Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

TonEBP/NFAT5 promotes obesity and insulin resistance by epigenetic suppression of white adipose tissue beiging

  • Hwan Hee Lee,
  • Seung Min An,
  • Byeong Jin Ye,
  • Jun Ho Lee,
  • Eun Jin Yoo,
  • Gyu Won Jeong,
  • Hyun Je Kang,
  • Assim A. Alfadda,
  • Sun Woo Lim,
  • Jiyoung Park,
  • Whaseon Lee-Kwon,
  • Jae Bum Kim,
  • Soo Youn Choi,
  • Hyug Moo Kwon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11302-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Activation of thermogenic beige adipocytes within white adipose tissue increases energy expenditure. Here, the authors show that expression of TonEBP in adipocytes is increased when mice are fed a high fat diet and that it suppresses expression of beta3-adrenoreceptor.