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. 1995 Feb 3;270(5):2367-71.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.270.5.2367.

Cloning of a protein that mediates transcriptional effects of fatty acids in preadipocytes. Homology to peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors

E Z Amri  1 , F Bonino, G Ailhaud, N A Abumrad, P A Grimaldi
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Cloning of a protein that mediates transcriptional effects of fatty acids in preadipocytes. Homology to peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors

E Z Amri et al. J Biol Chem. .
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Abstract

Exposure of preadipocytes to long chain fatty acids induces expression of several gene markers of adipocyte differentiation. This report describes the cloning, from a preadipocyte library, of a cDNA encoding a fatty acid-activated receptor, FAAR. The cDNA had the characteristics and ligand-binding domains of nuclear hormone receptors and encoded a 440 amino acid protein related to peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, PPAR. The deduced protein sequence was 88% homologous to that of hNUC I, isolated from human osteosarcoma cells. FAAR mRNA was abundant in adipose tissue, intestine, brain, heart, and skeletal muscles and less abundant in kidney, liver, testis, and spleen. The mRNA was undetectable in growing Ob1771 and 3T3-F442A preadipocytes, was strongly induced early during differentiation, and was increased by fatty acid. Transcription assays using hybrid receptor showed strong stimulation by fatty acid and weaker induction by fibrates. Transfection of 3T3-C2 fibroblasts, with a FAAR expression vector, conferred fatty acid inducibility of the adipocyte lipid-binding protein and the fatty acid transporter. Transcriptional induction of these genes exhibited inducer specificity identical to that described in preadipocytes. In summary, the data indicate that FAAR is likely a mediator of fatty acid transcriptional effects in preadipocytes.

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