Ménage-à-Trois 1 Is Critical for the Transcriptional Function of PPARγ Coactivator 1

Autor: Tomi P. Mäkelä, Michael D. Schneider, Brett H. Graham, Derrick J. Rossi, Motoaki Sano, Min Xie, Fernando Scaglia, Noriaki Shimizu, Katja Helenius, Heinrich Taegtmeyer, Yasukatsu Izumi, Christopher R. Wilson, Lingyun Hu, E. Dale Abel, George E. Taffet, Robia G. Pautler, Sihem Boudina, Masanori Asakura, Anastasia Kralli, Hirotoshi Tanaka
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Cell Metabolism. 5:129-142
ISSN: 1550-4131
Popis: The Cdk7/cyclin H/ménage-à-trois 1 (MAT1) heterotrimer has proposed functions in transcription as the kinase component of basal transcription factor TFIIH and is activated in adult hearts by Gq-, calcineurin-, and biomechanical stress-dependent pathways for hypertrophic growth. Using cardiac-specific Cre, we have ablated MAT1 in myocardium. Despite reduced Cdk7 activity, MAT1-deficient hearts grew normally, but fatal heart failure ensued at 6-8 weeks. By microarray profiling, quantitative RT-PCR, and western blotting at 4 weeks, genes for energy metabolism were found to be suppressed selectively, including targets of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 (PGC-1). Cardiac metabolic defects were substantiated in isolated perfused hearts and isolated mitochondria. In culture, deleting MAT1 with Cre disrupted PGC-1 function: PGC-1alpha failed to activate PGC-1-responsive promoters and nuclear receptors, GAL4-PGC-1alpha was functionally defective, and PGC-1beta was likewise deficient. PGC-1 bound to both MAT1 and Cdk7 in coprecipitation assays. Thus, we demonstrate a requirement for MAT1 in the operation of PGC-1 coactivators that control cell metabolism.
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