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卷 57, 期 2, 页码 444-450出版社
AMER DIABETES ASSOC
DOI: 10.2337/db07-0837
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- PHS HHS [69831, 20495] Funding Source: Medline
OBJECTIVE-To examine in vivo in a rodent model the potential role of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) within the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) in glucose sensing during hypoglycemia. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS-Using gene silencing technology to selectively downregulate AMPK in the VMH, a key hypothalamic glucose-sensing region, we demonstrate a key role for AMPK in the detection of hypoglycemia. In vivo hyperinsulinemic-hypoglycemic (50 mg dl(-1)) clamp studies were performed in awake, chronically catheterized Sprague-Dawley rats that had been microinjected bilaterally to the VMH with an adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector expressing a short hairpin RNA for AMPK alpha. RESULTS-In comparison with control studies, VMH AMPK downregulation resulted in suppressed glucagon (similar to 60%) and epinephrine (similar to 40%) responses to acute hypoglycemia. Rats with VMH AMPK downregulation also required more exogenous glucose to maintain the hypoglycemia plateau and showed significant reductions in endogenous glucose production and whole-body glucose uptake. CONCLUSIONS-We conclude that AMPK in the VMH plays a key role in the detection of acute hypoglycemia and initiation of the glucose counterregulatory response.
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