Population
Isolated heart muscles
Design
Preclinical
Key result
Inhibition of NOS reduced AICAR-stimulated glucose uptake by 21-25% (P<0.05), indicating the NO-guanylate cyclase pathway partially mediates AMPK-stimulated glucose uptake in heart muscle.
Authors
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In vitro AMPK-NO pathway data in cardiac muscle are hypothesis-generating; prospective in vivo studies needed before clinical relevance.
The NO-guanylate cyclase pathway contributes to, but is not the sole mediator of, AMPK stimulation of glucose uptake and GLUT4 translocation in heart muscle.
p-value: p=<0.05
Li et al. (2004) studied this question. AICAR was evaluated on glucose uptake and GLUT4 translocation (p=<0.05). Inhibition of NOS reduced AICAR-stimulated glucose uptake by 21-25% (P<0.05), indicating the NO-guanylate cyclase pathway partially mediates AMPK-stimulated glucose uptake in heart muscle.