Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

SIRT7 suppresses energy expenditure and thermogenesis by regulating brown adipose tissue functions in mice

  • Tatsuya Yoshizawa,
  • Yoshifumi Sato,
  • Shihab U. Sobuz,
  • Tomoya Mizumoto,
  • Tomonori Tsuyama,
  • Md. Fazlul Karim,
  • Keishi Miyata,
  • Masayoshi Tasaki,
  • Masaya Yamazaki,
  • Yuichi Kariba,
  • Norie Araki,
  • Eiichi Araki,
  • Shingo Kajimura,
  • Yuichi Oike,
  • Thomas Braun,
  • Eva Bober,
  • Johan Auwerx,
  • Kazuya Yamagata

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35219-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Sirtuins have been reported to positively regulate brown adipose tissue thermogenesis. Here the authors report that brown adipocytic SIRT7 suppresses whole-body energy expenditure and thermogenesis in mice, potentially by attenuating batokine gene expressions and Ucp1 mRNA translation.