title: Acute exposure to AICAR increases glucose transport in mouse EDL and soleus muscle.
abstract: AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) may regulate a number of metabolic processes including glucose transport. 5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxamideribonucleoside (AICAR), an AMPK activator, has been used to study the potential role of AMPK in rat skeletal muscle; however, its effects on glucose transport in mouse skeletal muscle are unknown. Incubation with 2 mM AICAR increased 2-deoxyglucose transport in EDL muscle from both rats and mice by 86 and 37%, respectively. In contrast, AICAR did not increase 2-deoxyglucose transport in rat soleus muscle. However, AICAR induced a large (81%) increase in 2-deoxyglucose transport in soleus muscles obtained from mice. It is proposed that nonspecificity of the stimulation of glucose transport in mouse muscle may be due to a greater percentage of fast-twitch muscle fibers within the muscles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Gonda Research Center, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope Medical Center, 1500 E. Duarte Road, California 91010, USA. tbalon@coh.org
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Balon
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Jasman
mesh_terms: D000620:Aminoimidazole Carboxamide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D046508:Culture Techniques; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012265:Ribonucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D012265:Ribonucleotides; D000620:Aminoimidazole Carboxamide; D003847:Deoxyglucose; C031143:AICA ribonucleotide; D005947:Glucose