PMID- 21283829 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110802 LR - 20220310 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 1 DP - 2011 Jan 19 TI - Genomewide analyses define different modes of transcriptional regulation by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-beta/delta (PPARbeta/delta). PG - e16344 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0016344 [doi] LID - e16344 AB - Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear receptors with essential functions in lipid, glucose and energy homeostasis, cell differentiation, inflammation and metabolic disorders, and represent important drug targets. PPARs heterodimerize with retinoid X receptors (RXRs) and can form transcriptional activator or repressor complexes at specific DNA elements (PPREs). It is believed that the decision between repression and activation is generally governed by a ligand-mediated switch. We have performed genomewide analyses of agonist-treated and PPARbeta/delta-depleted human myofibroblasts to test this hypothesis and to identify global principles of PPARbeta/delta-mediated gene regulation. Chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-Seq) of PPARbeta/delta, H3K4me3 and RNA polymerase II enrichment sites combined with transcriptional profiling enabled the definition of 112 bona fide PPARbeta/delta target genes showing either of three distinct types of transcriptional response: (I) ligand-independent repression by PPARbeta/delta; (II) ligand-induced activation and/or derepression by PPARbeta/delta; and (III) ligand-independent activation by PPARbeta/delta. These data identify PPRE-mediated repression as a major mechanism of transcriptional regulation by PPARbeta/delta, but, unexpectedly, also show that only a subset of repressed genes are activated by a ligand-mediated switch. Our results also suggest that the type of transcriptional response by a given target gene is connected to the structure of its associated PPRE(s) and the biological function of its encoded protein. These observations have important implications for understanding the regulatory PPAR network and PPARbeta/delta ligand-based drugs. FAU - Adhikary, Till AU - Adhikary T AD - Institute of Molecular Biology and Tumor Research, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany. FAU - Kaddatz, Kerstin AU - Kaddatz K FAU - Finkernagel, Florian AU - Finkernagel F FAU - Schonbauer, Anne AU - Schonbauer A FAU - Meissner, Wolfgang AU - Meissner W FAU - Scharfe, Maren AU - Scharfe M FAU - Jarek, Michael AU - Jarek M FAU - Blocker, Helmut AU - Blocker H FAU - Muller-Brusselbach, Sabine AU - Muller-Brusselbach S FAU - Muller, Rolf AU - Muller R LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110119 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (PPAR delta) RN - 0 (PPAR-beta) RN - 0 (Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors) SB - IM MH - Cell Line MH - *Gene Expression Regulation MH - Gene Regulatory Networks MH - Genome, Human/*genetics MH - Genome-Wide Association Study MH - Humans MH - PPAR delta/genetics MH - PPAR-beta/genetics MH - Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors/*genetics MH - Response Elements MH - *Transcription, Genetic PMC - PMC3023804 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2011/02/02 06:00 MHDA- 2011/08/04 06:00 PMCR- 2011/01/19 CRDT- 2011/02/02 06:00 PHST- 2010/10/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/12/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/02/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/02/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/08/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/01/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-10-03204 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0016344 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2011 Jan 19;6(1):e16344. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016344.