PMID- 10825207 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000707 LR - 20210526 IS - 0270-7306 (Print) IS - 1098-5549 (Electronic) IS - 0270-7306 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 12 DP - 2000 Jun TI - Hepatocyte-specific mutation establishes retinoid X receptor alpha as a heterodimeric integrator of multiple physiological processes in the liver. PG - 4436-44 AB - A large number of physiological processes in the adult liver are regulated by nuclear receptors that require heterodimerization with retinoid X receptors (RXRs). In this study, we have used cre-mediated recombination to disrupt the mouse RXRalpha gene specifically in hepatocytes. Although such mice are viable, molecular and biochemical parameters indicate that every one of the examined metabolic pathways in the liver (mediated by RXR heterodimerization with PPARalpha, CARbeta, PXR, LXR, and FXR) is compromised in the absence of RXRalpha. These data demonstrate the presence of a complex circuitry in which RXRalpha is integrated into a number of diverse physiological pathways as a common regulatory component of cholesterol, fatty acid, bile acid, steroid, and xenobiotic metabolism and homeostasis. FAU - Wan, Y J AU - Wan YJ AD - Department of Pathology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. FAU - An, D AU - An D FAU - Cai, Y AU - Cai Y FAU - Repa, J J AU - Repa JJ FAU - Hung-Po Chen, T AU - Hung-Po Chen T FAU - Flores, M AU - Flores M FAU - Postic, C AU - Postic C FAU - Magnuson, M A AU - Magnuson MA FAU - Chen, J AU - Chen J FAU - Chien, K R AU - Chien KR FAU - French, S AU - French S FAU - Mangelsdorf, D J AU - Mangelsdorf DJ FAU - Sucov, H M AU - Sucov HM LA - eng GR - P30 DK048522/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA053596/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA53596/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - DK48522/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Mol Cell Biol JT - Molecular and cellular biology JID - 8109087 RN - 0 (Receptors, Retinoic Acid) RN - 0 (Retinoid X Receptors) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Homeostasis/genetics MH - Liver/*physiology MH - Mice MH - Mutation MH - Receptors, Retinoic Acid/*physiology MH - Retinoid X Receptors MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Transcription Factors/*physiology PMC - PMC85811 EDAT- 2000/05/29 09:00 MHDA- 2000/07/15 11:00 PMCR- 2000/06/01 CRDT- 2000/05/29 09:00 PHST- 2000/05/29 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/07/15 11:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/05/29 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2000/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 0065 [pii] AID - 10.1128/MCB.20.12.4436-4444.2000 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Biol. 2000 Jun;20(12):4436-44. doi: 10.1128/MCB.20.12.4436-4444.2000.