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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
40
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-1
pubmed:abstractText
The mechanism by which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitor therapy adversely induces lipodystrophy and hyperlipidemia has not been defined. This study explored the mechanism associated with the adverse effects of the prototype protease inhibitor ritonavir in mice. Ritonavir treatment increased plasma triglyceride and cholesterol levels through increased fatty acid and cholesterol biosynthesis in adipose and liver. Ritonavir treatment also resulted in hepatic steatosis and hepatomegaly. These abnormalities, which were especially pronounced after feeding a Western type high fat diet, were due to ritonavir-induced accumulation of the activated forms of sterol regulatory binding protein (SREBP)-1 and -2 in the nucleus of liver and adipose, resulting in elevated expression of lipid metabolism genes. Interestingly, protease inhibitor treatment did not alter SREBP mRNA levels in these tissues. Thus, the adverse lipid abnormalities associated with protease inhibitor therapy are caused by the constitutive induction of lipid biosynthesis in liver and adipose tissues due to the accumulation of activated SREBP in the nucleus.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fatty Acids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/HIV Protease Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ritonavir, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Srebf1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Srebf2 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sterol Regulatory Element Binding..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sterol Regulatory Element Binding..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sterols, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
276
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
37514-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
HIV protease inhibitor induces fatty acid and sterol biosynthesis in liver and adipose tissues due to the accumulation of activated sterol regulatory element-binding proteins in the nucleus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0529, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.