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Brown Adipose Tissue Controls Skeletal Muscle Function via the Secretion of Myostatin.


ABSTRACT: Skeletal muscle and brown adipose tissue (BAT) are functionally linked, as exercise increases browning via secretion of myokines. It is unknown whether BAT affects muscle function. Here, we find that loss of the transcription factor IRF4 in BAT (BATI4KO) reduces exercise capacity, mitochondrial function, ribosomal protein synthesis, and mTOR signaling in muscle and causes tubular aggregate formation. Loss of IRF4 induces myogenic gene expression in BAT, including the secreted factor myostatin, a known inhibitor of muscle function. Reducing myostatin via neutralizing antibodies or soluble receptor rescues the exercise capacity of BATI4KO mice. In addition, overexpression of IRF4 in brown adipocytes reduces serum myostatin and increases exercise capacity in muscle. Finally, mice housed at thermoneutrality have reduced IRF4 in BAT, lower exercise capacity, and elevated serum myostatin; these abnormalities are corrected by excising BAT. Collectively, our data point to an unsuspected level of BAT-muscle crosstalk driven by IRF4 and myostatin.

SUBMITTER: Kong X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6170693 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Brown Adipose Tissue Controls Skeletal Muscle Function via the Secretion of Myostatin.

Kong Xingxing X   Yao Ting T   Zhou Peng P   Kazak Lawrence L   Tenen Danielle D   Lyubetskaya Anna A   Dawes Brian A BA   Tsai Linus L   Kahn Barbara B BB   Spiegelman Bruce M BM   Liu Tiemin T   Rosen Evan D ED  

Cell metabolism 20180802 4


Skeletal muscle and brown adipose tissue (BAT) are functionally linked, as exercise increases browning via secretion of myokines. It is unknown whether BAT affects muscle function. Here, we find that loss of the transcription factor IRF4 in BAT (BATI4KO) reduces exercise capacity, mitochondrial function, ribosomal protein synthesis, and mTOR signaling in muscle and causes tubular aggregate formation. Loss of IRF4 induces myogenic gene expression in BAT, including the secreted factor myostatin, a  ...[more]

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