title: Hepatic glucose sensing: does flux matter?
abstract: In this issue of the JCI, Denechaud et al. report studies investigating the role of the liver X receptors (LXRs) LXRalpha and LXRbeta in carbohydrate sensing by the liver (see the related article beginning on page 956). The results of this study, which utilized LXRalpha/beta double-KO mice, strongly contradict a recent Nature report that proposed that LXRalpha/beta sense glucose independent of metabolic flux. The reported findings further support a key role for the carbohydrate-responsive element-binding protein (ChREBP) in the regulation of lipogenic genes by glucose and dietary carbohydrates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiota
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Magnuson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D050155:Lipogenesis; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D000071518:Liver X Receptors; D051379:Mice; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D057093:Orphan Nuclear Receptors; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000502:physiology*; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1 / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D000071518:Liver X Receptors; C506001:Mlxipl protein, mouse; C000605214:Nr1h3 protein, mouse; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D057093:Orphan Nuclear Receptors; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors; D005947:Glucose