Regulation of lipid metabolism by the AMP-activated protein kinase
Regulation of lipid metabolism by the AMP-activated protein kinase
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DOI:
10.1042/bst0251229
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发表时间:
1997-11-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Hawley, S
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作者:
Hardie, DG;Corton, J;Hawley, S
The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is the central component of a protein kinase cascade which plays an important role in the regulation of many different aspects of lipid metabolism [1, 2]. AMPK is activated 50-to 100-fold by phosphorylation by an upstream protein kinase, AMPK kinase (AMPKK)[3]. The key regulators of the AMPK cascade currently appear to be S’-AMP and ATP. AMP activates the system through no less than four mechanisms [4-61:(1) direct allosteric activation (up to 5-fold);(2) binding to AMPK, making it a better substrate for AMPKK;(3) binding to AMPK, making it a worse substrate for the inactivating phosphatase, protein phosphatase-2C; and (4) allosteric activation of AMPKK. High levels of ATP antagonize effects (1) and (3) of AMP [4, 6], and also antagonize the effect of AMP on phosphorylation of AMPK by AMPKK [3], although in this case it is not yet clear whether the effect is to oppose mechanism (2) or (4), or both. Multiple isoforms of AMPK have been identifiedThese multiple inputs of AMP mean that, above a certain threshold concentration, a small rise in AMP will produce a large activation of the downstream kinase. The effect of AMP will also be antagonized by high concentrations of ATP. In the intact cell, ATP and AMP vary in a reciprocal manner, due to the action of adenylate kinase, which maintains the reaction 2ADPct ATP+ AMP close to equilibrium (I&% 1). In normal, fully energized cells, the ATP: ADP ratio is maintained at a high level by oxidative phosphorylation, and adenylate kinase then keeps AMP concentrations very low. However, if the cell experiences some stress that interferes with ATP production and lowers the ATP: ADP ratio, the adenylate kinase equilibrium is displaced to the right and the AMP: ATP ratio rises (approximately as the square of the ADP: ATP ratio), thus activating the AMPK system [7]. One of the original [8] and now well estab-