Control of muscle mitochondria by insulin entails activation of Akt2-mtNOS pathway: implications for the metabolic syndrome.

BACKGROUND: In the metabolic syndrome with hyperinsulinemia, mitochondrial inhibition facilitates muscle fat and glycogen accumulation and accelerates its progression. In the last decade, nitric oxide (NO) emerged as a typical mitochondrial modulator by reversibly inhibiting citochrome oxidase and o...

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Main Authors: Paola Finocchietto, Fernando Barreyro, Silvia Holod, Jorge Peralta, María C Franco, Carlos Méndez, Daniela P Converso, Alvaro Estévez, Maria C Carreras, Juan J Poderoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2258147?pdf=render