title: Regulation of hepatic fasting response by PPARgamma coactivator-1alpha (PGC-1): requirement for hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha in gluconeogenesis.
abstract: The liver plays several critical roles in the metabolic adaptation to fasting. We have shown previously that the transcriptional coactivator peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1alpha (PGC-1alpha) is induced in fasted or diabetic liver and activates the entire program of gluconeogenesis. PGC-1alpha interacts with several nuclear receptors known to bind gluconeogenic promoters including the glucocorticoid receptor, hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF4alpha), and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors. However, the genetic requirement for any of these interactions has not been determined. Using hepatocytes from mice lacking HNF4alpha in the liver, we show here that PGC-1alpha completely loses its ability to activate key genes of gluconeogenesis such as phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and glucose-6-phosphatase when HNF4alpha is absent. It is also shown that PGC-1alpha can induce genes of beta-oxidation and ketogenesis in hepatocytes, but these effects do not require HNF4alpha. Analysis of the glucose-6-phosphatase promoter indicates a key role for HNF4alpha-binding sites that function robustly only when HNF4alpha is coactivated by PGC-1alpha. These data illustrate the involvement of PGC-1alpha in several aspects of the hepatic fasting response and show that HNF4alpha is a critical component of PGC-1alpha-mediated gluconeogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: J Cliff
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Pere
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Puigserver
authors.forename: Melina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Bruce M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Spiegelman
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005215:Fasting / Q000502:physiology*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D005943:Gluconeogenesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D051557:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D008099:Liver / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000502:physiology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051557:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4; C496593:Hnf4a protein, mouse; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C501970:Tcfl4 protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors; C111264:peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1