βKlotho is required for metabolic activity of fibroblast growth factor 21

Yasushi Ogawa, Hiroshi Kurosu, Masaya Yamamoto, Animesh Nandi, Kevin P. Rosenblatt, Regina Goetz, Anna V. Eliseenkova, Moosa Mohammadi, Makoto Kuro-O

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Abstract

Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is a liver-derived endocrine factor that stimulates glucose uptake in adipocytes. Here, we show that FGF21 activity depends on βKlotho, a single-pass transmembrane protein whose expression is induced during differentiation from preadipocytes to adipocytes. βKlotho physically interacts with FGF receptors 1c and 4, thereby increasing the ability of these FGF receptors to bind FGF21 and activate the MAP kinase cascade. Knockdown of βKlotho expression by siRNA in adipocytes diminishes glucose uptake induced by FGF21. Importantly, administration of FGF21 into mice induces MAP kinase phosphorylation in white adipose tissue and not in tissues without βKlotho expression. Thus, βKlotho functions as a cofactor essential for FGF21 activity.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7432-7437
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume104
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2007

Keywords

  • Adipocyte
  • GLUT1
  • Glucose
  • Klotho
  • siRNA

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General

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