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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
Mice deficient in fatty acyl-CoA oxidase (AOX(-/-)), the first enzyme of the peroxisomal beta-oxidation system, develop specific morphological and molecular changes in the liver characterized by microvesicular fatty change, increased mitosis, spontaneous peroxisome proliferation, increased mRNA and protein levels of genes regulated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha), and hepatocellular carcinoma. Based on these findings it is proposed that substrates for AOX function as ligands for PPARalpha. In this study we examined the sequential changes in morphology and gene expression in the liver of wild-type and AOX(-/-) mice at Embryonic Day 17.5, and during postnatal development up to 2 months of age. In AOX(-/-) mice high levels of expression of PPARalpha-responsive genes in the liver commenced on the day of birth and persisted throughout the postnatal period. We found no indication of PPARalpha activation in the livers of AOX(-/-) mice at embryonic age E17.5. In AOX(-/-) mice microvesicular fatty change in liver cells was evident at 7 days. At 2 months of age livers showed extensive steatosis and the presence in the periportal areas of clusters of hepatocytes with abundant granular eosinophilic cytoplasm rich in peroxisomes. These results suggest that the biological ligands for PPARalpha vis a vis substrates for AOX either are not functional in fetal liver or do not cross the placental barrier during the fetal development and that postnatally they are likely derived from milk and diet.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Acetyl-CoA C-Acyltransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Acyl-CoA Oxidase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enoyl-CoA Hydratase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Isoenzymes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Isomerases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ligands, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Multienzyme Complexes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxidoreductases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/peroxisomal-bifunctional enzyme
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0014-4827
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
268
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
70-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11461119-3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Acetyl-CoA C-Acyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Acyl-CoA Oxidase, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Enoyl-CoA Hydratase, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Fatty Liver, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Isomerases, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Multienzyme Complexes, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Peroxisomes, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, pubmed-meshheading:11461119-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha-responsive genes induced in the newborn but not prenatal liver of peroxisomal fatty acyl-CoA oxidase null mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article