Attie Alan D
Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
J Clin Invest. 2004 Apr;113(8):1112-4. doi: 10.1172/JCI21450.
Lipogenesis is regulated by sterols and by insulin through the regulated expression and activation of the sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs). A new study shows one way in which sterol and insulin regulation can be decoupled. In transgenic mice overexpressing a protein that regulates SREBP activation, lipogenesis is more sensitive to cholesterol and less sensitive to insulin.
脂肪生成受固醇类物质和胰岛素的调节,通过固醇调节元件结合蛋白(SREBPs)的表达调控和激活来实现。一项新研究揭示了一种能使固醇和胰岛素调节脱钩的方式。在过度表达一种调节SREBP激活蛋白的转基因小鼠中,脂肪生成对胆固醇更为敏感,而对胰岛素的敏感性降低。