KLF15 and PPARδ cooperativity in the orchestration of lipid metabolism

We characterize the KLF15 cistrome in vivo in skeletal muscle and find that the majority of KLF15 binding is localized to distal intergenic regions and associated with genes related to circadian rhythmicity and lipid metabolism. We identify critical interdependence between KLF15 and the nuclear receptor PPARδ in the regulation of lipid metabolic gene programs. We further demonstrate that KLF15 and PPARδ co-localize genome-wide, interact, and are dependent on one another to exert their transcriptional effects on target genes. Examination of transcription factor cooperativity in genome-wide regulation of lipid metabolism in skeletal muscle