Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Adipocyte HIF2α functions as a thermostat via PKA Cα regulation in beige adipocytes

  • Ji Seul Han,
  • Yong Geun Jeon,
  • Minsik Oh,
  • Gung Lee,
  • Hahn Nahmgoong,
  • Sang Mun Han,
  • Jeehye Choi,
  • Ye Young Kim,
  • Kyung Cheul Shin,
  • Jiwon Kim,
  • Kyuri Jo,
  • Sung Sik Choe,
  • Eun Jung Park,
  • Sun Kim,
  • Jae Bum Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30925-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Thermogenic adipocytes maintain body temperature in response to cold, but how this is tuned during cold and re-warming is unclear. Here, the authors show HIF2α inhibits beige adipocyte retention, regulating PKA catalysis to control dynamic adipocyte remodelling.