Kindlin-2 haploinsufficiency protects against fatty liver by targeting Foxo1 in mice

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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects a large population with incompletely defined mechanism(s). Here we report that Kindlin-2 is dramatically up-regulated in livers in obese mice and patients with NAFLD. Kindlin-2 haploinsufficiency in hepatocytes ameliorates high-fat diet (HFD)-induced NAFLD and glucose intolerance without affecting energy metabolism in mice. In contrast, Kindlin-2 overexpression in liver exacerbates NAFLD and promotes lipid metabolism disorder and inflammation in hepatocytes. A C-terminal region (aa 570-680) of Kindlin-2 binds to and stabilizes Foxo1 by inhibiting its ubiquitination and degradation through the Skp2 E3 ligase. Kindlin-2 deficiency increases Foxo1 phosphorylation at Ser256, which favors its ubiquitination by Skp2. Thus, Kindllin-2 loss down-regulates Foxo1 protein in hepatocytes. Foxo1 overexpression in liver abrogates the ameliorating effect of Kindlin-2 haploinsufficiency on NAFLD in mice. Finally, AAV8-mediated shRNA knockdown of Kindlin-2 in liver alleviates NAFLD in obese mice. Collectively, we demonstrate that Kindlin-2 insufficiency protects against fatty liver by promoting Foxo1 degradation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 13(2022), 1 vom: 23. Feb., Seite 1025

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gao, Huanqing [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Yiming [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Sixiong [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Xiaoting [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xiaoqian [VerfasserIn]
Shao, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Fan [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Xuenong [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Huiling [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Guozhi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cytoskeletal Proteins
FOXO1 protein, human
Forkhead Box Protein O1
Foxo1 protein, mouse
Journal Article
Kindlin-2 protein, mouse
Muscle Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 12.04.2022

Date Revised 24.10.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-022-28692-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337291004