Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10816132 | Cellular Signalling | 2013 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Metformin is known to stimulate glucose uptake, but the mechanism for this action is not fully understood. In this study, AMPK activators (AICAR and metformin) increased the expression of T-lymphoma invasion and metastasis-inducing protein-1 (Tiam-1), a Rac1 specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF), mRNA and protein in skeletal muscle C2C12 cells. Metformin increases the serine-phosphorylation of Tiam-1 by AMPK and induces interaction between Tiam-1 and 14-3-3. Pharmacologic inhibition of AMPK blocks this interaction, indicating that 14-3-3 may be required for induction of Tiam-1 by AMPK. Metformin also increases the phosphorylation of p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1), a direct downstream target of Rac1, dependent on AMPK. Tiam-1 is down-regulated at high glucose concentrations in cultured cells and in the db/db mouse model of hyperglycemia. Furthermore, Tiam-1 knock-down blocked metformin-induced increase in glucose uptake. These findings suggest that metformin promotes cellular glucose uptake in part through Tiam-1 induction.
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Ga Young You, Jung Ok Lee, Ji Hae Kim, Nami Kim, Soo Kyung Lee, Ji Wook Moon, Sha Jie, Hye Jeong Lee, Su Jin Kim, Sun Hwa Park, Hyeon Soo Kim,