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PLoSOne.20116(8):e24224.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024224.Epub2011Aug26.
Arctigeninefficientlyenhancedsedentarymicetreadmillendurance.
TangX1,ZhuangJ,ChenJ,YuL,HuL,JiangH,ShenX.
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Physicalinactivityisconsideredasoneofthepotentialriskfactorsforthedevelopmentoftype2
diabetesandothermetabolicdiseases,whileenduranceexercisetrainingcouldenhancefat
oxidationthatisassociatedwithinsulinsensitivityimprovementinobesity.AMPactivatedprotein
kinase(AMPK)asanenergysensorplayspivotalrolesintheregulationofenergyhomeostasis,
anditsactivationcouldimproveglucoseuptake,promotemitochondrialbiogenesisandincrease
glycolysis.RecentresearchhasevensuggestedthatAMPKactivationcontributedtoendurance
enhancementwithoutexercise.Herewereportthatthenaturalproductarctigeninfromthe
traditionalherbArctiumlappaL.(Compositae)stronglyincreasedAMPKphosphorylationand
subsequentlyupregulateditsdownstreampathwayinbothH9C2andC2C12cells.Itwas
discoveredthatarctigeninphosphorylatedAMPKviacalmodulindependentproteinkinase
kinase(CaMKK)andserine/threoninekinase11(LKB1)dependentpathways.Micetreadmill
basedinvivoassayfurtherindicatedthatadministrationofarctigeninimprovedefficientlymice
enduranceasreflectedbytheincreasedfatiguetimeanddistance,andpotentlyenhanced
mitochondrialbiogenesisandfattyacidoxidation(FAO)relatedgenesexpressioninmuscle
tissues.Ourresultsthussuggestedthatarctigeninmightbeusedasapotentialleadcompound
forthediscoveryoftheagentswithmimicexercisetrainingeffectstotreatmetabolicdiseases.
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