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ArticleThe EMBO journal2013

pRb is an obesity suppressor in hypothalamus and high-fat diet inhibits pRb in this location.

Zhonglei Lu, Genevieve Marcelin, Frederick Bauzon, Hongbo Wang, Hao Fu, Siok Le Dun, Hongling Zhao, Xiaosong Li, Young-Hwan Jo, Sharon Wardlaw and 3 more

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Exploring the Genetic Conception of Obesity via the Dual Role of FoxO.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  8. Neuronal Cell Cycle Events Link Caloric Intake to Obesity.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2020
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  10. E2F1, a Novel Regulator of Metabolism.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2017
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  12. The multiple connections between pRB and cell metabolism.Current opinion in cell biology · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zhonglei LuDepartment of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Genevieve Marcelin
Frederick Bauzon
Hongbo Wang
Hao Fu
Siok Le Dun
Hongling Zhao
Xiaosong Li
Young-Hwan Jo
Sharon Wardlaw
Nae Dun
Streamson Chua
Liang Zhu
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · USTemple University · USColumbia University Irving Medical Center · US

Funding

WORD PROCESSORP30CA013330 · NCI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI THOMAS E ROHAN · 1985 to 2026
$111.2M
RESEARCH TRAININGP30DK026687 · NIDDK · ST. LUKE'S-ROOSEVELT INST FOR HLTH SCIS · PI Anthony W Ferrante, DYMPNA GALLAGHER · 1986 to 2026
$33.0M
Viral Immunoregulatory Genes in Beta Cells to Treat DiabetesP01DK052956 · NIDDK · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI GUPTA, SANJEEV · 1998 to 2007
$8.5M
LEPTIN RECEPTOR AND THE OBESITY/DIABETES SYNDROMER01DK057621 · NIDDK · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI CHUA, STREAMSON C · 2000 to 2010
$4.4M
Energy Homeostasis: GABAergic and Non-GABAergic POMC NeuronsR01DK092246 · NIDDK · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI JO, YOUNG-HWAN · 2012 to 2021
$3.7M
DIFFERENTIATION OF HEPATIC STEM CELLSR01DK061153 · NIDDK · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI ROGLER, LESLIE E · 2001 to 2005
$1.9M
The Central Melanocortin System and Regulation of Energy BalanceR01DK080003 · NIDDK · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WARDLAW, SHARON L. · 2008 to 2012
$1.8M
Role of Skp2-cyclin A Interaction in Normal Physiology and CancerR01CA131421 · NCI · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI ZHU, LIANG · 2009 to 2013
$1.5M
Skp2 in androgen-dependent proliferation of prostate cancer cellsR01CA127901 · NCI · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI ZHU, LIANG · 2009 to 2012
$1.2M
P27kip1 as an early effector of pRB functionR01CA087566 · NCI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI ZHU, LIANG · 2001 to 2004
$1.1M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

pRb is frequently inactivated in tumours by mutations or phosphorylation. Here, we investigated whether pRb plays a role in obesity. The Arcuate nucleus (ARC) in hypothalamus contains antagonizing POMC and AGRP/NPY neurons for negative and positive energy balance, respectively. Various aspects of ARC neurons are affected in high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity mouse model. Using this model, we show that HFD, as well as pharmacological activation of AMPK, induces pRb phosphorylation and E2F target gene de-repression in ARC neurons. Some affected neurons express POMC; and deleting Rb1 in POMC neurons induces E2F target gene de-repression, cell-cycle re-entry, apoptosis, and a hyperphagia-obesity-diabetes syndrome. These defects can be corrected by combined deletion of E2f1. In contrast, deleting Rb1 in the antagonizing AGRP/NPY neurons shows no effects. Thus, pRb-E2F1 is an obesity suppression mechanism in ARC POMC neurons and HFD-AMPK inhibits this mechanism by phosphorylating pRb in this location.

Indexed as

Diet, High-FatHypothalamusAdenylate KinaseAnimalsArcuate Nucleus of HypothalamusDietary FatsDown-RegulationE2F1 Transcription FactorFemaleIdeal Body WeightMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNeuronsObesityAdenylate KinaseDietary FatsE2f1 protein, mouseE2F1 Transcription FactorPro-OpiomelanocortinRetinoblastoma Protein

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PMID23403926
PMCPMC3604720
OpenAlexW2011129440

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