<p>Systemic lipid homeostasis requires hepatic autophagy, a major cellular program for intracellular fat recycling. Here, we find melanocortin 3 receptor (MC3R) regulates hepatic autophagy in addition to its previously established CNS role in systemic energy partitioning and puberty. Mice with <i>Mc3r</i> deficiency develop obesity with hepatic triglyceride accumulation and disrupted hepatocellular autophagosome turnover. Mice with partially inactive human <i>MC3R</i> due to obesogenic variants demonstrate similar hepatic autophagic dysfunction. In vitro and in vivo activation of hepatic MC3R upregulates autophagy through LC3II activation, TFEB cytoplasmic-to-nuclear translocation, and subsequent downstream gene activation. MC3R-deficient hepatocytes had blunted autophagosome-lysosome docking and lipid droplet clearance. Finally, the liver-specific rescue of <i>Mc3r</i> was sufficient to restore hepatocellular autophagy, improve hepatocyte mitochondrial function and systemic energy expenditures, reduce adipose tissue lipid accumulation, and partially restore body weight in both male and female mice. We thus report a role for MC3R in regulating hepatic autophagy and systemic adiposity.</p>

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Melanocortin 3 receptor regulates hepatic autophagy and systemic adiposity

  • Tushar P. Patel,
  • Joo Yun Jun,
  • Arnold Y. Seo,
  • Noah J. Levi,
  • Diana M. Elizondo,
  • Jocelyn Chen,
  • Adrian M. Wong,
  • Nicol Tugarinov,
  • Elizabeth K. Altman,
  • Daniel B. Gehle,
  • Sun Min Jung,
  • Pooja Patel,
  • Mark Ericson,
  • Carrie Haskell-Luevano,
  • Tamar C. Demby,
  • Antony Cougnoux,
  • Anna Wolska,
  • Jack A. Yanovski

摘要

Systemic lipid homeostasis requires hepatic autophagy, a major cellular program for intracellular fat recycling. Here, we find melanocortin 3 receptor (MC3R) regulates hepatic autophagy in addition to its previously established CNS role in systemic energy partitioning and puberty. Mice with Mc3r deficiency develop obesity with hepatic triglyceride accumulation and disrupted hepatocellular autophagosome turnover. Mice with partially inactive human MC3R due to obesogenic variants demonstrate similar hepatic autophagic dysfunction. In vitro and in vivo activation of hepatic MC3R upregulates autophagy through LC3II activation, TFEB cytoplasmic-to-nuclear translocation, and subsequent downstream gene activation. MC3R-deficient hepatocytes had blunted autophagosome-lysosome docking and lipid droplet clearance. Finally, the liver-specific rescue of Mc3r was sufficient to restore hepatocellular autophagy, improve hepatocyte mitochondrial function and systemic energy expenditures, reduce adipose tissue lipid accumulation, and partially restore body weight in both male and female mice. We thus report a role for MC3R in regulating hepatic autophagy and systemic adiposity.