Insulin acutely decreases hepatic fatty acid synthase activity

Sonia M. Najjar, Yan Yang, Mats A. Fernström, Sang Jun Lee, Anthony M. DeAngelis, George A. Abou Rjaily, Qusai Y. Al-Share, Tong Dai, Tiffany A. Miller, Shobha Ratnam, Randall J. Ruch, Stuart Smith, Sue Hwa Lin, Nicole Beauchemin, Ana Maria Oyarce

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Abstract

Insulin is viewed as a positive regulator of fatty acid synthesis by increasing fatty acid synthase (FAS) mRNA transcription. We uncover a new mechanism by which insulin acutely reduces hepatic FAS activity by inducing phosphorylation of the carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1 (CEACAM1) and its interaction with FAS. Ceacam1 null mice (Cc1-/-) show loss of insulin's ability to acutely decrease hepatic FAS activity. Moreover, adenoviral delivery of wild-type, but not the phosphorylation-defective Ceacam1 mutant, restores the acute effect of insulin on FAS activity in Cc1-/- primary hepatocytes. Failure of insulin to acutely reduce hepatic FAS activity in hyperinsulinemic mice, including L-SACC1 transgenics with liver inactivation of CEACAM1, and Ob/Ob obese mice, suggests that the acute effect of insulin on FAS activity depends on the prior insulinemic state. We propose that this mechanism acts to reduce hepatic lipogenesis incurred by insulin pulses during refeeding.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)43-53
Number of pages11
JournalCell Metabolism
Volume2
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2005

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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