Chromatin-Binding Protein PHF6 Regulates Activity-Dependent Transcriptional Networks to Promote Hunger Response

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Gan, L; Sun, J; Yang, S; Zhang, X; Chen, W; Sun, Y; Wu, X; Cheng, C; Yuan, J; Li, A; ...Date
2020-03-17Source Title
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CELL PRESSUniversity of Melbourne Author/s
Voss, AnneAffiliation
Medical Biology (W.E.H.I.)Metadata
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Gan, L., Sun, J., Yang, S., Zhang, X., Chen, W., Sun, Y., Wu, X., Cheng, C., Yuan, J., Li, A., Corbett, M. A., Dixon, M. P., Thomas, T., Voss, A. K., Gecz, J., Wang, G. -Z., Bonni, A., Li, Q. & Huang, J. (2020). Chromatin-Binding Protein PHF6 Regulates Activity-Dependent Transcriptional Networks to Promote Hunger Response. CELL REPORTS, 30 (11), pp.3717-+. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.02.085.Access Status
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Understanding the mechanisms of activity-dependent gene transcription underlying adaptive behaviors is challenging at neuronal-subtype resolution. Using cell-type specific molecular analysis in agouti-related peptide (AgRP) neurons, we reveal that the profound hunger-induced transcriptional changes greatly depend on plant homeodomain finger protein 6 (PHF6), a transcriptional repressor enriched in AgRP neurons. Loss of PHF6 in the satiated mice results in a hunger-state-shifting transcriptional profile, while hunger fails to further induce a rapid and robust activity-dependent gene transcription in PHF6-deficient AgRP neurons. We reveal that PHF6 binds to the promoters of a subset of immediate-early genes (IEGs) and that this chromatin binding is dynamically regulated by hunger state. Depletion of PHF6 decreases hunger-driven feeding motivation and makes the mice resistant to body weight gain under repetitive fasting-refeeding conditions. Our work identifies a neuronal subtype-specific transcriptional repressor that modulates transcriptional profiles in different nutritional states and enables adaptive eating behavior.
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