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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 335, Issue 1-2, Pages 91-105Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-009-0246-7
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AMP-activated protein kinase; Acetyl-CoA carboxylase; Gluconeogenesis; Mitochondrial biogenesis; Metabolic rate depression; Estivation
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada [OPG 6793]
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In response to energy stress (and elevated AMP), the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) coordinates the restoration of energy homeostasis. We determined that AMPK is activated in a model system (desert snail Otala lactea) during a physiological state of profound metabolic rate depression (estivation) in the absence of a rise in AMP. Kinetic characterization indicated a strong increase in AMPK activity and phosphorylation in estivation, consistent with an increase in P-Ser428 LKB, an established regulator of AMPK. Accordingly, similar to 2-fold increases in AMPK alpha 1 protein and activity were observed with LKB1 immunoprecipitates from estivating snails. In vitro studies determined that AMPK in crude extracts was activated in the presence of cGMP and deactivated in conditions that permitted protein phosphatase type-2A (PP2A) activity. Furthermore, AMPK alpha 1 protein and activity increased in PKG immunoprecipitates from estivating tissues, suggesting a novel role for PKG in the regulation of AMPK in vivo. We evaluated several downstream targets of AMPK. Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) activity was strongly inhibited in estivation, consistent with increased P-Ser79 content, and in vitro stimulation of AMPK negated citrate's ability to stimulate ACC aggregation. Analysis of other targets revealed a strong decrease in PPAR gamma-coactivator 1 alpha expression in both tissues, which was related to decreased gluconeogenic protein expression in hepatic tissue, but no changes in mitochondrial biogenesis markers in muscle. We concluded that AMPK activation in O. lactea aids in facilitating the suppression of anabolic pathways, without necessarily activating ATP-generating catabolism.
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