title: AMPK as a New Attractive Therapeutic Target for Disease Prevention: The Role of Dietary Compounds AMPK and Disease Prevention.
abstract: AMPK is a serine/threonine protein kinase that has the function of maintaining the balance between ATP production and consumption in most eukaryotic cells. It plays a relevant role in regulating cellular metabolism, preserving cellular energy homeostasis, and is involved in many other cellular processes as well as metabolic ones, including cell cycle regulation and endothelial and vascular relaxation. Recently, the effects of naturally occurring compounds able to prevent and treat diseases through AMPK activation have attracted the attention of many researchers. Among such compounds, flavonoids found in natural sources, like quercetin, genistein, epigallocatechins, resveratrol, have been proposed as AMPK activators. This review summarizes and updates the most recent findings concerning the mechanisms through which different dietary compounds, from plant foods, affect the AMPK pathway in healthy and pathological in vitro and in vivo models, paying particular attention to molecular mechanisms involved in diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and cancer.
authors: Massimiliano
authors: M
authors: Gasparrini
authors: D3A, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 10, 60131 Ancona, Italy. f.giampieri@univpm.it.
authors: Francesca
authors: F
authors: Giampieri
authors: Josè
authors: J M
authors: Alvarez Suarez
authors: Luca
authors: L
authors: Mazzoni
authors: Tamara
authors: T
authors: Y Forbes Hernandez
authors: Josè L
authors: JL
authors: Quiles
authors: Pedro
authors: P
authors: Bullon
authors: DISCO, Facoltà di Medicina. Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri 65, 60100 Ancona, Italy. m.a.battino@univpm.it.
authors: Maurizio
authors: M
authors: Battino
mesh_terms: D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D011322:Primary Prevention; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D005419:Flavonoids; D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases