Transcription coactivator TRAP220 is required for PPARγ2-stimulated adipogenesis

Kai Ge, Mohamed Guermah, Chao-Xing Yuan, Mitsuhiro Ito, Annika E. Wallberg, Bruce M. Spiegelman and Robert G. Roeder ()
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Kai Ge: The Rockefeller University
Mohamed Guermah: The Rockefeller University
Chao-Xing Yuan: The Rockefeller University
Mitsuhiro Ito: The Rockefeller University
Annika E. Wallberg: The Rockefeller University
Bruce M. Spiegelman: Harvard Medical School
Robert G. Roeder: The Rockefeller University

Nature, 2002, vol. 417, issue 6888, 563-567

Abstract: Abstract The TRAP (thyroid hormone receptor-associated proteins) transcription coactivator complex (also known as Mediator) was first isolated as a group of proteins that facilitate the function of the thyroid hormone receptor1. This complex interacts physically with several nuclear receptors through the TRAP220 subunit, and with diverse activators through other subunits2. TRAP220 has been reported to show ligand-enhanced interaction with peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ2 (PPARγ2)3,4, a nuclear receptor essential for adipogenesis5,6,7,8. Here we show that Trap220-/- fibroblasts are refractory to PPARγ2-stimulated adipogenesis, but not to MyoD-stimulated myogenesis, and do not express adipogenesis markers or PPARγ2 target genes. These defects can be restored by expression of exogenous TRAP220. Further indicative of a direct role for TRAP220 in PPARγ2 function via the TRAP complex, TRAP functions directly as a transcriptional coactivator for PPARγ2 in a purified in vitro system and interacts with PPARγ2 in a ligand- and TRAP220-dependent manner. These data indicate that TRAP220 acts, via the TRAP complex, as a PPARγ2-selective coactivator and, accordingly, that it is specific for one fibroblast differentiation pathway (adipogenesis) relative to another (myogenesis).

Date: 2002
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