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Introduction Pompe disease (Glycogenosis type II; OMIM #232300) is caused by lysosomal acid alpha-glucosidase deficiency (EC# 3.2.1.20), which leads to a metabolic block in intra-lysosomal glycogen breakdown ( 1 ). In the late-onset forms of
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-free DMEM (Gibco cat. 11966). Antibiotics used in proliferation and differentiation medias were Amphotericin B from Gibco and penicillin–streptomycin solution from Sigma. FBS and l -glutamine, glycogen carrier from rat liver and cytochalasin B were from
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weight, plasma insulin levels and hepatic glycogen contents, were compared in GDM mice with or without oleuropein treatment. Oxidative stress was examined by measuring liver oxidative stress markers. Inflammatory levels were evaluated by assessing
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pathways, such as the enhancement of glycogenesis by increasing the phosphorylation of glycogen synthase kinase-3β (Gsk3β) ( 15 ), the inhibition of fatty acid synthesis by reducing the activity of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and the depression of the
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measured by luminescent oxygen channeling (LOCI) assays (Perkin Elmer alphaLISA, kit AL521F). Frozen liver samples of 20–42 mg were used for the determination of lipid and glycogen as previously described ( 26 ). Note that, in this study, samples were
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adiponectin, leptin, resistin, insulin, and glucose assays were performed. Liver was removed, dissected, frozen, and stored at −80 °C until glycogen analysis. Left gastrocnemius and periepididymal WATs were dissected and weighed. Left soleus from nine rats of
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. Expression of GLUT-4 is stimulated by insulin and activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) due to cardiac stress ( 9 ). Similar to free FA, an overload of carbohydrates can be stored as glycogen in the myocardium, but glycogen stores in the heart are
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by AKT ( 30 ). However, glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3B), a downstream target of AKT, can negatively affect the mitochondria-HK interaction by phosphorylating VDAC. Thus, although part of the same pathway, AKT and GSK3B have opposing effects on the