Age-dependent loss of adipose Rubicon promotes metabolic disorders via excess autophagy.
Nat Commun
; 11(1): 4150, 2020 08 18.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-32811819
ABSTRACT
The systemic decline in autophagic activity with age impairs homeostasis in several tissues, leading to age-related diseases. A mechanistic understanding of adipocyte dysfunction with age could help to prevent age-related metabolic disorders, but the role of autophagy in aged adipocytes remains unclear. Here we show that, in contrast to other tissues, aged adipocytes upregulate autophagy due to a decline in the levels of Rubicon, a negative regulator of autophagy. Rubicon knockout in adipocytes causes fat atrophy and hepatic lipid accumulation due to reductions in the expression of adipogenic genes, which can be recovered by activation of PPARγ. SRC-1 and TIF2, coactivators of PPARγ, are degraded by autophagy in a manner that depends on their binding to GABARAP family proteins, and are significantly downregulated in Rubicon-ablated or aged adipocytes. Hence, we propose that age-dependent decline in adipose Rubicon exacerbates metabolic disorders by promoting excess autophagic degradation of SRC-1 and TIF2.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Autophagy
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Aging
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Adipocytes
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Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
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Metabolic Diseases
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Nat Commun
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
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CIENCIA
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japan