TFAP2 transcription factors are regulators of lipid droplet biogenesis

Abstract

How trafficking pathways and organelle abundance adapt in response to metabolic and physiological changes is still mysterious, although a few transcriptional regulators of organellar biogenesis have been identified in recent years. We previously found that the Wnt signaling directly controls lipid droplet formation, linking the cell storage capacity to the established functions of Wnt in development and differentiation. In the present paper, we report that Wnt-induced lipid droplet biogenesis does not depend on the canonical TCF/LEF transcription factors. Instead, we find that TFAP2 family members mediate the pro-lipid droplet signal induced by Wnt3a, leading to the notion that the TFAP2 transcription factor may function as a 'master' regulator of lipid droplet biogenesis.

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All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting file. RNAseq data have been deposited under accession number E-MTAB-6623.

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  1. Cameron C Scott

    Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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  2. Stefania Vossio

    Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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  3. Jacques Rougemont

    Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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  4. Jean Gruenberg

    Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Swiss National Science Foundation (310030B_141173)

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NCCR Chemical Biology

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Swiss SystemsX.ch Initiative evaluated by the Swiss National Science Foundation (LipidX)

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Human Frontier Science Program (Fellowship)

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Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Fellowship)

  • Cameron C Scott

Swiss National Science Foundation (31003A_159479)

  • Jean Gruenberg

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2018, Scott et al.

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  1. Cameron C Scott
  2. Stefania Vossio
  3. Jacques Rougemont
  4. Jean Gruenberg
(2018)
TFAP2 transcription factors are regulators of lipid droplet biogenesis
eLife 7:e36330.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.36330

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