短期暴露于寒冷会在棕色脂肪中诱导持久的表观遗传记忆
Shin-Ichi Inoue1, Matthew J Emmett2, Hee-Woong Lim3
1Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Cell metabolism
|June 18, 2024
概括
短期暴露于寒冷会保护在棕色脂肪组织 (BAT) 中缺乏基因组脱乙酶3 (HDAC3) 的小鼠免受致命的低温. 这种保护涉及C/EBPβ依赖的表观遗传记忆,增强了热生成基因表达.
科学领域:
- 代谢和内分泌学
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 热调节 热调节 热调节
背景情况:
- 基斯脱乙酶3 (HDAC3) 对于棕色脂肪组织 (BAT) 功能至关重要.
- 在BAT中HDAC3缺陷会影响热生成反应和寒冷生存.
- 在BAT中冷适应和记忆背后的机制尚未完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 调查短期轻度寒冷暴露 (STEMCT) 是否可以保护HDAC3缺乏BAT的小鼠免受低温.
- 阐明分子机制,包括关键的转录因子和表观遗传变化,参与这种寒冷适应.
- 为了确定这种保护效应的持续时间和潜在基础.
主要方法:
- 使用HDAC3BT淘汰 (KO) 小鼠和野生类型的 littermates.
- 暴露于短期温和寒冷温度 (15°C24小时) 的小鼠,随后受到急性寒冷挑战 (4°C).
- 评估了发热基因表达 (PGC-1α,UCP1) 和转录因子C/EBPβ的作用,使用基因删除和病毒介导的淘汰.
主要成果:
- 在HDAC3 BAT KO小鼠中,STEMCT对致命的低温给予了显著的保护.
- 保护与恢复PGC-1α和UCP1的诱导有关,这取决于这些因素.
- 在长达7天的时间内,观察到转录激活剂C/EBPβ的持续增加,这种冷适应性记忆独立于HDAC3.3的介导.
结论:
- 短期轻度寒冷暴露可以在棕色脂肪组织中建立持久的保护性记忆.
- 这种记忆是由一个依赖于C/EBPβ的表观遗传机制介导的,增强了热生成.
- 这一发现揭示了在棕色脂肪组织中适应寒冷的新型HDAC3独立途径.
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