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The Role of AMPK in the Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Size, Hypertrophy, and Regeneration
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AMPK (5’-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase) is heavily involved in skeletal muscle metabolic control through its regulation of many downstream targets. Because of their effects on anabolic and catabolic cellular processes, AMPK plays an important role in the control of skeletal muscle development and growth. In this review, the effects of AMPK signaling, and those of its upstream activator, liver kinase B1 (LKB1), on skeletal muscle growth and atrophy are reviewed. The effect of AMPK activity on satellite cell-mediated muscle growth and regeneration after injury is also reviewed. Together, the current data indicate that AMPK does play an important role in regulating muscle mass and regeneration, with AMPKα1 playing a prominent role in stimulating anabolism and in regulating satellite cell dynamics during regeneration, and AMPKα2 playing a potentially more important role in regulating muscle degradation during atrophy.
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“Recently, it was shown that the inhibition of AMPK subunit α1 (AMPKα1) in FAPs impairs muscle repair and promotes fibrosis 13,36 .”
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“Under conditions of nutrient deprivation, AMPK activation suppresses mTOR activity [8]. mTOR, a highly conserved nutrient-responsive regulator of cell growth in all eukaryotes, controls cell growth and metabolism in response to nutrients, growth factors, and cellular energy status (mediated by…”
BackgroundHotspots and trends in liver kinase B1 research: A bibliometric analysis
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“…activate GTPase, which can convert GTP to GDP and can form a complex with TSC1 and TBC1D7, reducing the ability of a GTPase, Rheb, whose binding with GTP is needed for mTORC1 activity. c. AMPK can phosphorylate RAPTOR, leading to impaired mTORC1 activity mediated by 14-3-3 proteins (Thomson, 2018).”
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“Furthermore, liver kinase B1 (LKB1), an upstream activator of AMPK, promotes myogenic differentiation by destabilizing microtubules (Mian et al. 2012; Thomson 2018).”
The regeneration model of aging and its practical implications
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“Indeed, AMPK hyper-activation can blunt the proliferation and differentiation of myoblasts in culture [159].”
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“21 Also, the mitochondrial dysfunction due to MA results in insufficient energy supply and activation of AMPK, which promotes the expression of MuRF-1 and MAFbx/Atrogin-1, in turn accelerating muscle breakdown.”
Metformin Protects Rat Skeletal Muscle from Physical Exercise-Induced Injury
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“…directed toward maintaining the mitochondrial pool by activating mitochondrial biogenesis or for another divergent pathway such as mito/autophagy (Thomson, 2018; Seabright and Lai, 2020); at a minimum, these fi ndings suggest that the activation of AMPK participates in maintaining the…”
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“Although the hyperactivation of AMPK by use of synthetic reagent AICAR inhibits myogenesis 33 , the physiological significance of weak phosphorylation of AMPK remains unclear.”
Unconventional myosin VI is involved in regulation of muscle energy metabolism
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Metadata
- Authors
- Thomson, D. M.
- Affiliations
- Brigham Young University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Thomson, David M.
- ORCID
- Thomson, David M.
- Venue
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2018-10-11
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 3125
- ISSN
- 1422-0067 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6212977
- OpenAlex
- W2896374260
- Cited by
- 267
- References
- 142
- Citations by year
- 2026: 29 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 41 · 2023: 52 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 1.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- dx.doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Muscle Physiology and Disorders
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Keywords
- AMPK, skeletal muscle growth, muscle hypertrophy, muscle atrophy, muscle regeneration, satellite cells, LKB1, AMPKα1, AMPKα2, muscle metabolism, myogenesis
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Energy Metabolism, Enzyme Activation, Humans, Hypertrophy, Organ Size, Regeneration, Wound Healing, Signal Transduction, Biomarkers, Muscle, Skeletal, Muscle Fibers, Skeletal, Muscle Development, AMP-Activated Protein Kinases
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