Protein Kinase A Suppresses Sterol Regulatory Element-binding Protein-1C Expression via Phosphorylation of Liver X Receptor in the Liver*

Sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP)-1c is a transcription factor that controls synthesis of fatty acids and triglycerides in the liver and is highly regulated by nutrition and hormones. In the current studies we show that protein kinase A (PKA), a mediator of glucagon/cAMP, a fasting signaling, suppresses SREBP-1c by modulating the activity of liver X receptor α (LXRα), a dominant activator of SREBP-1c expression. Activation of PKA repressed LXR-induced SREBP-1c expression both in rat primary hepatocytes and mouse livers. Promoter analyses revealed that the LXRα-binding site in the SREBP-1c promoter is responsible for PKA inhibitory effect on SREBP-1c transcription. In vitro and in vivo PKA directly phosphorylated LXRα, and the two consensus PKA target sites (195, 196 serines and 290, 291 serines) in its ligand binding/heterodimerization domain were crucial for the inhibition of LXR signaling. PKA phosphorylation of LXRα caused impaired DNA binding activity by preventing LXRα/RXR dimerization and decreased its transcription activity by inhibiting recruitment of coactivator SCR-1 and enhancing recruitment of corepressor NcoR1. These results indicate that LXRα is regulated not only by oxysterol derivatives but also by PKA-mediated phosphorylation, which suggests that nutritional regulation of SREBP-1c and lipogenesis could be regulated at least partially through modulation of LXR.

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