Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

A MAFG-lncRNA axis links systemic nutrient abundance to hepatic glucose metabolism

  • Marta Pradas-Juni,
  • Nils R. Hansmeier,
  • Jenny C. Link,
  • Elena Schmidt,
  • Bjørk Ditlev Larsen,
  • Paul Klemm,
  • Nicola Meola,
  • Hande Topel,
  • Rute Loureiro,
  • Ines Dhaouadi,
  • Christoph A. Kiefer,
  • Robin Schwarzer,
  • Sajjad Khani,
  • Matteo Oliverio,
  • Motoharu Awazawa,
  • Peter Frommolt,
  • Joerg Heeren,
  • Ludger Scheja,
  • Markus Heine,
  • Christoph Dieterich,
  • Hildegard Büning,
  • Ling Yang,
  • Haiming Cao,
  • Dario F. De Jesus,
  • Rohit N. Kulkarni,
  • Branko Zevnik,
  • Simon E. Tröder,
  • Uwe Knippschild,
  • Peter A. Edwards,
  • Richard G. Lee,
  • Masayuki Yamamoto,
  • Igor Ulitsky,
  • Eduardo Fernandez-Rebollo,
  • Thomas Q. de Aguiar Vallim,
  • Jan-Wilhelm Kornfeld

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14323-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Despite widespread transcription of LncRNA in mammalian systems, their contribution to metabolic homeostasis at the cellular and tissue level remains elusive. Here Pradas-Juni et al. describe a transcription factor–LncRNA pathway that couples hepatocyte nutrient sensing to regulation of glucose metabolism in mice.