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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Insulin regulates the activity of forkhead transcription factor Hnf-3beta/Foxa-2 by Akt-mediated phosphorylation and nuclear/cytosolic localization |
| Creators Name: | Wolfrum, C., Besser, D., Luca, E. and Stoffel, M. |
| Abstract: | Hepatocyte nuclear factors 3 alpha, beta, and gamma (Foxa-1, -2, and -3) are transcriptional activators of important metabolic genes in the liver that are suppressed by the actions of insulin. Here, we show that the activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-Akt by insulin induces Foxa-2 phosphorylation, nuclear exclusion, and inhibition of Foxa-2-dependent transcriptional activity. Foxa-2 physically interacts with Akt, a key mediator of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway and is phosphorylated at a single conserved site (T156) that is absent in Foxa-1 and Foxa-3 proteins. This Akt phosphorylation site in Foxa-2 is highly conserved from mammals to insects. Mutant Foxa-2T156A is resistant to Akt-mediated phosphorylation, nuclear exclusion, and transcriptional inactivation of Foxa-2-regulated gene expression. These results implicate an evolutionarily conserved mechanism in the regulation of Foxa-2-dependent transcriptional control by extracellular signals such as insulin. |
| Keywords: | Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase, Foxo-1, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase |
| Source: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
| ISSN: | 0027-8424 |
| Publisher: | National Academy of Sciences |
| Volume: | 100 |
| Number: | 20 |
| Page Range: | 11624-11629 |
| Date: | 30 September 2003 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1931483100 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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