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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 46, Issue 2, Pages 187-199Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.02.007
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) [MT-13377]
- Fonds de la Recherche en Sante du Quebec
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We report that mice ablated for the Sam68 RNA-binding protein exhibit a lean phenotype as a result of increased energy expenditure, decreased commitment to early adipocyte progenitors, and defects in adipogenic differentiation. The Sam68(-/-) mice were protected from obesity, insulin resistance, and glucose intolerance induced with a high-fat diet. To identify the alternative splice events regulated by Sam68, genome-wide exon usage profiling in white adipose tissue was performed. Adipocytes from Sam68(-/-) mice retained intron 5 within the mTOR transcript introducing a premature termination codon, leading to an unstable mRNA. Consequently, Sam68-depleted cells had reduced mTOR levels resulting in lower levels of insulin-stimulated S6 and Akt phosphorylation leading to defects in adipogenesis, and this defect was rescued by the exogenous expression of full-length nnTOR. Sam68 bound intronic splice elements within mTOR intron 5 required for the usage of the 5' splice site. We propose that Sam68 regulates alternative splicing during adipogenesis.
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