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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-22
pubmed:abstractText
Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a member of metabolite-sensing kinase family that plays important roles in responses of muscle cells to metabolic stress. AMPK is a heterotrimer of a catalytic alpha subunit (alpha1 or alpha2), and beta (beta1 or beta2) and gamma (gamma1 or gamma2) subunits. Because the brain has a high metabolic rate and is sensitive to changes in the supply of glucose and oxygen, we investigated the expression of AMPK in rat embryonic and adult brain and its role in modifying neuronal survival under conditions of cellular stress. We report that catalytic (alpha1 and alpha2) and noncatalytic (beta2 and gamma1) subunits of AMPK are present at high levels in embryonic hippocampal neurons in vivo and in cell culture. In the adult rat brain, the catalytic subunits alpha1 and alpha2 are present in neurons throughout the brain. The AMPK-activating agent AICAR protected hippocampal neurons against death induced by glucose deprivation, chemical hypoxia, and exposure to glutamate and amyloid beta-peptide. Suppression of levels of the AMPK alpha1 and alpha2 subunits using antisense technology resulted in enhanced neuronal death following glucose deprivation, and abolished the neuroprotective effect of AICAR. These findings suggest that AMPK can protect neurons against metabolic and excitotoxic insults relevant to the pathogenesis of several different neurodegenerative conditions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/AICA ribonucleotide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/AMP-Activated Protein Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aminoimidazole Carboxamide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glucose, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hypoglycemic Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Multienzyme Complexes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neuroprotective Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oligonucleotides, Antisense, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Subunits, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ribonucleotides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Triazines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Triazoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Xanthines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ZM 241385
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0895-8696
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
45-58
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11665862-AMP-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Aminoimidazole Carboxamide, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Hypoglycemic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Multienzyme Complexes, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Neuroprotective Agents, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Oligonucleotides, Antisense, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Protein Subunits, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Ribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Triazines, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Triazoles, pubmed-meshheading:11665862-Xanthines
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
AMP-activated protein kinase is highly expressed in neurons in the developing rat brain and promotes neuronal survival following glucose deprivation.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't