Regulation of gene expression by activation of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma with rosiglitazone (BRL 49653) in human adipocytes

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1999 Nov;265(1):265-71. doi: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1657.

Abstract

To better define the mechanism of action of the thiazolidinediones, we incubated freshly isolated human adipocytes with rosiglitazone and investigated the changes in mRNA expression of genes encoding key proteins of adipose tissue functions. Rosiglitazone (10(-6) M, 4 h) increased p85alphaphosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (p85alphaPI-3K) and uncoupling protein-2 mRNA levels and decreased leptin expression. The mRNA levels of insulin receptor, IRS-1, Glut 4, lipoprotein lipase, hormone-sensitive lipase, acylation-stimulating protein, fatty acid transport protein-1, angiotensinogen, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, and PPARgamma1 and gamma2 were not modified by rosiglitazone treatment. Activation of RXR, the partner of PPARgamma, in the presence of rosiglitazone, increased further p85alphaPI-3K and UCP2 mRNA levels and produced a significant augmentation of Glut 4 expression. Because p85alphaPI-3K is a major component of insulin action, the induction of its expression might explain, at least in part, the insulin-sensitizing effect of the thiazolidinediones.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adipocytes / drug effects
  • Adipocytes / metabolism*
  • Adipose Tissue / metabolism
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Regulation / drug effects*
  • Glucose Transporter Type 4
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Ion Channels
  • Leptin / genetics*
  • Male
  • Membrane Transport Proteins*
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitochondrial Proteins*
  • Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / genetics
  • Muscle Proteins*
  • Obesity / genetics
  • Obesity / metabolism
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / genetics*
  • Proteins / genetics*
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / drug effects
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / metabolism*
  • Rosiglitazone
  • Thiazoles / pharmacology*
  • Thiazolidinediones*
  • Thinness / genetics
  • Thinness / metabolism
  • Transcription Factors / drug effects
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism*
  • Transcription, Genetic / drug effects
  • Uncoupling Protein 2

Substances

  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Glucose Transporter Type 4
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Ion Channels
  • Leptin
  • Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Mitochondrial Proteins
  • Monosaccharide Transport Proteins
  • Muscle Proteins
  • Proteins
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
  • SLC2A4 protein, human
  • Thiazoles
  • Thiazolidinediones
  • Transcription Factors
  • UCP2 protein, human
  • Uncoupling Protein 2
  • Rosiglitazone
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases