Hexosamines and insulin resistance
- 1 August 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes
- Vol. 45 (8) , 1003-1009
- https://doi.org/10.2337/diabetes.45.8.1003
Abstract
Glucose is an important regulator of cell growth and metabolism. Thus, it is Likely that some of the adverse effects of hyperglycemia are reflections of normal regulation by abnormal concentrations of glucose. How the cell senses glucose, however, is still incompletely understood. Evidence has been presented that the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway serves this function for regulation of aspects of glucose uptake, glycogen synthesis, glycolysis, and synthesis of growth factors. Excess hexosamine flux causes insulin resistance in cultured cells, tissues, and intact animals. Further evidence for the possible role of this pathway in normal glucose homeostasis and disease is that the level of activity of the rate-limiting enzyme in hexosamine synthesis, glutamine:fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase, is correlated with glucose disposal rates (GDRs) in normal humans and transgenic mice.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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