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ArticleJournal of molecular cell biology2023

Circadian clock control of MRTF/SRF pathway suppresses beige adipocyte thermogenic recruitment.

Xuekai Xiong, Weini Li, Ruya Liu, Pradip Saha, Vijay Yechoor, Ke Ma

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Article in Journal of molecular cell biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xuekai XiongDepartment of Diabetes Complications & Metabolism, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
Weini LiDepartment of Diabetes Complications & Metabolism, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
Ruya LiuDiabetes and Beta Cell Biology Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1986-6800
Pradip SahaDepartment of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Vijay YechoorDiabetes and Beta Cell Biology Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9981-6784
Ke MaDepartment of Diabetes Complications & Metabolism, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5206-1038
City of Hope · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · USBaylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

Circadian disruption-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetesR01DK130499 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI YECHOOR, VIJAY K · 2021 to 2024
$1.8M
Circadian Clock Control of Adipose Depot Development and FunctionR01DK112794 · NIDDK · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · PI MA, KE · 2018 to 2021
$1.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK112794NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK130499
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The morphological transformation of adipogenic progenitors into mature adipocytes requires dissolution of actin cytoskeleton with loss of myocardin-related transcription factor (MRTF)/serum response factor (SRF) activity. Circadian clock confers temporal control in adipogenic differentiation, while the actin cytoskeleton-MRTF/SRF signaling transduces extracellular physical niche cues. Here, we define a novel circadian transcriptional control involved in actin cytoskeleton-MRTF/SRF signaling cascade that modulates beige fat thermogenic function. Key components of actin dynamic-MRTF/SRF pathway display circadian regulation in beige fat depot. The core clock regulator, brain and muscle arnt-like 1 (Bmal1), exerts direct transcriptional control of genes within the actin dynamic-MRTF/SRF cascade that impacts actin cytoskeleton organization and SRF activity. Employing beige fat-selective gene-targeting models together with pharmacological rescues, we further demonstrate that Bmal1 inhibits beige adipogenesis and thermogenic capacity in vivo via the MRTF/SRF pathway. Selective ablation of Bmal1 induces beigeing with improved glucose homeostasis, whereas its targeted overexpression attenuates thermogenic induction resulting in obesity. Collectively, our findings identify the clock-MRTF/SRF regulatory axis as an inhibitory mechanism of beige fat thermogenic recruitment with significant contribution to systemic metabolic homeostasis.

Indexed as

Adipocytes, BeigeCircadian ClocksThermogenesisActinsAnimalsARNTL Transcription FactorsMiceMyocardinSerum Response FactorTrans-ActivatorsActinsARNTL Transcription FactorsMrtfa protein, mouseMyocardinSerum Response FactorSrf protein, mouseTrans-Activatorsactin cytoskeletonadipocyte differentiationcircadian rhythmenergy balanceglucose metabolisminsulin sensitivitythermogenesis

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PMID36581314
PMCPMC10174720
OpenAlexW4313312171

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