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Oxidative tissues such as heart undergo a dramatic perinatal mitochondrial biogenesis to meet the high-energy demands after birth. PPARγ coactivator-1 (PGC-1) α and β have been implicated in the transcriptional control of cellular energy metabolism. Mice with combined deficiency of PGC-1α and PGC-1β (PGC-1αβ −/−  mice) were generated to investigate the convergence of their functions in vivo. The phenotype of PGC-1β −/−  mice was minimal under nonstressed conditions, including normal heart function, similar to that of PGC-1α −/−  mice generated previously. In striking contrast to the singly deficient PGC-1 lines, PGC-1αβ −/−  mice died shortly after birth with small hearts, bradycardia, intermittent heart block, and a markedly reduced cardiac output. Cardiac-specific ablation of the  PGC-1β  gene on a PGC-1α-deficient background phenocopied the generalized PGC-1αβ −/−  mice. The hearts of the PGC-1αβ −/−  mice exhibited signatures of a maturational defect including reduced growth, a late fetal arrest in mitochondrial biogenesis, and persistence of a fetal pattern of gene expression. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) of PGC-1αβ −/−  mice also exhibited a severe abnormality in function and mitochondrial density. We conclude that PGC-1α and PGC-1β share roles that collectively are necessary for the postnatal metabolic and functional maturation of heart and BAT.

Transcriptional coactivators PGC-1α and PGC-lβ control overlapping programs required for perinatal maturation of the heart