Title : AICAR, an AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Activator, Ameliorates Acute Pancreatitis-Associated Liver Injury Partially Through Nrf2-Mediated Antioxidant Effects and Inhibition of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation.

Pub. Date : 2021

PMID : 34531748






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1 Here, we show that activation of AMPK by AICAR, a direct AMPK agonist, significantly ameliorates sodium taurocholate-induced PALI in rats, whereas treatment of PALI rats with the AMPK antagonist Compound C profoundly exacerbates the degree of liver injury, suggesting that hepatic AMPK activation exerts an essential protective role in PALI. Taurocholic Acid protein kinase AMP-activated catalytic subunit alpha 2 Rattus norvegicus
2 Mechanistically, AICAR induces AMPK activation, which in turn activates nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2(Nrf2) -regulated hepatic antioxidant capacity and inhibits NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated pyrolysis, protecting rats from sodium taurocholate-induced PALI. Taurocholic Acid protein kinase AMP-activated catalytic subunit alpha 2 Rattus norvegicus