Project description:Constant crosstalk between epigenetic regulators and metabolism homeostasis ensures that several tissues can respond and adapt to environmental cues. Decreased levels of the lysine acetyltransferase (KAT), MOF, was recently associated with cerebral development and syndromic intellectual disability. However, the consequences of having a chronic reduction of MOF levels are still unveiled. Here we characterized by FIA-MS/MS the metabolic profile of Mof heterozygous animals. We generated the profile of 8 different organs that have distinct metabolic demands. Overall, our analysis revealed that Mof heterozygous mice have impaired glucose homeostasis, fatty acids metabolism, and amino acid accumulation. When exposed ad libitum to high-fat diet those animals failed to gain fat mass, while the lean mass remains unalterable. At the molecular level, using the adipocyte model we found that Mof regulates the expression of PPARs and Slc2a4. In summary, we identified the first KAT that shows high-fat diet resistance and we propose that the chronic reduction of Mof impacts metabolic disorders.
Project description:Constant crosstalk between epigenetic regulators and metabolism homeostasis ensures that several tissues can respond and adapt to environmental cues. Decreased levels of the lysine acetyltransferase (KAT), MOF, was recently associated with cerebral development and syndromic intellectual disability. However, the consequences of having a chronic reduction of MOF levels are still unveiled. Here we characterized by FIA-MS/MS the metabolic profile of Mof heterozygous animals. We generated the profile of 7 different organs that have distinct metabolic demands. Overall our analysis reveled that Mof heterozygous mice have impaired glucose homeostasis, fatty acids metabolism, and amino acid accumulation. Furthermore, when exposed ad libitum to high-fat diet those animals failed to gain fat mass, while the lean mass remains unalterable. Accordingly, at the molecular level, using the adipocyte model we found that Mof regulates the expression of PPARs and Slc2a4. In summary, we identified the first KAT that shows high-fat diet resistance and we propose that the chronic reduction of Mof has a strong impact on metabolic disorders.
