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STAT3 transcriptionally regulates the expression of genes related to glycogen metabolism in developing motor neurons
Hitoshi Gotoh1, Tatenda Alois Chimhanda1,2, Tadashi Nomura1
1Department of Biology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Abstract:
Motor neurons in the spinal cord are essential for movement. During the embryonic period, developing motor neurons store glycogen to protect against hypoglycemic and hypoxic stress. However, the mechanisms by which glycogen metabolism is regulated in motor neurons remain unclear. We herein investigated the transcriptional regulation of genes related to glycogen metabolism in the developing spinal cord. We focused on the regulatory mechanism of glycogen synthase (Gys1) and glycogen phosphorylase brain isoform (PygB), which play central roles in glycogen metabolism, and found that the transcription factor STAT3 regulated the expression of Gys1 and PygB via cis-regulatory promoter sequences in the developing spinal cord. These results suggest that STAT3 is important for the regulation of glycogen metabolism during motor neuron development.
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