Publication Date:
2005-11-26
Description:
The Peutz-Jegher syndrome tumor-suppressor gene encodes a protein-threonine kinase, LKB1, which phosphorylates and activates AMPK [adenosine monophosphate (AMP)-activated protein kinase]. The deletion of LKB1 in the liver of adult mice resulted in a nearly complete loss of AMPK activity. Loss of LKB1 function resulted in hyperglycemia with increased gluconeogenic and lipogenic gene expression. In LKB1-deficient livers, TORC2, a transcriptional coactivator of CREB (cAMP response element-binding protein), was dephosphorylated and entered the nucleus, driving the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1alpha (PGC-1alpha), which in turn drives gluconeogenesis. Adenoviral small hairpin RNA (shRNA) for TORC2 reduced PGC-1alpha expression and normalized blood glucose levels in mice with deleted liver LKB1, indicating that TORC2 is a critical target of LKB1/AMPK signals in the regulation of gluconeogenesis. Finally, we show that metformin, one of the most widely prescribed type 2 diabetes therapeutics, requires LKB1 in the liver to lower blood glucose levels.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3074427/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3074427/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shaw, Reuben J -- Lamia, Katja A -- Vasquez, Debbie -- Koo, Seung-Hoi -- Bardeesy, Nabeel -- Depinho, Ronald A -- Montminy, Marc -- Cantley, Lewis C -- CA84313/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- GM056203/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM37828/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM056203/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM056203-09/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2005 Dec 9;310(5754):1642-6. Epub 2005 Nov 24.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. shaw@salk.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16308421" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
AMP-Activated Protein Kinases
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Animals
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Blood Glucose/analysis
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy/metabolism
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Enzyme Activation
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Female
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Gluconeogenesis/genetics
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Glucose/*metabolism
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HeLa Cells
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Homeostasis
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Humans
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Hyperglycemia/drug therapy/metabolism
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Hypoglycemic Agents/*pharmacology/therapeutic use
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Lipogenesis/genetics
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Liver/enzymology/*metabolism
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Male
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Metformin/*pharmacology/therapeutic use
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Mice
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Mice, Obese
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Multienzyme Complexes/*metabolism
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Phosphorylation
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Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/*metabolism
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Signal Transduction
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Trans-Activators/genetics/metabolism
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Transcription Factors
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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