Table 1.

Stresses that activate AMPK

Type of treatment Treatment Primary reference
Respiratory chain inhibitors   Antimycin A  Witters et al., 1991  
  Azide  Witters et al., 1991  
  Nitric oxide  Almeida et al., 2004  
ATP synthase inhibitor   Oligomycin  Marsin et al., 2000  
Mitochondrial uncouplers   Dinitrophenol  Witters et al., 1991  
  Over-expression of UCP1  Matejkova et al., 2004  
  Over-expression of UCP3  Schrauwen et al., 2004  
TCA cycle inhibitor   Arsenite  Corton et al., 1994  
Environmental stresses   Heat shock  Corton et al., 1994  
  Oxidative stress  Choi et al., 2001  
  Osmotic stress  Fryer et al., 2002  
Metabolic stresses   Ischaemia  Kudo et al., 1995  
  Hypoxia  Marsin et al., 2000  
  Low glucose  Salt et al., 1998  
  Exercise (muscle)  Winder and Hardie, 1996  
  Contraction (muscle)  Hutber et al., 1997; Vavvas et al., 1997  
Biguanide drugs   Metformin  Zhou et al., 2001  
  Phenformin  Hawley et al., 2003  
Thiazolidinedione drugs   Rosiglitazone  Fryer et al., 2002  
  Pioglitazone  Saha et al., 2004  
Type of treatment Treatment Primary reference
Respiratory chain inhibitors   Antimycin A  Witters et al., 1991  
  Azide  Witters et al., 1991  
  Nitric oxide  Almeida et al., 2004  
ATP synthase inhibitor   Oligomycin  Marsin et al., 2000  
Mitochondrial uncouplers   Dinitrophenol  Witters et al., 1991  
  Over-expression of UCP1  Matejkova et al., 2004  
  Over-expression of UCP3  Schrauwen et al., 2004  
TCA cycle inhibitor   Arsenite  Corton et al., 1994  
Environmental stresses   Heat shock  Corton et al., 1994  
  Oxidative stress  Choi et al., 2001  
  Osmotic stress  Fryer et al., 2002  
Metabolic stresses   Ischaemia  Kudo et al., 1995  
  Hypoxia  Marsin et al., 2000  
  Low glucose  Salt et al., 1998  
  Exercise (muscle)  Winder and Hardie, 1996  
  Contraction (muscle)  Hutber et al., 1997; Vavvas et al., 1997  
Biguanide drugs   Metformin  Zhou et al., 2001  
  Phenformin  Hawley et al., 2003  
Thiazolidinedione drugs   Rosiglitazone  Fryer et al., 2002  
  Pioglitazone  Saha et al., 2004  
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