Nature Communications (May 2017)

Hepatic p63 regulates steatosis via IKKβ/ER stress

  • Begoña Porteiro,
  • Marcos F. Fondevila,
  • Teresa C. Delgado,
  • Cristina Iglesias,
  • Monica Imbernon,
  • Paula Iruzubieta,
  • Javier Crespo,
  • Amaia Zabala-Letona,
  • Johan Fernø,
  • Bárbara González-Terán,
  • Nuria Matesanz,
  • Lourdes Hernández-Cosido,
  • Miguel Marcos,
  • Sulay Tovar,
  • Anxo Vidal,
  • Julia Sánchez-Ceinos,
  • Maria M. Malagon,
  • Celia Pombo,
  • Juan Zalvide,
  • Arkaitz Carracedo,
  • Xabier Buque,
  • Carlos Dieguez,
  • Guadalupe Sabio,
  • Miguel López,
  • Patricia Aspichueta,
  • María L. Martínez-Chantar,
  • Ruben Nogueiras

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15111
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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p53 regulates lipid metabolism and fatty acid oxidation, and its inactivation promotes diet-induced liver steatosis. Here Porteiroet al. show that p53 deficiency leads to compensatory p63 upregulation, which, in turn, triggers endoplasmic reticulum stress through IKKβ activation, fatty acid synthesis and lipid accumulation.