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Hereditas(Beijing) ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (10): 867-880.doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.22-151

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Progress on the epigenetic regulation of adipose tissue thermogenesis

Qingwen Zhao1(), Dongning Pan2()   

  1. 1. Department of Geriatrics, Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310006, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
  • Received:2022-05-09 Revised:2022-07-22 Online:2022-10-20 Published:2022-08-11
  • Contact: Pan Dongning E-mail:17111010048@fudan.edu.cn;dongning.pan@fudan.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    the Fellowship of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M680053);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970710)

Abstract:

The activation of brown adipose tissues and beige adipose tissues can utilize more substrates, including glucose and fatty acids, regulate the energy balance of the whole body and improve metabolic diseases such as obesity and type Ⅱ diabetes. Elucidating the regulatory mechanisms underlying the thermogenic adipose program may provide excellent targets for therapeutics against metabolic diseases. The current studies have indicated that epigenetic modifications are vital for regulating differentiation and thermogenesis of adipose tissues. In this review, we summarize the recent progress of epigenetic modifications in adipose tissue development and thermogenesis from the aspects of DNA methylation, histone modification, chromatin remodeling, and non-coding RNAs in order to provide new ideas for further studying the activation of adipose tissues.

Key words: epigenetic modifications, brown adipose tissues, beige adipose tissues, browning, thermogenesis