Autophagy controls lipid droplet formation by fine-tuning NCoR1 levels
Komatsu, M.; Sou, Y.-S.; Koike, M.; Mizushima, N.; Waguri, S.; Terai, S.; Kuma, A.; Saito, T.; Takahashi, S.-s.; Yabe, T.
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Lipid droplets (LDs) are dynamic organelles that store neutral lipids during times of energy excess, such as following a meal. LDs serve as an energy reservoir during fasting and have a buffering capacity that prevents lipotoxicity. Autophagy and the autophagic machinery have been proposed to play a role in LD biogenesis but the underlying molecular mechanism remains unclear. Here, we show that when nuclear receptor co-repressor 1 (NCoR1), which inhibits the transactivation of nuclear receptors, accumulates due to autophagy suppression, LD biogenesis is blocked. Ablation of ATG7, a gene essential for autophagy, suppressed the expression of gene targets of liver X receptor (LXR), a nuclear receptor responsible for fatty acid and triglyceride synthesis in an NCoR1-dependent manner. LD biogenesis in response to fasting and after hepatectomy was hampered by the suppression of autophagy. These results indicate that autophagy controls physiological hepatosteatosis by fine-tuning NCoR1 protein levels.
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