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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
37
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
The Forkhead box A2 transcription factor (Foxa2/HNF-3beta) has been shown to be a key regulator of genes involved in the maintenance of glucose and lipid homeostasis in the liver. It is constitutively inactivated in several hyperinsulinemic/obese mouse models, thereby enhancing their metabolic phenotypes. Foxa2 is activated under fasting conditions but is inhibited by insulin signaling via phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT in a phosphorylation-dependent manner, which results in its nuclear exclusion. However, the mechanism and relative importance of its nuclear export has not yet been elucidated. Here we show that Foxa2 contains a functional nuclear export signal and is excluded from the nucleus via a CRM1-dependent pathway in response to insulin signaling. Furthermore, direct evidence is provided that nuclear export-defective Foxa2 is phosphorylated and inactivated by insulin in vitro and in vivo. These data demonstrate for the first time that phosphorylation itself is the main event regulating the activity of Foxa2, suggesting that export-independent mechanisms have evolved to ensure inhibition of Foxa2 under conditions in which insulin signaling is present.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1083-351X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
284
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
24816-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Nuclear export-independent inhibition of Foxa2 by insulin.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Wolfgang-Pauli Strasse 16, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't