Zhou Yang, Guang-li Yu, Xiao Zhu, et al. Critical roles of FTO-mediated mRNA m6A demethylation in regulating adipogenesis and lipid metabolism: Implications in lipid metabolic disorders. [J]. Genes & Diseases 9(1).(2022)
DOI:
Zhou Yang, Guang-li Yu, Xiao Zhu, et al. Critical roles of FTO-mediated mRNA m6A demethylation in regulating adipogenesis and lipid metabolism: Implications in lipid metabolic disorders. [J]. Genes & Diseases 9(1).(2022) DOI: 10.1016/j.gendis.2021.01.005.
Critical roles of FTO-mediated mRNA m6A demethylation in regulating adipogenesis and lipid metabolism: Implications in lipid metabolic disorders
摘要
Abstract
The goal this review is to clarify the effects of the fat mass and obesity-associated protein (FTO) in lipid metabolism regulation and related underlying mechanisms through the FTO-mediated demethylation of m
6
A modification. FTO catalyzes the demethylation of m
6
A to alter the processing
maturation and translation of the mRNAs of lipid-related genes. FTO overexpression in the liver promotes lipogenesis and lipid droplet (LD) enlargement and suppresses CPT-1–mediated fatty acid oxidation via the SREBP1c pathway
promoting excessive lipid storage and nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD). FTO enhances preadipocyte differentiation through the C/EBPβ pathway
and facilitates adipogenesis and fat deposition by altering the alternative splicing of RUNX1T1
the expression of PPARγ and ANGPTL4
and the phosphorylation of PLIN1
whereas it inhibits lipolysis by inhibiting IRX3 expression and the leptin pathway
causing the occurrence and development of obesity. Suppression of the PPARβ/δ and AMPK pathways by FTO-mediated m
6
A demethylation damages lipid utilization in skeletal muscles
leading to the occurrence of diabetic hyperlipidemia. m
6
A demethylation by FTO inhibits macrophage lipid influx by downregulating PPARγ protein expression and accelerates cholesterol efflux by phosphorylating AMPK
thereby impeding foam cell formation and atherosclerosis development. In summary
FTO-mediated m
6
A demethylation modulates the expression of lipid-related genes to regulate lipid metabolism and lipid disorder diseases.