PMID- 18079193 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080422 LR - 20211203 IS - 0013-7227 (Print) IS - 0013-7227 (Linking) VI - 149 IP - 3 DP - 2008 Mar TI - Forkhead box protein O1 negatively regulates skeletal myocyte differentiation through degradation of mammalian target of rapamycin pathway components. PG - 1407-14 AB - The forkhead transcription factor forkhead box protein O1 (FoxO1), a downstream target of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signaling, has been reported to suppress skeletal myocyte differentiation, but the mechanism by which FoxO1 regulates myogenesis is not fully understood. We have previously demonstrated that a nutrient-sensing mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway controls the autocrine production of IGF-II and the subsequent phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signaling downstream of IGF-II in myogenesis. Here we report a regulatory loop connecting FoxO1 to the mTOR pathway. Inducible activation of a FoxO1 active mutant in the C2C12 mouse myoblasts blocks myogenic differentiation at an early stage and meanwhile leads to proteasome-dependent degradation of a specific subset of components in the mTOR signaling network, including mTOR, raptor, tuberous sclerosis complex 2, and S6 protein kinase 1. This function of FoxO1 requires new protein synthesis, consistent with the idea that a transcriptional target of FoxO1 may be responsible for the degradation of mTOR. We further show that active FoxO1 inhibits IGF-II expression at the transcriptional activation level, through the modulation of mTOR protein levels. Moreover, the addition of exogenous IGF-II fully rescues myocyte differentiation from FoxO inhibition. Taken together, we propose that the mTOR-IGF-II pathway is a major mediator of FoxO's inhibitory function in skeletal myogenesis. FAU - Wu, Ai-Luen AU - Wu AL AD - Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, 601 South Goodwin Avenue, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA. FAU - Kim, Jeong-Ho AU - Kim JH FAU - Zhang, Chongben AU - Zhang C FAU - Unterman, Terry G AU - Unterman TG FAU - Chen, Jie AU - Chen J LA - eng GR - R01 AR048914/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK041430/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK41430/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - AR48914/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20071213 PL - United States TA - Endocrinology JT - Endocrinology JID - 0375040 RN - 0 (Forkhead Box Protein O1) RN - 0 (Forkhead Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Foxo1 protein, mouse) RN - 67763-97-7 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor II) RN - EC 2.7.- (Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Differentiation/genetics/*physiology MH - Cell Line MH - Forkhead Box Protein O1 MH - Forkhead Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor II/genetics/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Muscle Development/genetics/physiology MH - Myoblasts, Skeletal/*metabolism/*pathology MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism MH - Protein Kinases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/genetics/*physiology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - Transcription, Genetic/genetics/physiology PMC - PMC2275355 EDAT- 2007/12/15 09:00 MHDA- 2008/04/23 09:00 PMCR- 2009/03/01 CRDT- 2007/12/15 09:00 PHST- 2007/12/15 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/04/23 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/12/15 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - en.2007-1470 [pii] AID - 3905 [pii] AID - 10.1210/en.2007-1470 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Endocrinology. 2008 Mar;149(3):1407-14. doi: 10.1210/en.2007-1470. Epub 2007 Dec 13.