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- Title
Hepatic ATF6 Increases Fatty Acid Oxidation to Attenuate Hepatic Steatosis in Mice Through Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor α.
- Authors
Xuqing Chen; Feifei Zhang; Qi Gong; Aoyuan Cui; Shu Zhuo; Zhimin Hu; Yamei Han; Jing Gao; Yixuan Sun; Zhengshuai Liu; Zhongnan Yang; Yingying Le; Xianfu Gao; Dong, Lily Q.; Xin Gao; Yu Li; Chen, Xuqing; Zhang, Feifei; Gong, Qi; Cui, Aoyuan
- Abstract
The endoplasmic reticulum quality control protein activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6) has emerged as a novel metabolic regulator. Here, we show that adenovirus-mediated overexpression of the dominant-negative form of ATF6 (dnATF6) increases susceptibility to develop hepatic steatosis in diet-induced insulin-resistant mice and fasted mice. Overexpression of dnATF6 or small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of ATF6 decreases the transcriptional activity of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα)/retinoid X receptor complex, and inhibits oxygen consumption rates in hepatocytes, possibly through inhibition of the binding of PPARα to the promoter of its target gene. Intriguingly, ATF6 physically interacts with PPARα, enhances the transcriptional activity of PPARα, and triggers activation of PPARα downstream targets, such as CPT1α and MCAD, in hepatocytes. Furthermore, hepatic overexpression of the active form of ATF6 promotes hepatic fatty acid oxidation and protects against hepatic steatosis in diet-induced insulin-resistant mice. These data delineate the mechanism by which ATF6 controls the activity of PPARα and hepatic mitochondria fatty acid oxidation. Therefore, strategies to activate ATF6 could be used as an alternative avenue to improve liver function and treat hepatic steatosis in obesity.
- Subjects
TRANSCRIPTION factors; GENETIC overexpression; PEROXISOMES; FATTY acid oxidation; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; ISLANDS of Langerhans; PROTEIN metabolism; ANIMAL experimentation; BODY composition; DIET; EPITHELIAL cells; FASTING; FATTY acids; FATTY liver; GENES; GENETIC disorders; LIPID metabolism disorders; LIVER; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; PEPTIDES; OXYGEN consumption
- Publication
Diabetes, 2016, Vol 65, Issue 7, p1904
- ISSN
0012-1797
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.2337/db15-1637