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. 1994 Jul 19;91(15):7355-9.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.91.15.7355.

Differential expression and activation of a family of murine peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors

S A Kliewer  1 , B M Forman, B Blumberg, E S Ong, U Borgmeyer, D J Mangelsdorf, K Umesono, R M Evans
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Differential expression and activation of a family of murine peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors

S A Kliewer et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .

Abstract

To gain insight into the function of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) isoforms in mammals, we have cloned and characterized two PPAR alpha-related cDNAs (designated PPAR gamma and -delta, respectively) from mouse. The three PPAR isoforms display widely divergent patterns of expression during embryogenesis and in the adult. Surprisingly, PPAR gamma and -delta are not activated by pirinixic acid (Wy 14,643), a potent peroxisome proliferator and activator of PPAR alpha. However, PPAR gamma and -delta are activated by the structurally distinct peroxisome proliferator LY-171883 and linoleic acid, respectively, indicating that each of the isoforms can act as a regulated activator of transcription. These data suggest that tissue-specific responsiveness to peroxisome proliferators, including certain fatty acids, is in part a consequence of differential expression of multiple, pharmacologically distinct PPAR isoforms.

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