title: Regulation of lipogenesis via BHLHB2/DEC1 and ChREBP feedback looping.
abstract: BHLHB2/DEC1 is a transcription factor implicated in cell proliferation, apoptosis, and metabolism, and is also known to play an important role in the regulation of the mammalian circadian rhythm. However, its precise role in metabolism remains unclear. We investigated the link between BHLHB2 and ChREBP, a glucose-activated transcription factor involved in the regulation of lipogenesis. Glucose stimulation and overexpression of dominant active ChREBP induced Bhlhb2 mRNA expression in rat hepatocytes. Deletion studies showed that ChoRE (-160 to -143bp) in the mouse Bhlhb2 promoter region is functional in vivo. Overexpression of BHLHB2 inhibited glucose and ChREBP-mediated induction of rat Fasn and liver pyruvate kinase (Lpk) mRNA. ChIP assay demonstrated that BHLHB2 bound to ChoRE in the Fasn, Lpk, and Bhlhb2 promoter regions in vivo. In conclusion, BHLHB2 and ChREBP constitute a novel feedback loop involved in the regulation of lipogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Genomics, The Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi-shi Gunma 371-8512, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iizuka
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Horikawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D025461:Feedback, Physiological; D015870:Gene Expression; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D050155:Lipogenesis / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D005947:Glucose; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; C491538:Bhlhe40 protein, rat; C442825:Mlxipl protein, rat