Conjugated linoleic acid is a potent naturally occurring ligand and activator of PPARalpha.

Abstract

We have previously shown that a mixture of dietary conjugated derivatives of linoleic acid (conjugated linoleic acid, CLA) induces peroxisome proliferator-responsive enzymes and modulates hepatic lipid metabolism in vivo. The present studies demonstrate that CLA is a high affinity ligand and activator of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) and induces accumulation of PPAR-responsive mRNAs in a rat hepatoma cell line. Using a scintillation proximity assay (SPA), CLA isomers were shown to be ligands for human PPARalpha with a rank order of potency of (9Z,11E)>(10E,12Z)>(9E,11E)> furan-CLA (IC(50) values from 140 nm to 400 nm). Levels of acyl-CoA oxidase (ACO), liver fatty acid-binding protein (L-FABP), and cytochrome P450IVA1 (CYP4A1) mRNA were induced by CLA in FaO hepatoma cells. Even though linoleate and CLA were incorporated into lipids of hepatoma cells to the same extent, linoleate had little or no effect on ACO, CYP4A1, or L-FABP mRNA. In agreement with its binding potency, (9Z,11E)-CLA was the most efficacious PPARalpha activator in the mouse PPARalpha-GAL4(UAS)(5)-CAT reporter system. These data indicate that CLA is a ligand and activator of PPARalpha and its effects on lipid metabolism may be attributed to transcriptional events associated with this nuclear receptor. Also, (9Z,11E)-CLA is one of the most avid fatty acids yet described as a PPARalpha ligand.

• Authors: S Y Moya-Camarena, J P Vanden Heuvel, S G Blanchard, L A Leesnitzer, M A Belury
• Journal: Journal of lipid research (J Lipid Res) Vol. 40 Issue 8 Pg. 1426-33 (Aug 1999) ISSN: 0022-2275 [Print] United States
• PMID: 10428978 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Carrier Proteins
• FABP1 protein, human
• FABP7 protein, human
• Fabp1 protein, mouse
• Fabp1 protein, rat
• Fabp7 protein, rat
• Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7
• Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins
• Ligands
• Linoleic Acids
• Myelin P2 Protein
• Neoplasm Proteins
• Nerve Tissue Proteins
• Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
• Transcription Factors
• Tumor Suppressor Proteins
• Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
• Mixed Function Oxygenases
• Oxidoreductases
• Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A
• Acyl-CoA Oxidase

Topics

• Acyl-CoA Oxidase
• Animals
• Binding, Competitive
• Carrier Proteins (biosynthesis)
• Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A
• Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System (biosynthesis)
• Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7
• Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins
• Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
• Humans
• Isomerism
• Ligands
• Linoleic Acids (chemistry, metabolism)
• Liver (enzymology)
• Mixed Function Oxygenases (biosynthesis)
• Myelin P2 Protein (biosynthesis)
• Neoplasm Proteins
• Nerve Tissue Proteins
• Oxidoreductases (biosynthesis)
• Rats
• Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear (metabolism)
• Transcription Factors (metabolism)
• Transcriptional Activation
• Tumor Cells, Cultured
• Tumor Suppressor Proteins