Mitochondrial NT-PGC-1α is enriched at the D-loop region of mitochondrial DNA.
A, schematic of mtDNA. B, enrichment of mitochondrial NT-PGC-1α at the D-loop region of mtDNA in brown adipocytes. Mitochondria were isolated from wild-type brown adipocytes treated with 0.5 mm dibutyryl cAMP for 4 h and subjected to chromatin immunoprecipitation assays. The relative amounts of mtDNA immunoprecipitated with IgG, PGC-1α, and TFAM antibodies were analyzed by quantitative real-time PCR analysis (n = 6). Data represent mean ± S.E. **, p < 0.01; ***, p < 0.001; ****, p < 0.0001. C, mitochondrial NT-PGC-1α does not interact with TFAM but with LRP130. Mitochondria were isolated from PGC-1α−/− brown adipocytes expressing NT-PGC-1α-HA or pBABE and subjected to immunoprecipitation (IP) using anti-HA antibody. D, enrichment of LRP130 at the mitochondrial D-loop region. Brown adipocyte mitochondria were isolated from wild-type brown adipocytes treated with 0.5 mm dibutyryl cAMP for 4 h, and mitochondrial ChIP was carried out with anti-LRP130 antibody. Data represent mean ± S.E. *, p < 0.05.