| Literature DB >> 24093678 |
Ya-Lin Zhang1, Huiling Guo, Chen-Song Zhang, Shu-Yong Lin, Zhenyu Yin, Yongying Peng, Hui Luo, Yuzhe Shi, Guili Lian, Cixiong Zhang, Mengqi Li, Zhiyun Ye, Jing Ye, Jiahuai Han, Peng Li, Jia-Wei Wu, Sheng-Cai Lin.
Abstract
The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a master regulator of metabolic homeostasis by sensing cellular energy status. AMPK is mainly activated via phosphorylation by LKB1 when cellular AMP/ADP levels are increased. However, how AMP/ADP brings about AMPK phosphorylation remains unclear. Here, we show that it is AMP, but not ADP, that drives AXIN to directly tether LKB1 to phosphorylate AMPK. The complex formation of AXIN-AMPK-LKB1 is greatly enhanced in glucose-starved or AICAR-treated cells and in cell-free systems supplemented with exogenous AMP. Depletion of AXIN abrogated starvation-induced AMPK-LKB1 colocalization. Importantly, adenovirus-based knockdown of AXIN in the mouse liver impaired AMPK activation and caused exacerbated fatty liver after starvation, underscoring an essential role of AXIN in AMPK activation. These findings demonstrate an initiating role of AMP and demonstrate that AXIN directly transmits AMP binding of AMPK to its activation by LKB1, uncovering the mechanistic route for AMP to elicit AMPK activation by LKB1.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID： 24093678 DOI： 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.09.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Metab ISSN： 1550-4131 Impact factor: 27.287