Michio Otsuki    Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine    Position   Professor and Division head
Article types	Original article
Language	English
Peer review	Peer reviewed
Title	Gene expression profiling identifies liver X receptor alpha as an estrogen-regulated gene in mouse adipose tissue
Journal	Formal name：Journal of molecular endocrinology Abbreviation：J Mol Endocrinol ISSN code：09525041 (Print)09525041 (Linking)
Domestic / Foregin	Foregin
Volume, Issue, Page	32(3),pp.879-892
Author and coauthor	Lundholm, L. Moverare, S. Steffensen, K. R. Nilsson, M. Otsuki, M. Ohlsson, C. Gustafsson, J. A. Dahlman-Wright, K.
Publication date	2004
Summary	Estrogens reduce adipose tissue mass in both humans and animals. The molecular mechanisms for this effect are, however, not well characterized. We took a gene expression profiling approach to study the direct effects of estrogen on mouse white adipose tissue (WAT). Female ovariectomized mice were treated for 10, 24 and 48 h with 17beta-estradiol or vehicle. RNA was extracted from gonadal fat and hybridized to Affymetrix MG-U74Av2 arrays. 17beta-Estradiol was shown to decrease mRNA expression of liver X receptor (LXR) alpha after 10 h of treatment compared with the vehicle control. The expression of several LXRalpha target genes, such as sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c, apolipoprotein E, phospholipid transfer protein, ATP-binding cassette A1 and ATP-binding cassette G1, was similarly decreased. We furthermore identified a 1.5 kb LXRalpha promoter fragment that is negatively regulated by estrogen. Several genes involved in lipogenesis and lipolysis were identified as novel targets that could mediate estrogenic effects on adipose tissue. Finally, we show that ERalpha is the main estrogen receptor expressed in mouse white adipose tissue (WAT) with mRNA levels several hundred times higher than those of ERbeta mRNA.
DOI	10.1677/jme.0.0320879.
Document No.	15171719