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RIP140 directs histone and DNA methylation to silence Ucp1 expression in white adipocytes

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Kiskinis, Evangelos, Hallberg, Magnus, Christian, Mark, Olofsson, Martina, Dilworth, Stephen M, White, Roger, Parker, Malcolm G·2007·The EMBO Journal

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Nuclear receptors control the function of cells by regulating transcription from specific gene networks. The establishment and maintenance of epigenetic gene marks is fundamental to the regulation of gene transcription and the control of cell function. RIP140 is a corepressor for nuclear receptors that suppresses transcription from a broad programme of metabolic genes and thereby controls energy homoeostasis in vivo. Here we show by analysis of Ucp1, a gene which is typically expressed in brown but not white adipocytes, that RIP140 is essential for both DNA and histone methylation to maintain gene repression. RIP140 expression promotes the assembly of DNA and histone methyltransferases (HMTs) on the Ucp1 enhancer and leads to methylation of specific CpG residues and histones as judged by bisulphite genomic sequencing and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays. Our results suggest that RIP140 serves as a scaffold for both DNA and HMT activities to inhibit gene transcription by two key epigenetic repression systems.

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  • Nuclear co-repressor RIP140 directs histone and DNA methylation to silence UCP1 expression and suppress mitochondrial biogenesis in white adipocytes.

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Authors
Kiskinis, E., Hallberg, M., Christian, M., Olofsson, M., Dilworth, S. M., White, R., & Parker, M. G.
Affiliations
Imperial College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Parker, Malcolm G
Venue
The EMBO Journal
Published
2007-11-01
Volume
26
Issue
23
Pages
4831-4840
ISSN
  • 0261-4189 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2075
OpenAlex
W2082416078
Cited by
111
References
57
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The EMBO Journal (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (504327, 079200/Z/06/Z)
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/C504327/1)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Keywords
RIP140, UCP1, white adipocytes, histone methylation, DNA methylation, epigenetic silencing, nuclear receptor corepressor, histone methyltransferase, DNA methyltransferases, CpG methylation, enhancers, transcriptional repression, energy homeostasis
MeSH terms
Uncoupling Protein 1, Nuclear Receptor Interacting Protein 1, Animals, Cell Differentiation, Cell Nucleus, DNA, Fibroblasts, Gene Expression Regulation, Histones, Ion Channels, Nuclear Proteins, CpG Islands, DNA Methylation, Mitochondrial Proteins, Epigenesis, Genetic, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Mice, Adipocytes, White

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