title: Genome-wide coactivation analysis of PGC-1alpha identifies BAF60a as a regulator of hepatic lipid metabolism.
abstract: Impaired mitochondrial function has been implicated in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes, heart failure, and neurodegeneration as well as during aging. Studies with the PGC-1 transcriptional coactivators have demonstrated that these factors are central components of the regulatory network that controls mitochondrial function in mammalian cells. Here we describe a genome-wide coactivation assay to globally identify transcription factors and cofactors in this pathway. These analyses revealed a molecular signature of the PGC-1alpha transcriptional network and identified BAF60a (SMARCD1) as a molecular link between the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complexes and hepatic lipid metabolism. Adenoviral-mediated expression of BAF60a stimulates fatty acid beta-oxidation in cultured hepatocytes and ameliorates hepatic steatosis in vivo. PGC-1alpha mediates the recruitment of BAF60a to PPARalpha-binding sites, leading to transcriptional activation of peroxisomal and mitochondrial fat-oxidation genes. These results define a role for the SWI/SNF complexes in the regulation of lipid homeostasis.
authors.affiliation: Life Sciences Institute and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Siming
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Tong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: Jiandie D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D042002:Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly / Q000235:genetics; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D016678:Genome / Q000235:genetics*; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000235:genetics*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D047493:PPAR alpha / Q000235:genetics; D000071248:Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha; D020675:Peroxisomes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D047493:PPAR alpha; D000071248:Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha; C485290:Ppargc1a protein, mouse; C445179:SWI-SNF-B chromatin-remodeling complex; C529549:Smarcd1 protein, mouse; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors