2004
AMP-activated protein kinase mediates ischemic glucose uptake and prevents postischemic cardiac dysfunction, apoptosis, and injury
Russell RR, Li J, Coven DL, Pypaert M, Zechner C, Palmeri M, Giordano FJ, Mu J, Birnbaum MJ, Young LH. AMP-activated protein kinase mediates ischemic glucose uptake and prevents postischemic cardiac dysfunction, apoptosis, and injury. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2004, 114: 495-503. PMID: 15314686, PMCID: PMC503766, DOI: 10.1172/jci19297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-flow ischemiaGlucose uptakePostischemic reperfusionWT heartsLeft ventricular dPNormal fractional shorteningLV contractile functionPostischemic cardiac dysfunctionInsulin-stimulated glucose uptakeImportant protective roleLong-term inhibitionFatty acid oxidationFractional shorteningHeart failureVentricular dPCardiac consequencesCardiac dysfunctionCaspase-3 activityMyocardial ischemiaContractile functionReperfusionCardiac hypertrophyIschemiaTransgenic miceProtective role
1996
Glucose metabolism distal to a critical coronary stenosis in a canine model of low-flow myocardial ischemia.
McNulty PH, Sinusas AJ, Shi CQ, Dione D, Young LH, Cline GC, Shulman GI. Glucose metabolism distal to a critical coronary stenosis in a canine model of low-flow myocardial ischemia. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1996, 98: 62-69. PMID: 8690805, PMCID: PMC507401, DOI: 10.1172/jci118778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-flow ischemiaCoronary stenosisIschemic myocardiumIschemic regionLow-flow myocardial ischemiaCritical coronary stenosisExogenous glucoseOxidative substrateMyocardial ischemiaIntact dogsGlucose metabolismNonischemic regionsClinical observationsCanine modelGlucose utilizationIschemiaBiochemical measurementsMyocardial regionsRate of incorporationIntracellular metabolismTricarboxylic acid cycle fluxStenosisMyocardiumGlucoseGlucose-derived pyruvate