Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710;
Department of Biochemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Nov 28;114(48):12743-12748. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1708865114. Epub 2017 Nov 13.
Obesity typically is linked to caloric imbalance as a result of overnutrition. Here we propose a cell-autonomous mechanism for adiposity as a result of persistent cell surface glucose transporter type 4 (GLUT4) in adipocytes resulting from impaired function of ankyrin-B (AnkB) in coupling GLUT4 to clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Adipose tissue-specific AnkB-KO mice develop obesity and progressive pancreatic islet dysfunction with age or high-fat diet (HFD). AnkB-deficient adipocytes exhibit increased lipid accumulation associated with increased glucose uptake and impaired endocytosis of GLUT4. AnkB binds directly to GLUT4 and clathrin and promotes their association in adipocytes. AnkB variants that fail to restore normal lipid accumulation and GLUT4 localization in adipocytes are present in 1.3% of European Americans and 8.4% of African Americans, and are candidates to contribute to obesity susceptibility in humans.
肥胖通常与营养过剩导致的热量失衡有关。在这里,我们提出了一种脂肪堆积的细胞自主机制,其原因是脂肪细胞表面葡萄糖转运蛋白 4(GLUT4)持续存在,这是由于锚蛋白-B(AnkB)的功能障碍,导致 GLUT4与网格蛋白介导的内吞作用偶联受损。脂肪组织特异性 AnkB-KO 小鼠随着年龄的增长或高脂肪饮食(HFD)的摄入会发展为肥胖和进行性胰岛功能障碍。AnkB 缺陷型脂肪细胞表现出与葡萄糖摄取增加和 GLUT4 内吞作用受损相关的脂质积累增加。AnkB 直接与 GLUT4 和网格蛋白结合,并促进它们在脂肪细胞中的结合。在 1.3%的欧洲裔美国人和 8.4%的非裔美国人中存在不能恢复脂肪细胞中正常脂质积累和 GLUT4 定位的 AnkB 变体,它们可能是导致人类肥胖易感性的候选因素。