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A Natural Polymorphism in Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor- Hinge Region Attenuates Transcription due to Defective Release of Nuclear Receptor Corepressor from Chromatin

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (M.H.L., J.L., P.S., B.H., E.L.Y.), National University Hospital, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine; and Department of Endocrinology (E.S.T.), Singapore General Hospital, and the National University of Singapore-Centre for Molecular Epidemiology, Republic of Singapore 119074

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: E. L. Yong, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National University Hospital, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Republic of Singapore 119074. E-mail: obgyel{at}nus.edu.sg.

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor- (PPAR) is a central regulator of lipid metabolism. Fibrate drugs act on PPAR to modulate dyslipidemias. A natural variant (V227A) affecting the PPAR hinge region was associated with perturbations in blood lipid levels in Asian populations. In this study, we investigated the functional significance of the V227A substitution. The variant significantly attenuated PPAR-mediated transactivation of the cytochrome P450 4A6 and mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase (HMGCS2) genes in the presence of fibrate ligands. Screening of a panel of PPAR coregulators revealed that V227A enhanced recruitment of the nuclear corepressor NCoR. Transactivation activity of V227A could be restored by silencing NCoR or by inhibition of its histone deacetylase activity. Deletion studies indicated that PPAR interacted with NCoR receptor-interacting domain 1 (ID1) but not ID2 or ID3. These interactions were dependent on the intact consensus nonapeptide nuclear receptor interaction motif in NCoR ID1 and were enhanced by the adjacent 24 N-terminal residues. Novel corepressor interaction determinants involving PPAR helices 1 and 2 were identified. In hepatic cells, the V227A substitution stabilized PPAR/NCoR interactions and caused defective release of NCoR in the presence of agonists on the HMGCS2 promoter. These results provide the first indication that defective function of a natural PPAR variant was due, at least partially, to increased corepressor binding. Our data suggest that the PPAR/NCoR interaction is physiologically relevant and can produce a discernable phenotype when the magnitude of the interaction is altered by a naturally occurring variation.

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Nuclear Receptors:   PPARα

Coregulators:   p300  |  SRC-1  |  GRIP1  |  AIB1  |  ASC-2  |  NCOR  |  SMRT

Ligands:   Pirinixic acid