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AMP-activated protein kinase and its downstream transcriptional pathways

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The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a key regulator of catabolic versus anabolic processes. Its properties as an energy sensor allow it to couple the energy status of the cell to the metabolic environment. These adaptations not only take place through the acute modulation of key metabolic enzymes via direct phosphorylation, but also through a slower transcriptional adaptative response. The question of how AMPK regulates the expression of a number of gene sets, such as those related to mitochondrial biogenesis, energy production and oxidative protection, is only beginning to be elucidated, and still many questions remain to be answered. In this review we will try to integrate our current knowledge on how AMPK regulates transcription in muscle and liver, which will serve as examples to illustrate the major advances in the field and the key challenges ahead.

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The work in the laboratory of the authors was supported by grants of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Swiss National Science Foundation, NIH (DK59820), and the European Research Council Ideas programme (Sirtuins; ERC-2008-AdG23118). CC is supported by an EMBO fellowship. The authors thank all the members of the Auwerx laboratory for inspiring discussions.

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Cantó, C., Auwerx, J. AMP-activated protein kinase and its downstream transcriptional pathways. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 67, 3407–3423 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-010-0454-z

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