

Author: Chan Anita Y.M Dyck Jason R.B
Publisher: NRC Research Press
ISSN: 1205-7541
Source: Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, Vol.83, Iss.1, 2005-01, pp. : 24-28
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Abstract
A necessary mediator of cardiac myocyte enlargement is protein synthesis, which is controlled, in part, by the highly energy-consuming process of peptide-chain elongation. Recently, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), which is a key regulator of cellular energy homeostasis, has been shown to phosphorylate a number of enzymes involved in the control of protein synthesis. Since AMPK may inhibit protein synthesis via a number of different pathways, it is possible that AMPK is also a key regulator of cardiac hypertrophy. Recent advances linking AMPK and the energy status of the cell to the regulation of protein synthesis and (or) cardiac myocyte hypertrophy will be discussed.
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