抄録
Cellular differentiation is regulated through activation and repression of defined transcription factors. A hallmark of differentiation is a pronounced change in cell shape, which is determined by dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton. Here we show that regulation of the transcriptional coactivator MKL1 (megakaryoblastic leukemia 1) by actin cytoskeleton dynamics drives adipocyte differentiation mediated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), a master transcriptional regulator of adipogenesis. Induction of adipocyte differentiation results in disruption of actin stress fibres through downregulation of RhoA-ROCK signalling. The consequent rapid increase in monomeric G-actin leads to the interaction of G-actin with MKL1, which prevents nuclear translocation of MKL1 and allows expression of PPARγ followed by adipogenic differentiation. Moreover, we found that MKL1 and PPARγ act in a mutually antagonistic manner in the adipocytic differentiation programme. Our findings thus provide new mechanistic insight into the relation between the dynamics of cell shape and transcriptional regulation during cellular differentiation.
| 本文言語 | English |
|---|---|
| 論文番号 | 3368 |
| ページ（範囲） | 3368 |
| ページ数 | 1 |
| ジャーナル | Nature communications |
| 巻 | 5 |
| DOI | |
| 出版ステータス | Published - 2014 |
| 外部発表 | はい |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 化学 (全般)
- 生化学、遺伝学、分子生物学（全般）
- 物理学および天文学（全般）