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Regulation of lipolysis by 14-3-3 proteins on human adipocyte lipid droplets

Yang, Qin
Yang Loureiro, Zinger
Desai, Anand
DeSouza, Tiffany
Li, Kaida
Wang, Hui
Nicoloro, Sarah M
Solivan-Rivera, Javier
Corvera, Silvia
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Adipocyte lipid droplets (LDs) play a crucial role in systemic lipid metabolism by storing and releasing lipids to meet the organism's energy needs. Hormonal signals such as catecholamines and insulin act on adipocyte LDs, and impaired responsiveness to these signals can lead to uncontrolled lipolysis, lipotoxicity, and metabolic disease. To investigate the mechanisms that control LD function in human adipocytes, we applied proximity labeling mediated by enhanced ascorbate peroxidase (APEX2) to identify the interactome of PLIN1 in adipocytes differentiated from human mesenchymal progenitor cells. We identified 70 proteins that interact specifically with PLIN1, including PNPLA2 and LIPE, which are the primary effectors of regulated triglyceride hydrolysis, and 4 members of the 14-3-3 protein family (YWHAB, YWHAE, YWHAZ, and YWHAG), which are known to regulate diverse signaling pathways. Functional studies showed that YWHAB is required for maximum cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-stimulated lipolysis, as its CRISPR-Cas9-mediated knockout mitigates lipolysis through a mechanism independent of insulin signaling. These findings reveal a new regulatory mechanism operating in human adipocytes that can impact lipolysis and potentially systemic metabolism.

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Yang Q, Loureiro ZY, Desai A, DeSouza T, Li K, Wang H, Nicoloro SM, Solivan-Rivera J, Corvera S. Regulation of lipolysis by 14-3-3 proteins on human adipocyte lipid droplets. PNAS Nexus. 2023 Dec 6;2(12):pgad420. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad420. PMID: 38130664; PMCID: PMC10733194.

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10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad420
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© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of National Academy of Sciences. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Attribution 4.0 International