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Smad proteins differentially regulate obesity-induced glucose and lipid abnormalities and inflammation via class-specific control of AMPK-related kinase MPK38/MELK activity.

Smad proteins have been implicated in metabolic processes, but little is known about how they regulate metabolism. Because Smad 2, 3, 4, and 7 have previously been shown to interact with murine protein serine-threonine kinase 38 (MPK38), an AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)-related kinase that has been implicated in obesity-associated metabolic defects, we investigated whether Smad proteins regulate metabolic processes via MPK38. Smads2/3/4 increased, but Smad7 decreased, MPK38-mediated apoptosis signal-regulating kinase-1 (ASK1)/transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β)/p53 signaling. However, MPK38-mediated phosphorylation-defective Smad mutants (Smad2 S245A, Smad3 S204A, Smad4 S343A, and Smad7 T96A) had no such effect. In addition, Smads2/3/4 increased, but Smad7 decreased, the stability of MPK38. Consistent with this, Smads2/3/4 attenuated complex formation between MPK38 and its negative regulator thioredoxin (Trx), whereas Smad7 increased this complex formation. However, an opposite effect was observed on complex formation between MPK38 and its positive regulator zinc-finger-like protein 9 (ZPR9). When Smads were overexpressed in high-fat diet (HFD)-fed obese mice using an adenoviral delivery system, Smads2/3/4 improved, but Smad7 worsened, obesity-associated metabolic parameters and inflammation in a MPK38 phosphorylation-dependent manner. These findings suggest that Smad proteins have class-specific impacts on obesity-associated metabolism by differentially regulating MPK38 activity in diet-induced obese mice.

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