https://www.selleckchem.com/products/mk571.html Our simulations indicate that actin subunits at both boundaries adopt structures intermediate between those of bare and cofilin-bound actin subunits. These 'intermediate' states have compromised intersubunit contacts, but the actin subunit interfaces lacking contacts at the slow-severing boundary are stabilized by cofilin bridging interactions, accounting for its lower fragmentation probability. Simulations where cofilin proteins are removed from cofilactin filaments favor a mechanism in which a cluster of two contiguously bound cofilins is needed to fully stabilize the cofilactin conformation, promote cooperative binding interactions, and accelerate filament severing. Together, these studies provide a molecular-scale foundation for developing coarse-grained and theoretical descriptions of cofilin-mediated actin filament severing.Traditionally, lipolysis has been regarded as an enzymatic activity that liberates fatty acids as metabolic fuel. However, recent work has shown that novel substrates, including a variety of lipid compounds such as fatty acids and their derivatives, release "lipolysis products" that act as signaling molecules and transcriptional modulators. While these studies have expanded the role of lipolysis, the mechanisms underpinning lipolysis signaling are not fully defined. Here, we uncover a new mechanism regulating glucose uptake whereby activation of lipolysis, in response to elevated cAMP, leads to the stimulation of Thioredoxin Interacting Protein (TXNIP) degradation. This, in turn, selectively induces GLUT1 surface localization and glucose uptake in 3T3-L1 adipocytes, and increases lactate production. Interestingly, cAMP-induced glucose uptake via degradation of TXNIP is largely dependent upon adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL), and not hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) or monoacylglycerol lipase (MGL). Pharmacological inhibition or knockdown of ATGL alone prevents cAMP-dependent TXNIP degradation