Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Mammalian γ2 AMPK regulates intrinsic heart rate

  • Arash Yavari,
  • Mohamed Bellahcene,
  • Annalisa Bucchi,
  • Syevda Sirenko,
  • Katalin Pinter,
  • Neil Herring,
  • Julia J. Jung,
  • Kirill V. Tarasov,
  • Emily J. Sharpe,
  • Markus Wolfien,
  • Gabor Czibik,
  • Violetta Steeples,
  • Sahar Ghaffari,
  • Chinh Nguyen,
  • Alexander Stockenhuber,
  • Joshua R. St. Clair,
  • Christian Rimmbach,
  • Yosuke Okamoto,
  • Dongmei Yang,
  • Mingyi Wang,
  • Bruce D. Ziman,
  • Jack M. Moen,
  • Daniel R. Riordon,
  • Christopher Ramirez,
  • Manuel Paina,
  • Joonho Lee,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Ismayil Ahmet,
  • Michael G. Matt,
  • Yelena S. Tarasova,
  • Dilair Baban,
  • Natasha Sahgal,
  • Helen Lockstone,
  • Rathi Puliyadi,
  • Joseph de Bono,
  • Owen M. Siggs,
  • John Gomes,
  • Hannah Muskett,
  • Mahon L. Maguire,
  • Youlia Beglov,
  • Matthew Kelly,
  • Pedro P. N. dos Santos,
  • Nicola J. Bright,
  • Angela Woods,
  • Katja Gehmlich,
  • Henrik Isackson,
  • Gillian Douglas,
  • David J. P. Ferguson,
  • Jürgen E. Schneider,
  • Andrew Tinker,
  • Olaf Wolkenhauer,
  • Keith M. Channon,
  • Richard J. Cornall,
  • Eduardo B. Sternick,
  • David J. Paterson,
  • Charles S. Redwood,
  • David Carling,
  • Catherine Proenza,
  • Robert David,
  • Mirko Baruscotti,
  • Dario DiFrancesco,
  • Edward G. Lakatta,
  • Hugh Watkins,
  • Houman Ashrafian

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01342-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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AMPK regulates cellular energy balance using its γ subunit as an energy sensor of cellular AMP and ADP to ATP ratios. Here, the authors show that γ2 AMPK activation lowers heart rate by reducing the activity of pacemaker cells, whereas loss of γ2 AMPK increases heart rate and prevents the adaptive bradycardia of endurance training in mice.