Adipocyte arrestin domain-containing 3 protein (Arrdc3) regulates uncoupling protein 1 (Ucp1) expression in white adipose independently of canonical changes in beta-adrenergic receptor signaling

作者：Carroll Shannon H; Zhang Ellen; Wang Bing F; LeClair Katherine B; Rahman Arifeen; Cohen David E; Plutzky Jorge; Patwari Parth; Lee Richard T^*

来源：PLos One, 2017, 12(3): e0173823.

DOI：10.1371/journal.pone.0173823

Adaptive thermogenesis and cold-induced activation of uncoupling protein 1 (Ucp1) in brown adipose tissue in rodents is well-described and attributed to sympathetic activation of beta-adrenergic signaling. The arrestin domain containing protein Arrdc3 is a regulator of obesity in mice and also appears linked to obesity in humans. We generated a mouse with conditional deletion of Arrdc3, and here we present evidence that genetic ablation of Arrdc3 specifically in adipocytes results in increased Ucp1 expression in subcutaneous and parametrial adipose tissue. Although this increase in expression did not correspond with significant changes in body weight or energy expenditure, adipocyte-specific Arrdc3-null mice had improved glucose tolerance. It was previously hypothesized that Arrdc3 ablation leads to increased beta-adrenergic receptor sensitivity; however, in vitro experiments show that Arrdc3-null adipocytes responded to beta-adrenergic receptor agonist with decreased Ucp1 levels. Additionally, canonical beta-adrenergic receptor signaling was not different in Arrdc3-null adipocytes. These data reveal a role for Arrdc3 in the regulation of Ucp1 expression in adipocytes. However, this adipocyte effect is insufficient to generate the obesity-resistant phenotype of mice with ubiquitous deletion of Arrdc3, indicating a likely role for Arrdc3 in cells other than adipocytes.

• 出版日期2017-3-14