In PM-exposed mice, AICAR increased hepatic GLUT4 expression compared with PM mice.
In plain wordsIn mice exposed to particles, AICAR increased liver GLUT4 expression compared with PM mice.
- Peptide
- AICAR (acadesine)
- Outcome
- IncreaseHepatic GLUT4 expression
- Study
mousen: not reported in source
PM2.5 exposure- Comparator
- PM mice
- Outcome group
- Receptor activity and mechanism · Liver
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · intraperitonealAs given in this study (mouse).
Source sentences
The AICAR injection upregulated the expressions of GLUT4 in the liver of PM-AIC mice when compared with the PM mice.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Thirty-two 6-week-old male C57BL/6 mice were exposed to filtered air (FA) or concentrated PM2.5 for 12 weeks using Shanghai Meteorological and Environmental Animal Exposure System ("Shanghai-METAS"), respectively.
At week 11, the mice began to be treated with intraperitoneal injection of normal 0.9% saline or AMPK activator (AICAR).