THE ANALYSIS OF MODIFIED PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR RESPONSIVE ELEMENTS OF THE PEROXISOMAL BIFUNCTIONAL ENZYME IN TRANSFECTED HEPG2 CELLS REVEALS 2 REGULATORY MOTIFS
Peroxisome proliferators (PPs) are non-genotoxic carcinogens in rodents, They can induce the expression of numerous genes via the heterodimerization of two members of the steroid hormone receptor superfamily, called the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) and the 9-cis retinoic acid receptor (RXR). Many of the PP responsive genes possess a peroxisome proliferator response element (PPRE) formed by two TGACCT-related motifs. The bifunctional enzyme (HD) PPRE contains 3 such motifs, creating DR1 and DR2 sequences. PPAR and RXR regulate transcription via the DR1 element while DR2 modulates the expression of the gene via auxiliary factors in HepG2 cells.