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ArticleThe Biochemical journal2003

Peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor gamma suppresses Wnt/beta-catenin signalling during adipogenesis.

Marthe Moldes, Ying Zuo, Ron F Morrison, David Silva, Bae-Hang Park, Jiajian Liu, Stephen R Farmer

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Article in The Biochemical journal, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 154 papers.

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154citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

154 citing papers in PubMed, 297 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marthe MoldesDepartment of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, 715 Albany Street, MA 02118, USA.
Ying Zuo
Ron F Morrison
David Silva
Bae-Hang Park
Jiajian Liu
Stephen R Farmer
Boston University · US

Funding

Transgenic CoreP30DK046200 · NIDDK · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI CORKEY, BARBARA E. · 1992 to 2021
$25.0M
HORMONAL SIGNALING AND PREADIPOCYTE DIFFERENTIATIONR01DK058825 · NIDDK · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI FARMER, STEPHEN ROBERT · 2001 to 2010
$3.2M
SECOND MESSENGERS, GALLBLADDER ABSORPTION AND GALLSTONESR01DK051585 · NIDDK · MCP HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY · PI ABEDIN, MOHAMMAD Z · 1997 to 2001
$478k
HORMONAL SIGNALING AND PREADIPOCYTE DIFFERENTIATIONR56DK058825 · NIDDK · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI FARMER, STEPHEN ROBERT · 2006 to 2006
$61k
NIDDK NIH HHS DK46200NIDDK NIH HHS DK51585NIDDK NIH HHS DK58825
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Wnt/beta-catenin signalling pathway appears to operate to maintain the undifferentiated state of preadipocytes by inhibiting adipogenic gene expression. To define the mechanisms regulating suppression of Wnt/beta-catenin signalling, we analysed the beta-catenin expression in response to activation of transcription factors that regulate adipogenesis. The results show an extensive down-regulation of nuclear beta-catenin that occurs during the first few days of differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes and coincides with the induction of the adipogenic transcription factors, C/EBPbeta (CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein) and PPARgamma (peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor). To assess the role of each of these factors in this process, we conditionally overexpressed C/EBPbeta in Swiss mouse fibroblasts using the TET-off system. Abundant expression of C/EBPbeta alone had minimal effect on beta-catenin expression, whereas expression of C/EBPbeta, in the presence of dexamethasone, induced PPARgamma expression and caused a measurable decrease in beta-catenin. In addition, exposure of cells expressing both C/EBPbeta and PPARgamma to a potent PPARgamma ligand resulted in an even greater decrease in beta-catenin by mechanisms that involve the proteasome. Our studies also suggest a reciprocal relationship between PPARgamma activity and beta-catenin expression, since ectopic production of Wnt-1 in preadipocytes blocked the induction of PPARgamma gene expression. Moreover, by suppressing beta-catenin expression, ectopic expression of PPARgamma in Wnt-1-expressing preadipocytes rescued the block in adipogenesis after their exposure to the PPARgamma ligand, troglitazone.

Indexed as

Zebrafish ProteinsAdipocytesAnimalsbeta CateninCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-betaCell DifferentiationCell LineCysteine EndopeptidasesCytoskeletal ProteinsMiceModels, BiologicalMultienzyme ComplexesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProto-Oncogene ProteinsReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearSignal Transductionbeta CateninCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-betaCTNNB1 protein, mouseCysteine EndopeptidasesCytoskeletal ProteinsMultienzyme ComplexesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProto-Oncogene ProteinsReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearTrans-ActivatorsTranscription FactorsWnt1 ProteinWnt1 protein, mouseWnt ProteinsZebrafish Proteins

Identifiers

PMID12954078
PMCPMC1223802
OpenAlexW2616746443

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