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- Title
p21-activated kinase 4 suppresses fatty acid β-oxidation and ketogenesis by phosphorylating NCoR1.
- Authors
Shi, Min Yan; Yu, Hwang Chan; Han, Chang Yeob; Bang, In Hyuk; Park, Ho Sung; Jang, Kyu Yun; Lee, Sangkyu; Son, Jeong Bum; Kim, Nam Doo; Park, Byung-Hyun; Bae, Eun Ju
- Abstract
PPARα corepressor NCoR1 is a key regulator of fatty acid β-oxidation and ketogenesis. However, its regulatory mechanism is largely unknown. Here, we report that oncoprotein p21-activated kinase 4 (PAK4) is an NCoR1 kinase. Specifically, PAK4 phosphorylates NCoR1 at T1619/T2124, resulting in an increase in its nuclear localization and interaction with PPARα, thereby repressing the transcriptional activity of PPARα. We observe impaired ketogenesis and increases in PAK4 protein and NCoR1 phosphorylation levels in liver tissues of high fat diet-fed mice, NAFLD patients, and hepatocellular carcinoma patients. Forced overexpression of PAK4 in mice represses ketogenesis and thereby increases hepatic fat accumulation, whereas genetic ablation or pharmacological inhibition of PAK4 exhibites an opposite phenotype. Interestingly, PAK4 protein levels are significantly suppressed by fasting, largely through either cAMP/PKA- or Sirt1-mediated ubiquitination and proteasome degradation. In this way, our findings provide evidence for a PAK4-NCoR1/PPARα signaling pathway that regulates fatty acid β-oxidation and ketogenesis. PPARα corepressor NCoR1 is a key regulator of fatty acid β-oxidation and ketogenesis. Here, the authors demonstrate that p21-activated kinase 4 phosphorylates NCoR1 at T1619/T2124, resulting in PPARα transrepression and ketone body reduction.
- Subjects
FATTY acids; KETONES; ADIPOSE tissues; HEPATOCELLULAR carcinoma; CELLULAR signal transduction
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-023-40597-z