Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

The multifunctional protein E4F1 links P53 to lipid metabolism in adipocytes

  • Matthieu Lacroix,
  • Laetitia K. Linares,
  • Natalia Rueda-Rincon,
  • Katarzyna Bloch,
  • Michela Di Michele,
  • Carlo De Blasio,
  • Caroline Fau,
  • Laurie Gayte,
  • Emilie Blanchet,
  • Aline Mairal,
  • Rita Derua,
  • Fernando Cardona,
  • Diane Beuzelin,
  • Jean-Sebastien Annicotte,
  • Nelly Pirot,
  • Adeline Torro,
  • Francisco J. Tinahones,
  • Florence Bernex,
  • Justine Bertrand-Michel,
  • Dominique Langin,
  • Lluis Fajas,
  • Johannes V. Swinnen,
  • Laurent Le Cam

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27307-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The p53 tumor suppressor is also a regulator of metabolism, but the mechanisms controlling p53-associated metabolic activities remain poorly understood. Here the authors report that the deletion of the multifunctional protein E4F1 is protective against diet-induced obesity in mice, and E4F1 regulates adipocyte lipid metabolism through p53.