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ArticleDiabetes2008

Upregulation of mitochondrial uncoupling protein-2 by the AMP-activated protein kinase in endothelial cells attenuates oxidative stress in diabetes.

Zhonglin Xie, Junhua Zhang, Jiliang Wu, Benoit Viollet, Ming-Hui Zou

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Article in Diabetes, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. It is linked to trial NCT02633488 (Effect of Metformin on Insulin Sensitivity and Pan-Arterial Vascular Function in Adults With Metabolic Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 90 papers.

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90citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02633488 nacompletedstarted 2014, after this paper: background citation

Effect of Metformin on Insulin Sensitivity and Pan-Arterial Vascular Function in Adults With Metabolic Syndrome

Ran2014Enrolled19Registered outcomes1Posted comparisons1ConditionsInsulin Sensitivity, Metabolic SyndromeArmsMetformin, Placebos
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed, 164 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. AMPK, Mitochondrial Function, and Cardiovascular Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhonglin XieDivision of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Junhua Zhang
Jiliang Wu
Benoit Viollet
Ming-Hui Zou
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · USInserm · FR

Funding

Reactive Nitrogen species and Diabetic Endothelial DysfunctionR01HL079584 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE · PI ZOU, MING-HUI · 2004 to 2021
$7.3M
Inflammasome and unstable atherosclerotic plaquesR01HL089920 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI ZOU, MING-HUI · 2008 to 2022
$6.9M
AMP-Activated Protein Kinase in DiabetesR01HL080499 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI ZOU, MING-HUI · 2006 to 2019
$5.8M
Oxidant stress and diabetic endothelial dysfunctionR01HL074399 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI ZOU, MING-HUI · 2005 to 2013
$3.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL074399NHLBI NIH HHS HL079584NHLBI NIH HHS HL080499NHLBI NIH HHS HL089920NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL074399NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL079584NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL080499NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL089920
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveRecent evidence suggests that the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is an important therapeutic target for diabetes. The present study was conducted to determine how AMPK activation suppressed tyrosine nitration of prostacyclin synthase in diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND

methodsConfluent human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) or mice were treated with 5-amino-4-imidazole carboxamide riboside (AICAR) for the detection of AMPK phosphorylation and the expression of mitochondrial uncoupling protein (UCP)-2.

resultsExposure of HUVECs to high glucose (30 mmol/l) increased superoxide anions (O(2).(-)) and prostacyclin synthase nitration. In addition, overexpression of constitutively active AMPK (Ad-CA-AMPK) or the addition of AICAR reduced both O(2).(-) and prostacyclin synthase nitration caused by high glucose, whereas adenoviral overexpression of dominant-negative AMPK mutants (Ad-DN-AMPK) enhanced the latter effects of high glucose. Exposure of HUVECs to either AICAR or metformin caused AMPK-dependent upregulation of both UCP-2 mRNA and UCP-2 protein. Furthermore, overexpression of UCP-2 significantly ablated both O(2).(-) and prostacyclin synthase nitration triggered by high glucose. Furthermore, overexpression of Ad-CA-AMPK increased, whereas overexpression of Ad-DN-AMPK inhibited AICAR-induced phosphorylation of p38 kinase at Thr180/Tyr182. Inhibition of p38 kinase with SB239063, which had no effect on AICAR-induced AMPK-Thr172 phosphorylation, dose dependently suppressed AICAR-induced upregulation of UCP-2, suggesting that AMPK lies upstream of p38 kinase. Finally, AICAR markedly increased UCP-2 expression and reduced both O(2).(-) and prostacyclin synthase nitration in diabetic wild-type mice but not in their AMPKalpha2-deficient counterparts in vivo.

conclusionsWe conclude that AMPK activation increases UCP-2, resulting in the inhibition of both O(2).(-) and prostacyclin synthase nitration in diabetes.

Indexed as

Aminoimidazole CarboxamideAMP-Activated Protein KinasesAnimalsChemokine CCL8Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme InhibitorsCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemEndothelium, VascularGlucoseHumansIntramolecular OxidoreductasesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutOxidative StressReactive Oxygen SpeciesReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionAICA ribonucleotideAminoimidazole CarboxamideAMP-Activated Protein KinasesCCL8 protein, humanChemokine CCL8Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme InhibitorsCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemGlucoseIntramolecular Oxidoreductasesprostacyclin synthetaseReactive Oxygen SpeciesRibonucleotidesSuperoxides

Identifiers

PMID18835932
PMCPMC2584127
OpenAlexW2101540167

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