https://www.selleckchem.com/products/phenol-red-sodium-salt.html Expression of the dominant-negative mutant of Elk-1 reduced insulin-induced activation of AP-1, indicating that Elk-1 controls both serum response element and AP-1-regulated transcription. Moreover, we show that stimulation of the insulin receptor activates cyclic AMP response element (CRE)-controlled transcription, involving the transcription factor CREB. Insulin-induced transcription of Elk-1 and CREB-controlled reporter genes was attenuated by overexpression of MAP kinase phosphatase-1 or a constitutively active mutant of calcineurin A, indicating that both phosphatases are part of a negative feedback loop for reducing insulin-mediated gene transcription. Finally, we show that expression of the adenoviral protein E1A selectively reduced CRE-mediated transcription following stimulation of the insulin receptor. These data indicate that insulin-regulated transcription of CRE-containing genes is under epigenetic control.The collective behavior of lipids with diverse chemical and physical features determines a membrane's thermodynamic properties. Yet, the influence of lipid physicochemical properties on lipid dynamics, in particular interbilayer transport, remains underexplored. Here, we systematically investigate how the activation free energy of passive lipid transport depends on lipid chemistry and membrane phase. Through all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of 11 chemically distinct glycerophospholipids, we determine how lipid acyl chain length, unsaturation, and headgroup influence the free energy barriers for two elementary steps of lipid transport lipid desorption, which is rate limiting, and lipid insertion into a membrane. Consistent with previous experimental measurements, we find that lipids with longer, saturated acyl chains have increased activation free energies compared to lipids with shorter, unsaturated chains. Lipids with different headgroups exhibit a range of activation free energi