Thioesterase Activity and Acyl-CoA/Fatty Acid Cross-talk of Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-4α*

Hepatocyte nuclear factor-4α (HNF-4α) activity is modulated by natural and xenobiotic fatty acid and fatty acyl-CoA ligands as a function of their chain length, unsaturation, and substitutions. The acyl-CoA site of HNF-4α is reported here to consist of the E-F domain, to bind long-chain acyl-CoAs but not the respective free acids, and to catalyze the hydrolysis of bound fatty acyl-CoAs. The free acid pocket, previously reported in the x-ray structure of HNF-4α E-domain, entraps fatty acids but excludes acyl-CoAs. The acyl-CoA and free acid sites are distinctive and noncongruent. Free fatty acid products of HNF-4α thioesterase may exchange with free acids entrapped in the fatty acid pocket of HNF-4α. Cross-talk between the acyl-CoA and free fatty acid binding sites is abrogated by high affinity, nonhydrolyzable acyl-CoA ligands of HNF-4α that inhibit its thioesterase activity. Hence, HNF-4α transcriptional activity is controlled by its two interrelated acyl ligands and two binding sites interphased in tandem by the thioesterase activity. The acyl-CoA/free-acid and receptor/enzyme duality of HNF-4α extends the paradigm of nuclear receptors.

• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Journal of Biological Chemistry

• Publication date

  2005-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1074/JBC.M500732200PMID 15870076
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