New insights into activation and function of the AMPK

GR Steinberg, DG Hardie - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2023 - nature.com
The classical role of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is as a cellular energy sensor
activated by falling energy status, signalled by increases in AMP to ATP and ADP to ATP …

AMPK: restoring metabolic homeostasis over space and time

E Trefts, RJ Shaw - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
The evolution of AMPK and its homologs enabled exquisite responsivity and control of
cellular energetic homeostasis. Recent work has been critical in establishing the …

[HTML][HTML] Low-dose metformin targets the lysosomal AMPK pathway through PEN2

T Ma, X Tian, B Zhang, M Li, Y Wang, C Yang, J Wu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Metformin, the most prescribed antidiabetic medicine, has shown other benefits such as anti-
ageing and anticancer effects,,–. For clinical doses of metformin, AMP-activated protein …

Mannose antagonizes GSDME-mediated pyroptosis through AMPK activated by metabolite GlcNAc-6P

Y Ai, W Wang, F Liu, W Fang, H Chen, L Wu, X Hong… - Cell Research, 2023 - nature.com
Pyroptosis is a type of regulated cell death executed by gasdermin family members.
However, how gasdermin-mediated pyroptosis is negatively regulated remains unclear …

AMPK and TOR: the yin and yang of cellular nutrient sensing and growth control

A González, MN Hall, SC Lin, DG Hardie - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
The AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) and TOR (target-of-rapamycin) pathways are
interlinked, opposing signaling pathways involved in sensing availability of nutrients and …

Understanding the glucoregulatory mechanisms of metformin in type 2 diabetes mellitus

M Foretz, B Guigas, B Viollet - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2019 - nature.com
Despite its position as the first-line drug for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, the
mechanisms underlying the plasma glucose level-lowering effects of metformin (1, 1 …

Neural circuits of interoception

GG Berntson, SS Khalsa - Trends in neurosciences, 2021 - cell.com
The present paper considers recent progress in our understanding of the afferent/ascending
neural pathways and neural circuits of interoception. Of particular note is the extensive role …

METTL3 acetylation impedes cancer metastasis via fine-tuning its nuclear and cytosolic functions

Y Li, X He, X Lu, Z Gong, Q Li, L Zhang, R Yang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The methyltransferase like 3 (METTL3) has been generally recognized as a nuclear
protein bearing oncogenic properties. We find predominantly cytoplasmic METTL3 …

Nutrient-sensing mTORC1 and AMPK pathways in chronic kidney diseases

C Huynh, J Ryu, J Lee, A Inoki, K Inoki - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2023 - nature.com
Nutrients such as glucose, amino acids and lipids are fundamental sources for the
maintenance of essential cellular processes and homeostasis in all organisms. The nutrient …

The aldolase inhibitor aldometanib mimics glucose starvation to activate lysosomal AMPK

CS Zhang, M Li, Y Wang, X Li, Y Zong, S Long… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The activity of 5′-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is inversely
correlated with the cellular availability of glucose. When glucose levels are low, the …