2007
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611568104
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Adipose tissue-specific inactivation of the retinoblastoma protein protects against diabesity because of increased energy expenditure

Abstract: The role of the tumor suppressor retinoblastoma protein (pRb) has been firmly established in the control of cell cycle, apoptosis, and differentiation. Recently, it was demonstrated that lack of pRb promotes a switch from white to brown adipocyte differentiation in vitro. We used the Cre-Lox system to specifically inactivate pRb in adult adipose tissue. Under a high-fat diet, pRb-deficient (pRb ad؊/؊ ) mice failed to gain weight because of increased energy expenditure. This protection against weight gain was c… Show more

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“…Paradoxically pRB is, in contrast to the other tumor suppressors, a major modulator of oxidative metabolism. RB-specific deletion in adipose tissue results in increased mitochondrial activity and reversal from anabolic white adipose tissue to catabolic oxidative brown adipose tissue (Dali-Youcef et al, 2007). In this particular situation RB would facilitate a cancer-type metabolism.…”
Section: Counteracting Tumor Suppressor Pathwaymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Paradoxically pRB is, in contrast to the other tumor suppressors, a major modulator of oxidative metabolism. RB-specific deletion in adipose tissue results in increased mitochondrial activity and reversal from anabolic white adipose tissue to catabolic oxidative brown adipose tissue (Dali-Youcef et al, 2007). In this particular situation RB would facilitate a cancer-type metabolism.…”
Section: Counteracting Tumor Suppressor Pathwaymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The CDK-Rb-E2F1 pathway, which is inhibited by p16 Ink4a , has already been shown to control adipogenesis by modulating the expression of the nuclear receptor PPARg (15,29), a master regulator of adipogenesis, as well as by controlling oxidative metabolism in adipose tissue (30). The CDK-Rb-E2F1 pathway is also a negative regulator of energy expenditure through repression of mitochondrial oxidative metabolism in muscle (16).…”
Section: Ink4amentioning
confidence: 99%
“…31 De novo DNA methylation occurs during embryogenesis, but can also occur in adult cells to alter the developmental program of the cell. 32 It is hypothesized that DNA methylation is set up in a tissuespecific manner, thereby silencing the genes opposing the proper development and leaving essential genes unmethylated and thereby helping to direct terminal differentiation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%