Gα12 ablation exacerbates liver steatosis and obesity by suppressing USP22/SIRT1-regulated mitochondrial respiration

Autor: Tae Sik Park, Chang Yeob Han, Young Hee Choi, Cheol Soo Choi, Byoung Hoon You, Tae Hyun Kim, Ekihiro Seki, Su Sung Kim, Chang Ho Lee, Yoon Mee Yang, Mazen Noureddin, Yu Jui Yvonne Wan, Hitoshi Kurose, Ja Hyun Koo, Hyunhee Oh, Sang Geon Kim
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Investigation. 128:5587-5602
ISSN: 1558-8238
0021-9738
DOI: 10.1172/jci97831
Popis: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) arises from mitochondrial dysfunction under sustained imbalance between energy intake and expenditure, but the underlying mechanisms controlling mitochondrial respiration have not been entirely understood. Heterotrimeric G proteins converge with activated GPCRs to modulate cell-signaling pathways to maintain metabolic homeostasis. Here, we investigated the regulatory role of G protein α(12) (Gα(12)) on hepatic lipid metabolism and whole-body energy expenditure in mice. Fasting increased Gα(12) levels in mouse liver. Gα(12) ablation markedly augmented fasting-induced hepatic fat accumulation. cDNA microarray analysis from Gna12-KO liver revealed that the Gα(12)-signaling pathway regulated sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) and PPARα, which are responsible for mitochondrial respiration. Defective induction of SIRT1 upon fasting was observed in the liver of Gna12-KO mice, which was reversed by lentivirus-mediated Gα(12) overexpression in hepatocytes. Mechanistically, Gα(12) stabilized SIRT1 protein through transcriptional induction of ubiquitin-specific peptidase 22 (USP22) via HIF-1α increase. Gα(12) levels were markedly diminished in liver biopsies from NAFLD patients. Consistently, Gna12-KO mice fed a high-fat diet displayed greater susceptibility to diet-induced liver steatosis and obesity due to decrease in energy expenditure. Our results demonstrate that Gα(12) regulates SIRT1-dependent mitochondrial respiration through HIF-1α–dependent USP22 induction, identifying Gα(12) as an upstream molecule that contributes to the regulation of mitochondrial energy expenditure.
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