%0 Journal Article %A Lacroix, Matthieu %A Linares, Laetitia K. %A Rueda-Rincon, Natalia %A Bloch, Katarzyna %A Di Michele, Michela %A De Blasio, Carlo %A Fau, Caroline %A Gayte, Laurie %A Blanchet, Emilie %A Mairal, Aline %A Derua, Rita %A Cardona, Fernando %A Beuzelin, Diane %A Annicotte, Jean-Sebastien %A Pirot, Nelly %A Torro, Adeline %A Tinahones, Francisco J. %A Bernex, Florence %A Bertrand-Michel, Justine %A Langin, Dominique %A Fajas, Lluis %A Swinnen, Johannes V. %A Le Cam, Laurent %T The multifunctional protein E4F1 links P53 to lipid metabolism in adipocytes %D 2021 %U https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26951 %X Growing evidence supports the importance of the p53 tumor suppressor in metabolism but the mechanisms underlying p53-mediated control of metabolism remain poorly understood. Here, we identify the multifunctional E4F1 protein as a key regulator of p53 metabolic functions in adipocytes. While E4F1 expression is upregulated during obesity, E4f1 inactivation in mouse adipose tissue results in a lean phenotype associated with insulin resistance and protection against induced obesity. Adipocytes lacking E4F1 activate a p53-dependent transcriptional program involved in lipid metabolism. The direct interaction between E4F1 and p53 and their co-recruitment to the Steaoryl-CoA Desaturase-1 locus play an important role to regulate monounsaturated fatty acids synthesis in adipocytes. Consistent with the role of this E4F1-p53-Steaoryl-CoA Desaturase-1 axis in adipocytes, p53 inactivation or diet complementation with oleate partly restore adiposity and improve insulin sensitivity in E4F1-deficient mice. Altogether, our findings identify a crosstalk between E4F1 and p53 in the control of lipid metabolism in adipocytes that is relevant to obesity and insulin resistance.The p53 tumor suppressor is also a regulator of metabolism, but the mechanisms controlling p53-associated metabolic activities remain poorly understood. Here the authors report that the deletion of the multifunctional protein E4F1 is protective against diet-induced obesity in mice, and E4F1 regulates adipocyte lipid metabolism through p53. %K Transcription factor e4f1 %K Cell-cycle arrest %K Growth %K Differentiation %K Identification %K Lipogenesis %K Activation %K Regulator %K P120(e4f) %K Reveals %~