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Originally published In Press as doi:10.1074/jbc.M907421199 on March 21, 2000
J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 275, Issue 22, 16638-16642, June 2, 2000
Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor Activators Improve
Insulin Sensitivity and Reduce Adiposity*
Michèle
Guerre-Millo ,
Philippe
Gervois§,
Eric
Raspé§,
Lise
Madsen¶,
Philippe
Poulain§,
Bruno
Derudas§,
Jean-Marc
Herbert ,
Deborah A.
Winegar**,
Timothy M.
Willson**,
Jean-Charles
Fruchart§,
Rolf K.
Berge¶, and
Bart
Staels§
From Unité 465, INSERM, Institut
Biomédical des Cordeliers, F-75006 Paris, France,
§ Unité 325, INSERM, Département
d'Athérosclérose, Institut Pasteur de Lille, F-59019
Lille, France, the Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de
Lille II, F-59006 Lille, France, the ¶ Department of Clinical
Biology, Division of Biochemistry, University of Bergen, Haukeland
Hospital, N-5021 Bergen, Norway, Sanofi Recherche, F-31036
Toulouse, France, and ** Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
Received for publication, September 7, 1999, and in revised form, March 13, 2000
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ABSTRACT |
Fibrates and glitazones are two classes of drugs
currently used in the treatment of dyslipidemia and insulin resistance
(IR), respectively. Whereas glitazones are insulin sensitizers acting via activation of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)
subtype, fibrates exert their lipid-lowering activity via PPAR .
To determine whether PPAR activators also improve insulin
sensitivity, we measured the capacity of three PPAR -selective agonists, fenofibrate, ciprofibrate, and the new compound GW9578, in
two rodent models of high fat diet-induced (C57BL/6 mice) or genetic
(obese Zucker rats) IR. At doses yielding serum concentrations shown to
activate selectively PPAR , these compounds markedly lowered
hyperinsulinemia and, when present, hyperglycemia in both animal
models. This effect relied on the improvement of insulin action on
glucose utilization, as indicated by a lower insulin peak in response
to intraperitoneal glucose in ciprofibrate-treated IR obese Zucker
rats. In addition, fenofibrate treatment prevented high fat
diet-induced increase of body weight and adipose tissue mass without
influencing caloric intake. The specificity for PPAR activation
in vivo was demonstrated by marked alterations in the expression of PPAR target genes, whereas PPAR target gene
mRNA levels did not change in treated animals. These results
indicate that compounds with a selective PPAR activation profile
reduce insulin resistance without having adverse effects on body weight and adipose tissue mass in animal models of IR.
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INTRODUCTION |
MS,1 which develops as a
result of IR (1), is characterized by glucose intolerance,
hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. These metabolic
abnormalities are frequently associated with visceral obesity (2). The
clustering of multiple cardiovascular risk factors in MS results in
increased risk for atherosclerotic vascular disease, the major cause of
mortality and morbidity in type 2 diabetic patients (3).
Pharmacological treatment of MS should therefore aim at ameliorating IR
and reducing cardiovascular risk factors.
The PPAR nuclear receptors are important regulators of glucose and
lipid homeostasis, which are activated by two classes of drugs:
fibrates and glitazones (4). Glitazones are PPAR activators, currently used for the treatment of IR and type 2 diabetes (5). These
compounds increase fatty acid (FA) uptake in adipose tissue (6), due to
PPAR -mediated induction of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and FA
transporter proteins (7, 8). These actions are considered major
determinants of the effects of glitazones on glucose homeostasis, since
they favor the diversion of FA from muscles resulting in a relief of
inhibition of peripheral glucose utilization (6). In addition,
glitazones may also act by ameliorating TNF -induced insulin
resistance (9-11). However, PPAR activation also enhances adipose
differentiation and fat storage (12). Moreover, glitazones increase
food intake (13, 14), at least in part through the repression of leptin
gene expression in adipose tissue (14, 15). This action is likely to be
mediated via PPAR since heterozygous PPAR -deficient mice display
increased adipose tissue leptin expression accompanied with lowered
food intake (16). Accordingly, increased body weight gain (13, 17) and
adipose tissue mass (14) have been reported in rodents upon glitazone
treatment, a feature that might also occur in humans (18).
Results from the Helsinki Heart Study demonstrated that fibrates
significantly reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease in
patients with type 2 diabetes (19). Fibrates are hypolipidemic drugs
that are very efficient in lowering elevated triglyceride concentrations consistently observed in these patients (20). The action
of fibrates on lipid metabolism is mediated principally by activation
of PPAR leading to altered expression of genes involved in lipid and
lipoprotein metabolism in liver (21). Since fibrate treatment results
in increased hepatic oxidation of fatty acids and reduced synthesis and
secretion of triglycerides (20), as well as decreased plasma
concentrations of cytokines, such as TNF (22, 23), we hypothesized
that selective PPAR activators might also improve glucose
homeostasis. To test this hypothesis, we assessed therefore the
influence of selective PPAR activators on glucose homeostasis
and body weight control in animal models of IR.
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EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES |
Animals--
A first series of experiments was performed on male
C57BL/6 mice, 8 weeks of age at the start of the experiment, which were randomly assigned to three different diets for 14 weeks. The mice received a low fat diet (UAR AO4), a high fat diet containing coconut
oil (29% w/w) as described (24), or the same high fat diet
supplemented with fenofibrate (0.05% w/w). A second series of
experiments was performed with male Zucker rats of different ages,
either bred at the U465 INSERM animal facility from pairs originally
provided by the Harriet G. Bird Laboratory (Stow, MA) or obtained from
Iffa-Credo (L'Arbresle, France). In the first experiment, 5-week-old
obese fa/fa Zucker rats (n = 6 per group; U465 INSERM
breeding facility) were fed a standard diet with or without
ciprofibrate (0.005% w/w) for 15 days and subsequently subjected to an
intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT). In the second experiment, 8 lean Fa/? and 14 obese fa/fa 21-week-old Zucker rats (Iffa-Credo
breeding facility) were randomized in two groups per genotype, based on
base-line body weight and serum triglyceride and glucose
concentrations. Rats of each group were given a standard rat diet with
or without ciprofibrate (0.005% w/w) for 21 days. In the third
experiment, 12 obese fa/fa 20-week-old Zucker rats (U465 INSERM
breeding facility) were randomized in two groups/genotype based on
base-line body weight and treated for 9 days once daily by oral gavage
with GW9578 (5 mg/kg/day) (25) or vehicle.
The food intake of the animals was carefully monitored by weighing
special gridded metal food containers at regular intervals. In all
experiments, body weights were monitored throughout the treatment
period. Except when glucose tolerance tests were performed, food was
removed at 8 a.m. and blood samples collected 4 h later at
the end of the treatment. Animals were euthanized and tissues collected
and weighed. Serum or plasma was isolated and stored at 20 °C
until further analysis.
Intravenous Glucose Tolerance Test--
Animals were
anesthetized at 2:00 p.m. after a 5-h fast by an intraperitoneal
injection of sodium pentobarbital (50 mg/kg). Rats were injected with
glucose (0.55 g/kg) in the saphenous vein and blood samples were
collected from the tail vein in heparinized tubes at 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 30 min after the glucose load. Samples were kept on ice, and plasma
was isolated and stored at 20 °C until analysis.
Serum Assays--
Glucose concentrations were measured
using enzymatic methods, insulin (CIS Bio) and leptin (Linco) by radioimmunoassay.
RNA Analysis--
RNA extractions and Northern blot analysis of
total cellular RNA (7) were performed using human LPL (7), mouse
lep (14), rat CD36/FAT (26), and internal control 36B4
probes and quantified by PhosphorImager analysis.
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RESULTS |
To determine whether selective PPAR activators influence
insulin and glucose homeostasis, experiments were performed in animal models of IR using ciprofibrate and fenofibrate, which are the most
PPAR -selective fibrates currently available in clinics, as well as
with the novel PPAR subtype-selective agonist GW9578 (25). Results
from in vitro transactivation assays demonstrated that
ciprofibrate (data not shown) and fenofibrate (25) activate PPAR
with EC50 values of 20 and 30 µM,
respectively, whereas PPAR is only marginally activated by any of
these compounds (EC50 value for PPAR of 300 and >300
µM for fenofibrate and ciprofibrate respectively).
Neither ciprofibrate nor fenofibrate activates PPAR (Ref. 25 and
data not shown). The third compound, GW9578, was chosen on the basis of
its high activity and specificity for PPAR , with EC50
values for murine PPAR of 5 nM (as opposed to 1.5 µM for PPAR and 2.6 µM for PPAR )
(25).
The influence of fenofibrate on glucose homeostasis was first analyzed
in C57BL/6 mice, which develop obesity and IR when fed a high fat diet
(24). Feeding C57BL/6 mice with the high fat diet resulted in
hyperinsulinemia and mild hyperglycemia, which were both corrected by
low dose fenofibrate treatment (Fig. 1,
A and B). By contrast, treatment of chow-fed
C57BL/6 mice (n = 10/group) during 10 weeks with
fenofibrate (0.1% w/w) incorporated in the diet did not influence
serum glucose (untreated: 1.89 ± 0.33 versus treated:
2.03 ± 0.48 g/liter) or insulin (untreated: 17.6 ± 6.0 versus treated: 16.3 ± 7.8 microunits/ml)
concentrations, indicating that the effects of fenofibrate on glucose
homeostasis occur only in IR fat-fed mice.

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Fig. 1.
Fenofibrate inhibits high fat diet-induced
hyperinsulinemia, hyperglycemia, and increase of adipose tissue mass in
C57BL/6 mice. 8-Week-old male C57BL/6 mice (n = 14/group) were treated for 14 weeks with a low fat diet, a high fat
diet, or a high fat diet supplemented with fenofibrate (FF;
0.05% w/w), and serum insulin (A) and glucose
(B) concentrations and epididymal (C) and
perirenal (D) adipose tissue mass was measured. Results are
expressed as the mean ± S.D. Statistically significantly
differences (ANOVA, p < 0.005) between groups are
indicated by different letters.
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Interestingly, fenofibrate treatment prevented the high fat
diet-induced increase in body weight (Fig.
2) and adipose tissue mass (Fig. 1,
C and D). Identical results were obtained in a
separate experiment with C57BL/6 mice submitted to the same nutritional protocol (Fig. 3). In these animals,
serum leptin concentrations were measured and found to be positively
correlated with body weight and epididymal adipose tissue weight, a
relationship that was not influenced by fenofibrate treatment (Fig. 3).
These observations indicate that fenofibrate does not exert a specific
regulatory effect on leptin production. Interestingly, despite lower
leptin concentrations, food intake was not increased in the mice fed the fenofibrate-enriched diet (13.8 ± 1.0 kcal/day/animal;
n = 14) versus high fat diet alone
(13.8 ± 0.9 kcal/day/animal; n = 14). These data
further show that the effects of fenofibrate on glucose homeostasis,
body weight, and adipose tissue mass are not driven by a
reduction in caloric intake.

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Fig. 2.
Fenofibrate inhibits high fat diet-induced
body weight gain in C57BL/6 mice. Male C57BL/6 mice
(n = 14/group) were treated as indicated under
Fig. 1. Body weights are expressed as the mean ± S.E. Body
weights at the end of the treatment period are statistically
significantly different (ANOVA, p < 0.01) between the
high fat group and the chow and high fat plus fenofibrate groups,
respectively.
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Fig. 3.
The positive correlation between leptin and
body weight (A) or epididymal adipose tissue weight
(B) is not influenced by fenofibrate treatment in
C57BL/6 mice. Male C57BL/6 mice (n = 6/group) were
treated as indicated under Fig. 1. Body and epididymal adipose tissue
weights and serum leptin concentrations were measured at the end of the
treatment period.
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To evaluate which PPAR subtype was activated in vivo,
Northern blot analysis of PPAR - and PPAR -specific target gene
expression was performed. To this aim, the mRNA levels of the gene
coding for the fatty acid transporter CD36/FAT, which has been
implicated in the development of the IR syndrome (27), were measured
based on the observation that its expression is regulated in a
tissue-selective manner by activators of PPAR in liver and PPAR
in adipose tissue (28). In the C57BL/6 mice treated with fenofibrate, a
marked increase in CD36/FAT mRNA levels were observed in the liver,
whereas mRNA levels of CD36/FAT remained unchanged in epididymal
adipose tissue (Fig. 4). These
observations suggest that fenofibrate treatment resulted in selective
activation of PPAR in liver, but not of PPAR in adipose tissue of
these mice.

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Fig. 4.
Fenofibrate increases CD36/FAT mRNA
levels in liver, but not in adipose tissue of the high fat fed C57BL/6
mice. Male C57BL/6 mice (n = 14/group) were
treated as indicated under Fig. 1. RNA was extracted from individual
livers and from pooled (2-3 animals/pool) epididymal adipose tissue.
Liver (n = 14) and adipose tissue (n = 5) CD36/FAT mRNA levels were measured as described under
"Experimental Procedures." Results, expressed as the mean ± S.D., are normalized to control 36B4 mRNA levels. Statistically
significantly differences (ANOVA, p < 0.005) between
groups are indicated by different letters.
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To test whether PPAR activators might also improve glucose
homeostasis in another model of IR, we chose the obese Zucker rat,
which bears a mutation in the leptin receptor gene resulting in early
onset obesity and marked hyperinsulinemia (29). Depending on the
genetic background, these rats may also develop hyperglycemia later in
life. Ciprofibrate treatment of 5-week-old obese Zucker rats lowered
body weight gain and epididymal adipose tissue mass and reduced plasma
insulin concentrations by almost 50% (Table I). Furthermore, the plasma insulin
response to glucose during IVGTT was markedly decreased (Fig.
5), demonstrating a clear-cut improvement
of insulin action on glucose utilization. Serum glucose concentrations
and IVGTT glucose curves were normal and comparable between treated and
untreated obese rats (Table I and Fig. 5).
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Table I
Influence of ciprofibrate on body and adipose tissue weight and
plasma insulin and glucose concentrations in 5-week-old obese
Zucker rats
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Fig. 5.
Ciprofibrate decreases the plasma insulin
response to glucose in obese Zucker rats. 5-Week-old obese Zucker
rats (n = 5/group) were treated for 15 days with
ciprofibrate (0.005% w/w) and subsequently submitted to an IVGTT.
Results are represented as the mean ± S.E. AUC, area
under the curve. Statistically significant differences between groups
(t test, p < 0.01) are indicated by an
asterisk. A, insulin curve; B, glucose
curve.
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In older obese Zucker rats, ciprofibrate treatment significantly
decreased serum insulin concentrations (Fig.
6), even though the insulin levels in
these animals remained still higher than in age-matched lean (Fa/?)
rats (insulinemia: 45 ± 8 microunits/ml; n = 4).
In these obese rats, which have developed increased blood glucose
concentrations at the age of 24 weeks, ciprofibrate treatment also
decreased serum glucose concentrations (Fig. 6). In contrast to the
observation in young obese Zucker rats, no change was detectable in
body weight (Fig. 6) and adipose tissue mass (data not shown) at this
age. Nevertheless, serum leptin concentrations were slightly decreased
(Fig. 6), suggesting that adipose tissue tended to be reduced.
Ciprofibrate treatment was without effect on serum insulin (untreated,
n = 4: 45 ± 8; treated, n = 4:
53 ± 5 microunits/ml), glucose (untreated, n = 4:
1.2 ± 0.1; treated, n = 4: 1.0 ± 0.1 g/liter) and leptin (untreated, n = 4: 7.4 ± 0.8;
treated, n = 4: 6.7 ± 1.0 ng/ml) concentrations
in lean Zucker rats of the same age.

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Fig. 6.
PPAR activators
decrease serum insulin concentrations in older obese Zucker rats.
Two independent experiments were performed using obese Zucker rats. In
both experiments, animals were randomized in two groups. Body weights
and serum leptin, insulin, and glucose concentrations were not
significantly different between control and treated groups at the
beginning of each treatment period (data not shown). In both
experiments, the control group consisted of obese Zucker rats treated
with vehicle. In the first experiment, animals were treated with
ciprofibrate (0.005% w/w in chow for 21 days; n = 7/group), whereas, in the second experiment, treatment was done with
GW9578 (5 mg/kg/day by gavage for 9 days; n = 6/group).
Body weights and serum insulin, glucose, and leptin concentrations were
measured at the end of each treatment period. Results are expressed as
the mean ± S.D. Statistically significant differences between
treated and control (t test; p < 0.05; *)
groups are indicated.
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At the dose administered to the obese Zucker rats, peak serum
concentrations of ciprofibrate of 91 ± 3 µM were
reached indicating, based on the EC50 values for PPAR
(20 µM) and PPAR (> 300 µM) activation,
that ciprofibrate likely activates selectively PPAR in the obese
rats. This was further demonstrated by a marked increase in CD36/FAT
mRNA levels observed in the liver, with no change in both
epididymal and perirenal adipose tissue (Fig.
7A). Furthermore, mRNA
levels of LPL and leptin, two other genes regulated by PPAR , but not
by PPAR activators in adipose tissue of rats (7, 14, 15), were
similar in epididymal adipose tissue of treated and control animals
(LPL: untreated, n = 7:100 ± 16%
versus treated, n = 7:109 ± 11%;
lep: untreated, n = 7:100 ± 18%
versus treated, n = 7:126 ± 8%). By
contrast, hepatic mRNA levels of the PPAR target genes (21, 28)
apoA-I (untreated, n = 7:100 ± 37%
versus treated, n = 7:35 ± 12%) and
apoC-III (untreated, n = 7:100 ± 12%
versus treated, n = 7:35 ± 4%) were
significantly affected by ciprofibrate treatment. In addition, the
activity and mRNA levels of CPT-I and CPT-II as well as
-oxidation rates in the liver were significantly enhanced by
ciprofibrate treatment (data not shown). These data indicate that
ciprofibrate treatment results in selective PPAR , but not PPAR
activation in these obese Zucker rats.

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Fig. 7.
PPAR activators
increase CD36/FAT mRNA levels in liver, but not in adipose tissue
of older obese Zucker rats. Obese Zucker rats were treated as
described under Fig. 6. RNA was extracted from liver, epididymal, and
perirenal adipose tissue from individual animals (ciprofibrate
experiment: n = 7/group; GW9578 experiment:
n = 6/group) and CD36/FAT mRNA levels measured as
described under "Experimental Procedures." Results, expressed as
the mean ± S.D., are normalized to control 36B4 mRNA levels.
Statistically significant differences between treated and control
groups were determined using t test (*, p < 0.01). A, ciprofibrate experiment; B, GW9578
experiment.
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Similar results were obtained in a separate series of old obese Zucker
rats treated for 9 days with the highly specific PPAR agonist GW9578
(25). In contrast to the ciprofibrate experiment, these obese Zucker
rats were still normoglycemic at the age of 21 weeks, but serum insulin
concentrations were significantly elevated, indicating a state of
insulin resistance. Treatment with GW9578 resulted in markedly reduced
serum insulin concentrations, whereas serum glucose levels were not
affected (Fig. 6). Neither serum leptin levels nor body weights were
changed, probably due to the short time of treatment in this particular
experiment (Fig. 6). No effect of the treatment was observed on food
consumption (untreated: 25.6 ± 6.7 g/day versus
treated:25.0 ± 3.2 g/day), precluding an effect via dietary
changes. When mRNA levels of CD36/FAT were measured, a pronounced
increase of liver CD36/FAT mRNA levels was observed, whereas both
epididymal and perirenal adipose tissue CD36/FAT mRNA levels
remained unchanged after GW9578 treatment (Fig. 7). Furthermore, GW9578
treatment did not influence LPL or leptin mRNA levels in both
adipose tissue depots (data not shown). Thus, as with ciprofibrate,
treatment with GW9578 resulted in efficient PPAR activation, whereas
PPAR was not activated in these animals.
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DISCUSSION |
Previous studies have demonstrated that certain naturally
occurring and -substituted FA (such as conjugated linoleic acid and
MEDICA 16) (30, 31) and the fibrate bezafibrate (32) improve insulin
sensitivity and normalize impaired glucose tolerance in rat models of
IR. In humans bezafibrate may also improve glucose homeostasis
(33-35). Although fatty acids are PPAR activators, they also
activate PPAR and PPAR equally well (36). Similarly, in contrast
to ciprofibrate and fenofibrate, bezafibrate activates PPAR ,
PPAR , and PPAR with comparable EC50 values (PPAR :
50; PPAR : 60 µM; PPAR : 20 µM; Ref.
25). Therefore, it is impossible to conclude via which PPAR form the
effects of these compounds on glucose homeostasis are mediated. In the
present study we demonstrate that, in two models of diet-induced and
genetic obesity-linked IR, PPAR activators correct elevated serum
glucose and insulin concentrations by increasing insulin action on
glucose utilization. Most importantly, fibrate PPAR activators also
decrease adipose tissue mass, by a mechanism independent of changes in
food intake and leptin gene expression. This effect is in sharp
contrast to PPAR activators, which increase body weight (13, 17, 18) and epididymal adipose tissue mass in rodents (14).
Several lines of evidence indicate that the nuclear receptor PPAR
mediates the actions of ciprofibrate, fenofibrate and GW9578 on glucose
homeostasis. First, based on the EC50 values of these compounds for the different PPARs and their serum concentrations attained in the obese Zucker rats, ciprofibrate and fenofibrate likely
activate PPAR maximally, whereas PPAR activation is negligible. Furthermore, ciprofibrate treatment increased mitochondrial
-oxidation and serum concentrations of ketone bodies (data not
shown) in obese Zucker rats, which is consistent with PPAR
activation. This is in contrast to the effect of glitazone PPAR
activators, which decrease serum ketone bodies (37, 38) and have either no effect on (39) or may even decrease fatty acid oxidation (6, 38).
Second, treatment of obese Zucker rats with the highly specific PPAR
ligand GW9578 resulted in a decrease of serum insulin concentrations.
Finally, whereas glitazones have been shown to markedly influence gene
expression in adipose tissue of both normal and obese Zucker rats (7,
13, 28), GW9578 and ciprofibrate did not influence the expression of
any known PPAR target genes, including CD36/FAT, in adipose tissue.
In sharp contrast, PPAR target gene expression in liver was
significantly altered. These data provide in vivo evidence
for selective activation of PPAR , but not PPAR in the
ciprofibrate- and GW9578-treated Zucker rats as well as in the
fenofibrate-treated C57BL/6 mice.
Although not the subject of the present study, PPAR ligands may
influence body weight and glucose homeostasis through different mechanisms. At the doses employed in the present study, fibrates do not
appear to have major effects on adipose tissue (present study and Refs.
7 and 8). In contrast, fibrates increase hepatic -oxidation in obese
Zucker rats (data not shown). This catabolic action on FA would result
in an increased FA flux from peripheral tissues, such as skeletal
muscle and adipose tissue, to the liver, a decreased FA synthesis, and
a lowered delivery of triglycerides to peripheral tissues. As such
fibrates might alleviate the FA-mediated inhibition of
insulin-stimulated oxidative and non-oxidative glucose disposal in
skeletal muscle (40, 41), thus ameliorating IR. Furthermore, by
lowering plasma triglycerides, fibrates may decrease skeletal muscle
triglyceride content, which is significantly related to IR and obesity
(42). As an alternative or concomitant mechanism, fibrates might
improve insulin action by decreasing production of cytokines, such as
interleukin-6 and TNF . TNF concentrations are increased in IR
obese humans (43) and Zucker rats (44), as well as in rodents fed a
high fat diet (45). This cytokine has been implicated in the
development of IR by interfering negatively with insulin signaling
(44). In support for this hypothesis is the demonstration that PPAR
activators inhibit NF B signaling, resulting in lowered production of
cytokines by smooth muscle cells and decreased plasma concentrations of cytokines (22, 23). Interestingly, such a mechanism has also been
suggested to participate, at least in part, in the insulin-sensitizing effect of glitazone PPAR activators (11, 46). Finally, it cannot be
excluded that PPAR agonists exert direct insulin-sensitizing actions.
In contrast to glitazones, which are high affinity PPAR ligands, the
current clinically used fibrates are low affinity PPAR ligands. In
conclusion, the results from this study suggest that PPAR ligands
with higher affinity, in addition to being useful for the treatment of
dyslipidemia, may also be of use to improve insulin sensitivity.
Further studies in patients with MS are required to determine whether
highly active and selective PPAR agonists also improve glucose
homeostasis in man.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
We thank C. Ilic and V. Guilbert for
technical contributions and K. Kristiansen for providing us the
CD36/FAT cDNA.
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FOOTNOTES |
*
This work was supported by grants from the Région
Nord-Pas de Calais, Sanofi Winthrop, INSERM, and Institut Pasteur de
Lille.The costs of publication of this
article were defrayed in part by the
payment of page charges. The article
must therefore be hereby marked
"advertisement" in
accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section
1734 solely to indicate this fact.

To whom correspondence should be addressed: U.325 INSERM,
Dépt. d'Athérosclérose, Inst. Pasteur de Lille, 1 Rue Calmette, 59019 Lille, France. Tel.: 33-3-20-87-73-88; Fax:
33-3-20-87-73-60; E-mail: bart.staels@pasteur-lille.fr.
Published, JBC Papers in Press, March 21, 2000, DOI 10.1074/jbc.M907421199
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ABBREVIATIONS |
The abbreviations used are:
MS, metabolic
syndrome;
IR, insulin resistance;
PPAR, peroxisome
proliferator-activated receptor;
ANOVA, analysis of variance;
LPL, lipoprotein lipase;
IVGTT, intravenous glucose tolerance test;
FA, fatty acid;
TNF , tumor necrosis factor .
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J.-H. Kim, T. M. Lewin, and R. A. Coleman
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