The cholesteROR protective pathway in the vascular system. - Archive ouverte HAL
Article Dans Une Revue Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology Année : 2004

The cholesteROR protective pathway in the vascular system.

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Retinoic acid receptor-related Orphan Receptor alpha (RORalpha) is a member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily. RORalpha has long been considered as a constitutive activator of transcription in the absence of exogenous ligand; however, cholesterol has recently been identified as a natural ligand of RORalpha. The spontaneous staggerer (sg/sg) mutation is a deletion in the Rora gene that prevents the translation of the ligand-binding domain (LBD), leading to the loss of RORalpha activity. The homozygous Rora(sg/sg) mutant mouse, of which the most obvious phenotype is ataxia associated with cerebellar degeneration, also displays a variety of other phenotypes, including several vascular ones; in particular, dysfunction of smooth muscle cells and enhanced susceptibility to atherosclerosis. Moreover, RORalpha appears to participate in the regulation of plasma cholesterol levels, and has been shown to positively regulate apolipoprotein (apo)A-I and apoC-III gene expression. Yet its activity is regulated by cholesterol itself, making RORalpha an intracellular cholesterol target.

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hal-00077317 , version 1 (30-05-2006)

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Fatiha Boukhtouche, Jean Mariani, Alain Tedgui. The cholesteROR protective pathway in the vascular system.. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 2004, 24, pp.637-643. ⟨10.1161/01.ATV.0000119355.56036.de⟩. ⟨hal-00077317⟩
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