Maternal overnutrition suppresses the phosphorylation of 5′-AMP-activated protein kinase in liver, but not skeletal muscle, in the fetal and neonatal sheep

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Philp, L K ^a   Muhlhausler, B S ^a   Janovska, A ^b   Wittert, G A ^b   Duffield, J A ^a   McMillen, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fetus; Glucose; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; AMP ACTIVATED KINASE ALPHA1; AMP ACTIVATED KINASE ALPHA2; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; OVERNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DOWN-REGULATION; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GESTATIONAL AGE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIVER; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OVERNUTRITION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

EID: 57749113097     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90492.2008     Document Type: Article

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