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Ligand-Activated PPARα-Dependent DNA Demethylation Regulates the Fatty Acid β-Oxidation Genes in the Postnatal Liver.

Ligand-Activated PPARα-Dependent DNA Demethylation Regulates the Fatty Acid β-Oxidation Genes in the Postnatal Liver.

Authors :
Tatsuya Ehara
Yasutomi Kamei
Xunmei Yuan
Mayumi Takahashi
Sayaka Kanai
Erina Tamura
Kazutaka Tsujimoto
Takashi Tamiya
Yoshimi Nakagawa
Hitoshi Shimano
Takako Takai-Igarashi
Izuho Hatada
Takayoshi Suganami
Koshi Hashimoto
Yoshihiro Ogawa
Source :
Diabetes; Mar2015, Vol. 64 Issue 3, p775-784, 10p, 1 Color Photograph, 2 Charts, 1 Graph
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

The metabolic function of the liver changes sequentially during early life in mammals to adapt to the marked changes in nutritional environment. Accordingly, hepatic fatty acid β-oxidation is activated after birth to produce energy from breast milk lipids. However, how it is induced during the neonatal period is poorly understood. Here we show DNA demethylation and increased mRNA expression of the fatty acid β-oxidation genes in the postnatal mouse liver. The DNA demethylation does not occur in the fetal mouse liver under the physiologic condition, suggesting that it is specific to the neonatal period. Analysis of mice deficient in the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor a (PPARα) and maternal administration of a PPARα ligand during the gestation and lactation periods reveal that the DNA demethylation is PPARα dependent. We also find that DNA methylation of the fatty acid β-oxidation genes are reduced in the adult human liver relative to the fetal liver. This study represents the first demonstration that the ligand-activated PPARα-dependent DNA demethylation regulates the hepatic fatty acid β-oxidation genes during the neonatal period, thereby highlighting the role of a lipid-sensing nuclear receptor in the gene- and life-stage-specific DNA demethylation of a particular metabolic pathway. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00121797
Volume :
64
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Diabetes
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
101162046
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2337/db14-0158