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Functional role of AMP-activated protein kinase in the heart during exercise
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Functional role of AMP-activated protein kinase in the heart during exercise

Nicolas Musi, Michael F Hirshman, Michael Arad, Yanqiu Xing, Nobuharu Fujii, Jason Pomerleau, Ferhaan Ahmad, Charles I Berul, Jon G Seidman, Rong Tian, …
FEBS letters, Vol.579(10), pp.2045-2050
2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.02.052
PMID: 15811316

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Abstract

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) plays a critical role in maintaining energy homeostasis and cardiac function during ischemia in the heart. However, the functional role of AMPK in the heart during exercise is unknown. We examined whether acute exercise increases AMPK activity in mouse hearts and determined the significance of these increases by studying transgenic (TG) mice expressing a cardiac-specific dominant-negative (inactivating) AMPKα2 subunit. Exercise increased cardiac AMPKα2 activity in the wild type mice but not in TG. We found that inactivation of AMPK did not result in abnormal ATP and glycogen consumption during exercise, cardiac function assessed by heart rhythm telemetry and stress echocardiography, or in maximal exercise capacity.
Heart Exercise Acetyl CoA carboxylase p38 AMP-activated protein kinase

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