Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha (HNF4A) also known as NR2A1 (nuclear receptor subfamily 2, group A, member 1) is a nuclear receptor that in humans is encoded by the HNF4Agene.[5][6]
Function
HNF-4α is a nuclear transcription factor that binds DNA as a homodimer. The encoded protein controls the expression of several genes, including hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 alpha, a transcription factor that regulates the expression of several hepatic genes. This gene plays a role in development of the liver, kidney, and intestines. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants.[7]
HNF4A is required for the PXR and CAR-mediated transcriptional activation of CYP3A4.[8] Genetic mutations in the HNF4A gene can influence the activity of HNF4α's downstream proteins such as CYP2D6, in vitro and in vivo.[9][10]
The alkaloid berberine upregulates HNF4A expression.[11]
This gene plays a pivotal role in the expression and synthesis of SHBG, an important glycoprotein made primarily in the liver,[12] which in addition to lowering insulin-resistance also reduces levels of free Estrogen as-well as prolonging the half-life of testosterone.
Function of HNF4A gene can be effectively examined by siRNA knockdown based on an independent validation.[13]
Clinical significance
Mutations in the HNF4A gene are associated with a form of diabetes called maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY),[14] specifically MODY 1. At least 56 disease-causing mutations in this gene have been discovered.[15]
Increased amplification of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha has been observed in colorectal cancer.[16]
It has also associations with the appearance of Fanconi syndrome phenotypes which occurs due to a missense mutation of the gene.[17]
Interactions
Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha has been shown to interact with:
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↑Wang ZQ, Lu FE, Leng SH, Fang XS, Chen G, Wang ZS, Dong LP, Yan ZQ (Oct 2008). "Facilitating effects of berberine on rat pancreatic islets through modulating hepatic nuclear factor 4 alpha expression and glucokinase activity". World Journal of Gastroenterology. 14 (39): 6004–11. doi:10.3748/wjg.14.6004. PMC2760199. PMID18932278.
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↑Dell H, Hadzopoulou-Cladaras M (Mar 1999). "CREB-binding protein is a transcriptional coactivator for hepatocyte nuclear factor-4 and enhances apolipoprotein gene expression". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274 (13): 9013–21. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.13.9013. PMID10085149.
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12Malik S, Wallberg AE, Kang YK, Roeder RG (Aug 2002). "TRAP/SMCC/mediator-dependent transcriptional activation from DNA and chromatin templates by orphan nuclear receptor hepatocyte nuclear factor 4". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22 (15): 5626–37. doi:10.1128/MCB.22.15.5626-5637.2002. PMC133960. PMID12101254.
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Further reading
Winter WE, Nakamura M, House DV (Dec 1999). "Monogenic diabetes mellitus in youth. The MODY syndromes". Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America. 28 (4): 765–85. doi:10.1016/S0889-8529(05)70101-8. PMID10609119.
Zannis VI, Kan HY, Kritis A, Zanni E, Kardassis D (Mar 2001). "Transcriptional regulation of the human apolipoprotein genes". Frontiers in Bioscience. 6: D456-504. doi:10.2741/Zannis. PMID11229886.
Gupta RK, Kaestner KH (Nov 2004). "HNF-4alpha: from MODY to late-onset type 2 diabetes". Trends in Molecular Medicine. 10 (11): 521–4. doi:10.1016/j.molmed.2004.09.004. PMID15519277.
Mohlke KL, Boehnke M (Apr 2005). "The role of HNF4A variants in the risk of type 2 diabetes". Current Diabetes Reports. 5 (2): 149–56. doi:10.1007/s11892-005-0043-y. PMID15794920. S2CID1661923.
Love-Gregory L, Permutt MA (Jul 2007). "HNF4A genetic variants: role in diabetes". Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care. 10 (4): 397–402. doi:10.1097/MCO.0b013e3281e3888d. PMID17563455. S2CID10318597.
Bell GI, Xiang KS, Newman MV, Wu SH, Wright LG, Fajans SS, Spielman RS, Cox NJ (Feb 1991). "Gene for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (maturity-onset diabetes of the young subtype) is linked to DNA polymorphism on human chromosome 20q". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 88 (4): 1484–8. Bibcode:1991PNAS...88.1484B. doi:10.1073/pnas.88.4.1484. PMC51043. PMID1899928.
Ktistaki E, Ktistakis NT, Papadogeorgaki E, Talianidis I (Oct 1995). "Recruitment of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 into specific intranuclear compartments depends on tyrosine phosphorylation that affects its DNA-binding and transactivation potential". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 92 (21): 9876–80. Bibcode:1995PNAS...92.9876K. doi:10.1073/pnas.92.21.9876. PMC40905. PMID7568236.
Ginsburg GS, Ozer J, Karathanasis SK (Jul 1995). "Intestinal apolipoprotein AI gene transcription is regulated by multiple distinct DNA elements and is synergistically activated by the orphan nuclear receptor, hepatocyte nuclear factor 4". The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 96 (1): 528–38. doi:10.1172/JCI118065. PMC185227. PMID7615825.
Jiang G, Nepomuceno L, Hopkins K, Sladek FM (Sep 1995). "Exclusive homodimerization of the orphan receptor hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 defines a new subclass of nuclear receptors". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15 (9): 5131–43. doi:10.1128/mcb.15.9.5131. PMC230760. PMID7651430.
Chartier FL, Bossu JP, Laudet V, Fruchart JC, Laine B (Sep 1994). "Cloning and sequencing of cDNAs encoding the human hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 indicate the presence of two isoforms in human liver". Gene. 147 (2): 269–72. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90079-5. PMID7926813.
Drewes T, Senkel S, Holewa B, Ryffel GU (Mar 1996). "Human hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 isoforms are encoded by distinct and differentially expressed genes". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16 (3): 925–31. doi:10.1128/mcb.16.3.925. PMC231074. PMID8622695.
Yamagata K, Furuta H, Oda N, Kaisaki PJ, Menzel S, Cox NJ, Fajans SS, Signorini S, Stoffel M, Bell GI (Dec 1996). "Mutations in the hepatocyte nuclear factor-4alpha gene in maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY1)". Nature. 384 (6608): 458–60. Bibcode:1996Natur.384..458Y. doi:10.1038/384458a0. hdl:2027.42/62605. PMID8945471. S2CID4253951.
Kritis AA, Argyrokastritis A, Moschonas NK, Power S, Katrakili N, Zannis VI, Cereghini S, Talianidis I (Sep 1996). "Isolation and characterization of a third isoform of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 4". Gene. 173 (2): 275–80. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(96)00183-7. PMID8964514.
Argyrokastritis A, Kamakari S, Kapsetaki M, Kritis A, Talianidis I, Moschonas NK (Feb 1997). "Human hepatocyte nuclear factor-4 (hHNF-4) gene maps to 20q12-q13.1 between PLCG1 and D20S17". Human Genetics. 99 (2): 233–6. doi:10.1007/s004390050345. PMID9048927. S2CID10943721.
Thénot S, Henriquet C, Rochefort H, Cavaillès V (May 1997). "Differential interaction of nuclear receptors with the putative human transcriptional coactivator hTIF1". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (18): 12062–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.18.12062. PMID9115274.
Bulman MP, Dronsfield MJ, Frayling T, Appleton M, Bain SC, Ellard S, Hattersley AT (Jul 1997). "A missense mutation in the hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha gene in a UK pedigree with maturity-onset diabetes of the young". Diabetologia. 40 (7): 859–62. doi:10.1007/s001250050760. PMID9243109.
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Lindner T, Gragnoli C, Furuta H, Cockburn BN, Petzold C, Rietzsch H, Weiss U, Schulze J, Bell GI (Sep 1997). "Hepatic function in a family with a nonsense mutation (R154X) in the hepatocyte nuclear factor-4alpha/MODY1 gene". The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 100 (6): 1400–5. doi:10.1172/JCI119660. PMC508318. PMID9294105.
Furuta H, Iwasaki N, Oda N, Hinokio Y, Horikawa Y, Yamagata K, Yano N, Sugahiro J, Ogata M, Ohgawara H, Omori Y, Iwamoto Y, Bell GI (Oct 1997). "Organization and partial sequence of the hepatocyte nuclear factor-4 alpha/MODY1 gene and identification of a missense mutation, R127W, in a Japanese family with MODY". Diabetes. 46 (10): 1652–7. doi:10.2337/diabetes.46.10.1652. PMID9313765.
Stoffel M, Duncan SA (Nov 1997). "The maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY1) transcription factor HNF4alpha regulates expression of genes required for glucose transport and metabolism". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 94 (24): 13209–14. Bibcode:1997PNAS...9413209S. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.24.13209. PMC24288. PMID9371825.
