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Transcription factor ChREBP – the coordinator of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism
Joanna Krawczak1, Aleksandra Owczarek2, Katarzyna Winiarska3
1Zakład Regulacji Metabolizmu, Instytut Biochemii, Wydział Biologii, Uniwersytet Warszawski. j.krawczak2@student.uw.edu.pl.
Abstract:
Transcription factor ChREBP, in complex with MLX, binds to carbohydrate-response element (ChoRE) located in the promoters of genes related to glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, pentosephosphate pathway and lipogenesis, activating their transcription following stimulation with glucose, insulin-independently. In this article the mechanisms of ChREBP regulation and ChREBP functions under both physiological and pathophysiological conditions are described in detail. The possible use of ChREBP activity modulation as a therapeutic tool, e.g. in case of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, diabetes type 2 and cancers, is also discussed.
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