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Myostatin Knockout Drives Browning of White Adipose Tissue through Activating the AMPK-PGC1α-Fndc5 Pathway in Muscle
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Myostatin (Mstn) is predominantly expressed in skeletal muscles and plays important roles in regulating muscle growth and development, as well as fat deposition. Mstn-knockout (Mstn(-/-)) mice exhibit increased muscle mass due to both hypertrophy and hyperplasia, and leaner body composition due to reduced fat mass. Here, we show that white adipose tissue (WAT) of Mstn(-/-) develops characteristics of brown adipose tissue (BAT) with dramatically increased expression of BAT signature genes, including Ucp1 and Pgc1α, and beige adipocyte markers Tmem26 and CD137. Strikingly, the observed browning phenotype is non-cell autonomous and is instead driven by the newly defined myokine irisin (Fndc5) secreted from Mstn(-/-) skeletal muscle. Within the muscle, Mstn(-/-) leads to increased expression of AMPK and its phosphorylation, which subsequently activates PGC1α and Fndc5. Together, our study defines a paradigm of muscle-fat crosstalk mediated by Fndc5, which is up-regulated and secreted from muscle to induce beige cell markers and the browning of WAT in Mstn(-/-) mice. These results suggest that targeting muscle Mstn and its downstream signaling represents a therapeutic approach to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes.
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“It contributes to the induction of PGC-1α, FNDC5, and irisin in SkM [27,49,133].”
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“Secreted FNDC5 then promotes the browning of WAT, establishing muscle–fat crosstalk that enhances energy expenditure and improves metabolic profiles [70].”
From Exercise-Induced Muscle–Fat Crosstalk: Molecular Mediators and Their Pharmacological Modulation for the Maintenance of Metabolic Flexibility in Aging (2025) · cites this paper as [70]
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“which in turn was due to the presence of the browning phenotype in the WAT, mainly because of an increase in the expression of irisin (Shan et al., 2013).”
From Physical Exercise-Induced Myokines and Muscle-Adipose Tissue Crosstalk: A Review of Current Knowledge and the Implications for Health and Metabolic Diseases (2018) · cites this paper as Shan et al., 2013
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“On the other hand, knockout animals for myostatin presented not only an increase in muscle mass but also an improvement in composition due to a reduction of fat mass”
From Physical Exercise-Induced Myokines and Muscle-Adipose Tissue Crosstalk: A Review of Current Knowledge and the Implications for Health and Metabolic Diseases (2018) · cites this paper as Shan et al., 2013
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“Importantly, the inhibition of myostatin signaling increases PGC1α and mitochondrial biogenesis 145, while mice deficient for myostatin show an improved metabolic phenotype and a resistance to HFD 146, 147.”
From Inter‐organ communication: a gatekeeper for metabolic health (2019) · cites this paper as [147]
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Metadata
- Authors
- Shan, T., Liang, X., Bi, P., & Kuang, S.
- Affiliations
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- Venue
- The FASEB Journal
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-01-29
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1981-1989
- ISSN
- 0892-6638 (ISSN-L)
- 1530-6860
- PMC
- PMC3633817
- OpenAlex
- W2124205424
- Cited by
- 301
- References
- 49
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- FWCI
- 23.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- The FASEB Journal (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- National Institutes of Health
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Muscle Physiology and Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Keywords
- myostatin, white adipose tissue browning, brown adipose tissue, AMPK, PGC-1α, FNDC5, irisin, beige adipocytes, skeletal muscle, non-cell-autonomous signaling, obesity, type 2 diabetes, UCP1, 4-1BB
- MeSH terms
- Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha, Adenylate Kinase, Animals, Adipose Tissue, Brown, Fibronectins, Transcription Factors, Trans-Activators, Up-Regulation, Mice, Knockout, Muscle, Skeletal, Mice, Adipose Tissue, White, Myostatin
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