PMID- 38496622 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240318 DP - 2024 Mar 6 TI - Cell-state dependent regulation of PPAR (gamma) signaling by ZBTB9 in adipocytes. LID - 2024.03.04.583402 [pii] LID - 10.1101/2024.03.04.583402 [doi] AB - Adipocytes play a critical role in metabolic homeostasis. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor- (gamma) (PPAR (gamma) ) is a nuclear hormone receptor that is a master regulator of adipocyte differentiation and function. ZBTB9 was predicted to interact with PPAR (gamma) based on large-scale protein interaction experiments. In addition, GWAS studies in the type 2 diabetes (T2D) Knowledge Portal revealed associations between Z btb9 and both BMI and T2D risk. Here we show that ZBTB9 positively regulates PPAR (gamma) activity in mature adipocytes. Surprisingly Z btb9 knockdown (KD) also increased adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 cells and human preadipocytes. E2F activity was increased and E2F downstream target genes were upregulated in Zbtb9 -KD preadipocytes. Accordingly, RB phosphorylation, which regulates E2F activity, was enhanced in Zbtb9 -KD preadipocytes. Critically, an E2F1 inhibitor blocked the effects of Zbtb9 deficiency on adipogenic gene expression and lipid accumulation. Collectively, these results demonstrate that Zbtb9 inhibits adipogenesis as a negative regulator of Pparg expression via altered RB-E2F1 signaling. Our findings reveal complex cell-state dependent roles of ZBTB9 in adipocytes, identifying a new molecule that regulates adipogenesis and adipocyte biology as both a positive and negative regulator of PPAR (gamma) signaling depending on the cellular context, and thus may be important in the pathogenesis and treatment of obesity and T2D. FAU - Xu, Xuan AU - Xu X FAU - Charrier, Alyssa AU - Charrier A FAU - Congrove, Sunny AU - Congrove S FAU - Buchner, David A AU - Buchner DA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3920-4871 LA - eng PT - Preprint DEP - 20240306 PL - United States TA - bioRxiv JT - bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology JID - 101680187 PMC - PMC10942320 EDAT- 2024/03/18 06:43 MHDA- 2024/03/18 06:44 PMCR- 2024/03/15 CRDT- 2024/03/18 04:40 PHST- 2024/03/18 06:44 [medline] PHST- 2024/03/18 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/03/18 04:40 [entrez] PHST- 2024/03/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2024.03.04.583402 [pii] AID - 10.1101/2024.03.04.583402 [doi] PST - epublish SO - bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Mar 6:2024.03.04.583402. doi: 10.1101/2024.03.04.583402.