PPARGC1A

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma, coactivator 1 alpha
Rendering of 1XB7​
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB List of PDB id codes 1XB7​, 3B1M​, 3CS8​, 3D24​, 3U9Q​, 3V9T​, 3V9V​, 4QJR​, 4QK4​
Identifiers
Symbols	PPARGC1A ; LEM6; PGC-1(alpha); PGC-1v; PGC1; PGC1A; PPARGC1
External IDs	OMIM: 604517 MGI: 1342774 HomoloGene: 7485 ChEMBL: 6116 GeneCards: PPARGC1A Gene
Gene ontology Molecular function • nucleotide binding • RNA polymerase II transcription cofactor activity • DNA binding • transcription coactivator activity • RNA binding • protein binding • transcription factor binding • ligand-dependent nuclear receptor binding • ligand-dependent nuclear receptor transcription coactivator activity • chromatin DNA binding • ubiquitin protein ligase binding • sequence-specific DNA binding • androgen receptor binding Cellular component • nucleus • nucleoplasm • DNA-directed RNA polymerase II, core complex • cytosol • PML body Biological process • temperature homeostasis • cellular glucose homeostasis • response to dietary excess • galactose metabolic process • gluconeogenesis • regulation of transcription, DNA-templated • transcription initiation from RNA polymerase II promoter • mRNA processing • protein complex assembly • organelle organization • mitochondrion organization • digestion • circadian rhythm • androgen metabolic process • RNA splicing • response to cold • positive regulation of mitochondrion organization • response to muscle activity • negative regulation of smooth muscle cell migration • fatty acid oxidation • respiratory electron transport chain • androgen receptor signaling pathway • circadian regulation of gene expression • cellular response to oxidative stress • positive regulation of histone acetylation • response to statin • response to starvation • regulation of circadian rhythm • response to leucine • negative regulation of neuron apoptotic process • cellular respiration • positive regulation of gluconeogenesis • negative regulation of glycolytic process • positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated • positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter • positive regulation of fatty acid oxidation • positive regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation • protein stabilization • brown fat cell differentiation • positive regulation of sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity • flavone metabolic process • adipose tissue development • cellular response to nitrite • cellular response to tumor necrosis factor • cellular response to fatty acid • cellular response to hypoxia • response to epinephrine • response to norepinephrine • cellular response to thyroid hormone stimulus • negative regulation of neuron death • positive regulation of cellular respiration • positive regulation of mitochondrial DNA metabolic process • positive regulation of muscle tissue development • negative regulation of receptor activity • regulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate selective glutamate receptor activity • positive regulation of energy homeostasis • positive regulation of ATP biosynthetic process Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	10891	19017
Ensembl	ENSG00000109819	ENSMUSG00000029167
UniProt	Q9UBK2	O70343
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_013261	NM_008904
RefSeq (protein)	NP_037393	NP_032930
Location (UCSC)	Chr 4: 23.76 – 23.9 Mb	Chr 5: 51.45 – 51.57 Mb
PubMed search

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PPARGC1A gene.^[1]

PPARGC1A is also known as human accelerated region 20 (HAR20). It may, therefore, have played a key role in differentiating humans from apes.^[2]

Function

PGC-1α is a transcriptional coactivator that regulates the genes involved in energy metabolism. PGC-1α is a regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis and function.^[3] This protein interacts with the nuclear receptor PPAR-γ, which permits the interaction of this protein with multiple transcription factors. This protein can interact with, and regulate the activities of, cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) and nuclear respiratory factors (NRFs). It provides a direct link between external physiological stimuli and the regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis, and is a major factor that regulates muscle fiber type determination. Endurance exercise has been shown to activate the PGC-1α gene in human skeletal muscle.^[4] This protein may be also involved in controlling blood pressure, regulating cellular cholesterol homoeostasis, and the development of obesity.^[5]

Regulation

PGC-1α is thought to be a master integrator of external signals. It is known to be activated by a host of factors, including:

1. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS), both formed endogenously in the cell as by-products of metabolism but upregulated during times of cellular stress.
2. It is strongly induced by cold exposure, linking this environmental stimulus to adaptive thermogenesis.^[6]
3. It is induced by endurance exercise^[4] and recent research has shown that PGC-1α determines lactate metabolism, thus preventing high lactate levels in endurance athletes and making lactate as an energy source more efficient.^[7]
4. cAMP response element-binding (CREB) proteins, activated by an increase in cAMP following external cellular signals.
5. Protein kinase B / Akt is thought to downregulate PGC-1α, but upregulate its downstream effectors, NRF1 and NRF2. Akt itself is activated by PIP3, often upregulated by PI3K after G-protein signals. The Akt family is also known to activate pro-survival signals as well as metabolic activation.
6. SIRT1 binds and activates PGC-1α through deacetylation.

PGC-1α has recently been shown to exert positive feedback circuits on some of its upstream regulators:

1. PGC-1α increases Akt (PKB) and Phospho-Akt (Ser 473 and Thr 308) levels in muscle.^[8]
2. PGC-1α leads to calcineurin activation.^[9]

Akt and calcineurin are both activators of NF kappa B (p65).^[10][11] Through their activation PGC-1α seems to activate NF kappa B. Increased activity of NF kappa B in muscle has recently been demonstrated following induction of PGC-1α.^[12] The finding seems to be controversial. Other groups found that PGC-1s inhibit NF kappa B activity.^[13] The effect was demonstrated for PGC-1 alpha and beta.

Clinical significance

Recently PPARGC1A has been implicated as a potential therapy for Parkinson's Disease conferring protective effects on mitochondrial metabolism.^[14]

Moreover, brain-specific isoforms of PGC-1alpha have recently been identified which are likely to play a role in other neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.^[15][16]

Massage therapy appears to increase the amount of PGC-1α which leads to the production of new mitochondria.^[17][18][19]

PGC-1α and beta has furthermore been implicated in M2 macrophage polarization by interaction with PPARγ^[20] with upstream activation of STAT6.^[21] An independent study confirmed the effect of PGC-1 on polarisation of macrophages towards M2 via STAT6/PPAR gamma and furthermore demonstrated that PGC-1 inhibits proinflammatory cytokine production.^[22]

PGC-1α has been recently proposed to be responsible for β-aminoisobutyric acid secretion by exercising muscles.^[23] The effect of β-aminoisobutyric acid in white fat includes the activation of thermogenic genes that prompt the browning of white adipose tissue and the consequent increase of background metabolism. Hence, the β-aminoisobutyric acid could act as a messenger molecule of PGC-1α and explain the effects of PGC-1α increase in other tissues such as white fat.

Interactions

PPARGC1A has been shown to interact with:

• CREB-binding protein^[24]
• Farnesoid X receptor^[25]
• FBXW7^[26]
• MED1^[27] MED12^[27] MED14^[27] MED17^[27]
• NRF1^[3]
• Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma^[24][27]
• Retinoid X receptor alpha.^[28]
• Thyroid hormone receptor beta^[29]

ERRalpha and PGC-1α are coactivators of both Glucokinase (GK) and SIRT3, binding to an ERRE elements in the GK and SIRT3 promoters.

See also

• Transcription coregulator

References

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Further reading

• Knutti D, Kralli A (2001). "PGC-1, a versatile coactivator". Trends Endocrinol. Metab. 12 (8): 360–5. doi:10.1016/S1043-2760(01)00457-X. PMID 11551810.
• Puigserver P, Spiegelman BM (2003). "Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1 alpha (PGC-1 alpha): transcriptional coactivator and metabolic regulator". Endocr. Rev. 24 (1): 78–90. doi:10.1210/er.2002-0012. PMID 12588810.
• Soyal S, Krempler F, Oberkofler H, Patsch W (2007). "PGC-1alpha: a potent transcriptional cofactor involved in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes". Diabetologia 49 (7): 1477–88. doi:10.1007/s00125-006-0268-6. PMID 16752166.
• Handschin C, Spiegelman BM (2007). "Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 coactivators, energy homeostasis, and metabolism". Endocr. Rev. 27 (7): 728–35. doi:10.1210/er.2006-0037. PMID 17018837.
• Liang H, Ward WF (2006). "PGC-1alpha: a key regulator of energy metabolism". Advances in physiology education 30 (4): 145–51. doi:10.1152/advan.00052.2006. PMID 17108241.

External links

• PPARGC1A protein, human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• NURSA C110
• FactorBook PGC1A

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