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Ectopic expression of the CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha promotes the adipogenic program in a variety of mouse fibroblastic cells.
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The CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha (C/EBP alpha) has been implicated in the regulation of adipoblast differentiation. In this study we investigate the potential of C/EBP alpha to promote the adipogenic program in a variety of fibroblastic cells. Transduction of the C/EBP alpha gene into eight mouse fibroblastic cell lines by retroviruses and DNA transfection generates adipocyte colonies at variable frequencies. The most dramatic results are obtained with NIH-3T3 cells, in which the percentage of G418-resistant colonies that exhibit the adipocyte morphology is reproducibly > 50% when the C/EBP alpha gene is transduced by retroviruses. The ability to promote the adipogenic program requires the potent transcriptional activation domain of C/EBP alpha and is not observed with C/EBP beta. Paradoxically, in spite of its antimitogenic effects, clonal cell lines that stably express high amounts of C/EBP alpha can readily be generated. Stable expression of C/EBP alpha in BALB/c-3T3 cells dramatically enhances their ability to terminally differentiate into adipocytes. The results demonstrate that C/EBP alpha can efficiently promote the adipogenic program in a variety of mouse fibroblastic cells, including those that have little or no spontaneous capacity to undergo adipogenesis.
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- Authors
- Freytag, S. O., Paielli, D. L., & Gilbert, J. D.
- Venue
- Genes & Development
- Publisher
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Published
- 1994-07-15
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 14
- Pages
- 1654-1663
- ISSN
- 0890-9369 (ISSN-L)
- 1549-5477
- OpenAlex
- W2025505666
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- 456
- References
- 4
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- posted content
- Language
- en
- Open access
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