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Mitochondrial hexokinases: guardians of the mitochondria

R Brooks Robey et al. Cell Cycle. 2005 May.

Abstract

There is accumulating evidence that cell survival and energy metabolism are inexorably linked. As a major mediator of both the metabolic and anti-apoptotic effects of growth factors, the serine/threonine kinase Akt (also known as protein kinase B or PKB) is particularly well-suited to coordinate the regulation of these interrelated processes. Recent demonstrations that growth factors and Akt require glucose (Glc) to prevent apoptosis and promote cell survival are compatible with this contention, as is a positive correlation between Akt-regulated mitochondrial hexokinase (mtHK) association and apoptotic resistance. From a phylogenetic perspective, the ability of Akt to regulate cellular energy metabolism apparently preceded the capacity to control cell survival, suggesting an evolutionary basis for the Glc dependent anti-apoptotic effects of Akt. We speculate that, somewhere in the course of evolution, the metabolic regulatory function of Akt evolved into an adaptive sensing system involving mtHK that ensures mitochondrial homeostasis, thereby coupling metabolism to cell survival. We also propose that this "guardian" function of mtHK may be specifically exploited for therapeutic purposes.

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