PMID- 36484370 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221215 LR - 20221222 IS - 1791-244X (Electronic) IS - 1107-3756 (Print) IS - 1107-3756 (Linking) VI - 51 IP - 1 DP - 2023 Jan TI - Cyclophilin B, a molecule chaperone, promotes adipogenesis in 3T3‑L1 preadipocytes via AKT/mTOR pathway. LID - 6 [pii] LID - 10.3892/ijmm.2022.5209 [doi] AB - Cyclophilin is known to act as a molecular chaperone in the endoplasmic reticulum. Recent studies have reported that the expression of cyclophilin B (CypB) is increased in ob/ob mice and its inhibitor suppresses adipocyte differentiation. However, the mechanism of action of CypB in adipocytes remains to be elucidated. The present study investigated the role of CypB in 3T3‑L1 adipocyte differentiation. It showed that the expression level of CypB was increased during 3T3‑L1 adipocyte differentiation by reverse transcription‑quantitative PCR and western blotting analysis. CypB knockdown using short interfering RNA delayed cell cycle progression from the G(1)/S to G(2)/M phase through the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway and inhibited the expression levels of adipogenic transcription factors including peroxisome proliferator‑activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) and CCAAT‑enhancer binding protein (C/EBP)alpha. Additionally, the accumulation of lipid droplets was inhibited by CypB knockdown. Conversely, overexpression of CypB promoted cell cycle progression from the G(1)/S to G(2)/M phase by the mTOR signaling pathway and enhanced the expression levels of adipogenic transcription factors including PPARgamma and C/EBPalpha. Finally, the present study showed that CypB downregulated the expression of CHOP, a well‑known negative regulator of adipogenesis. Taken together, the data suggested that CypB might serve important physiological regulatory roles in 3T3‑L1 adipocyte differentiation. FAU - Yoon, Ji-Su AU - Yoon JS AD - Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Sung Soo AU - Kim SS AD - Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea. FAU - Ha, Joohun AU - Ha J AD - Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kang, Insug AU - Kang I AD - Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea. FAU - Choe, Wonchae AU - Choe W AD - Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221209 PL - Greece TA - Int J Mol Med JT - International journal of molecular medicine JID - 9810955 RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - 0 (Molecular Chaperones) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Mice MH - 3T3-L1 Cells MH - *TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - *Molecular Chaperones MH - Transcription Factors MH - Mammals PMC - PMC9747202 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 3T3‑L1 adipocyte OT - AKT/mTOR signaling pathway OT - adipogenesis OT - cyclophilin B OT - mitotic clonal expansion OT - obesity COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2022/12/10 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2022/12/02 CRDT- 2022/12/09 06:32 PHST- 2022/08/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/09 06:32 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 6 [pii] AID - ijmm-51-1-05209 [pii] AID - 10.3892/ijmm.2022.5209 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Mol Med. 2023 Jan;51(1):6. doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2022.5209. Epub 2022 Dec 9.