alitretinoin and cerivastatin

alitretinoin has been researched along with cerivastatin* in 1 studies

Other Studies

1 other study(ies) available for alitretinoin and cerivastatin

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Statins upregulate PCSK9, the gene encoding the proprotein convertase neural apoptosis-regulated convertase-1 implicated in familial hypercholesterolemia. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2004, Volume: 24, Issue:8 Neural apoptosis-regulated convertase (NARC)-1 is the newest member of the proprotein convertase family implicated in the cleavage of a variety of protein precursors. The NARC-1 gene, PCSK9, has been identified recently as the third locus implicated in autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia (ADH). The 2 other known genes implicated in ADH encode the low-density lipoprotein receptor and apolipoprotein B. As an approach toward the elucidation of the physiological role(s) of NARC-1, we studied its transcriptional regulation.. Using quantitative RT-PCR, we assessed NARC-1 regulation under conditions known to regulate genes involved in cholesterol metabolism in HepG2 cells and in human primary hepatocytes. We found that NARC-1 expression was strongly induced by statins in a dose-dependent manner and that this induction was efficiently reversed by mevalonate. NARC-1 mRNA level was increased by cholesterol depletion but insensitive to liver X receptor activation. Human, mouse, and rat PCSK9 promoters contain 2 typical conserved motifs for cholesterol regulation: a sterol regulatory element (SRE) and an Sp1 site.. PCSK9 regulation is typical of that of the genes implicated in lipoprotein metabolism. In vivo, PCSK9 is probably a target of SRE-binding protein (SREBP)-2. Topics: Alitretinoin; Animals; Atorvastatin; Base Sequence; Cell Line; Cholesterol; Consensus Sequence; DNA-Binding Proteins; Gene Expression Regulation; Hepatocytes; Heptanoic Acids; Homeostasis; Humans; Hydroxycholesterols; Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; Liver X Receptors; Lovastatin; Mevalonic Acid; Mice; Orphan Nuclear Receptors; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Proprotein Convertase 9; Proprotein Convertases; Pyridines; Pyrroles; Quinolines; Rats; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Messenger; Sequence Alignment; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; Serine Endopeptidases; Simvastatin; Sp1 Transcription Factor; Species Specificity; Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 2; Transcription Factors; Tretinoin	2004

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Statins upregulate PCSK9, the gene encoding the proprotein convertase neural apoptosis-regulated convertase-1 implicated in familial hypercholesterolemia.

Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2004, Volume: 24, Issue:8

Neural apoptosis-regulated convertase (NARC)-1 is the newest member of the proprotein convertase family implicated in the cleavage of a variety of protein precursors. The NARC-1 gene, PCSK9, has been identified recently as the third locus implicated in autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia (ADH). The 2 other known genes implicated in ADH encode the low-density lipoprotein receptor and apolipoprotein B. As an approach toward the elucidation of the physiological role(s) of NARC-1, we studied its transcriptional regulation.. Using quantitative RT-PCR, we assessed NARC-1 regulation under conditions known to regulate genes involved in cholesterol metabolism in HepG2 cells and in human primary hepatocytes. We found that NARC-1 expression was strongly induced by statins in a dose-dependent manner and that this induction was efficiently reversed by mevalonate. NARC-1 mRNA level was increased by cholesterol depletion but insensitive to liver X receptor activation. Human, mouse, and rat PCSK9 promoters contain 2 typical conserved motifs for cholesterol regulation: a sterol regulatory element (SRE) and an Sp1 site.. PCSK9 regulation is typical of that of the genes implicated in lipoprotein metabolism. In vivo, PCSK9 is probably a target of SRE-binding protein (SREBP)-2.

Topics: Alitretinoin; Animals; Atorvastatin; Base Sequence; Cell Line; Cholesterol; Consensus Sequence; DNA-Binding Proteins; Gene Expression Regulation; Hepatocytes; Heptanoic Acids; Homeostasis; Humans; Hydroxycholesterols; Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; Liver X Receptors; Lovastatin; Mevalonic Acid; Mice; Orphan Nuclear Receptors; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Proprotein Convertase 9; Proprotein Convertases; Pyridines; Pyrroles; Quinolines; Rats; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Messenger; Sequence Alignment; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; Serine Endopeptidases; Simvastatin; Sp1 Transcription Factor; Species Specificity; Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 2; Transcription Factors; Tretinoin

2004