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HSPA12A is required for adipocyte differentiation and diet-induced obesity through a positive feedback regulation with PPARγ

Zhang X., Chen X., Qi T., Kong Q., Cheng H., Cao X.

Prospective Study, published in Cell Death Differ (2019) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Prospective Study
Journal
Cell Death Differ (2019)
Reported sample size
—
Source database
Europe PMC
PMID
30742088
PMCID
PMC6888823
DOI
10.1038/s41418-019-0300-2
Citations
36

Abstract (original English)

Obesity is one of the most serious public health problems. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) plays the master role in adipocyte differentiation for obesity development. However, optimum anti-obesity drug has yet been developed, mandating more investigation to identify novel regulator in obesity pathogenesis. Heat shock protein 12A (HSPA12A) encodes a novel member of the HSP70 family. Here, we report that obese patients showed increased adipose HSPA12A expression, which was positively correlated with increase of body mass index. Intriguingly, knockout of HSPA12A (Hspa12a -/- ) in mice attenuated high-fat diet (HFD)-induced weight gain, adiposity, hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia compared to their wild type (WT) littermates. Increased insulin sensitivity was observed in Hspa12a -/- mice compared to WT mice. The HFD-induced upregulation of PPARγ and its target adipogenic genes in white adipose tissues (WAT) of Hspa12a -/- mice were also attenuated. Loss- and gain-of-function studies revealed that the differentiation of primary adipocyte precursors, as well as the expression of PPARγ and target adipogenic genes during the differentiation, was suppressed by HSPA12A deficiency whereas promoted by HSPA12A overexpression. Importantly, PPARγ inhibition by GW9662 reversed the HSPA12A-mediated adipocyte differentiation. On the other hand, HSPA12A expression was downreg

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Cell Line3T3-L1 CellsAdipocytesAnimalsMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutHumansMiceHyperglycemiaObesity

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