PMID- 24187137 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140213 LR - 20211203 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 288 IP - 50 DP - 2013 Dec 13 TI - Skeletal muscle-derived myonectin activates the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway to suppress autophagy in liver. PG - 36073-82 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M113.500736 [doi] AB - Cells turn on autophagy, an intracellular recycling pathway, when deprived of nutrients. How autophagy is regulated by hormonal signals in response to major changes in metabolic state is not well understood. Here, we provide evidence that myonectin (CTRP15), a skeletal muscle-derived myokine, is a novel regulator of cellular autophagy. Starvation activated liver autophagy, whereas nutrient supplementation following food deprivation suppressed it; the former and latter correlated with reduced and increased expression and circulating levels of myonectin, respectively, suggestive of a causal link. Indeed, recombinant myonectin administration suppressed starvation-induced autophagy in mouse liver and cultured hepatocytes, as indicated by the inhibition of LC3-dependent autophagosome formation, p62 degradation, and expression of critical autophagy-related genes. Reduction in protein degradation is mediated by the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway; inhibition of this pathway abrogated the ability of myonectin to suppress autophagy in cultured hepatocytes. Together, our results reveal a novel skeletal muscle-liver axis controlling cellular autophagy, underscoring the importance of hormone-mediated tissue cross-talk in maintaining energy homeostasis. FAU - Seldin, Marcus M AU - Seldin MM AD - From the Department of Physiology and Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205. FAU - Lei, Xia AU - Lei X FAU - Tan, Stefanie Y AU - Tan SY FAU - Stanson, Kevin P AU - Stanson KP FAU - Wei, Zhikui AU - Wei Z FAU - Wong, G William AU - Wong GW LA - eng GR - P30 DK079637/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK084171/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK084171/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131101 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Erfe protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Gtf2h1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Map1lc3b protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Microtubule-Associated Proteins) RN - 0 (Muscle Proteins) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 148710-81-0 (Transcription Factor TFIIH) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Autophagy/*drug effects MH - Cell Line MH - Cytokines/*pharmacology MH - Dietary Supplements MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Homeostasis/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Liver/*cytology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Microtubule-Associated Proteins/metabolism MH - Muscle Proteins/*pharmacology MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*metabolism MH - Proteolysis/drug effects MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology MH - Signal Transduction/*drug effects MH - Starvation/metabolism/pathology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Transcription Factor TFIIH MH - Transcription Factors/metabolism PMC - PMC3861655 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Autophagy OT - Liver OT - Liver Metabolism OT - Skeletal Muscle OT - mTOR EDAT- 2013/11/05 06:00 MHDA- 2014/02/14 06:00 PMCR- 2014/12/13 CRDT- 2013/11/05 06:00 PHST- 2013/11/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/02/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/12/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(19)54327-7 [pii] AID - M113.500736 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M113.500736 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2013 Dec 13;288(50):36073-82. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.500736. Epub 2013 Nov 1.