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Loss of the tumor suppressor gene AIP mediates the browning of human brown fat tumors

Magnusson, Linda LU ; Hansen, Nils LU ; Saba, Karim H LU orcid ; Nilsson, Jenny LU ; Fioretos, Thoas LU ; Rissler, Pehr LU and Hansén Nord, Karolin LU (2017) In Journal of Pathology 243(2). p.160-164
Abstract

Human brown fat tumors (hibernomas) display concomitant loss of the tumor suppressor genes MEN1 and AIP. In the present study, we hypothesized that the brown fat phenotype is attributed to these mutations. Accordingly, we demonstrate that silencing of AIP in human brown preadipocytic and white fat cell lines results in the induction of the brown fat marker UCP1. In human adipocytic tumors, loss of MEN1 was found both in white (one out of 51 lipomas) and brown fat tumors. In contrast, concurrent loss of AIP was always accompanied by a brown fat morphology. We conclude that this white-to-brown phenotype switch in brown fat tumors is mediated by the loss of AIP.

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Journal of Pathology
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243
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2
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160 - 164
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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  • scopus:85029601896
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0022-3417
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10.1002/path.4945
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  author       = {{Magnusson, Linda and Hansen, Nils and Saba, Karim H and Nilsson, Jenny and Fioretos, Thoas and Rissler, Pehr and Hansén Nord, Karolin}},
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  title        = {{Loss of the tumor suppressor gene AIP mediates the browning of human brown fat tumors}},
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