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Kwon WB, Soto JA, Stein HH. Effects of dietary leucine and tryptophan on serotonin metabolism and growth performance of growing pigs. J Anim Sci 2021; 100:6448144. [PMID: 34865076 DOI: 10.1093/jas/skab356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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An experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis that increased dietary Trp is needed in high-Leu diets for growing pigs to prevent a drop in plasma serotonin and hypothalamic serotonin concentrations and to maintain growth performance of animals. A total of 144 growing pigs (initial weight: 28.2 ± 1.9 kg) were assigned to 9 treatments in a randomized complete block design with 2 blocks, 2 pigs per pen, and 8 replicate pens per treatment. The 9 diets were formulated in a 3 × 3 factorial with 3 levels of dietary Leu (101, 200, or 299% standardized ileal digestible [SID] Leu:Lys), and 3 levels of dietary Trp (18, 23, or 28% SID Trp:Lys). A basal diet that met requirements for SID Leu and SID Trp was formulated and 8 additional diets were formulated by adding crystalline L-Leu and (or) L-Trp to the basal diet. Individual pig weights were recorded at the beginning of the experiment and at the conclusion of the 21-d experiment. On the last day of the experiment, one pig per pen was sacrificed, and blood and hypothalamus samples were collected to measure plasma urea N, plasma serotonin, and hypothalamic serotonin concentrations. Results indicated that increasing dietary Trp increased (P < 0.05) hypothalamic serotonin, whereas increases (P < 0.05) in average daily gain (ADG) and average daily feed intake (ADFI) were observed only in pigs fed diets containing excess Leu. Increasing dietary Leu reduced (P < 0.05) ADG, ADFI, and hypothalamic serotonin. However, the increase in ADG and ADFI caused by dietary Trp was greater if 299% SID Leu:Lys was provided than if 101% SID Leu:Lys was provided (interaction, P < 0.05). Plasma Leu concentration was positively affected by dietary Leu and negatively affected by dietary Trp, but the negative effect of Trp was greater if 299% SID Leu:Lys was provided than if 101% SID Leu:Lys was provided (interaction, P < 0.05). Plasma concentration of Trp was positively affected by increased dietary Trp and increased dietary Leu, but the increase in plasma concentration of Trp was greater if Leu level was at 101 % SID Leu:Lys ratio than at 299% SID Leu:Lys ratio (interaction, P < 0.05). In conclusion, increased dietary Leu reduced ADG, ADFI, and hypothalamic serotonin concentration, and influenced metabolism of several indispensable amino acids, but Trp supplementation partly overcame the negative effect of excess Leu. This demonstrates the importance of Trp in regulation of hypothalamic serotonin, and therefore, feed intake of pigs.
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- Woong B Kwon
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA
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- Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America Inc, Chicago, IL, 60631, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA
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Forney LA, Stone KP, Wanders D, Gettys TW. Sensing and signaling mechanisms linking dietary methionine restriction to the behavioral and physiological components of the response. Front Neuroendocrinol 2018; 51:36-45. [PMID: 29274999 PMCID: PMC6013330 DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2017.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Dietary methionine restriction (MR) is implemented using a semi-purified diet that reduces methionine by ∼80% and eliminates dietary cysteine. Within hours of its introduction, dietary MR initiates coordinated series of transcriptional programs and physiological responses that include increased energy intake and expenditure, decreased adiposity, enhanced insulin sensitivity, and reduction in circulating and tissue lipids. Significant progress has been made in cataloguing the physiological responses to MR in males but not females, but identities of the sensing and communication networks that orchestrate these responses remain poorly understood. Recent work has implicated hepatic FGF21 as an important mediator of MR, but it is clear that other mechanisms are also involved. The goal of this review is to explore the temporal and spatial organization of the responses to dietary MR as a model for understanding how nutrient sensing systems function to integrate complex transcriptional, physiological, and behavioral responses to changes in dietary composition.
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- Laura A Forney
- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, United States
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- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, United States
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- Department of Nutrition, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, United States
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- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, United States.
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The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: XI. Evaluation of the main hypotheses underpinning the life extension effects of CR using the hepatic transcriptome. Aging (Albany NY) 2018; 9:1770-1824. [PMID: 28768896 PMCID: PMC5559174 DOI: 10.18632/aging.101269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Calorie restriction (CR) may extend longevity by modulating the mechanisms involved in aging. Different hypotheses have been proposed for its main mode of action. We quantified hepatic transcripts of male C57BL/6 mice exposed to graded levels of CR (0% to 40% CR) for three months, and evaluated the responses relative to these various hypotheses. Of the four main signaling pathways implied to be linked to the impact of CR on lifespan (insulin/insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), nuclear factor-kappa beta (NF-ĸB), mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) and sirtuins (SIRTs)), all the pathways except SIRT were altered in a manner consistent with increased lifespan. However, the expression levels of SIRT4 and SIRT7 were decreased with increasing levels of CR. Changes consistent with altered fuel utilization under CR may reduce reactive oxygen species production, which was paralleled by reduced protection. Downregulated major urinary protein (MUP) transcription suggested reduced reproductive investment. Graded CR had a positive effect on autophagy and xenobiotic metabolism, and was protective with respect to cancer signaling. CR had no significant effect on fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF21) transcription but affected transcription in the hydrogen sulfide production pathway. Responses to CR were consistent with several different hypotheses, and the benefits of CR on lifespan likely reflect the combined impact on multiple aging related processes.
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Wanders D, Forney LA, Stone KP, Burk DH, Pierse A, Gettys TW. FGF21 Mediates the Thermogenic and Insulin-Sensitizing Effects of Dietary Methionine Restriction but Not Its Effects on Hepatic Lipid Metabolism. Diabetes 2017; 66:858-867. [PMID: 28096260 PMCID: PMC5360300 DOI: 10.2337/db16-1212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Dietary methionine restriction (MR) produces a rapid and persistent remodeling of white adipose tissue (WAT), an increase in energy expenditure (EE), and enhancement of insulin sensitivity. Recent work established that hepatic expression of FGF21 is robustly increased by MR. Fgf21-/- mice were used to test whether FGF21 is an essential mediator of the physiological effects of dietary MR. The MR-induced increase in energy intake and EE and activation of thermogenesis in WAT and brown adipose tissue were lost in Fgf21-/- mice. However, dietary MR produced a comparable reduction in body weight and adiposity in both genotypes because of a negative effect of MR on energy intake in Fgf21-/- mice. Despite the similar loss in weight, dietary MR produced a more significant increase in in vivo insulin sensitivity in wild-type than in Fgf21-/- mice, particularly in heart and inguinal WAT. In contrast, the ability of MR to regulate lipogenic and integrated stress response genes in liver was not compromised in Fgf21-/- mice. Collectively, these findings illustrate that FGF21 is a critical mediator of the effects of dietary MR on EE, remodeling of WAT, and increased insulin sensitivity but not of its effects on hepatic gene expression.
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- Desiree Wanders
- Department of Nutrition, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
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- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Cell Biology & Bioimaging Core, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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Wanders D, Stone KP, Forney LA, Cortez CC, Dille KN, Simon J, Xu M, Hotard EC, Nikonorova IA, Pettit AP, Anthony TG, Gettys TW. Role of GCN2-Independent Signaling Through a Noncanonical PERK/NRF2 Pathway in the Physiological Responses to Dietary Methionine Restriction. Diabetes 2016; 65:1499-510. [PMID: 26936965 PMCID: PMC4878423 DOI: 10.2337/db15-1324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Restricting availability of essential amino acids (EAAs) limits aminoacylation of tRNAs by their cognate EAAs and activates the nutrient-sensing kinase, general control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2). Activated GCN2 phosphorylates eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2), altering gene-specific translation and initiating a transcriptional program collectively described as the integrated stress response (ISR). Central GCN2 activation by EAA deprivation is also linked to an acute aversive feeding response. Dietary methionine restriction (MR) produces a well-documented series of physiological responses (increased energy intake and expenditure, decreased adiposity, and increased insulin sensitivity), but the role of GCN2 in mediating them is unknown. Using Gcn2(-/-) mice, we found that the absence of GCN2 had no effect on the ability of MR to reduce body weight or adiposity, increase energy intake and expenditure, increase hepatic transcription and release of fibroblast growth factor 21, or improve insulin sensitivity. Interestingly, hepatic eIF2 phosphorylation by MR was uncompromised in Gcn2(-/-) mice. Instead, protein kinase R-like endoplasmic reticulum (ER) kinase (PERK) was activated in both intact and Gcn2(-/-) mice. PERK activation corresponded with induction of the ISR and the nuclear respiratory factor 2 antioxidant program but not ER stress. These data uncover a novel glutathione-sensing mechanism that functions independently of GCN2 to link dietary MR to its metabolic phenotype.
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- Desiree Wanders
- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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- Laboratory of Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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Bellato HM, Hajj GNM. Translational control by eIF2α in neurons: Beyond the stress response. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2016; 73:551-565. [PMID: 26994324 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Revised: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The translation of mRNAs is a tightly controlled process that responds to multiple signaling pathways. In neurons, this control is also exerted locally due to the differential necessity of proteins in axons and dendrites. The phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of the translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2α) is one of the mechanisms of translational control. The phosphorylation of eIF2α has classically been viewed as a stress response, halting translation initiation. However, in the nervous system this type of regulation has been related to other mechanisms besides stress response, such as behavior, memory consolidation and nervous system development. Additionally, neurodegenerative diseases have a major stress component, thus eIF2α phosphorylation plays a preeminent role and its modulation is currently viewed as a new opportunity for therapeutic interventions. This review consolidates current information regarding eIF2α phosphorylation in neurons and its impact in neurodegenerative diseases. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Heeley N, Blouet C. Central Amino Acid Sensing in the Control of Feeding Behavior. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2016; 7:148. [PMID: 27933033 PMCID: PMC5120084 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2016.00148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dietary protein quantity and quality greatly impact metabolic health via evolutionary-conserved mechanisms that ensure avoidance of amino acid imbalanced food sources, promote hyperphagia when dietary protein density is low, and conversely produce satiety when dietary protein density is high. Growing evidence supports the emerging concept of protein homeostasis in mammals, where protein intake is maintained within a tight range independently of energy intake to reach a target protein intake. The behavioral and neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying these adaptations are unclear. While peripheral factors are able to signal amino acid deficiency and abundance to the brain, the brain itself is exposed to and can detect changes in amino acid concentrations, and subsequently engages acute and chronic responses modulating feeding behavior and food preferences. In this review, we will examine the literature describing the mechanisms by which the brain senses changes in amino acids concentrations, and how these changes modulate feeding behavior.
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- Nicholas Heeley
- Medical Research Council Metabolic Disease Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Research Council Metabolic Disease Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- *Correspondence: Clemence Blouet,
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Chantranupong L, Wolfson RL, Sabatini DM. Nutrient-sensing mechanisms across evolution. Cell 2015; 161:67-83. [PMID: 25815986 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.02.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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For organisms to coordinate their growth and development with nutrient availability, they must be able to sense nutrient levels in their environment. Here, we review select nutrient-sensing mechanisms in a few diverse organisms. We discuss how these mechanisms reflect the nutrient requirements of specific species and how they have adapted to the emergence of multicellularity in eukaryotes.
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- Lynne Chantranupong
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Sharp JW, Ross-Inta CM, Baccelli I, Payne JA, Rudell JB, Gietzen DW. Effects of essential amino acid deficiency: down-regulation of KCC2 and the GABAA receptor; disinhibition in the anterior piriform cortex. J Neurochem 2013; 127:520-30. [PMID: 24024616 PMCID: PMC3858386 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Revised: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 08/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The anterior piriform cortex (APC) is activated by, and is the brain area most sensitive to, essential (indispensable) amino acid (IAA) deficiency. The APC is required for the rapid (20 min) behavioral rejection of IAA deficient diets and increased foraging, both crucial adaptive functions supporting IAA homeostasis in omnivores. The biochemical mechanisms signaling IAA deficiency in the APC block initiation of translation in protein synthesis via uncharged tRNA and the general amino acid control kinase, general control nonderepressing kinase 2. Yet, how inhibition of protein synthesis activates the APC is unknown. The neuronal K(+) Cl(-) cotransporter, neural potassium chloride co-transporter (KCC2), and GABAA receptors are essential inhibitory elements in the APC with short plasmalemmal half-lives that maintain control in this highly excitable circuitry. After a single IAA deficient meal both proteins were reduced (vs. basal diet controls) in western blots of APC (but not neocortex or cerebellum) and in immunohistochemistry of APC. Furthermore, electrophysiological analyses support loss of inhibitory elements such as the GABAA receptor in this model. As the crucial inhibitory function of the GABAA receptor depends on KCC2 and the Cl(-) transmembrane gradient it establishes, these results suggest that loss of such inhibitory elements contributes to disinhibition of the APC in IAA deficiency. The circuitry of the anterior piriform cortex (APC) is finely balanced between excitatory (glutamate, +) and inhibitory (GABA, -) transmission. GABAA receptors use Cl(-), requiring the neural potassium chloride co-transporter (KCC2). Both are rapidly turning-over proteins, dependent on protein synthesis for repletion. In IAA (indispensable amino acid) deficiency, within 20 min, blockade of protein synthesis prevents restoration of these inhibitors; they are diminished; disinhibition ensues. GCN2 = general control non-derepressing kinase 2, eIF2α = α-subunit of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2.
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- James W. Sharp
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616, USA, Voice +530-752-1174, Fax +530-752-7690
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616, USA, Voice +530-752-1174, Fax +530-752-7690
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616, USA, Voice +530-752-1174, Fax +530-752-7690
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- Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA, Voice +1 530 752 3336, FAX +1 530 752 5423
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616, USA, Voice +530-752-1174, Fax +530-752-7690
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616, USA, Voice +530-752-1174, Fax +530-752-7690
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Bendtsen LQ, Lorenzen JK, Bendsen NT, Rasmussen C, Astrup A. Effect of dairy proteins on appetite, energy expenditure, body weight, and composition: a review of the evidence from controlled clinical trials. Adv Nutr 2013; 4:418-38. [PMID: 23858091 PMCID: PMC3941822 DOI: 10.3945/an.113.003723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Evidence supports that a high proportion of calories from protein increases weight loss and prevents weight (re)gain. Proteins are known to induce satiety, increase secretion of gastrointestinal hormones, and increase diet-induced thermogenesis, but less is known about whether various types of proteins exert different metabolic effects. In the Western world, dairy protein, which consists of 80% casein and 20% whey, is a large contributor to our daily protein intake. Casein and whey differ in absorption and digestion rates, with casein being a "slow" protein and whey being a "fast" protein. In addition, they differ in amino acid composition. This review examines whether casein, whey, and other protein sources exert different metabolic effects and targets to clarify the underlying mechanisms. Data indicate that whey is more satiating in the short term, whereas casein is more satiating in the long term. In addition, some studies indicate that whey stimulates the secretion of the incretin hormones glucagon-like peptide-1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide more than other proteins. However, for the satiety (cholecystokinin and peptide YY) and hunger-stimulating (ghrelin) hormones, no clear evidence exists that 1 protein source has a greater stimulating effect compared with others. Likewise, no clear evidence exists that 1 protein source results in higher diet-induced thermogenesis and promotes more beneficial changes in body weight and composition compared with other protein sources. However, data indicate that amino acid composition, rate of absorption, and protein/food texture may be important factors for protein-stimulated metabolic effects.
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- Line Q. Bendtsen
- Departments of Nutrition, Exercise, and Sports, Faculty of Science and,To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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- Departments of Nutrition, Exercise, and Sports, Faculty of Science and
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- Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Departments of Nutrition, Exercise, and Sports, Faculty of Science and
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Barazzoni R, Short KR, Asmann Y, Coenen-Schimke JM, Robinson MM, Nair KS. Insulin fails to enhance mTOR phosphorylation, mitochondrial protein synthesis, and ATP production in human skeletal muscle without amino acid replacement. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012; 303:E1117-25. [PMID: 22967500 PMCID: PMC3492854 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00067.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2012] [Accepted: 09/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Systemic insulin administration causes hypoaminoacidemia by inhibiting protein degradation, which may in turn inhibit muscle protein synthesis (PS). Insulin enhances muscle mitochondrial PS and ATP production when hypoaminoacidemia is prevented by exogenous amino acid (AA) replacement. We determined whether insulin would stimulate mitochondrial PS and ATP production in the absence of AA replacement. Using l-[1,2-¹³C]leucine as a tracer, we measured the fractional synthetic rate of mitochondrial as well as sarcoplasmic and mixed muscle proteins in 18 participants during sustained (7-h) insulin or saline infusion (n = 9 each). We also measured muscle ATP production, mitochondrial enzyme activities, mRNA levels of mitochondrial genes, and phosphorylation of signaling proteins regulating protein synthesis. The concentration of circulating essential AA decreased during insulin infusion. Mitochondrial, sarcoplasmic, and mixed muscle PS rates were also lower during insulin (2-7 h) than during saline infusions despite increased mRNA levels of selected mitochondrial genes. Under these conditions, insulin did not alter mitochondrial enzyme activities and ATP production. These effects were associated with enhanced phosphorylation of Akt but not of protein synthesis activators mTOR, p70(S6K), and 4EBP1. In conclusion, sustained physiological hyperinsulinemia without AA replacement did not stimulate PS of mixed muscle or protein subfractions and did not alter muscle mitochondrial ATP production in healthy humans. These results support that insulin and AA act in conjunction to stimulate muscle mitochondrial function and mitochondrial protein synthesis.
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The brain's response to an essential amino acid-deficient diet and the circuitous route to a better meal. Mol Neurobiol 2012; 46:332-48. [PMID: 22674217 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-012-8283-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2012] [Accepted: 05/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The essential (indispensable) amino acids (IAA) are neither synthesized nor stored in metazoans, yet they are the building blocks of protein. Survival depends on availability of these protein precursors, which must be obtained in the diet; it follows that food selection is critical for IAA homeostasis. If even one of the IAA is depleted, its tRNA becomes quickly deacylated and the levels of charged tRNA fall, leading to disruption of global protein synthesis. As they have priority in the diet, second only to energy, the missing IAA must be restored promptly or protein catabolism ensues. Animals detect and reject an IAA-deficient meal in 20 min, but how? Here, we review the molecular basis for sensing IAA depletion and repletion in the brain's IAA chemosensor, the anterior piriform cortex (APC). As animals stop eating an IAA-deficient meal, they display foraging and altered choice behaviors, to improve their chances of encountering a better food. Within 2 h, sensory cues are associated with IAA depletion or repletion, leading to learned aversions and preferences that support better food selection. We show neural projections from the APC to appetitive and consummatory motor control centers, and to hedonic, motivational brain areas that reinforce these adaptive behaviors.
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Kilberg MS, Balasubramanian M, Fu L, Shan J. The transcription factor network associated with the amino acid response in mammalian cells. Adv Nutr 2012; 3:295-306. [PMID: 22585903 PMCID: PMC3649461 DOI: 10.3945/an.112.001891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Mammals exhibit multiple adaptive mechanisms that sense and respond to fluctuations in dietary nutrients. Consumption of reduced total dietary protein or a protein diet that is deficient in 1 or more of the essential amino acids triggers wide-ranging changes in feeding behavior and gene expression. At the level of individual cells, dietary protein deficiency is manifested as amino acid (AA) deprivation, which activates the AA response (AAR). The AAR is composed of a collection of signal transduction pathways that terminate in specific transcriptional programs designed to catalyze adaptation to the nutrient stress or, ultimately, undergo apoptosis. Independently of the AAR, endoplasmic reticulum stress activates 3 signaling pathways, collectively referred to as the unfolded protein response. The transcription factor activating transcription factor 4 is one of the terminal transcriptional mediators for both the AAR and the unfolded protein response, leading to a significant degree of overlap with regard to the target genes for these stress pathways. Over the past 5 y, research has revealed that the basic leucine zipper superfamily of transcription factors plays the central role in the AAR. Formation of both homo- and heterodimers among the activating transcription factor, CCAAT enhancer-binding protein, and FOS/JUN families of basic leucine zipper proteins forms the nucleus of a highly integrated transcription factor network that determines the initiation, magnitude, and duration of the cellular response to dietary protein or AA limitation.
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Chalisova NI, Kontsevaya EA, Voytsehovskaya MA, Komashnya AV. The regulatory effects of coded amino acids on basic cellular processes in young and old animals. ADVANCES IN GERONTOLOGY 2012. [DOI: 10.1134/s2079057012010067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Dalton LE, Healey E, Irving J, Marciniak SJ. Phosphoproteins in stress-induced disease. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2012; 106:189-221. [PMID: 22340719 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-396456-4.00003-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The integrated stress response (ISR) is an evolutionarily conserved homeostatic program activated by specific pathological states. These include amino acid deprivation, viral infection, iron deficiency, and the misfolding of proteins within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the so-called ER stress. Although apparently disparate, each of these stresses induces phosphorylation of a translation initiation factor, eIF2α, to attenuate new protein translation while simultaneously triggering a transcriptional program. This is achieved by four homologous stress-sensing kinases: GCN2, PKR, HRI, and PERK. In addition to these kinases, mammals possess two specific eIF2α phosphatases, GADD34 and CReP, which play crucial roles in the recovery of protein synthesis following the initial insult. They are not only important in embryonic development but also appear to play important roles in disease, particularly cancer. In this chapter, we discuss each of the eIF2α kinases, in turn, with particular emphasis on their regulation and the new insights provided by recent structural studies. We also discuss the potential for developing novel drug therapies that target the ISR.
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- Lucy E Dalton
- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Fu L, Balasubramanian M, Shan J, Dudenhausen EE, Kilberg MS. Auto-activation of c-JUN gene by amino acid deprivation of hepatocellular carcinoma cells reveals a novel c-JUN-mediated signaling pathway. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:36724-38. [PMID: 21862593 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.277673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Mammalian cells respond to protein or amino acid (AA) limitation by activating a number of signaling pathways, collectively referred to as the AA response (AAR), that modulate a range of cellular functions, including transcriptional induction of target genes. This study demonstrates that in hepatocellular carcinoma cells, expression of c-JUN, JUN-B, c-FOS, and FOS-B was induced by the AAR, whereas JUN-D, FRA-1, and FRA-2 were not. Of the four activated FOS/JUN members, c-JUN made the largest contribution to the induction of several known AAR target genes. For several human liver, prostate, and ovarian cell lines, the AAR-induced increase in c-JUN expression was greater in transformed cells compared with nontransformed counterparts, an effect independent of cell growth rate. Thus far, the best characterized AA-responsive genes are all transcriptionally activated by ATF4, but the AAR-dependent induction of c-JUN transcription was ATF4-independent. The increased expression of c-JUN was dependent on ATF2 and on activation of the MEK-ERK and JNK arms of the MAPK signaling pathways. Formation of c-JUN-ATF2-activated heterodimers was increased after AA limitation, and c-JUN or ATF2 knockdown suppressed the induction of c-JUN and other AAR target genes. AA deprivation triggers a feed-forward process that involves phosphorylation of existing c-JUN protein by JNK and subsequent auto-activation of the c-JUN gene by recruitment of c-JUN and ATF2 to two AP-1 sites within the proximal promoter. The results document the novel observation that AP-1 sequences within the c-JUN gene can function as transcriptional amino acid-response elements.
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- Lingchen Fu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shands Cancer Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
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Lewerenz J, Maher P. Control of redox state and redox signaling by neural antioxidant systems. Antioxid Redox Signal 2011; 14:1449-65. [PMID: 20812872 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2010.3600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The glutathione/glutathione disulfide (GSH/GSSG) redox pair forms the major redox couple in cells and as such plays a critical role in regulating redox-dependent cellular functions. Not only does GSH act as an antioxidant but it can also modulate the activity of a variety of different proteins. An impairment in GSH status is thought to be the precipitating event in a wide range of neurological disorders. Therefore, understanding how to maintain GSH in the CNS could provide a valuable therapeutic approach. Intracellular GSH levels are regulated by a complex series of pathways that include substrate transport and availability, rates of synthesis and regeneration, GSH utilization, and GSH efflux. To date, the most effective approaches for maintaining GSH levels in the CNS include enhancing cyst(e)ine uptake both directly and indirectly via transcriptional upregulation of system x(c)(-), increasing GSH synthesis via transcriptional upregulation of the rate limiting enzyme in GSH biosynthesis, and decreasing GSH utilization. Among the transcription factors that play critical roles in GSH metabolism are NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4). Thus, compounds that can upregulate these transcription factors may be particularly useful in promoting the functional maintenance of the CNS through their effects on GSH metabolism.
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- Jan Lewerenz
- Department for Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Rudell JB, Rechs AJ, Kelman TJ, Ross-Inta CM, Hao S, Gietzen DW. The anterior piriform cortex is sufficient for detecting depletion of an indispensable amino acid, showing independent cortical sensory function. J Neurosci 2011; 31:1583-90. [PMID: 21289166 PMCID: PMC3069657 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4934-10.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2010] [Revised: 10/28/2010] [Accepted: 11/29/2010] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Protein synthesis requires a continuous supply of all of the indispensable (essential) amino acids (IAAs). If any IAA is deficient, animals must obtain the limiting amino acid by diet selection. Sensing of IAA deficiency requires an intact anterior piriform cortex (APC), but does it act alone? Shortly after rats begin eating an IAA-deficient diet, the meal ends and EPSPs are activated in the APC; from there, neurons project to feeding circuits; the meal ends within 20 min. Within the APC in vivo, uncharged tRNA activates the general amino acid control non-derepressing 2 (GCN2) enzyme system increasing phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor (P-eIF2α), which blocks general protein synthesis. If this paleocortex is sufficient for sensing IAA depletion, both neuronal activation and P-eIF2α should occur in an isolated APC slice. We used standard techniques for electrophysiology and immunohistochemistry. After rats ate IAA-devoid or -imbalanced diets, their depleted slices responded to different stimuli with increased EPSP amplitudes. Slices from rats fed a control diet were bathed in artificial CSF replete with all amino acids with or without the IAA, threonine, or a tRNA synthetase blocker, l-threoninol, or its inactive isomer, d-threoninol. Thr depletion in vitro increased both EPSP amplitudes and P-eIF2α. l (but not d)-threoninol also increased EPSP amplitudes relative to control. Thus, we show independent excitation of the APC with responses parallel to those known in vivo. These data suggest a novel idea: in addition to classical processing of peripheral sensory input, direct primary sensing may occur in mammalian cortex.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, California 95819, and
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- Preventive Veterinary Medicine Program, School of Veterinary Medicine
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616
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Carraro V, Maurin AC, Lambert-Langlais S, Averous J, Chaveroux C, Parry L, Jousse C, Örd D, Örd T, Fafournoux P, Bruhat A. Amino acid availability controls TRB3 transcription in liver through the GCN2/eIF2α/ATF4 pathway. PLoS One 2010; 5:e15716. [PMID: 21203563 PMCID: PMC3006201 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2010] [Accepted: 11/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In mammals, plasma amino acid concentrations are markedly affected by dietary or pathological conditions. It has been well established that amino acids are involved in the control of gene expression. Up to now, all the information concerning the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of gene transcription by amino acid availability has been obtained in cultured cell lines. The present study aims to investigate the mechanisms involved in transcriptional activation of the TRB3 gene following amino acid limitation in mice liver. The results show that TRB3 is up-regulated in the liver of mice fed a leucine-deficient diet and that this induction is quickly reversible. Using transient transfection and chromatin immunoprecipitation approaches in hepatoma cells, we report the characterization of a functional Amino Acid Response Element (AARE) in the TRB3 promoter and the binding of ATF4, ATF2 and C/EBPβ to this AARE sequence. We also provide evidence that only the binding of ATF4 to the AARE plays a crucial role in the amino acid-regulated transcription of TRB3. In mouse liver, we demonstrate that the GCN2/eIF2α/ATF4 pathway is essential for the induction of the TRB3 gene transcription in response to a leucine-deficient diet. Therefore, this work establishes for the first time that the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of gene transcription by amino acid availability are functional in mouse liver.
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- Valérie Carraro
- INRA, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Saint Genès Champanelle, France
- Université Clermont 1, UFR Médecine, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Saint Genès Champanelle, France
- Université Clermont 1, UFR Médecine, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Saint Genès Champanelle, France
- Université Clermont 1, UFR Médecine, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Saint Genès Champanelle, France
- Université Clermont 1, UFR Médecine, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Saint Genès Champanelle, France
- Université Clermont 1, UFR Médecine, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Saint Genès Champanelle, France
- Université Clermont 1, UFR Médecine, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- INRA, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Saint Genès Champanelle, France
- Université Clermont 1, UFR Médecine, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- * E-mail: (PF); (AB)
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- INRA, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Saint Genès Champanelle, France
- Université Clermont 1, UFR Médecine, UMR 1019 Nutrition Humaine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- * E-mail: (PF); (AB)
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Fu HY, Okada KI, Liao Y, Tsukamoto O, Isomura T, Asai M, Sawada T, Okuda K, Asano Y, Sanada S, Asanuma H, Asakura M, Takashima S, Komuro I, Kitakaze M, Minamino T. Ablation of C/EBP homologous protein attenuates endoplasmic reticulum-mediated apoptosis and cardiac dysfunction induced by pressure overload. Circulation 2010; 122:361-9. [PMID: 20625112 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.109.917914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Apoptosis may contribute to the development of heart failure, but the role of apoptotic signaling initiated by the endoplasmic reticulum in this condition has not been well clarified. METHODS AND RESULTS In myocardial samples from patients with heart failure, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction revealed an increase in messenger RNA for C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP), a transcriptional factor that mediates endoplasmic reticulum-initiated apoptotic cell death. We performed transverse aortic constriction or sham operation on wild-type (WT) and CHOP-deficient mice. The CHOP-deficient mice showed less cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, and cardiac dysfunction compared with WT mice at 4 weeks after transverse aortic constriction, although the contractility of isolated cardiomyocytes from CHOP-deficient mice was not significantly different from that in the WT mice. In the hearts of CHOP-deficient mice, phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2alpha, which may reduce protein translation, was enhanced compared with WT mice. In the hearts of WT mice, CHOP-increased apoptotic cell death with activation of caspase-3 was observed at 4 weeks after transverse aortic constriction. In contrast, CHOP-deficient mice had less apoptotic cell death and lower caspase-3 activation at 4 weeks after transverse aortic constriction. Furthermore, the Bcl2/Bax ratio was decreased in WT mice, whereas this change was significantly blunted in CHOP-deficient mice. Real-time polymerase chain reaction microarray analysis revealed that CHOP could regulate several Bcl2 family members in failing hearts. CONCLUSIONS We propose the novel concept that CHOP, which may modify protein translation and mediate endoplasmic reticulum-initiated apoptotic cell death, contributes to development of cardiac hypertrophy and failure induced by pressure overload.
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- Hai Ying Fu
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
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Chaveroux C, Lambert-Langlais S, Cherasse Y, Averous J, Parry L, Carraro V, Jousse C, Maurin AC, Bruhat A, Fafournoux P. Molecular mechanisms involved in the adaptation to amino acid limitation in mammals. Biochimie 2010; 92:736-45. [PMID: 20188139 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2010.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2009] [Accepted: 02/16/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In mammals, metabolic adaptations are required to cope with episodes of protein deprivation and malnutrition. Consequently, mammals have to adjust physiological functions involved in the adaptation to amino acid availability. Part of this regulation involves the modulation of the expression of numerous genes. In particular, it has been shown that amino acids by themselves can modify the expression of target genes. This review describes the regulation of amino acids homeostasis and the their role as signal molecules. The recent advances in the understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in the control of mammalian gene expression in response to amino acid limitation will be described.
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- Cédric Chaveroux
- Unité de Nutrition Humaine, UMR 1019, INRA de Theix, 63122 Saint Genès Champanelle, France
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Protein synthesis and its control in neuronal cells with a focus on vanishing white matter disease. Biochem Soc Trans 2009; 37:1298-310. [DOI: 10.1042/bst0371298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Protein synthesis (also termed mRNA translation) is a key step in the expression of a cell's genetic information, in which the information contained within the coding region of the mRNA is used to direct the synthesis of the new protein, a process that is catalysed by the ribosome. Protein synthesis must be tightly controlled, to ensure the right proteins are made in the right amounts at the right time, and must be accurate, to avoid errors that could lead to the production of defective and potentially damaging proteins. In addition to the ribosome, protein synthesis also requires proteins termed translation factors, which mediate specific steps of the process. The first major stage of mRNA translation is termed ‘initiation’ and involves the recruitment of the ribosome to the mRNA and the identification of the correct start codon to commence translation. In eukaryotic cells, this process requires a set of eIFs (eukaryotic initiation factors). During the second main stage of translation, ‘elongation’, the ribosome traverses the coding region of the mRNA, assembling the new polypeptide: this process requires eEFs (eukaryotic elongation factors). Control of eEF2 is important in certain neurological processes. It is now clear that defects in eIFs or in their control can give rise to a number of diseases. This paper provides an overview of translation initiation and its control mechanisms, particularly those examined in neuronal cells. A major focus concerns an inherited neurological condition termed VHM (vanishing white matter) or CACH (childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelination). VWM/CACH is caused by mutations in the translation initiation factor, eIF2B, a component of the basal translational machinery in all cells.
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The sensing of essential amino acid deficiency in the anterior piriform cortex, that requires the uncharged tRNA/GCN2 pathway, is sensitive to wortmannin but not rapamycin. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2009; 94:333-40. [PMID: 19800362 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2009] [Revised: 09/11/2009] [Accepted: 09/21/2009] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Animals detect and reject their first essential/indispensable amino acid (IAA) deficient meal within 20min; this IAA sensing requires an intact anterior piriform cortex (APC). In the biochemical responses to IAA deficiency in the APC we have shown that: uncharged tRNA is the primary sensor; IAA transport is increased; and signaling, including the extracellular-regulated kinase (ERK1/2), is activated. The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a potential AA sensor and is regulated by AA transport. Previously, the inhibitors, rapamycin for mTOR, wortmannin for phosphoinositide 3 kinase (PI3K) and PD98059 for ERK, each blocked the upregulation of the System A transporter in IAA depleted APC neurons. Here we injected these same inhibitors into the APC and measured intake of an IAA deficient diet. Rapamycin had no effect on the rejection of the IAA deficient diet, but wortmannin increased ERK activation and intake of the deficient diet before 40min and PD98059 acted after 40min to increase the second meal. While the specific wortmannin target involved in blocking the behavioral response remains unclear, we conclude that mTOR is dispensable for sensing IAA deficiency in the APC, and that ERK is associated with the secondary learned responses to IAA deficient diets.
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O'Connor T, Sadleir KR, Maus E, Velliquette RA, Zhao J, Cole SL, Eimer WA, Hitt B, Bembinster LA, Lammich S, Lichtenthaler SF, Hébert SS, De Strooper B, Haass C, Bennett DA, Vassar R. Phosphorylation of the translation initiation factor eIF2alpha increases BACE1 levels and promotes amyloidogenesis. Neuron 2009; 60:988-1009. [PMID: 19109907 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.10.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 327] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2008] [Revised: 09/16/2008] [Accepted: 10/17/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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beta-site APP cleaving enzyme-1 (BACE1), the rate-limiting enzyme for beta-amyloid (Abeta) production, is elevated in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we show that energy deprivation induces phosphorylation of the translation initiation factor eIF2alpha (eIF2alpha-P), which increases the translation of BACE1. Salubrinal, an inhibitor of eIF2alpha-P phosphatase PP1c, directly increases BACE1 and elevates Abeta production in primary neurons. Preventing eIF2alpha phosphorylation by transfection with constitutively active PP1c regulatory subunit, dominant-negative eIF2alpha kinase PERK, or PERK inhibitor P58(IPK) blocks the energy-deprivation-induced BACE1 increase. Furthermore, chronic treatment of aged Tg2576 mice with energy inhibitors increases levels of eIF2alpha-P, BACE1, Abeta, and amyloid plaques. Importantly, eIF2alpha-P and BACE1 are elevated in aggressive plaque-forming 5XFAD transgenic mice, and BACE1, eIF2alpha-P, and amyloid load are correlated in humans with AD. These results strongly suggest that eIF2alpha phosphorylation increases BACE1 levels and causes Abeta overproduction, which could be an early, initiating molecular mechanism in sporadic AD.
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- Tracy O'Connor
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Lewerenz J, Maher P. Basal levels of eIF2alpha phosphorylation determine cellular antioxidant status by regulating ATF4 and xCT expression. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:1106-15. [PMID: 19017641 PMCID: PMC2613630 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m807325200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2008] [Revised: 11/10/2008] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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eIF2alpha is part of a multimeric complex that regulates cap-dependent translation. Phosphorylation of eIF2alpha (phospho-eIF2alpha) is induced by various forms of cell stress, resulting in changes to the proteome of the cell with two diametrically opposed consequences, adaptation to stress or initiation of programmed cell death. In contrast to the robust eIF2alpha phosphorylation seen in response to acute insults, less is known about the functional role of basal levels of eIF2alpha phosphorylation. Here we show that mouse embryonic fibroblasts expressing a nonphosphorylatable eIF2alpha have enhanced sensitivity to diverse toxic insults, including amyloid beta-(1-42) peptide (Abeta), a key factor in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease. This correlates with impaired glutathione metabolism because of down-regulation of the light chain, xCT, of the cystine/glutamate antiporter system X(-)(c). The mechanistic link between the absence of phospho-eIF2alpha and xCT expression is nuclear factor ATF4. Consistent with these findings, long term activation of the phospho-eIF2alpha/ATF4/xCT signaling module by the specific eIF2alpha phosphatase inhibitor, salubrinal, induces resistance against oxidative glutamate toxicity in the hippocampal cell line HT22 and primary cortical neurons. Furthermore, in PC12 cells selected for resistance against Abeta, increased activity of the phospho-eIF2alpha/ATF4/xCT module contributes to the resistant phenotype. In wild-type PC12 cells, activation of this module by salubrinal ameliorates the response to Abeta. Furthermore, in human brains, ATF4 and phospho-eIF2alpha levels are tightly correlated and up-regulated in Alzheimer disease, most probably representing an adaptive response against disease-related cellular stress rather than a correlate of neurodegeneration.
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- Jan Lewerenz
- Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Walrand S, Guillet C, Salles J, Tardif N, Maurin AC, Fafournoux P, Cano N, Boirie Y. Acides aminés et signalisation cellulaire. NUTR CLIN METAB 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nupar.2008.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Watanabe S, Kirino Y, Gelperin A. Neural and molecular mechanisms of microcognition in Limax. Learn Mem 2008; 15:633-42. [DOI: 10.1101/lm920908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bittencourt S, Pereira CM, Avedissian M, Delamano A, Mello LE, Castilho BA. Distribution of the protein IMPACT, an inhibitor of GCN2, in the mouse, rat, and marmoset brain. J Comp Neurol 2008; 507:1811-30. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.21652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Costa-Mattioli M, Sonenberg N. Translational control of gene expression: a molecular switch for memory storage. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2008; 169:81-95. [PMID: 18394469 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(07)00005-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A critical requirement for the conversion of the labile short-term memory (STM) into the consolidated long-term memory (LTM) is new gene expression (new mRNAs and protein synthesis). The first clues to the molecular mechanisms of the switch from short-term to LTM emerged from studies on protein synthesis in different species. Initially, it was shown that LTM can be distinguished from STM by its susceptibility to protein synthesis inhibitors. Later, it was found that long-lasting synaptic changes, which are believed to be a key cellular mechanism by which information is stored, are also dependent on new protein synthesis. Although the role of protein synthesis in memory was reported more than 40 years ago, recent molecular, genetic, and biochemical studies have provided fresh insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying these processes. In this chapter, we provide an overview of the role of translational control by the eIF2alpha signaling pathway in long-term synaptic plasticity and memory consolidation.
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- Mauro Costa-Mattioli
- Department of Biochemistry and McGill Cancer Center, 3655 Promendde Sir William Osler, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
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Tremblay F, Lavigne C, Jacques H, Marette A. Role of Dietary Proteins and Amino Acids in the Pathogenesis of Insulin Resistance. Annu Rev Nutr 2007; 27:293-310. [PMID: 17666010 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.25.050304.092545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Dietary proteins and amino acids are important modulators of glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity. Although high intake of dietary proteins has positive effects on energy homeostasis by inducing satiety and possibly increasing energy expenditure, it has detrimental effects on glucose homeostasis by promoting insulin resistance and increasing gluconeogenesis. Varying the quality rather than the quantity of proteins has been shown to modulate insulin resistance induced by Western diets and has revealed that proteins derived from fish might have the most desirable effects on insulin sensitivity. In vitro and in vivo data also support an important role of amino acids in glucose homeostasis through modulation of insulin action on muscle glucose transport and hepatic glucose production, secretion of insulin and glucagon, as well as gene and protein expression in various tissues. Moreover, amino acid signaling is integrated by mammalian target of rapamycin, a nutrient sensor that operates a negative feedback loop toward insulin receptor substrate 1 signaling, promoting insulin resistance for glucose metabolism. This integration suggests that modulating dietary proteins and the flux of circulating amino acids generated by their consumption and digestion might underlie powerful new approaches to treat various metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.
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- Frédéric Tremblay
- Department of Anatomy & Physiology and Lipid Research Unit, Laval University Hospital Research Center, Québec, Canada
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Animals reject diets that lead to indispensable amino acid (IAA) depletion or deficiency. This behavior is adaptive, as continued IAA depletion is incompatible with maintenance of protein synthesis and survival. Following rejection of the diet, animals begin foraging for a better IAA source and develop conditioned aversions to cues associated with the deficient diet. These responses require a sensory system to detect the IAA depletion and alert the appropriate neural circuitry for the behavior. The chemosensor for IAA deprivation is in the highly excitable anterior piriform cortex (APC) of the brain. Recently, the well-conserved general AA control non-derepressing system of yeast was discovered to be activated by IAA deprivation via uncharged tRNA in mammalian APC. This system provides the sensory limb of the mechanism for recognition of IAA depletion that leads to activation of the APC, diet rejection, and subsequent adaptive strategies.
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- Dorothy W Gietzen
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Mitsuda T, Hayakawa Y, Itoh M, Ohta K, Nakagawa T. ATF4 regulates γ-secretase activity during amino acid imbalance. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 352:722-7. [PMID: 17141186 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.11.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2006] [Accepted: 11/14/2006] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Accumulation of amyloid-beta (Abeta), which is generated from amyloid precursor protein by gamma-secretase, in cerebral cortex is common and critical incident in Alzheimer disease. Specifically, presenilin is an essential for gamma-secretase activity. However, the regulation of presenilin expression, affecting gamma-secretase activity, remains obscure. We investigated mechanism controlling the expression of presenilin-1 (PS1) and gamma-secretase activity. We showed that PS1 is induced by activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4), regulated by GCN2 eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha (eIF2alpha) kinase. A chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis and an electrophoretic mobility shift assay demonstrated that ATF4 binds to the regulatory region of human PS1 gene. Through knockdown analysis, we observed that the secretion of Abeta (1-42) and induction of gamma-secretase cofactors are controlled by ATF4. These data indicate that ATF4 is critical for gamma-secretase activity, by which ATF4 mRNA is preferentially translated in response to eIF2alpha phosphorylation.
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- Teruhiko Mitsuda
- Department of Neurobiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan
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Joshi M, Jeoung N, Obayashi M, Hattab E, Brocken E, Liechty E, Kubek M, Vattem K, Wek R, Harris R. Impaired growth and neurological abnormalities in branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase kinase-deficient mice. Biochem J 2006; 400:153-62. [PMID: 16875466 PMCID: PMC1635446 DOI: 10.1042/bj20060869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The BCKDH (branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex) catalyses the rate-limiting step in the oxidation of BCAAs (branched-chain amino acids). Activity of the complex is regulated by a specific kinase, BDK (BCKDH kinase), which causes inactivation, and a phosphatase, BDP (BCKDH phosphatase), which causes activation. In the present study, the effect of the disruption of the BDK gene on growth and development of mice was investigated. BCKDH activity was much greater in most tissues of BDK-/- mice. This occurred in part because the E1 component of the complex cannot be phosphorylated due to the absence of BDK and also because greater than normal amounts of the E1 component were present in tissues of BDK-/- mice. Lack of control of BCKDH activity resulted in markedly lower blood and tissue levels of the BCAAs in BDK-/- mice. At 12 weeks of age, BDK-/- mice were 15% smaller than wild-type mice and their fur lacked normal lustre. Brain, muscle and adipose tissue weights were reduced, whereas weights of the liver and kidney were greater. Neurological abnormalities were apparent by hind limb flexion throughout life and epileptic seizures after 6-7 months of age. Inhibition of protein synthesis in the brain due to hyperphosphorylation of eIF2alpha (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2alpha) might contribute to the neurological abnormalities seen in BDK-/- mice. BDK-/- mice show significant improvement in growth and appearance when fed a high protein diet, suggesting that higher amounts of dietary BCAA can partially compensate for increased oxidation in BDK-/- mice. Disruption of the BDK gene establishes that regulation of BCKDH by phosphorylation is critically important for the regulation of oxidative disposal of BCAAs. The phenotype of the BDK-/- mice demonstrates the importance of tight regulation of oxidative disposal of BCAAs for normal growth and neurological function.
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- Mandar A. Joshi
- *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, U.S.A
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- *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, U.S.A
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- *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, U.S.A
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- †Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, U.S.A
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- †Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, U.S.A
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- ‡Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, U.S.A
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- §Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, U.S.A
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- *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, U.S.A
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- *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, U.S.A
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- *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, U.S.A
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Carnevalli L, Pereira C, Jaqueta C, Alves V, Paiva V, Vattem K, Wek R, Mello L, Castilho B. Phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of translation initiation factor-2 by PKR mediates protein synthesis inhibition in the mouse brain during status epilepticus. Biochem J 2006; 397:187-94. [PMID: 16492139 PMCID: PMC1479748 DOI: 10.1042/bj20051643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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In response to different cellular stresses, a family of protein kinases phosphorylates eIF2alpha (alpha subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor-2), contributing to regulation of both general and genespecific translation proposed to alleviate cellular injury or alternatively induce apoptosis. Recently, we reported eIF2alpha(P) (phosphorylated eIF2alpha) in the brain during SE (status epilepticus) induced by pilocarpine in mice, an animal model of TLE (temporal lobe epilepsy) [Carnevalli, Pereira, Longo, Jaqueta, Avedissian, Mello and Castilho (2004) Neurosci. Lett. 357, 191-194]. We show in the present study that one eIF2alpha kinase family member, PKR (double-stranded-RNA-dependent protein kinase), is activated in the cortex and hippocampus at 30 min of SE, reflecting the levels of eIF2alpha(P) in these areas. In PKR-deficient animals subjected to SE, eIF2alpha phosphorylation was clearly evident coincident with activation of a secondary eIF2alpha kinase, PEK/PERK (pancreatic eIF2alpha kinase/RNA-dependent-protein-kinase-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase), denoting a compensatory mechanism between the two kinases. The extent of eIF2alpha phosphorylation correlated with the inhibition of protein synthesis in the brain, as determined from polysome profiles. We also found that C57BL/6 mice, which enter SE upon pilocarpine administration but are more resistant to seizure-induced neuronal degeneration, showed very low levels of eIF2alpha(P) and no inhibition of protein synthesis during SE. These results taken together suggest that PKR-mediated phosphorylation of eIF2alpha contributes to inhibition of protein synthesis in the brain during SE and that sustained high levels of eIF2alpha phosphorylation may facilitate ensuing cell death in the most affected areas of the brain in TLE.
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- Larissa S. Carnevalli
- *Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 862, São Paulo, SP 04023-062, Brazil
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- *Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 862, São Paulo, SP 04023-062, Brazil
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- †Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 862, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- *Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 862, São Paulo, SP 04023-062, Brazil
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- *Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 862, São Paulo, SP 04023-062, Brazil
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- ‡Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A
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- ‡Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A
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- †Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 862, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- *Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 862, São Paulo, SP 04023-062, Brazil
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Sharp JW, Ross-Inta CM, Hao S, Rudell JB, Gietzen DW. Co-localization of phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases 1/2 (ERK1/2) and phosphorylated eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha (eIF2alpha) in response to a threonine-devoid diet. J Comp Neurol 2006; 494:485-94. [PMID: 16320252 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The anterior piriform cortex (APC) has been shown to be an essential brain structure for the detection of dietary indispensable amino acid (IAA) deficiency, but little has been known about possible molecular detection mechanisms. Increased phosphorylation of the alpha-subunit of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha (eIF2alpha) has been directly linked to amino acid deficiency in yeast. Recently, we have shown increased phosphorylation of eIF2alpha (p-eIF2alpha) in the rat APC 20 minutes after ingestion of an IAA-deficient meal. We suggest that if phosphorylation of eIF2alpha is an important mechanism in detection of IAA deficiency, then APC neurons that show p-eIF2alpha should also show molecular evidence of potentiation. The present research demonstrates increased expression and co-localization of p-eIF2alpha and phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1/2 (p-ERK1/2) in APC neurons, but not in the primary motor or agranular insular cortices in response to an IAA-deficient diet. ERK1/2 is an element of the mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade, an intraneuronal signaling mechanism associated with neuronal activation. The region of the APC that responds to IAA deficiency with increased p-eIF2alpha and p-ERK1/2 labeling ranges from 3.1 to 2.5 mm rostral of bregma. Within this region, only a few neurons respond to IAA deficiency with co-localization of abundant p-eIF2alpha and p-ERK1/2. These chemosensory neurons probably detect IAA deficiency and generate neuronal signaling to other portions of the brain, changing feeding behavior.
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- James W Sharp
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA.
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In response to environmental stresses, a family of protein kinases phosphorylate eIF2 (eukaryotic initiation factor 2) to alleviate cellular injury or alternatively induce apoptosis. Phosphorylation of eIF2 reduces global translation, allowing cells to conserve resources and to initiate a reconfiguration of gene expression to effectively manage stress conditions. Accompanying this general protein synthesis control, eIF2 phosphorylation induces translation of specific mRNAs, such as that encoding the bZIP (basic leucine zipper) transcriptional regulator ATF4 (activating transcription factor 4). ATF4 also enhances the expression of additional transcription factors, ATF3 and CHOP (CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein homologous protein)/GADD153 (growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible protein), that assist in the regulation of genes involved in metabolism, the redox status of the cells and apoptosis. Reduced translation by eIF2 phosphorylation can also lead to activation of stress-related transcription factors, such as NF-κB (nuclear factor κB), by lowering the steady-state levels of short-lived regulatory proteins such as IκB (inhibitor of NF-κB). While many of the genes induced by eIF2 phosphorylation are shared between different environmental stresses, eIF2 kinases function in conjunction with other stress-response pathways, such as those regulated by mitogen-activated protein kinases, to elicit gene expression programmes that are tailored for the specific stress condition. Loss of eIF2 kinase pathways can have important health consequences. Mice devoid of the eIF2 kinase GCN2 [general control non-derepressible-2 or EIF2AK4 (eIF2α kinase 4)] show sensitivity to nutritional deficiencies and aberrant eating behaviours, and deletion of PEK [pancreatic eIF2α kinase or PERK (RNA-dependent protein kinase-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase) or EIF2AK3] leads to neonatal insulin-dependent diabetes, epiphyseal dysplasia and hepatic and renal complications.
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Gietzen DW, Rogers QR. Nutritional homeostasis and indispensable amino acid sensing: a new solution to an old puzzle. Trends Neurosci 2006; 29:91-9. [PMID: 16406138 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2005.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2005] [Revised: 10/26/2005] [Accepted: 12/19/2005] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Indispensable amino acids are neither synthesized nor stored in animals and are rapidly depleted when not provided by the diet. To maintain homeostasis, organisms must sense deficiency of an indispensable amino acid and implement a repletion strategy. In rats and birds, the anterior piriform cortex houses the detector, but its mechanism has evaded description for >50 years. Recently, rapid detection of amino acid depletion was shown behaviorally when naïve animals, pre-fed a low nitrogen diet, terminated their first deficient meal within 20 min. The general amino acid control system of yeast, which is activated by amino acid deprivation via deacylated tRNA, was found to be active in rodent brain, showing conservation of amino acid sensory mechanisms across eukaryotic species.
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- Dorothy W Gietzen
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Pereira CM, Sattlegger E, Jiang HY, Longo BM, Jaqueta CB, Hinnebusch AG, Wek RC, Mello LEAM, Castilho BA. IMPACT, a protein preferentially expressed in the mouse brain, binds GCN1 and inhibits GCN2 activation. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:28316-23. [PMID: 15937339 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m408571200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Translational control directed by the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha-subunit (eIF2alpha) kinase GCN2 is important for coordinating gene expression programs in response to nutritional deprivation. The GCN2 stress response, conserved from yeast to mammals, is critical for resistance to nutritional deficiencies and for the control of feeding behaviors in rodents. The mouse protein IMPACT has sequence similarities to the yeast YIH1 protein, an inhibitor of GCN2. YIH1 competes with GCN2 for binding to a positive regulator, GCN1. Here, we present evidence that IMPACT is the functional counterpart of YIH1. Overexpression of IMPACT in yeast lowered both basal and amino acid starvation-induced levels of phosphorylated eIF2alpha, as described for YIH1 (31). Overexpression of IMPACT in mouse embryonic fibroblasts inhibited phosphorylation of eIF2alpha by GCN2 under leucine starvation conditions, abolishing expression of its downstream target genes, ATF4 (CREB-2) and CHOP (GADD153). IMPACT bound to the minimal yeast GCN1 segment required for interaction with yeast GCN2 and YIH1 and to native mouse GCN1. At the protein level, IMPACT was detected mainly in the brain. IMPACT was found to be abundant in the majority of hypothalamic neurons. Scattered neurons expressing this protein at higher levels were detected in other regions such as the hippocampus and piriform cortex. The abundance of IMPACT correlated inversely with phosphorylated eIF2alpha levels in different brain areas. These results suggest that IMPACT ensures constant high levels of translation and low levels of ATF4 and CHOP in specific neuronal cells under amino acid starvation conditions.
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- Cátia M Pereira
- Departamentos de Microbiologia, Imunologia, e Parasitologia and Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo SP 04023-062, Brazil
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In response to amino acid starvation, the kinase GCN2 in yeast activates amino acid biosynthesis. Two recent studies (Maurin et al., 2005; Hao et al., 2005) reveal that GCN2 in the brain of mice restricts intake of diets lacking essential amino acids.
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- Thomas E Dever
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Maurin AC, Jousse C, Averous J, Parry L, Bruhat A, Cherasse Y, Zeng H, Zhang Y, Harding HP, Ron D, Fafournoux P. The GCN2 kinase biases feeding behavior to maintain amino acid homeostasis in omnivores. Cell Metab 2005; 1:273-7. [PMID: 16054071 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2005.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2005] [Revised: 03/21/2005] [Accepted: 03/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To insure an adequate supply of nutrients, omnivores choose among available food sources. This process is exemplified by the well-characterized innate aversion of omnivores to otherwise nutritious foods of imbalanced amino acid content. We report that brain-specific inactivation of GCN2, a ubiquitously expressed protein kinase that phosphorylates translation initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2alpha) in response to intracellular amino acid deficiency, impairs this aversive response. GCN2 inactivation also diminishes phosphorylated eIF2alpha levels in the mouse anterior piriform cortex following consumption of an imbalanced meal. An ancient intracellular signal transduction pathway responsive to amino acid deficiency thus affects feeding behavior by activating a neuronal circuit that biases consumption against imbalanced food sources.
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- Anne-Catherine Maurin
- Unité de Nutrition et Métabolisme Protéique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Theix, 63122 Saint Genès-Champanelle, France
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Hao S, Sharp JW, Ross-Inta CM, McDaniel BJ, Anthony TG, Wek RC, Cavener DR, McGrath BC, Rudell JB, Koehnle TJ, Gietzen DW. Uncharged tRNA and sensing of amino acid deficiency in mammalian piriform cortex. Science 2005; 307:1776-8. [PMID: 15774759 DOI: 10.1126/science.1104882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 267] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Recognizing a deficiency of indispensable amino acids (IAAs) for protein synthesis is vital for dietary selection in metazoans, including humans. Cells in the brain's anterior piriform cortex (APC) are sensitive to IAA deficiency, signaling diet rejection and foraging for complementary IAA sources, but the mechanism is unknown. Here we report that the mechanism for recognizing IAA-deficient foods follows the conserved general control (GC) system, wherein uncharged transfer RNA induces phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2) via the GC nonderepressing 2 (GCN2) kinase. Thus, a basic mechanism of nutritional stress management functions in mammalian brain to guide food selection for survival.
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- Shuzhen Hao
- School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Blevins JE, Truong BG, Gietzen DW. NMDA receptor function within the anterior piriform cortex and lateral hypothalamus in rats on the control of intake of amino acid-deficient diets. Brain Res 2004; 1019:124-33. [PMID: 15306246 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.05.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/25/2004] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Animals decrease intake of an indispensable amino acid (AA)-deficient or devoid diet, due in part to decreased dietary limiting AA (DLAA) concentrations within the anterior piriform cortex (APC), and to a recognition process that occurs as early as 20 min following exposure to AA deficiencies. Glutamate levels within the APC change in response to AA deficiencies. The APC projects to the lateral hypothalamus (LH), where glutamate acts to stimulate food intake. We hypothesize that the APC, through glutamatergic projections to the LH, inhibits the LH, which signals to reject the AA-deficient or devoid diet, and trigger aversions to the AA-deficient or devoid diet via an ascending pathway to the APC. We examined the effects of (1) bilateral APC and LH blockade of glutamate's NMDA receptors with the antagonist, D-AP5, (2) APC blockade of AMPA receptors with the antagonist, NBQX, to block glutamate transmission from the APC, and (3) direct injection of the agonist, NMDA, into the LH on intake of the AA-deficient, devoid, or corrected diet. Administration of D-AP5 into the APC increased intake of AA-deficient diet by 6 h, but D-AP5 in the LH decreased AA-devoid diet preferentially over AA corrected intake sooner. NBQX in the APC increased AA-deficient diet intake, also at 6 h. NMDA injection into the LH-stimulated intake of the AA corrected diet by 3 h, but did not affect AA-devoid diet intake. Thus, the glutamate receptors in the APC and LH are involved in the feeding responses to AA-deficient diet, albeit with regional differences. We suggest that glutamate mediates the anorectic responses to AA-deficient diets through recognition of AA-devoid diet with the glutamatergic output cells of the APC sending glutamate-based signals for changes in food intake within the LH and through learned avoidance of AA-deficient diet within the APC, as indicated through the more immediate and prolonged periods of activation within the LH and APC, respectively.
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- J Ernie Blevins
- Division of Endocrinology/Metabolism, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department Medicine, University of Washington, Research Service (151), 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA.
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Anthony TG, McDaniel BJ, Byerley RL, McGrath BC, Cavener DR, McNurlan MA, Wek RC. Preservation of liver protein synthesis during dietary leucine deprivation occurs at the expense of skeletal muscle mass in mice deleted for eIF2 kinase GCN2. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:36553-61. [PMID: 15213227 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m404559200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In eukaryotic cells, amino acid depletion reduces translation by a mechanism involving phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor-2 (eIF2). Herein we describe that mice lacking the eIF2 kinase, general control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2) fail to alter the phosphorylation of this initiation factor in liver, and are moribund in response to dietary leucine restriction. Wild-type (GCN2(+/+)) and two strains of GCN2 null (GCN2(-/-)) mice were provided a nutritionally complete diet or a diet devoid of leucine or glycine for 1 h or 6 days. In wild-type mice, dietary leucine restriction resulted in loss of body weight and liver mass, yet mice remained healthy. In contrast, a significant proportion of GCN2(-/-) mice died within 6 days of the leucine-deficient diet. Protein synthesis in wild-type livers was decreased concomitant with increased phosphorylation of eIF2 and decreased phosphorylation of 4E-BP1 and S6K1, translation regulators controlled nutritionally by mammalian target of rapamycin. Whereas translation in the liver was decreased independent of GCN2 activity in mice fed a leucine-free diet for 1 h, protein synthesis in GCN2(-/-) mice at day 6 was enhanced to levels measured in mice fed the complete diet. Interestingly, in addition to a block in eIF2 phosphorylation, phosphorylation of 4E-BP1 and S6K1 was not decreased in GCN2(-/-) mice deprived of leucine for 6 days. This suggests that GCN2 activity can also contribute to nutritional regulation of the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway. As a result of the absence of these translation inhibitory signals, liver weights were preserved and instead, skeletal muscle mass was reduced in GCN2(-/-) mice fed a leucine-free diet. This study indicates that loss of GCN2 eIF2 kinase activity shifts the normal maintenance of protein mass away from skeletal muscle to provide substrate for continued hepatic translation.
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- Tracy G Anthony
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Evansville, IN 47712, USA.
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