Journal: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
Article Title: Lithium downregulates phosphorylated acetyl‑CoA carboxylase 2 and attenuates mitochondrial fatty acid utilization and oxidative stress in cardiomyocytes
doi: 10.3892/etm.2024.12413
Figure Lengend Snippet: Illustration of the proposed mechanisms underlying lithium's effects on mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and oxidative stress in cardiomyocytes. Low-dose lithium downregulates GSK-3β activity in cardiomyocytes and activates ACC2, thereby upregulating malonyl-CoA expression, which in turn leads to the inhibition on CPT1 activity, transportation of fatty acyl-CoAs into mitochondria for β-oxidation and generation of ROS and proton leakage. GLUT4, glucose transporter type 4; ACC2, acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2; CPT1, carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1; ROS, reactive oxygen species.
Article Snippet: Following this blocking procedure, the membranes were incubated overnight at 4˚C with specific antibodies against total ACC2 (1:2,000; monoclonal; cat. no. ab45174; Abcam), p-(p-)ACC2 (1:500; polyclonal; cat. no. 07303; Millipore), total AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK; 1:500; monoclonal; cat. no. 5831; Cell Signaling), p-AMPK (1:1,000; polyclonal; cat. no. 07681; Millipore), calcineurin (1:10,000; monoclonal; cat. no. ab109412; Abcam), total GSK-3β (1:1,000; monoclonal; cat. no. 9315; Cell Signaling), p-GSK-3β (1:1,000; polyclonal; cat. no. 9336; Cell Signaling) and GLUT4 (1:500; monoclonal; cat. no. sc-53566; Santa Cruz).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Expressing, Inhibition