Wek Ronald C, Anthony Tracy G
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
Cell Metab. 2006 Nov;4(5):333-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2006.10.006.
In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Daniel Drucker and colleagues (Yusta et al., 2006) explore how the incretin mimetic exendin-4 improves beta cell function and survival during ER stress. Their findings suggest that protein kinase A signaling elicited by GLP-1 receptor activation differentially modulates one arm of the unfolded protein response (UPR). Regulation of this UPR pathway leads to enhanced translational expression of ATF4, a transcription factor central for stress remedy and cell survival.
在本期《细胞代谢》中,丹尼尔·德鲁克及其同事(尤斯塔等人,2006年)探讨了肠促胰岛素类似物艾塞那肽-4如何在内质网应激期间改善β细胞功能和存活。他们的研究结果表明,由胰高血糖素样肽-1受体激活引发的蛋白激酶A信号传导差异性地调节未折叠蛋白反应(UPR)的一个分支。对这条UPR途径的调节导致转录因子ATF4的翻译表达增强,ATF4是应激补救和细胞存活的关键转录因子。