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Neddylation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1 controls glucose metabolism

05-sep-2023 | Revista: Cell Metabolism

María J Gonzalez-Rellan  1 , Uxía Fernández  1 , Tamara Parracho  1 , Eva Novoa  1 , Marcos F Fondevila  1 , Natalia da Silva Lima  1 , Lucía Ramos  2 , Amaia Rodríguez  3 , Marina Serrano-Maciá  4 , Gonzalo Perez-Mejias  5 , Pilar Chantada-Vazquez  6 , Cristina Riobello  7 , Christelle Veyrat-Durebex  8 , Sulay Tovar  1 , Roberto Coppari  8 , Ashwin Woodhoo  9 , Markus Schwaninger  10 , Vincent Prevot  11 , Teresa C Delgado  4 , Miguel Lopez  1 , Antonio Diaz-Quintana  5 , Carlos Dieguez  1 , Diana Guallar  2 , Gema Frühbeck  3 , Irene Diaz-Moreno  5 , Susana B Bravo  6 , Maria L Martinez-Chantar  12 , Ruben Nogueiras  13


Abstract

Neddylation is a post-translational mechanism that adds a ubiquitin-like protein, namely neural precursor cell expressed developmentally downregulated protein 8 (NEDD8).

Here, we show that neddylation in mouse liver is modulated by nutrient availability. Inhibition of neddylation in mouse liver reduces gluconeogenic capacity and the hyperglycemic actions of counter-regulatory hormones.

Furthermore, people with type 2 diabetes display elevated hepatic neddylation levels. Mechanistically, fasting or caloric restriction of mice leads to neddylation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1 (PCK1) at three lysine residues-K278, K342, and K387. We find that mutating the three PCK1 lysines that are neddylated reduces their gluconeogenic activity rate.

Molecular dynamics simulations show that neddylation of PCK1 could re-position two loops surrounding the catalytic center into an open configuration, rendering the catalytic center more accessible.

Our study reveals that neddylation of PCK1 provides a finely tuned mechanism of controlling glucose metabolism by linking whole nutrient availability to metabolic homeostasis.

CITA DEL ARTÍCULO  Cell Metab. 2023 Sep 5;35(9):1630-1645.e5.  doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2023.07.003.  Epub 2023 Aug 3