title: Role of AMP-activated protein kinase in the control of appetite.
abstract: AMP-activated protein kinase is a key enzyme in the regulation of energy metabolism. Its activation has pleiotropic effects in multiple tissues, including increased fatty acid oxidation, glucose uptake and glycolysis, as well as the inhibition of fatty acid and glycogen synthesis and gluconeogenesis, and stimulation of mitochondrial biogenesis. Recently, the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) has also emerged as a regulator of appetite, contributing to the control of energy metabolism at both cell and the whole body levels. Pharmacological and genetic activation or inhibition of hypothalamic AMPK lead to increased or reduced food intake, respectively. AMPK appears to play a role in hypothalamic glucose and nutrient sensing and numerous studies have suggested a role for AMPK in mediating the orexigenic or anorexigenic effects of various endogenous and exogenous substances.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Endocrinology, Barts and London School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London, UK. b.kola@qmul.ac.uk
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kola
mesh_terms: D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; D000620:Aminoimidazole Carboxamide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000855:Anorexia / Q000378:metabolism; D001069:Appetite Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects; D004594:Electrophysiology; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012265:Ribonucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D012265:Ribonucleotides; D000620:Aminoimidazole Carboxamide; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; C031143:AICA ribonucleotide; D005947:Glucose