Epigenetic regulation of adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis

Epigenetic regulation of adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis 1 2 first-author 1 3 4 5 1 3 4 1 3 4 corresp ‡Corresponding Author ‡Corresponding Author †E-mail:ygzhai@bnu.edu.cn †E-mail:ygzhai@bnu.edu.cn ygzhai@bnu.edu.cn Key Laboratory for Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China Key Laboratory for Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China Reproductive Medicine Research Center, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China Reproductive Medicine Research Center, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China Beijing Key Laboratory of Engineered Drug and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China Beijing Key Laboratory of Engineered Drug and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China Biomedicine Research Institute, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China Biomedicine Research Institute, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China It is generally agreed that adipocytes originate from mesenchymal stem cells in what can be divided into two processes: determination and differentiation. In the past decade, many factors associated with epigenetic signals have been proved to be pivotal for the appropriate timing of adipogenesis progression. A large number of coregulators at critical gene promoters set up specific patterns of DNA methylation, histone acetylation and methylation, and nucleosome rearrangement, that act as an epigenetic code to modulate the correct progress of adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis during adipogenesis. In this review, we focus on the functions and roles of epigenetic processes in preadipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis. Epigenetic regulation Histone modification DNA methylation Differentiation Adipogenesis Introduction 1 In recent years, obesity has become a major global health concern and can be prescribed as an exceeding accumulation of white adipose tissue, resulting from the increase in adipocyte cell size (hypertrophy) and the substantial addition of fresh mature cells from undifferentiated precursors (hyperplasia) (Liu et al., 2008 2008 ). White adipose mass is virtually a special endocrine organ which not only plays an active and central role in the regulation of the energy balance of the organism but is also important part in a number of physiological and pathological procedures (Feige and Auwerx, 2007 2007 ). Therefore, considering and understanding how the procedure of adipocyte differentiation is modulated could theoretically allow us to regulate the number and function of these cells in the adult organism, thus helping to treat and relieve metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes (Musri et al., 2007 2007 ). Obesity occurs when energy intake by an individual exceeds the rate of energy expenditure. At the cellular level, obesity was originally considered a hypertrophic disease resulting from an increase in the fat cell number or the size of individual adipocytes. New fat cells could arise from a preexisting population of undifferentiated progenitor cells or through the dedifferentiation of adipocytes to preadipocytes, which then proliferate and redifferentiate into mature adipocytes. In both cases, the generation of new fat cells plays a key role in the development of obesity (Marcos et al., 2001 2001 ). In addition to genetic mechanisms that could lead to inter-individual differences in obesity, epigenetic concepts are initiating some new opinions and perspectives in human diseases related to pivotal gene regulation (Kershaw and Flier, 2004 2004 ; Liu et al., 2008 2008 ). Epigenetics has been defined as the study of heritable changes in gene expression that occur in the absence of a change and diversification in the DNA sequence itself (Dolinoy and Jirtle, 2008 2008 ). In a eukaryotic organism, two major types of chromatin remodeling complexes have been examined and identified: adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-dependent and ATP-independent chromatin remodeling complexes. ATP-dependent chromatin modifying complexes utilize the energy from ATP hydrolysis to disrupt and change nucleosome or chromatin structure to impact gene expression, such as SWItch/Sucrose NonFermentable (SWI/SNF) complexes (Narlikar et al., 2002 2002 ; Guo et al., 2009 2009 ). In addition, ATP-independent chromatin remodeling complexes alter nucleosome and chromatin conformations by covalent modifications of histones, including methylation, phosphorylation, and acetylation, which are usually interrelated with suppression or activation of gene expression (Martin and Zhang, 2005 2005 ; Kouzarides, 2007 2007 ; Quina et al., 2007 2007 ). Recent advances in epigenetics suggest that adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis are the result of an intertwined network of coregulators and transcriptional factors with chromatin-modifying activities (Narlikar et al., 2002 2002 ; Martin and Zhang, 2005 2005 ; Guo et al., 2009 2009 ). These remarkable findings suggest that epigenetics might provide an important insight into preadipose differentiation and adipogenesis. This review provides an overview on the epigenetic regulation of preadipocyte differentiation, given their roles in preadipocyte progression and adipogenesis. Cell models for study of adipocyte differentiation 1 Adipocytes, also known as fat cells and lipocytes, are found in stereotypical depots throughout the body and mixed with other cell types in some other positions, such as loose connective tissue. There are two kinds of adipose tissues, white adipose tissue (WAT) and brown adipose tissue (BAT), both of which differ in a few significant properties. Most of our understanding about adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis comes from in vitro studies of fibroblasts and preadipocytes (Rosen and MacDougald, 2006 2006 ). Stages of adipocyte differentiation 2 Cell proliferation and differentiation are two fundamental and foremost courses in the development of multicellular organisms. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a heterogeneous assembly of stromal stem cells which can differentiate into cells of the mesodermal lineage. Adipocytes originate from multipotent MSCs residing in the adipose tissue stroma. This premier process of adipocyte differentiation is considered to be determination (Rosen and MacDougald, 2006 2006 ). Determination promotes the transformation of the stem cell to preadipocyte. Many epigenetic incidents are in charge of this diversification in cell status, assuring that preadipocytes can be differentiated into mature adipocytes or maintained and amplified. Multipotent cell lines such as C3H/10T1/2 fibroblasts represent an excellent pattern for the research of adipose cell commitment, since these cells can be differentiated into myotubes, adipocytes, and chondrocytes in vitro after being treated with the appropriated reagents (Qiu, 2009 2009 ). In the second phase, typically called differentiation, the preadipocyte displays the features of the mature adipocyte. Differentiation requires the activation of numerous transcription factors which are in charge of the coordinated induction and silencing of more than 2000 genes related to the regulation of adipocyte in both morphology and physiology (Farmer, 2006 2006 ). The course of adipocyte differentiation has been well studied using 3T3-F422A and 3T3-L1 cells, two cell lines that are definitely committed to the adipocyte lineage (Green and Kehinde, 1974 1974 ; 1975 1975 ; 1976 1976 ). In the presence of a hormonal cocktail consisting of insulin, dexamethasone, and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, 3T3-L1 and 3T3-F422A preadipocytes can differentiate into mature adipocyte cells, expressing specific adipocyte genes and accumulating triacylglycerol lipid droplets (Cornelius et al., 1994 1994 ). Transcriptional regulation of adipocyte differentiation 2 Nucleic acids from individual whiteflies and plants were extracted using the methods of Luo et al. ( 2002 2002 ) and Xie et al. ( 2002 2002 ), respectively. Terminal adipocytes differentiation involves a series of transcriptional cases. The first wave of adipogenesis consists of the transient dramatic induction of CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-β (C/EBPβ) and -δ (C/EBPδ), stimulated in vitro by 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine and dexamethasone, respectively (Ramji and Foka, 2002 2002 ). C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ begin to accumulate within 24 h of adipogenesis induction and the cells re-take the cell cycle and execute mitotic clonal expansion (MCE) synchronously (Tang et al., 2003 2003 ). In the conversion from G1 to S stage, C/EBPβ is hyperphosphorylated and sequentially activated by glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK3β) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). Then, both C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ directly induce expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) and C/EBPα, the key transcriptional regulators of adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis (Tang et al., 2005 2005 ). By Day 2 of the differentiation course, C/EBPα protein initiates to accumulate, and then is phosphorylated by the cyclin D3. Phosphorylated C/EBPα shows a proliferation inhibition effect on the cells, which can hereafter withdraw the cell cycle and begin final differentiation and adipogenesis (Wang et al., 2006 2006 ; Musri et al., 2007 2007 ). Growth arrest is followed by expression of final adipogenic genes. PPARγ and C/EBPα subsequently not only initiate positive feedback to induce their own expression, but also activate a large number of downstream target genes whose expression determines the adipocyte. And by Day 8 after differentiation induction, more than 90% of the adipocytes are mature already (Fig. 1 1 ) (Huang and Donald, 2007 2007 ). In addition, PPARγ is a prerequisite for the differentiation of both brown and white adipocytes (Kajimura et al., 2008 2008 ). The expression pattern of numerous transcription factors is believed to function in the differentiation program In addition to PPARγ and C/EBPs, recently many other factors have been located and associated with the modulation of adipogenesis. The super family of forkhead-containing transcription factors (Fox) consists of numerous elements and factors with known functions on the process of development and differentiation (Huang and Donald, 2007 2007 ; Musri et al., 2007 2007 ). Like C/EBPβ, FoxO1 is induced immediately after the initial phase of differentiation; however, its activation is postponed until the end of the MCE stage, when it induces the expression of cyclin-kinase inhibitor p21, resulting in withdrawing cell-cycle (Armoni et al., 2006 2006 ). In addition, previous studies have suggested that specific expression of FoxC2 in adipocytes could lead to transformation of WAT to a phenotype like “brown”-like adipose tissue (Cederberg et al., 2001 2001 ; Darlington et al., 1998 1998 ). Epigenetic regulation of adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis 1 Epigenetic regulation plays a critical role in several differentiation processes and possibly in adipocyte differentiation (D′Alessio et al., 2007 2007 ). C3H/10T1/2 fibroblasts can go through adipogenesis spontaneously accompanied with special demethylation and the expression of the bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) gene under the treatment with 5-azacytidine (Bowers et al., 2006 2006 ). In addition, 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine, another DNA methylation inhibitor, can inhibit differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells (Sakamoto et al., 2008 2008 ). Recently, it is demonstrated that the differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells associates with genome-wide epigenetic changes by the ratio of demethylation/methylation and furthermore maintenance of a static demethylated/methylated state, both of which depend on differentiation phase (Sakamoto et al., 2008 2008 ). This fact proves that DNA methylation might be associated with the course of determination. In addition, studying with 3T3-L1 cells using microarray-based integrated method clarifies that adipogenesis is regulated by a rashomologue guanine nucleotide exchange factor (RhoGEF, WGEF) expression through DNA methylation change (Horii et al., 2009 2009 ). A study through isolated adipose stromal cells has described that there are several hypomethylated adipogenic promoters, such as PPARγ and leptin (Noer et al., 2006 2006 ; Yokomori et al., 2002 2002 ). In addition, several studies have suggested that the promoters of final adipogenic genes including leptin and glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4), which are methylated in preadipocytes, show the hypomethylated characteristics throughout adipogenesis. There are, however, some results which indicate that the diet-induced up-regulation of leptin and secreted frizzled-related protein 5 (sFRP5) gene expression in WAT during the development of obesity in mice is not mediated directly by changes in DNA methylation with the C57BL/6J mice model (Okada et al., 2009 2009 ). Furthermore, like DNA demethylation, the methylation of histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) is related to transcriptional activation. In order to detect the change of histone methylation, 3T3-L1 fibroblast cells are treated with low-dose of the methyltransferase inhibitor methylthioadenosine, which eliminates this epigenetic sign from the promoters, and generates significantly decreased adipogenesis, therefore, suggesting the crucial role of this histone modification in the regulation of adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis (Musri et al., 2006 2006 ). The transcription factors and co-regulators involved in preserving appropriate levels of histone methylation and modification at the late adipogenic genes remain unknown. Above all, the role of DNA and histone modification in adipogenesis is very important and some functions remain unknown. Regulation of adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis by C/EBPs 2 As mentioned above, it is suggested that C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ proteins can combined to the C/EBPα promoter as early as 4 h after the induction of adipogenesis tested by chromatin immunoprecipitation (CHIP) (Salma et al., 2006 2006 ). Its activity, however, is blocked by the mammalian Sin3 protein A/histone deacetylase complex 1 (mSin3A/HDAC1) (Fig. 2a 2a ). Once PPARγ protein accumulates subsequently, it is able to guide HDAC1 to the 26S proteasome, resulting in its degradation and causing the activation of C/EBPα expression by C/EBPβ (Fig. 2b 2b ) (Zuo et al., 2006 2006 ). After the protein of C/EBPα gathers in the nucleus of the differentiating cells, it substitutes C/EBPβ binding from the promoters of PPARγ and other adipogenic genes (Salma et al., 2006 2006 ). C/EBPα promotes transcription of its downstream target genes through recruiting and raising the SWI/SNF remodeling complex to their proper promoter regions by direct interactions with its transactivation element III domain (TE-III), indicating that the complex is prerequisite for gene activation, adipocyte differentiation, and adipogenesis (Müller et al., 2004 2004 ; Musri et al., 2007 2007 ). In addition to regulating the expression of adipogenic genes, another main function of C/EBPα is to prompt the cell to withdraw the cell cycle, an important matter for 3T3-L1 fibroblast differentiation (Johnson, 2005 2005 ). It is considered that C/EBPα depends on the SWI/SNF remolding complex to prompt growth arrest through repressing E2F-dependent promoters (Wang et al., 2006 2006 ). Furthermore, it has been shown that Pax transactivation domain-interacting protein (PTIP), a protein that related to histone H3K4 methyltransferases, regulates PPARγ and C/EBPα expression during preadipocyte differentiation and mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) (Cho et al., 2009 2009 ). (a) The C/EBPβ-induced activity is blocked by the mSin3A/HDAC1 complex; (b) PPARγ protein is able to guide mSin3A/HDAC1 complex to the 26S proteasome and cause the activation of C/EBPα expression by C/EBPβ In our lab, we have studied the DNA methylation modifications throughout adipogenesis at the promoter regions of C/EBPα. We have noticed that the promoter of C/EBPα displayed dramatic level of DNA hypermethylation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes (unpublished data). Interestingly, this hypermethylation signal was not detected at the promoters of C/EBPα gene in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. Thus, according to our data, it is speculated that this epigenetic mark is related to the recruitment of specific protein 1 (Sp1) to the binding site for Sp family members at the promoter of C/EBPα. And the presence of DNA hypermethylation at the promoter region of C/EBPα gene suggests that the cells have experienced a differentiation stage and are committed to be differentiated into mature adipocytes. Regulation of PPARγ in adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis 2 Role of chromatin remodeling 3 A main rearrangement of nucleosome and chromosome location has been observed during adipogenesis (Musri et al., 2007 2007 ), indicating that nuclear and chromatin compartments are dynamic variation during cell differentiation, and that these alterations might take an active part in the modulation of transcriptional activity. By Day 1 of induction of differentiation, C/EBPβ can all bind to the PPARγ promoter and induce the expression of the gene. Subsequently, the binding of SWI/SNF occurs, generating chromatin remodeling of the promoter, and then transcription starts by Day 2 (Salma et al., 2004 2004 ). Since SWI/SNF complex binding is unstable, however, simultaneously coinciding with the dissociation of several SWI/SNF components from the promoter, it is observed that transcription of PPARγ decreases after Day 4 and the PPARγ mRNAs are found on Days 5–7, representing stable mRNAs produced on Day 4 or earlier (Musri et al., 2007 2007 ; Salma et al., 2004 2004 ). In addition, the promoter of the PPARγ gene is hypermethylated in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes, but is gradually demethylated upon induction of differentiation (Fujiki et al., 2009 2009 ). Regulation of PPARγ by retinoblastoma (Rb) protein and adipocyte determination and differentiation factor-1/sterol regulatory element binding protein-1 (ADD1/SREBP1) 3 Recent studies have shown that Rb protein is associated with histone deacetylase HDAC3 and shows a passive effect on the initial stages of differentiation (Salma et al., 2004 2004 ). When Rb is dephosphorylated, the Rb/HDAC3 complex interacts with PPARγ, producing the raising of deacetylase activity to the PPARγ promoters and causing their suppression (Feige and Auwerx, 2007 2007 ). While Rb phosphorylation weakens this interplay, then PPARγ is able to associate with the histone acetyltransferases, cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB)-binding protein (CBP) and p300, allowing the activation of PPARγ target genes. The interaction of PPARγ with CBP/p300 plays a crucial role in differentiation and adipogenesis, because the repression of its expression in 3T3-L1 fibroblasts significantly decreases adipogenesis (Feige and Auwerx, 2007 2007 ). Interestingly, Rb represses PPARγ expression and therefore instructs differentiation to the white rather than the brown adipose lineage by binding to the PPARγ promoter (Scimè et al., 2005 2005 ). Furthermore, Rb-knockout mouse embryonic fibroblasts show additional expression of FoxC2 and the gene transcription and expression pattern of brown adipocytes (Hansen et al., 2004 2004 ; Musri et al., 2007 2007 ). SREBP1, which includes the helix-loop-helix motif, has been shown to enhance PPARγ-driven adipogenesis (Yang et al., 2007 2007 ), and also associates with CBP to improve its transcriptional capability (Nerlov, 2008 2008 ). In addition, SREBP1 is a target for CBP-mediated acetylation modification, which generates stable protein levels of the factor through competing with ubiquitination activity, then preventing targeting to the proteasome (Giandomenico et al., 2003 2003 ). Recently, it was revealed that SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex interacts with the ADD1/SREBP1c and actively modulates insulin-dependent gene expression to regulate lipid metabolism. Furthermore, the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling facts stimulate the transcriptional activity of ADD1/SREBP1c co-operative with PPARγ co-activator 1α (PGC-1α) in fat cells for energy homeostasis (Lee et al., 2007 2007 ). Regulation of PPARγ by cyclin D1/3 3 In the early phase of the differentiation process, high levels of cyclin D1 handicap immature expression of PPARγ by associating with PPARγ and raising enlistment to its target promoters of histone deacetylase complex HDAC1/3 and histone methyltransferase SUV39H1, a human homologue of the Drosophila position effect variegation modifier Su(var) 3-9. This produces decreased acetylation of PPARγ target promoters such as that of lipoprotein lipase (LPL), which is responsible for decreased expression (Fu et al., 2005 2005 ). With the addition of ligands, PPARγ competes with p300 for a c-Fos binding site and then restrains the expression of cyclin D1, a crucial factor regulating the cell cycle during cellular proliferation and adipocyte differentiation (Fox et al., 2008 2008 ). On the other hand, after the MCE phase, the levels of cyclin D1 decrease dramatically, simultaneously while the expression of cyclin D3 is induced. Cyclin D3 plays a role as a PPARγ ligand-dependent coactivator and also an important role in differentiation and adipogenesis independent of its cell-cycle regulator. Cyclin D3, together with the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK6), binds to and phosphorylates PPARγ and generates increased transcriptional activity (Sarruf et al., 2005 2005 ). Regulation of PPARγ by ligands 3 It is known that in the absence of its ligand, PPARγ can also enlist some corepressors such as nuclear receptor corepressor (NCoR) and silencing mediator for retinoid and thyroid hormone receptor (SMRT), which decrease the transcriptional activity of the factor and therefore the expression of its target genes. Co-expression of NCoR inhibits the transcriptional activity of PPARγ, as well as that of its isoform PPARα, whereas co-expression of the histone acetyltransferase steroid receptor coactivator-1 (SRC1) could enhance it (Fig. 3a 3a ) (Rotman et al., 2008 2008 ; Musri et al., 2007 2007 ). In 3T3-L1 adipocytes, the addition of PPARγ ligand troglitazone can block the PPARγ/NCoR complex and turn out the activation of PPARγ transcriptional activity (Yu et al., 2005 2005 ). Simultaneously binding to the ligand also increases interaction of PPARγ with histone acetyltransferases CBP and p300, even though this interaction may take place in the absence of ligand (Fig. 3b 3b ) (Cho et al., 2008 2008 ; Musri et al., 2007 2007 ). The addition of troglitazone induces the exchange of suppressive NCoR/SMRT complexes through causing the expression of PPARγ coactivator 1α (PGC-1α) (Guan et al., 2005 2005 ). (a) In the absence of PPARγ ligand, some corepressors such as NCoR/SMRT decrease the expression of its target genes; (b) PPARγ ligand can block the PPARγ/NCoR complex and cause the activation of PPARγ transcriptional activity Conclusions 1 In summary, this review focuses on the importance of epigenetic regulation in the adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis and reports some epiobesigenic genes potentially involved in these processes. Epigenetics has become an increasingly important factor programmatically throughout complex processes of development and adipogenesis. A large amount of studies have shown the significance of epigenetics in the change between undifferentiated and differentiated fibroblast cells. Adipogenesis apparently includes the synthetical regulation of chromosome modifications, nucleosome structure, chromatin variants, and histone remodeling. This knowledge will undoubtedly lead to new therapies and treatments to combat disease initiation and progression. 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