Pe
roxisome p
rolife
rato
r-activated
recepto
r (PPAR)-
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response to fasting by up-
regulation of genes involved in fatty acid oxidation and ketone body synthesis. Ketone bodies a
re t
ransfe
rred in and out of cells by monoca
rboxylate t
ranspo
rte
r (MCT)-1. In this study we obse
rved fo
r the fi
rst time that activation of PPAR
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rde
r="0"> in
rats by clofib
rate t
reatment o
r fasting inc
reased hepatic mRNA concent
ration of MCT1. In Fao
rat hepatoma cells, incubation with the PPAR
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rde
r="0"> agonist WY 14,643 inc
reased mRNA concent
ration of MCT1 whe
reas the PPARγ agonist t
roglitazone did not. To elucidate whethe
r up-
regulation of MCT1 is indeed mediated by PPAR
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r="0"> we t
reated wild-type and PPAR
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rde
r="0">-null mice with WY 14,643. In wild-type mice, t
reatment with WY 14,643 inc
reased mRNA concent
rations of MCT1 in live
r, kidney and small intestine whe
reas no up-
regulation was obse
rved in PPAR
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