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Mechanism of Regulation of Adipocyte Numbers in Adult Organisms Through Differentiation and Apoptosis Homeostasis
Published on: June 3, 2016
Krüppel-like transcription factor KLF5 is a key regulator of adipocyte differentiation
Yumiko Oishi1, Ichiro Manabe, Kazuyuki Tobe
1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Abstract:
Krüppel-like factor 5 (KLF5) is a zinc-finger transcription factor known to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. Here, we show that neonatal heterozygous KLF5 knockout mice exhibit a marked deficiency in white adipose tissue development, suggesting that KLF5 is also required for adipogenesis. In 3T3-L1 preadipocytes, KLF5 expression was induced at an early stage of differentiation, and this was followed by expression of PPARgamma2. Constitutive overexpression of dominant-negative KLF5 inhibited adipocyte differentiation, whereas overexpression of wild-type KLF5 induced differentiation even without hormonal stimulation. Moreover, embryonic fibroblasts obtained from KLF5+/- mice showed much attenuated adipocyte differentiation, confirming the key role played by KLF5 in adipocyte differentiation. KLF5 expression is induced by C/EBPbeta and delta. KLF5, in turn, acts in concert with C/EBPbeta/delta to activate the PPARgamma2 promoter. This study establishes KLF5 as a key component of the transcription factor network controlling adipocyte differentiation.
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