Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ or PPARG), also known as the glitazone receptor, or NR1C3 (nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group C, member 3) is a type II nuclear receptor that in humans is encoded by the PPARGgene.[1][2][3]
PPARG is mainly present in adipose tissue, colon and macrophages. Two isoforms of PPARG are detected in the human and in the mouse: PPAR-γ1 (found in nearly all tissues except muscle) and PPAR-γ2 (mostly found in adipose tissue and the intestine).[4][5]
Function
PPARG regulates fatty acid storage and glucose metabolism. The genes activated by PPARG stimulate lipid uptake and adipogenesis by fat cells. PPARG knockout mice fail to generate adipose tissue when fed a high-fat diet.[6]
This gene encodes a member of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) subfamily of nuclear receptors. PPARs form heterodimers with retinoid X receptors (RXRs) and these heterodimers regulate transcription of various genes. Four subtypes of PPARs are known: PPAR-alpha, PPAR-delta, PPAR-beta and PPAR-gamma. The protein encoded by this gene is PPAR-gamma and is a regulator of adipocyte differentiation. Alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode different isoforms have been described.[7]
Many naturally occurring agents directly bind with and activate PPAR gamma. These agents include various polyunsaturated fatty acids like arachidonic acid and arachidonic acid metabolites such as certain members of the 5-Hydroxyicosatetraenoic acid and 5-oxo-eicosatetraenoic acid family, e.g. 5-oxo-15(S)-HETE and 5-oxo-ETE or 15-Hydroxyicosatetraenoic acid family including 15(S)-HETE, 15(R)-HETE, and 15(S)-HpETE.[8][9][10] The activation of PPAR gamma by these and other ligands may be responsible for inhibiting the growth of cultured human breast, gastric, lung, prostate and other cancer cell lines.[11]
Interactions
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma has been shown to interact with:
PPAR-gamma has been implicated in the pathology of numerous diseases including obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, and cancer. PPAR-gamma agonists have been used in the treatment of hyperlipidaemia and hyperglycemia.[22] PPAR-gamma decreases the inflammatory response of many cardiovascular cells, particularly endothelial cells.[23] PPAR-gamma activates the PON1 gene, increasing synthesis and release of paraoxonase 1 from the liver, reducing atherosclerosis.[24]
Many insulin sensitizing drugs (namely, the thiazolidinediones) used in the treatment of diabetes activate PPARG as a means to lower serum glucose without increasing pancreatic insulin secretion. Different classes of compounds which activate PPARgamma weaker than thiazolidinediones (the so-called “partial agonists of PPARgamma”) are currently studied with the hope that such compounds would be still effective hypoglycaemic agents but with fewer side effects.[25][26] The medium-chain triglyceridedecanoic acid has been shown to be a partially-activating PPAR-gamma ligand that does not increase adipogenesis.[27]
A fusion protein of PPAR-γ1 and the thyroid transcription factor PAX8 is present in approximately one-third of follicular thyroid carcinomas, to be specific those cancers with a chromosomal translocation of t(2;3)(q13;p25), which permits juxtaposition of portions of both genes.[28][29]
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Further reading
Qi C, Zhu Y, Reddy JK (2001). "Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, coactivators, and downstream targets". Cell Biochem. Biophys. 32 Spring: 187–204. PMID11330046.
Kadowaki T, Hara K, Kubota N, Tobe K, Terauchi Y, Yamauchi T, Eto K, Kadowaki H, Noda M, Hagura R, Akanuma Y (2002). "The role of PPARgamma in high-fat diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance". J. Diabetes Complicat. 16 (1): 41–5. doi:10.1016/S1056-8727(01)00206-9. PMID11872365.
Wakino S, Law RE, Hsueh WA (2002). "Vascular protective effects by activation of nuclear receptor PPARgamma". J. Diabetes Complicat. 16 (1): 46–9. doi:10.1016/S1056-8727(01)00197-0. PMID11872366.
Takano H, Komuro I (2002). "Roles of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma in cardiovascular disease". J. Diabetes Complicat. 16 (1): 108–14. doi:10.1016/S1056-8727(01)00203-3. PMID11872377.
Stumvoll M, Häring H (2002). "The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 Pro12Ala polymorphism". Diabetes. 51 (8): 2341–7. doi:10.2337/diabetes.51.8.2341. PMID12145143.
Koeffler HP (2003). "Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma and cancers". Clin. Cancer Res. 9 (1): 1–9. PMID12538445.
Takano H, Hasegawa H, Nagai T, Komuro I (2003). "The role of PPARgamma-dependent pathway in the development of cardiac hypertrophy". Drugs Today. 39 (5): 347–57. doi:10.1358/dot.2003.39.5.799458. PMID12861348.
Rangwala SM, Lazar MA (2004). "Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma in diabetes and metabolism". Trends Pharmacol. Sci. 25 (6): 331–6. doi:10.1016/j.tips.2004.03.012. PMID15165749.
Cuzzocrea S (2005). "Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors gamma ligands and ischemia and reperfusion injury". Vascul. Pharmacol. 41 (6): 187–95. doi:10.1016/j.vph.2004.10.004. PMID15653094.
Savage DB (2007). "PPAR gamma as a metabolic regulator: insights from genomics and pharmacology". Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine. 7 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1017/S1462399405008793. PMID15673477.
Pégorier JP (2005). "[PPAR receptors and insulin sensitivity: new agonists in development]". Ann. Endocrinol. Paris. 66 (2 Pt 2): 1S10–7. PMID15959400.
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Tönjes A, Stumvoll M (2007). "The role of the Pro12Ala polymorphism in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma in diabetes risk". Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care. 10 (4): 410–4. doi:10.1097/MCO.0b013e3281e389d9. PMID17563457.
Burgermeister E, Seger R (2007). "MAPK kinases as nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttles for PPARgamma". Cell Cycle. 6 (13): 1539–48. doi:10.4161/cc.6.13.4453. PMID17611413.
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1fm6: THE 2.1 ANGSTROM RESOLUTION CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE HETERODIMER OF THE HUMAN RXRALPHA AND PPARGAMMA LIGAND BINDING DOMAINS RESPECTIVELY BOUND WITH 9-CIS RETINOIC ACID AND ROSIGLITAZONE AND CO-ACTIVATOR PEPTIDES.
1fm9: THE 2.1 ANGSTROM RESOLUTION CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE HETERODIMER OF THE HUMAN RXRALPHA AND PPARGAMMA LIGAND BINDING DOMAINS RESPECTIVELY BOUND WITH 9-CIS RETINOIC ACID AND GI262570 AND CO-ACTIVATOR PEPTIDES.
1k74: The 2.3 Angstrom resolution crystal structure of the heterodimer of the human PPARgamma and RXRalpha ligand binding domains respectively bound with GW409544 and 9-cis retinoic acid and co-activator peptides.
2g0g: Structure-based drug design of a novel family of PPAR partial agonists: virtual screening, x-ray crystallography and in vitro/in vivo biological activities
2g0h: Structure-based drug design of a novel family of PPAR partial agonists: virtual screening, x-ray crystallography and in vitro/in vivo biological activities
2i4p: Crystal structure of the complex between PPARgamma and the partial agonist LT127 (ureidofibrate derivative). Structure obtained from crystals of the apo-form soaked for 30 days.
2i4z: Crystal structure of the complex between PPARgamma and the partial agonist LT127 (ureidofibrate derivative). This structure has been obtained from crystals soaked for 6 hours.