Article
Glucocorticoids use a positive liver element to repress fibrate-induced adipose transcription of the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 28 Mar 1997
Franckhauser-Vogel S, Glorian M, Forest C
Abstract excerpt
Glucocorticoids inhibit basal and hormone-induced phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) gene transcription in adipocytes whereas beta-adrenergic agonists and fibrates are stimulatory. Here we show that dexamethasone inhibits the induction of PEPCK mRNA by isoprenaline or clofibrate in 3T3-F44...
Topics
- 3T3 Cells
- Adipocytes
- Adrenergic beta-Agonists
- Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
- Animals
- Cell Extracts
- Clofibrate
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Dexamethasone
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Glucocorticoids
