[HTML][HTML] A cold-inducible coactivator of nuclear receptors linked to adaptive thermogenesis

P Puigserver, Z Wu, CW Park, R Graves, M Wright… - Cell, 1998 - cell.com
P Puigserver, Z Wu, CW Park, R Graves, M Wright, BM Spiegelman
Cell, 1998cell.com
Adaptive thermogenesis is an important component of energy homeostasis and a metabolic
defense against obesity. We have cloned a novel transcriptional coactivator of nuclear
receptors, termed PGC-1, from a brown fat cDNA library. PGC-1 mRNA expression is
dramatically elevated upon cold exposure of mice in both brown fat and skeletal muscle, key
thermogenic tissues. PGC-1 greatly increases the transcriptional activity of PPARγ and the
thyroid hormone receptor on the uncoupling protein (UCP-1) promoter. Ectopic expression …
Abstract
Adaptive thermogenesis is an important component of energy homeostasis and a metabolic defense against obesity. We have cloned a novel transcriptional coactivator of nuclear receptors, termed PGC-1, from a brown fat cDNA library. PGC-1 mRNA expression is dramatically elevated upon cold exposure of mice in both brown fat and skeletal muscle, key thermogenic tissues. PGC-1 greatly increases the transcriptional activity of PPARγ and the thyroid hormone receptor on the uncoupling protein (UCP-1) promoter. Ectopic expression of PGC-1 in white adipose cells activates expression of UCP-1 and key mitochondrial enzymes of the respiratory chain, and increases the cellular content of mitochondrial DNA. These results indicate that PGC-1 plays a key role in linking nuclear receptors to the transcriptional program of adaptive thermogenesis.
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