metabolism , Neuroprotective Agents/administration & dosage , Thiazolidinediones/administration & dosage , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/administration & dosage , Blood-Brain Barrier/drug effects , Blood-Brain Barrier/physiopathology , Brain/blood supply , Brain/physiopathology , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Endothelial Cells/physiology , Gene Expression/drug effects , Humans , Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1/genetics , Microvessels/drug effects , Microvessels/physiopathology , Promoter Regions, Genetic , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Rosiglitazone
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Oncol Rep ; 23(6): 1715-20, 2010 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20428830

ABSTRACT

Retinoid X receptor-alpha (RXR alpha) fragments are known to be produced in some cancer cells by proteolytic cleavage. Previous finding that ligand binding domain (LBD) fragment of RXR alpha specifically inhibits retinoic acid receptor-gamma (RAR gamma) activity led us to investigate the functional role of RXR alpha LBD fragment in radiosensitization by retinoic acid (RA). Ectopic expression of RXR alpha LBD fragment in cells that do not have a detectable endogenous RXR alpha LBD fragment, blocked synergistic radiosensitizing action of RA, as determined by growth inhibition, cell death and colony formation assays. However, H460 cell, which has an endogenous RXR alpha LBD fragment, was not radiosensitized by RA regardless of the ectopic RXR alpha LBD fragment expression. These results were paralleled with the pattern of p21 Waf1/Cip1 induction by the treatment of RA in combination with ionizing radiation (IR). Taken together, we hypothesize that the RXR alpha LBD fragment may act as a negative regulator of radiosensitizing effect of RA by restricting the RAR gamma-mediated biological response to RA.


Subject(s)
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents/pharmacology , Retinoid X Receptor alpha/metabolism , Tretinoin/pharmacology , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/pathology , Apoptosis/drug effects , Apoptosis/radiation effects , Blotting, Western , Cell Proliferation/drug effects , Cell Proliferation/radiation effects , Colony-Forming Units Assay , Combined Modality Therapy , Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21/metabolism , Drug Synergism , Female , Humans , Ligands , Radiation, Ionizing , Tumor Cells, Cultured , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/metabolism
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Parasitol Res ; 105(6): 1675-81, 2009 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19756751

ABSTRACT

Naegleria fowleri, a ubiquitous pathogenic free-living amoeba, is the most virulent species and causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in laboratory animals and humans. The parasite secretes various inducing molecules as biological responses, which are thought to be involved in pathophysiological and immunological events during infection. To investigate what molecules of N. fowleri excretory-secretory proteins (ESPs) are related with amoebic pathogenicity, N. fowleri ESPs fractionated by two-dimensional electrophoresis were reacted with N. fowleri infection or immune sera. To identify immunodominant ESPs, six major protein spots were selected and analyzed by N-terminal sequencing. Finally, six proteins, 58, 40, 24, 21, 18, and 16 kDa of molecular weight, were partially cloned and matched with reference proteins as follow: 58 kDa of exendin-3 precursor, 40 kDa of secretory lipase, 24 kDa of cathepsin B-like proteases and cysteine protease, 21 kDa of cathepsin B, 18 kDa of peroxiredoxin, and 16 kDa of thrombin receptor, respectively. These results suggest that N. fowleri ESPs contained important proteins, which may play an important role in the pathogenicity of N. fowleri.


Subject(s)
Antigens, Protozoan/immunology , Immunodominant Epitopes/immunology , Naegleria fowleri/immunology , Protozoan Proteins/immunology , Animals , Antibodies, Protozoan/immunology , Antigens, Protozoan/chemistry , Antigens, Protozoan/isolation & purification , Cloning, Molecular , Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional , Female , Immunoblotting , Immunodominant Epitopes/chemistry , Immunodominant Epitopes/isolation & purification , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C , Molecular Weight , Proteome/analysis , Protozoan Proteins/chemistry , Protozoan Proteins/isolation & purification , Virulence Factors/immunology
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