Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-25-2019

Keywords

JGM, JMG

JAX Source

PLoS One 2019 Sep 25; 14(9):e0222536

Volume

14

Issue

9

First Page

0222536

Last Page

0222536

ISSN

1932-6203

PMID

31553739

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222536

Grant

DK087790, Jackson Laboratory Scientific Services Award-SSIF2017

Abstract

We identified a mouse strain, HLB444, carrying an N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU)-induced mutation in a highly conserved C2H2 zinc-finger DNA binding motif of the transcriptional regulator KLF15 that exhibits resistance to diet-induced obesity. Characterization of the HLB444 mutant model on high-fat and chow diets revealed a number of phenotypic differences compared to wild-type controls. When fed a high fat diet, HLB444 had lower body fat, resistance to hepatosteatosis, lower circulating glucose and improved insulin sensitivity compared to C57BL/6J controls. Gut microbial profiles in HLB444 generated from 16S rRNA sequencing of fecal samples differed from controls under both chow and high fat diets. HLB444 shares similar phenotypic traits with engineered full- and adipose-specific Klf15 knockout strains; however, some phenotypic differences between this mutant and the other models suggest that the Klf15 mutation in HLB444 is a hypomorphic variant. The HLB444 model will inform further annotation of transcriptional functions of KLF15, especially with respect to the role of the first zinc-finger domain.

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Open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License

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