Roles of protein arginine methyltransferases in the control of glucose metabolism
- Authors
- Han, H.-S.; Choi, D.; Choi, S.; Koo, S.-H.
- Issue Date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Korean Endocrine Society
- Keywords
- Glucose metabolism; Liver; Protein-arginine N-methyltransferases
- Citation
- Endocrinology and Metabolism, v.29, no.4, pp.435 - 440
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Volume
- 29
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 435
- End Page
- 440
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/100827
- DOI
- 10.3803/EnM.2014.29.4.435
- ISSN
- 2093-596X
- Abstract
- Glucose homeostasis is tightly controlled by the regulation of glucose production in the liver and glucose uptake into peripheral tissues, such as skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. Under prolonged fasting, hepatic gluconeogenesis is mainly responsible for glucose production in the liver, which is essential for tissues, organs, and cells, such as skeletal muscle, the brain, and red blood cells. Hepatic gluconeogenesis is controlled in part by the concerted actions of transcriptional regulators. Fasting signals are relayed by various intracellular enzymes, such as kinases, phosphatases, acetyltransferases, and deacetylases, which affect the transcriptional activity of transcription factors and transcriptional coactivators for gluconeogenic genes. Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) were recently added to the list of enzymes that are critical for regulating transcription in hepatic gluconeogenesis. In this review, we briefly discuss general aspects of PRMTs in the control of transcription. More specifically, we summarize the roles of four PRMTs: PRMT1, PRMT 4, PRMT 5, and PRMT 6, in the control of hepatic gluconeogenesis through specific regulation of FoxO1- and CREB-dependent transcriptional events. © 2014 Korean Endocrine Society.
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