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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2020

Scd1 controls de novo beige fat biogenesis through succinate-dependent regulation of mitochondrial complex II.

Keli Liu, Liangyu Lin, Qing Li, Yueqing Xue, Fanjun Zheng, Guan Wang, Chunxing Zheng, Liming Du, Mingyuan Hu, Yin Huang and 5 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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42citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Keli LiuCAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8008-2162
Liangyu LinCAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai, China.
Qing LiCAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai, China.
Yueqing XueCAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai, China.
Fanjun ZhengCAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai, China.
Guan WangCAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai, China.
Chunxing ZhengCAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai, China.
Liming DuCAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai, China.
Mingyuan HuCAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai, China.
Yin HuangCAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai, China.
Changshun ShaoThe First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Institutes for Translational Medicine, Soochow University, 215123 Suzhou, China.
Xiangyin KongCAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai, China.
Gerry MelinoBiochemistry Laboratory, Istituto Dermopatico Immacolata (IDI-IRCCS), 00100 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9428-5972
Yufang ShiCAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai, China; yufangshi@sibs.ac.cn yingwang@sibs.ac.cn.
Ying WangCAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai, China; yufangshi@sibs.ac.cn yingwang@sibs.ac.cn.
Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health · CNShanghaiTech University · CNIstituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata · ITSoochow University · CN

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U132670600Medical Research Council MC_UU_00025/2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Preadipocytes can give rise to either white adipocytes or beige adipocytes. Owing to their distinct abilities in nutrient storage and energy expenditure, strategies that specifically promote "beiging" of adipocytes hold great promise for counterbalancing obesity and metabolic diseases. Yet, factors dictating the differentiation fate of adipocyte progenitors remain to be elucidated. We found that stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase 1 (Scd1)-deficient mice, which resist metabolic stress, possess augmentation in beige adipocytes under basal conditions. Deletion of Scd1 in mature adipocytes expressing Fabp4 or Ucp1 did not affect thermogenesis in mice. Rather, Scd1 deficiency shifted the differentiation fate of preadipocytes from white adipogenesis to beige adipogenesis. Such effects are dependent on succinate accumulation in adipocyte progenitors, which fuels mitochondrial complex II activity. Suppression of mitochondrial complex II by Atpenin A5 or oxaloacetic acid reverted the differentiation potential of Scd1-deficient preadipocytes to white adipocytes. Furthermore, supplementation of succinate was found to increase beige adipocyte differentiation both in vitro and in vivo. Our data reveal an unappreciated role of Scd1 in determining the cell fate of adipocyte progenitors through succinate-dependent regulation of mitochondrial complex II.

Indexed as

Adipocytes, BeigeAdipogenesisAnimalsElectron Transport Complex IIEnergy MetabolismFatsFatty Acid-Binding ProteinsFemaleHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, KnockoutObesityStearoyl-CoA DesaturaseSuccinic AcidElectron Transport Complex IIFabp4 protein, mouseFatsFatty Acid-Binding ProteinsScd1 protein, mouseStearoyl-CoA DesaturaseSuccinic Acidbeige fat biogenesismitochondrial complex IIpreadipocytesstearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase 1 (Scd1)succinate

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PMID31953260
PMCPMC7007576
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