ArticleCommunications biology2020
Progesterone receptor membrane associated component 1 enhances obesity progression in mice by facilitating lipid accumulation in adipocytes.
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- New insights into sexual dimorphism in cardiometabolic health.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2026Review
- Targeting Progesterone Receptor Membrane Component 1 to Improve Muscle Development and Glucose Homeostasis.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025Article
- Identification of PGRMC1 as a regulator of the TLR3-TICAM1-IFNβ1 signaling axis in RAW264.7 macrophages.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2025Article
- Beyond reproduction: unraveling the impact of sex hormones on cardiometabolic health.Medical review (2021) · 2024Review
- Pleiotropy of Progesterone Receptor Membrane Component 1 in Modulation of Cytochrome P450 Activity.Journal of xenobiotics · 2024Review
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- Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry Uncovers Interactions Between High-Density Lipoproteins and the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein.Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP · 2023Article
- Progesterone signaling in the regulation of luteal steroidogenesis.Molecular human reproduction · 2023Review
- Expression of PGRMC1 in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome and its molecular mechanism for regulating ovarian granulosa cell apoptosis and glucolipid metabolism.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2023Article
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- PGRMC1: An enigmatic heme-binding protein.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2023Review
- Progesterone Receptor Membrane Component (PGRMC)1 and PGRMC2 and Their Roles in Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer.Cancers · 2021Review
- PPARγ-Induced Global H3K27 Acetylation Maintains Osteo/Cementogenic Abilities of Periodontal Ligament Fibroblasts.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- The Interface of Nuclear and Membrane Steroid Signaling.Endocrinology · 2021Review
- Glycyrrhizin Derivatives Suppress Cancer Chemoresistance by Inhibiting Progesterone Receptor Membrane Component 1.Cancers · 2021Article
- PGRMC Proteins Are Coming of Age: A Special Issue on the Role of PGRMC1 and PGRMC2 in Metabolism and Cancer Biology.Cancers · 2021Article
- Sex Differences in Brown Adipose Tissue Function: Sex Hormones, Glucocorticoids, and Their Crosstalk.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Review
- Clozapine Induced Disturbances in Hepatic Glucose Metabolism: The Potential Role of PGRMC1 Signaling.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Article
- Gender-Specific Independent and Combined Effects of the Progesterone and 17-Hydroxyprogesterone on Metabolic Syndrome: From the Henan Rural Cohort Study.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2021Article
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Abstract
Progesterone receptor membrane associated component 1 (PGRMC1) exhibits haem-dependent dimerization on cell membrane and binds to EGF receptor and cytochromes P450 to regulate cancer proliferation and chemoresistance. However, its physiological functions remain unknown. Herein, we demonstrate that PGRMC1 is required for adipogenesis, and its expression is significantly enhanced by insulin or thiazolidine, an agonist for PPARγ. The haem-dimerized PGRMC1 interacts with low-density lipoprotein receptors (VLDL-R and LDL-R) or GLUT4 to regulate their translocation to the plasma membrane, facilitating lipid uptake and accumulation, and de-novo fatty acid synthesis in adipocytes. These events are cancelled by CO through interfering with PGRMC1 dimerization. PGRMC1 expression in mouse adipose tissues is enhanced during obesity induced by a high fat diet. Furthermore, adipose tissue-specific PGRMC1 knockout in mice dramatically suppressed high-fat-diet induced adipocyte hypertrophy. Our results indicate a pivotal role of PGRMC1 in developing obesity through its metabolic regulation of lipids and carbohydrates in adipocytes.
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