Teruel T, Valverde A M, Benito M, Lorenzo M
Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
FEBS Lett. 1995 May 8;364(2):193-7. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00385-m.
Fetal rat brown adipocytes show a low number of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) binding sites of high affinity, revealing the presence of type I, II and III TGF-beta 1 receptors and a minor-labeled species of approximately 140 kDa. The culture of cells in the presence of TGF-beta 1 induced the expression of the tissue-specific gene uncoupling protein in a dose- and time-dependent manner. In addition, TGF-beta 1 up-regulates the expression of genes involved in adipogenesis such as fatty acid synthase, glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, malic enzyme and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, as well as induces the expression of fibronectin (specific target gene for TGF-beta 1). Our results suggest that TGF-beta 1 is a major signal involved in initiating and/or maintaining the thermogenic and adipogenic differentiation of rat fetal brown adipocytes.
胎鼠棕色脂肪细胞显示出数量较少但亲和力高的转化生长因子β1(TGF-β1)结合位点,揭示了I型、II型和III型TGF-β1受体的存在以及一种约140 kDa的少量标记物种。在TGF-β1存在的情况下培养细胞,以剂量和时间依赖性方式诱导了组织特异性基因解偶联蛋白的表达。此外,TGF-β1上调参与脂肪生成的基因表达,如脂肪酸合酶、甘油3-磷酸脱氢酶、苹果酸酶和葡萄糖6-磷酸脱氢酶,同时诱导纤连蛋白(TGF-β1的特异性靶基因)的表达。我们的结果表明,TGF-β1是参与启动和/或维持大鼠胎儿棕色脂肪细胞产热和脂肪生成分化的主要信号。