Page 1 of 53 Diabetes The metabolic regulator histone deacetylase 9 contributes to glucose homeostasis abnormality induced by hepatitis C virus infection Jizheng CHEN2, Ning WANG1, Mei DONG1, Min GUO2, Yang ZHAO3, Zhiyong ZHUO3, Chao ZHANG3, Xiumei CHI4, Yu PAN4, Jing JIANG4, Hong TANG2, Junqi NIU4, Dongliang YANG5, Zhong LI1, Xiao HAN1, Qian WANG1* and Xinwen Chen2 1 Jiangsu Province Key Lab of Human Functional Genomics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China 2 State Key Lab of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China 3 Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China 4 Department of Hepatology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China 5 Department of Infectious Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China 1 Diabetes Publish Ahead of Print, published online September 29, 2015 Diabetes Page 2 of 53 *Correspondence: Qian WANG, Ph.D. Jiangsu Province Key Lab of Human Functional Genomics Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Nanjing Medical University Nanjing 210029, China E-mail:
[email protected] Fax: +86-25-8362 1065 Tel: +86-25-8686 2729 2 Page 3 of 53 Diabetes ABSTRACT Class IIa histone deacetylases (HDACs), such as HDAC4, HDAC5, and HDAC7 provide critical mechanisms for regulating glucose homeostasis. Here we report HDAC9, another class IIa HDAC, regulates hepatic gluconeogenesis via deacetylation of a Forkhead box O (FoxO) family transcription factor, FoxO1, together with HDAC3. Specifically, HDAC9 expression can be strongly induced upon hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.