title: Dual role of transcription factor FoxO1 in controlling hepatic insulin sensitivity and lipid metabolism.
abstract: Hepatic insulin resistance affects both carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. It has been proposed that insulin controls these 2 metabolic branches through distinct signaling pathways. FoxO transcription factors are considered effectors of the pathway regulating hepatic glucose production. Here we show that adenoviral delivery of constitutively nuclear forkhead box O1 (FoxO1) to mouse liver results in steatosis arising from increased triglyceride accumulation and decreased fatty acid oxidation. FoxO1 gain of function paradoxically increased insulin sensitivity by promoting Akt phosphorylation, while FoxO1 inhibition via siRNA decreased it. We show that FoxO1 regulation of Akt phosphorylation does not require DNA binding and is associated with repression of the pseudokinase tribble 3 (Trb3), a modulator of Akt activity. This unexpected dual role of FoxO1 in promoting insulin sensitivity and lipid synthesis in addition to glucose production has the potential to explain the peculiar admixture of insulin resistance and sensitivity that is commonly observed in the metabolic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Michihiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Seongah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Tadahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Accili
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D000071161:Forkhead Box Protein O1; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000502:physiology*; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D008055:Lipids / Q000502:physiology*; D008099:Liver / Q000502:physiology*; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D000071161:Forkhead Box Protein O1; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors; C467200:Foxo1 protein, mouse; D007328:Insulin; D008055:Lipids; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; C474830:TRB3 protein, mouse; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases