In primary rat adipocytes, AICAR increased AMPK activation.
In plain wordsIn cells from rats, AICAR increased AMPK activation.
- Peptide
- AICAR (acadesine)
- Outcome
- IncreaseAMPK activation
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Primary epididymal adipocytes- Outcome group
- Receptor activity and mechanism · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · 1 hAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
AICAR increased AMPK activation without affecting basal and insulin-stimulated Akt1/2 phosphorylation on Thr(308) and Ser(473) residues.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Rat epididymal adipocytes were exposed to 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-beta-d-ribofuranoside (AICAR) for 1 h.