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Wang L, Sinnott-Armstrong N, Wagschal A, Wark AR, Camporez JP, Perry RJ, Ji F, Sohn Y, Oh J, Wu S, Chery J, Moud BN, Saadat A, Dankel SN, Mellgren G, Tallapragada DSP, Strobel SM, Lee MJ, Tewhey R, Sabeti PC, Schaefer A, Petri A, Kauppinen S, Chung RT, Soukas A, Avruch J, Fried SK, Hauner H, Sadreyev RI, Shulman GI, Claussnitzer M, Näär AM. A MicroRNA Linking Human Positive Selection and Metabolic Disorders. Cell 2020; 183:684-701.e14. [PMID: 33058756 PMCID: PMC8092355 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Positive selection in Europeans at the 2q21.3 locus harboring the lactase gene has been attributed to selection for the ability of adults to digest milk to survive famine in ancient times. However, the 2q21.3 locus is also associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes in humans, raising the possibility that additional genetic elements in the locus may have contributed to evolutionary adaptation to famine by promoting energy storage, but which now confer susceptibility to metabolic diseases. We show here that the miR-128-1 microRNA, located at the center of the positively selected locus, represents a crucial metabolic regulator in mammals. Antisense targeting and genetic ablation of miR-128-1 in mouse metabolic disease models result in increased energy expenditure and amelioration of high-fat-diet-induced obesity and markedly improved glucose tolerance. A thrifty phenotype connected to miR-128-1-dependent energy storage may link ancient adaptation to famine and modern metabolic maladaptation associated with nutritional overabundance.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lifeng Wang
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA,Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA,These authors contributed equally,Present address: Cardiovascular & Metabolism, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA 19477, USA
| | - Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA,Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA,These authors contributed equally
| | - Alexandre Wagschal
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA,Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA,Present address: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Watertown, MA 02472, USA
| | - Abigail R. Wark
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
| | - Joao-Paulo Camporez
- Departments of Internal Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA,Present address: Ribeirao Preto School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 14049-90, Brazil
| | - Rachel J. Perry
- Departments of Internal Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
| | - Fei Ji
- Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
| | - Yoojin Sohn
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA,Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA,Present address: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
| | - Justin Oh
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA,Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA,Present address: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Watertown, MA 02472, USA
| | - Su Wu
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA,Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA,Present address: Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
| | - Jessica Chery
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA,Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA,Present address: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
| | - Bahareh Nemati Moud
- Else Kroener-Fresenius-Center of Nutritional Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany
| | - Alham Saadat
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
| | - Simon N. Dankel
- Mohn Nutrition Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway,Hormone Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Haukeland University Hospital, 5020 Bergen, Norway
| | - Gunnar Mellgren
- Mohn Nutrition Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway,Hormone Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Haukeland University Hospital, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Mohn Nutrition Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway,Hormone Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Haukeland University Hospital, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA,Institute of Nutritional Medicine, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, 80992 Munich, Germany
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- Obesity Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA,Present address: Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
| | - Ryan Tewhey
- Center for Systems Biology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA,Present address: The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA
| | - Pardis C. Sabeti
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA,Center for Systems Biology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School ofMedicine atMount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA
| | - Andreas Petri
- Center for RNA Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, 2450 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for RNA Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, 2450 Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Raymond T. Chung
- Liver Center, Gastrointestinal Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
| | - Alexander Soukas
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA,Department of Medicine, Center for Genomic Medicine and Diabetes Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA,Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
| | - Joseph Avruch
- Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA,Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA,Diabetes unit, Medical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Obesity Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA,Present address: Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
| | - Hans Hauner
- Else Kroener-Fresenius-Center of Nutritional Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany,Institute of Nutritional Medicine, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, 80992 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Departments of Internal Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA,Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
| | - Anders M. Näär
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA,Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA,Present address: Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA,Lead Contact,Correspondence: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.09.017
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