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FAM13A Represses AMPK Activity and Regulates Hepatic Glucose and Lipid Metabolism.


ABSTRACT: Obesity commonly co-exists with fatty liver disease with increasing health burden worldwide. Family with Sequence Similarity 13, Member A (FAM13A) has been associated with lipid levels and fat mass by genome-wide association studies (GWAS). However, the function of FAM13A in maintaining metabolic homeostasis in vivo remains unclear. Here, we demonstrated that rs2276936 in this locus has allelic-enhancer activity in massively parallel reporter assays (MPRA) and reporter assay. The DNA region containing rs2276936 regulates expression of endogenous FAM13A in HepG2 cells. In vivo, Fam13a-/- mice are protected from high-fat diet (HFD)-induced fatty liver accompanied by increased insulin sensitivity and reduced glucose production in liver. Mechanistically, loss of Fam13a led to the activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and increased mitochondrial respiration in primary hepatocytes. These findings demonstrate that FAM13A mediates obesity-related dysregulation of lipid and glucose homeostasis. Targeting FAM13A might be a promising treatment of obesity and fatty liver disease.

SUBMITTER: Lin X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7063182 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Obesity commonly co-exists with fatty liver disease with increasing health burden worldwide. Family with Sequence Similarity 13, Member A (FAM13A) has been associated with lipid levels and fat mass by genome-wide association studies (GWAS). However, the function of FAM13A in maintaining metabolic homeostasis in vivo remains unclear. Here, we demonstrated that rs2276936 in this locus has allelic-enhancer activity in massively parallel reporter assays (MPRA) and reporter assay. The DNA region cont  ...[more]

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