Abstract
Serotonin (5-HT) is a hormone that has been implicated in the regulation of many physiological and pathological events. One of the most intriguing properties of this hormone is its ability to up-regulate mitosis. Moreover, 5-HT stimulates glucose uptake and up-regulates PFK activity through the 5-HT2A receptor, resulting in the phosphorylation of a tyrosine residue of PFK and the intracellular redistribution of PFK within skeletal muscle. The present study investigated some of the signaling intermediates involved in the effects of 5-HT on 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase (PFK) regulation from skeletal muscle using kinetic assessments, immunoprecipitation, and western blotting assays. Our results demonstrate that 5-HT stimulates PFK from skeletal muscle via phospholipase C (PLC). The activation of PLC in skeletal muscle leads to the recruitment of protein kinase C (PKC) and calmodulin and the stimulation of calmodulin kinase II, which associates with PFK upon 5-HT action. Alternatively, 5-HT loses its ability to up-regulate PFK activity when Janus kinase is inhibited, suggesting that 5-HT is able to control glycolytic flux in the skeletal muscle of mice by recruiting different pathways and controlling PFK activity.
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Abbreviations
- 5-HT:
-
5-Hydroxytryptamine, serotonin
- CaMK II:
-
Calcium–calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II
- f-actin:
-
Filamentous actin
- F6P:
-
Fructose-6-phosphate
- GLUT:
-
Glucose transporter
- GPCRs:
-
G-protein-coupled receptors
- KN-62:
-
1-[N,O-Bis(5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-N-methyl-l-tyrosyl]-4-phenylpiperazine
- PFK:
-
6-Phosphofructo-1-kinase
- PI3 K:
-
Phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate kinase
- PKC:
-
Protein kinase C
- PLC:
-
Phospholipase C
- PMA:
-
Phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate
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This study was supported by grants from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Programa de Oncobiologia) and Programa de Núcleos de Excelência (PRONEX).
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Coelho, W.S., Sola-Penna, M. Serotonin regulates 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase activity in a PLC–PKC–CaMK II- and Janus kinase-dependent signaling pathway. Mol Cell Biochem 372, 211–220 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-012-1462-0
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