title: PGC-1 coactivators in cardiac development and disease.
abstract: The beating heart requires a constant flux of ATP to maintain contractile function, and there is increasing evidence that energetic defects contribute to the development of heart failure. The last 10 years have seen a resurgent interest in cardiac intermediary metabolism and a dramatic increase in our understanding of transcriptional networks that regulate cardiac energetics. The PPAR-γ coactivator (PGC)-1 family of proteins plays a central role in these pathways. The mechanisms by which PGC-1 proteins regulate transcriptional networks and are regulated by physiological cues, as well as the roles they play in cardiac development and disease, are reviewed here.
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Glenn C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Rowe
authors.forename: Aihua
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Zolt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Arany
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006321:Heart / Q000196:embryology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000071248:Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; C486497:PPARGC1A protein, human; C455622:PPARGC1B protein, human; D000071248:Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors