PUBLICATION
The transcription factor SOX6 contributes to the developmental origins of obesity by promoting adipogenesis
- Authors
- Leow, S.C., Poschmann, J., Too, P.G., Yin, J., Joseph, R., McFarlane, C., Dogra, S., Shabbir, A., Ingham, P.W., Prabhakar, S., Leow, M.K., Lee, Y.S., Ng, K.L., Chong, Y.S., Gluckman, P.D., Stünkel, W.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-160317-12
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Development (Cambridge, England) 143: 950-61 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Ingham, Philip
- Keywords
- Developmental origins, Epigenetics, Fetal growth restriction, Human, Mesenchymal stem cells, Mouse, Obesity, Transcription factor, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Adipocytes/drug effects
- Adipocytes/metabolism
- Mice
- CpG Islands/genetics
- Infant, Small for Gestational Age/metabolism
- Triglycerides/metabolism
- SOXD Transcription Factors/metabolism*
- Wnt Signaling Pathway/drug effects
- Wnt Signaling Pathway/genetics
- Models, Biological
- Cell Differentiation
- Binding Sites
- Obesity/genetics*
- DNA Methylation/genetics
- Proteins/genetics
- Lipid Metabolism/genetics
- Protein Binding/drug effects
- Infant, Newborn
- 3T3 Cells
- Larva/drug effects
- Humans
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Adipogenesis*/drug effects
- Adipogenesis*/genetics
- Animals
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells/drug effects
- Down-Regulation/drug effects
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 26893351 Full text @ Development
Citation
Leow, S.C., Poschmann, J., Too, P.G., Yin, J., Joseph, R., McFarlane, C., Dogra, S., Shabbir, A., Ingham, P.W., Prabhakar, S., Leow, M.K., Lee, Y.S., Ng, K.L., Chong, Y.S., Gluckman, P.D., Stünkel, W. (2016) The transcription factor SOX6 contributes to the developmental origins of obesity by promoting adipogenesis. Development (Cambridge, England). 143:950-61.
Abstract
An association between impaired fetal growth and the postnatal development of obesity has been established. Here, by comparing adipocytes differentiated from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) taken from the umbilical cord and derived from normal and growth-restricted neonates, we identified the transcription factor SOX6 as highly expressed only in growth-restricted individuals. We found that SOX6 regulates adipogenesis in vertebrate species by activating adipogenic regulators including PPARγ, C/EBPα and MEST. We further show that SOX6 interacts with β-catenin in adipocytes, suggesting an inhibition of WNT/β-catenin signaling, thereby promoting adipogenesis. The upstream regulatory region of the MEST gene in MSCs from growth-restricted subjects harbors hypomethylated CpGs next to SOX6 binding motifs, and we found that SOX6 binding is impaired by adjacent CpG methylation. In summary, we report that SOX6 is a novel regulator of adipogenesis synergizing with epigenetic mechanisms.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping