1. Pten Positively Regulates Brown Adipose Function, Energy Expenditure, and Longevity
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Gonzalo Gómez-López, Ángela M. Valverde, Alejo Efeyan, M. Mar González-Barroso, Elena Lopez-Guadamillas, Eduardo Rial, Sonia Martinez, Joaquín Pastor, Marta Cañamero, Ana Ortega-Molina, James R. Bischoff, Maribel Muñoz-Martin, Manuel Serrano, Eduardo Romanos, Francisca Mulero, Comunidad de Madrid, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), and Instituto de Salud Carlos III
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Physiology ,Longevity ,Adipose tissue ,Mice, Transgenic ,Biology ,Calorimetry ,Ion Channels ,Mitochondrial Proteins ,Mice ,Adipose Tissue, Brown ,Internal medicine ,Brown/metabolism ,Brown adipose tissue ,medicine ,Uncoupling protein ,PTEN ,Animals ,Energy Metabolism/genetics/physiology ,Protein kinase B ,Molecular Biology ,PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway ,Uncoupling Protein 1 ,PRDM16 ,Imidazoles ,PTEN Phosphohydrolase ,Cell Biology ,Thermogenin ,DNA-Binding Proteins ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Endocrinology ,DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism ,Pyrazines ,biology.protein ,Energy Metabolism ,Ion Channels/genetics/metabolism ,Transcription Factors - Abstract
13 páginas, 7 figuras, 7 figuras suplementarias, 7 tablas suplementarias.-- et al., Aging in worms and flies is regulated by the PI3K/Akt/Foxo pathway. Here we extend this paradigm to mammals. Ptentg mice carrying additional genomic copies of Pten are protected from cancer and present a significant extension of life span that is independent of their lower cancer incidence. Interestingly, Ptentg mice have an increased energy expenditure and protection from metabolic pathologies. The brown adipose tissue (BAT) of Ptentg mice is hyperactive and presents high levels of the uncoupling protein Ucp1, which we show is a target of Foxo1. Importantly, a synthetic PI3K inhibitor also increases energy expenditure and hyperactivates the BAT in mice. These effects can be recapitulated in isolated brown adipocytes and, moreover, implants of Ptentg fibroblasts programmed with Prdm16 and Cebpβ form subcutaneous brown adipose pads more efficiently than wild-type fibroblasts. These observations uncover a role of Pten in promoting energy expenditure, thus decreasing nutrient storage and its associated damage, Work in the laboratory of A.M.V. was funded by grant SAF2009-08114 and by the CIBERDEM (ISCIII), and work in the laboratory of E. Rial was funded by grants SAF2010-20256 and Consolider-Ingenio CSD2007-00020. A.O.-M. was recipient of a predoctoral contract of the Regional Government of Madrid. E.L.-G. was recipient of a predoctoral contract from the Spanish Ministry of Education. M.M.G.-B. was supported by the “Ramon y Cajal” program of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.
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- 2012
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