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Liver X receptor agonist TO-901317 upregulates SCD1 expression in renal proximal straight tubule

¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; and ²Peking University Diabetes Center, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China

Submitted 31 March 2005 ; accepted in final form 12 December 2005

Liver X receptors (LXRs), including LXR and LXR, are intracellular sterol sensors that regulate expression of genes controlling fatty acid and cholesterol absorption, excretion, catabolism, and cellular efflux. Because the kidney plays an important role in lipid metabolism and dyslipidemia accelerates renal damage, we investigated the effect of TO-901317, an LXR agonist, on the gene expression profile in mouse kidney. Treatment of C57 Bl/6 mice with TO-901317 (3 mg·kg^–1·day^–1) for 3 days resulted in 51 transcripts that were significantly regulated in the kidney. Among them, the stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1) was upregulated most dramatically. Northern blot analysis revealed that SCD1 mRNA levels were markedly higher than that in control kidneys. Enhanced SCD1 expression by TO-901317 also resulted in increased fatty acid desaturation in the kidney. In control mice, constitutive renal SCD1 expression was low; however, TO-901317 treatment markedly increased SCD1 expression in the outer stripe of the outer medulla as assessed by both in situ hybridization and immunostain. Double-labeling studies further indicated that SCD1 mRNA was selectively expressed in proximal straight tubules negative for aquaporin-2 and Tamm-Horsfall protein. In vitro studies in cultured murine proximal tubule cells further demonstrated that LXR activation enhanced SCD1 transcription via increased sterol regulatory element binding protein-1. Taken together, these data suggest LXR activation of SCD1 expression may play an important role in regulating lipid metabolism and cell function in renal proximal straight tubules.

gene expression; stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase-1; sterol regulatory element binding protein-1; lipid metabolism

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