Phosphorylation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α in rat Fao cells and stimulation by ciprofibrate

• Published in: Biochemical pharmacology Vol. 58; no. 6; pp. 1001 - 1008
• Main Authors: Passilly, Patricia, Schohn, Hervé, Jannin, Brigitte, Cherkaoui Malki, Mustapha, Boscoboinik, Daniel, Dauça, Michel, Latruffe, Norbert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 15-09-1999; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Acyl-CoA Oxidase; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Cell Line; ciprofibrate stimulation; Clofibric Acid - analogs & derivatives; Clofibric Acid - pharmacology; Enzyme Inhibitors - pharmacology; Fibric Acids; Gene Expression Regulation - drug effects; General and cellular metabolism. Vitamins; Medical sciences; Microbodies - drug effects; Microbodies - enzymology; Oxidoreductases - metabolism; Peroxisome Proliferators - pharmacology; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases - antagonists & inhibitors; Phosphorylation - drug effects; PPARα phosphorylation; rat Fao cells; Rats; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear - genetics; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear - metabolism; Transcription Factors - genetics; Transcription Factors - metabolism; PPARα phosphorylation; ciprofibrate stimulation; rat Fao cells; Phosphorylation; Rat; Transcription; Enzyme; Digestive system; Fibrate derivatives; Liver; Rodentia; Enzyme inhibitor; Phosphoric monoester hydrolases; Esterases; Activation; Gene expression; In vitro; Peroxisome proliferator; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Ciprofibrate; Animal; Established cell line; Hydrolases; Mechanism of action; Antilipemic agent; Biological receptor
• ISSN: 0006-2952; 1873-2968
• DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(99)00182-3

The basic mechanism(s) by which peroxisome proliferators activate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) is (are) not yet fully understood. Given the diversity of peroxisome proliferators, several hypotheses of activation have been proposed. Among them is the notion that peroxisome proliferators could activate PPARs by changing their phosphorylation status. In fact, it is well known that several members of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily are regulated by phosphorylation. In this report, we show that the rat Fao hepatic-derived cell line, known to respond to peroxisome proliferators, exhibited a high content of PPARα. Alkaline phosphatase treatment of Fao cell lysate as well as immunoprecipitation of PPARα from cells prelabeled with [
32P] orthophosphate clearly showed that PPARα is indeed a phosphoprotein
in vivo. Moreover, treatment of rat Fao cells with ciprofibrate, a peroxisome proliferator, increased the phosphorylation level of the PPARα. In addition, treatment of Fao cells with phosphatase inhibitors (okadaic acid and sodium orthovanadate) decreased the activity of ciprofibrate-induced peroxisomal acyl-coenzyme A oxidase, an enzyme encoded by a PPARα target gene. Our results suggest that the gene expression controlled by peroxisome proliferators could be mediated in part by a modulation of the PPARα effect via a modification of the phosphorylation level of this receptor.