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  • Title: Coordinated regulation of hepatic FoxO1, PGC-1α and SREBP-1c facilitates insulin action and resistance.
    Author: Sajan MP, Lee MC, Foufelle F, Sajan J, Cleland C, Farese RV.
    Journal: Cell Signal; 2018 Mar; 43():62-70. PubMed ID: 29269047.
    Abstract:
    UNLABELLED: Type 2 diabetes is characterized by insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia and hepatic overproduction of glucose and lipids. Insulin increases lipogenic enzyme expression by activating Akt and aPKC which activate SREBP-1c; this pathway is hyperactivated in insulin-resistant states. Insulin suppresses gluconeogenic enzyme expression by Akt-dependent phosphorylation/inactivation of FoxO1 and PGC-1α; this pathway is impaired in insulin-resistant states by aPKC excess, which displaces Akt from scaffolding-protein WD40/ProF, where Akt phosphorylates/inhibits FoxO1. But how PGC-1α and FoxO1 are coordinated in insulin action and resistance is uncertain. Here, in normal mice, we found, along with Akt and aPKC, insulin increased PGC-1α association with WD40/ProF by an aPKC-dependent mechanism. However, in insulin-resistant high-fat-fed mice, like FoxO1, PGC-1α phosphorylation was impaired by aPKC-mediated displacement of Akt from WD40/ProF, as aPKC inhibition diminished its association with WD40/ProF, and simultaneously restored Akt association with WD40/ProF and phosphorylation/inhibition of both PGC-1α and FoxO1. Moreover, in high-fat-fed mice, in addition to activity, PGC-1α expression was increased, not only by FoxO1 activation, but also, as found in human hepatocytes, by a mechanism requiring aPKC and SREBP-1c, which also increased expression and activity of PKC-ι. In high-fat-fed mice, inhibition of hepatic aPKC, not only restored Akt association with WD40/ProF and FoxO1/PGC-1α phosphorylation, but also diminished expression of SREBP-1c, PGC-1α, PKC-ι and gluconeogenic and lipogenic enzymes, and corrected glucose intolerance and hyperlipidemia. CONCLUSION: Insulin suppression of gluconeogenic enzyme expression is facilitated by coordinated inactivation of FoxO1 and PGC-1α by WD40/ProF-associated Akt; but this coordination also increases vulnerability to aPKC hyperactivity, which is abetted by SREBP-1c-induced increases in PGC-1α and PKC-ι.
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