Perilipin 5 has been implicated as a modulator of lipase activity and a scaffold linking lipid droplets to mitochondria. Here the authors show that PKA stimulates Peripilin 5 interaction with nuclear PGC-1a and SIRT1 to promote transcription of genes regulating mitochondrial biogenesis and respiration.
- Violeta I. Gallardo-Montejano
- Geetu Saxena
- Perry E. Bickel