title: Insulin regulation of fatty acid synthase gene transcription: roles of USF and SREBP-1c.
abstract: The transcriptional regulation of lipogenesis is a highly coordinated process occurring in concert with transcriptional as well as post-transcriptional regulation of enzymes involved in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis. Fatty acid synthase (FAS) plays a central role in de novo lipogenesis by converting acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA into the final end product, palmitate, which can subsequently be esterified into triacylglycerols and then stored in adipose tissue. Ultimately, this helps to prevent buildup of excess glucose in other types of cells and tissues, the effects of which can be readily observed in the pathophysiology of disease states such as Type-11 diabetes and obesity. Thus, elucidating the transcriptional mechanisms of lipogenic enzyme genes is important for understanding the normal regulation of lipogenesis and ultimately the dysregulation that may occur in certain metabolic disease. In this review, we discuss advances in our understanding of the regulation of lipogenesis at the genetic level, with a special emphasis on the common cis- and trans-acting factors involved in regulation of FAS. Two transcription factors, Upstream Stimulatory Factor (USF) and Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein-lc (SREBP-lc), seem to play a dominant and possibly cooperative role in regulating FAS transcription.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: Hei Sook
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Sul
mesh_terms: D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A / Q000737:chemistry; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D019308:Palmitic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1; D013997:Time Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D051720:Upstream Stimulatory Factors
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D007328:Insulin; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C497387:SREBF1 protein, human; C497388:Srebf1 protein, mouse; C497389:Srebf1 protein, rat; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors; C497181:USF1 protein, human; D051720:Upstream Stimulatory Factors; C497183:Usf1 protein, mouse; C497182:Usf1 protein, rat; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A; D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases; D005947:Glucose