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Insulin says NO to cardiovascular disease

Yu, Q., Gao, F., Ma, X. L.·2011·Cardiovascular Research

Abstract

It is well recognized that insulin resistance found in patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Since its discovery in the 1920s, insulin has been used as an essential therapeutic agent in diabetes for blood glucose management. Recent studies demonstrate that insulin signalling is essential for normal cardiovascular function, and lack of it (i.e. insulin resistance) will result in cardiovascular dysfunction and disease. Moreover, insulin is the key component of glucose-insulin-potassium cocktail and exerts significant cardiovascular protective effect via a phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase-protein kinase B-endothelial nitric oxide synthase (PI3K-Akt-eNOS)-dependent signalling mechanism in addition to its metabolic modulation, which renders it a potent organ protector in multiple clinical applications. This review focuses on insulin-initiated PI3K-Akt-eNOS survival signalling, with nitric oxide as an 'end effector' delivering cardioprotection in health and disease (especially in ischaemic heart disease), and highlights the impairment of this survival signalling as a key link between insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease.

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  • The insulin receptor shares a signaling pathway with eNOS activation to regulate postprandial blood flow and efficient nutrient disposition to peripheral tissues.

    “The insulin receptor shares a signaling pathway with the activation of endothelial NOS (eNOS) [19,48,49,50,51,52] to regulate the postprandial blood flow and efficient nutrient disposition to peripheral tissues”

    From NO-Rich Diet for Lifestyle-Related Diseases (2015) · cites this paper as [51]

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Authors
Yu, Q., Gao, F., & Ma, X. L.
Affiliations
  • Xijing Hospital (CN)
  • Thomas Jefferson University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Gao, F.
  • Ma, X. L.
ORCID
Yu, Q.
Venue
Cardiovascular Research
Published
2010-11-04
Volume
89
Issue
3
Pages
516-524
ISSN
0008-6363 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2019407178
Cited by
172
References
94
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Cardiovascular Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
Keywords
insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease, insulin signaling, PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway, nitric oxide, cardioprotection, ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, endothelial function
MeSH terms
Animals, Diabetic Angiopathies, Humans, Insulin, Insulin Resistance, Nitric Oxide, Myocardial Ischemia

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