title: A cold-inducible coactivator of nuclear receptors linked to adaptive thermogenesis.
abstract: Adaptive thermogenesis is an important component of energy homeostasis and a metabolic defense against obesity. We have cloned a novel transcriptional coactivator of nuclear receptors, termed PGC-1, from a brown fat cDNA library. PGC-1 mRNA expression is dramatically elevated upon cold exposure of mice in both brown fat and skeletal muscle, key thermogenic tissues. PGC-1 greatly increases the transcriptional activity of PPARgamma and the thyroid hormone receptor on the uncoupling protein (UCP-1) promoter. Ectopic expression of PGC-1 in white adipose cells activates expression of UCP-1 and key mitochondrial enzymes of the respiratory chain, and increases the cellular content of mitochondrial DNA. These results indicate that PGC-1 plays a key role in linking nuclear receptors to the transcriptional program of adaptive thermogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Puigserver
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Graves
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Spiegelman
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D014157:Transcription Factors; C111264:peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1