Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Stress-responsive FKBP51 regulates AKT2-AS160 signaling and metabolic function

  • Georgia Balsevich,
  • Alexander S. Häusl,
  • Carola W. Meyer,
  • Stoyo Karamihalev,
  • Xixi Feng,
  • Max L. Pöhlmann,
  • Carine Dournes,
  • Andres Uribe-Marino,
  • Sara Santarelli,
  • Christiana Labermaier,
  • Kathrin Hafner,
  • Tianqi Mao,
  • Michaela Breitsamer,
  • Marily Theodoropoulou,
  • Christian Namendorf,
  • Manfred Uhr,
  • Marcelo Paez-Pereda,
  • Gerhard Winter,
  • Felix Hausch,
  • Alon Chen,
  • Matthias H. Tschöp,
  • Theo Rein,
  • Nils C. Gassen,
  • Mathias V. Schmidt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01783-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Stress is recognized as risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes. Here Balsevich et al. show that the stress responsive co-chaperone FKBP5 regulates glucose metabolism in mice by modulating AS160 phosphorylation, glucose transporter expression and muscle glucose uptake.