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TFEB Phase Separation Mediates the Amelioration Effect of Intermittent Fasting on Inflammatory Colitis.

Xiujuan Zhao, Minghui Xia, Zhengxin Peng, Qiuyang Du, Yang Liu, Yu Xia, Panjing Lv, Xiao Zhang, Shijie Yuan, Xiaorong Xie and 4 more

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Article in Inflammation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Xiujuan ZhaoDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Minghui XiaDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Zhengxin PengDepartment of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Qiuyang DuDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yang LiuDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yu XiaCancer Biology Research Center (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Invasion and Metastasis), Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Panjing LvDepartment of Pathogen Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Xiao ZhangDepartment of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Shijie YuanDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xiaorong XieDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Jing WangDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Shuguo SunDepartment of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xiang-Ping YangDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Ran HeDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. ranhe@hust.edu.cn.

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2020YFA0804400National Natural Science Foundation of China 32070890National Natural Science Foundation of China 32070894Natural Science Foundation of Hube Province 2023AFB534Program for HUST Academic Frontier Youth Team 2018QYTD10
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intermittent fasting (IF) has been shown to ameliorate inflammation including DSS-induced colitis. It is well known that autophagy can limit inflammation and TFEB is a master transcriptional factor that regulates the processes of autophagy. However, whether TFEB is involved in the regulation of IF-mediated amelioration of inflammation and its mechanism remained unclear. In this study, we found that IF ameliorated DSS-induced colitis and induced TFEB. Nutrition deprivation induced TFEB puncta formation, which processes the characteristics of liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) showed by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) assay and 1,6-hexanediol treatment. We found the 24-33 amino acids of Coiled-Coil (CC) domain located in N terminus is essential for TFEB phase separation. Deletion of 24-33 amino acids within the CC domain inhibited TFEB-mediated target gene expression. In addition, we found transcription co-activators, EP300 and MED1, co-localized with TFEB condensate to formed a transcriptional hub that promotes the efficient expression of target genes. More importantly, TFEB inhibitor with ability to suppress TFEB puncta formation abolished the IF-mediated amelioration of DSS colitis. Together, these findings revealed a critical role of TFEB phase separation in the regulation of its transcriptional activity and anti-inflammatory functions induced by IF.

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Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsColitisFastingAnimalsDextran SulfateInflammationIntermittent FastingMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPhase SeparationBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsDextran SulfateTcfeb protein, mouseAutophagyColitisPhase separationTranscriptional activityTranscription factor EB

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