The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) is a nuclear receptor that regulates the expression of genes involved in fatty acid metabolism, lipoprotein synthesis and metabolism, and inflammation. GW 6471 is an antagonist of PPARα (IC50 = 240 nM). It drives the displacement of coactivators from PPARα and promotes the recruitment of co-repressor proteins like nuclear co-repressor. GW 6471 is used in cell-free, cell lysate, and whole cell systems to examine the impact of PPARα antagonism.
