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Akiko Katano-Toki1, Satoshi Yoshino1, Yasuyo Nakajima1
1Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
Abstract:
We recently isolated a novel co-activator of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ, helicase with zinc finger 2 (HELZ2). HELZ2 null mice were resistant to diet-induced obesity and NAFFL/NASH, and HELZ2 was phosphorylated at tyrosine residues. In order to find a factor related to HELZ2, we analyzed products co-immunoprecipitated with phosphorylated HELZ2 by mass spectrometry analyses. We identified proline- and glutamine-rich (SFPQ) as a protein associating with tyrosine-phosphorylated HELZ2. The knockdown of SFPQ in 3T3-L1 cells downregulated mRNA levels of transcription factors including Krox20, Cebpβ, and Cebpδ: key factors for early-stage adipocyte differentiation. In addition, knockdown of SFPQ inhibited 3T3-L1 cell differentiation to mature adipocytes. These findings demonstrated that SFPQ associating with HELZ2 is an important novel transcriptional regulator of adipocyte differentiation.
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