Lkb1 controls brown adipose tissue growth and thermogenesis by regulating the intracellular localization of CRTC3

The kinase Lkb1 is expressed in various metabolic tissues and is known to regulate cellular and systemic energy homeostasis. Here, the authors delete Lkb1 specifically in mature adipocytes of mice to show that Lkb1 regulates brown adipose tissue expansion and expression of UCP1.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tizhong Shan, Yan Xiong, Pengpeng Zhang, Zhiguo Li, Qingyang Jiang, Pengpeng Bi, Feng Yue, Gongshe Yang, Yizhen Wang, Xiaoqi Liu, Shihuan Kuang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12205