RGD Reference Report - Secreted nucleobindin-2 inhibits 3T3-L1 adipocyte differentiation. - Rat Genome Database

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Secreted nucleobindin-2 inhibits 3T3-L1 adipocyte differentiation.

Authors: Tagaya, Y  Osaki, A  Miura, A  Okada, S  Ohshima, K  Hashimoto, K  Yamada, M  Satoh, T  Shimizu, H  Mori, M 
Citation: Tagaya Y, etal., Protein Pept Lett. 2012 Sep;19(9):997-1004.
RGD ID: 9831186
Pubmed: PMID:22486620   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC3468916   (View Article at PubMed Central)

Nucleobindin-2 is a 420 amino acid EF-hand Ca(2)(+) binding protein that can be further processed to generate an 82 amino terminal peptide termed Nesfatin-1. To examine the function of secreted Nucleobindin-2 in adipocyte differentiation, cultured 3T3-L1 cells were incubated with either 0 or 100 nM of GST, GST-Nucleobindin-2, prior to and during the initiation of adipocyte differentiation. Nucleobindin-2 treatment decreased neutral lipid accumulation (Oil-Red O staining) and expression of several marker genes for adipocyte differentiation (PPARgamma, aP2, and adipsin). When Nucleobindin- 2 was constitutively secreted into cultured medium, cAMP content and insulin stimulated CREB phosphorylation were significantly reduced. On the other hand, intracellularly overexpressed Nucleobindin-2 failed to affect cAMP content and CREB phosphorylation. Taken together, these data indicate that secreted Nucleobindin-2 is a suppressor of adipocyte differentiation through inhibition of cAMP production and insulin signal.

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Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Nucb2  (nucleobindin 2)


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