Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Foxp1 controls brown/beige adipocyte differentiation and thermogenesis through regulating β3-AR desensitization

  • Pei Liu,
  • Sixia Huang,
  • Shifeng Ling,
  • Shuqin Xu,
  • Fuhua Wang,
  • Wei Zhang,
  • Rujiang Zhou,
  • Lin He,
  • Xuechun Xia,
  • Zhengju Yao,
  • Ying Fan,
  • Niansong Wang,
  • Congxia Hu,
  • Xiaodong Zhao,
  • Haley O. Tucker,
  • Jiqiu Wang,
  • Xizhi Guo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12988-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Beta3-adrenergic receptor (b3-AR) signaling in response to cold activates adipose tissue thermogenesis. Here the authors identify the transcription factor FoxP1 as a direct negative regulator of b3-AR expression and show that loss of FoxP1 leads to enhanced development of thermogenic adipose tissue.