Nature Communications (May 2022)

The long noncoding RNA ADIPINT regulates human adipocyte metabolism via pyruvate carboxylase

  • Alastair G. Kerr,
  • Zuoneng Wang,
  • Na Wang,
  • Kelvin H. M. Kwok,
  • Jutta Jalkanen,
  • Alison Ludzki,
  • Simon Lecoutre,
  • Dominique Langin,
  • Martin O. Bergo,
  • Ingrid Dahlman,
  • Carsten Mim,
  • Peter Arner,
  • Hui Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30620-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Adipocyte-expressed long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to regulate the transcription of genes involved in lipid metabolism. Here the authors describe a human adipocyte-specific lncRNA, ADIPINT, which regulates lipid metabolism in white adipocytes in part through its interaction with the metabolic enzyme pyruvate carboxylase.