| 2018 |
Endothelial PRKAA1/AMPKα1 drives increased aerobic glycolysis in endothelial cells exposed to disturbed flow; selective deletion of endothelial Prkaa1 reduces glycolysis and accelerates atherosclerotic lesion formation, while rescue via Slc2a1 (GLUT1) overexpression restores glycolysis, endothelial viability, and barrier integrity, reversing susceptibility to atherosclerosis. |
Endothelial-specific Prkaa1 knockout mice in hyperlipidemic background, Slc2a1 overexpression rescue, siRNA knockdown in human endothelial cells, in vitro disturbed flow models |
Nature communications |
High |
30405100
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| 2014 |
PRKAA1/AMPKα1 is required for autophagy-dependent mitochondrial clearance (mitophagy) during erythrocyte maturation; Prkaa1 deletion inhibits ULK1 phosphorylation at Ser555, prevents ULK1–BECN1–PtdIns3K complex formation, reduces autophagic flux, causes damaged mitochondrial accumulation, elevated ROS, hemolytic anemia, and splenomegaly. Rapamycin or mitochondria-targeted antioxidant treatment alleviates the phenotype; bone marrow transplantation experiments confirmed the cell-intrinsic nature of the defect. |
Prkaa1 knockout mice, bone marrow transplantation, ULK1 phosphorylation assays, autophagic flux measurement, ROS quantification, rapamycin and Mito-tempol treatment |
Autophagy |
High |
24988326
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| 2015 |
The CAMKK2–PRKAA1–ULK1 signaling pathway is required for CSF1-induced autophagy and human monocyte differentiation into macrophages; PRKAA1 links P2RY6 receptor engagement (activated by UDP) to autophagy induction and monocyte differentiation. |
siRNA knockdown, pharmacological inhibition, pathway epistasis experiments in primary human monocytes and CMML patient cells |
Autophagy |
High |
26029847
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| 2014 |
Acute inhibition of autophagy (muscle-specific Atg7 knockout) in skeletal muscle does not impair physical performance or PRKAA1 activation during exercise, demonstrating that PRKAA1 activation is upstream of and independent of autophagy during exercise; however, autophagy is required for mitochondrial quality control during damaging muscle contraction. |
Inducible muscle-specific Atg7 knockout mice, exercise performance assays, PRKAA1 activity measurement, mitochondrial function assays |
Autophagy |
Medium |
25483961
|
| 2010 |
PRKAA1/2 mediates stress-induced proteasome-dependent loss of ID2 protein in trophoblast stem cells (TSCs), promoting differentiation; at low stress levels PRKAA1/2 mediates metabolic adaptation (phosphorylation/inactivation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase) without ID2 loss, while high stress causes irreversible ID2 loss and TSC differentiation. |
Pharmacological AMPK inhibition/activation, proteasome inhibition, Western blot for ID2 and phospho-ACC in mouse TSCs |
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) |
Medium |
20876741
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| 2010 |
Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) activates PRKAA1/2 and causes PRKAA1/2-dependent ID2 protein loss in trophoblast stem cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner, promoting TSC differentiation at doses corresponding to heavy smoking levels. |
BaP treatment of mouse TSCs, AMPK activity assays, ID2 Western blot, PRKAA1/2 siRNA knockdown |
Molecular reproduction and development |
Medium |
20422711
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| 2019 |
PRKAA1 promotes proliferation and inhibits apoptosis of gastric cancer cells through activation of JNK1 and Akt signaling pathways; shRNA-mediated PRKAA1 knockdown reduces PCNA and Bcl-2 expression and JNK1/Akt activity, and inactivation of either JNK1 or Akt blocks PRKAA1 overexpression-induced proliferation. |
shRNA knockdown, AMPK inhibitor (Compound C), signaling pathway inhibitors for JNK1 and Akt, xenograft mouse model, Western blot |
Oncology research |
Medium |
31558185
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| 2021 |
Endothelial PRKAA1 knockdown reduces endothelial glycolysis and fatty acid oxidation, decreases acetyl-CoA levels, and suppresses transcription of inflammatory molecules mediated by ATP citrate lyase and histone acetyltransferase p300; EC-specific Prkaa1 knockout unexpectedly alleviates HFD-induced metabolic syndrome including inflammation. |
EC-specific Prkaa1 knockout mice on HFD, siRNA knockdown in cultured ECs, metabolic flux measurements, gene expression analysis (qRT-PCR), flow cytometry |
British journal of pharmacology |
Medium |
34796475
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| 2021 |
Prkaa1 deficiency in myeloid cells downregulates glucose and lipid metabolism genes, compromises macrophage glucose and lipid metabolism, suppresses monocyte/macrophage recruitment to adipose tissue, liver, and arterial walls, and decreases macrophage viability in those tissues, resulting in reduced diet-induced metabolic disorders and atherosclerosis. |
Myeloid-specific Prkaa1 knockout mice on HFD and Western diet, gene expression profiling, metabolic assays in macrophages |
Frontiers in cell and developmental biology |
Medium |
33511118
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| 2017 |
Muscle-specific deletion of Prkaa1 enhances intramyocellular triacylglycerol accumulation under high-fat diet conditions, with upregulation of adipogenic gene expression, downregulation of mitochondrial oxidation genes, hyperlipidemia, and activation of skeletal muscle mTOR signaling. |
Muscle-specific Prkaa1 knockout mice on normal and high-fat diet, gene expression analysis, lipid quantification, mTOR signaling assays |
Journal of physiology and biochemistry |
Medium |
29288408
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| 2023 |
PRKAA1 induces aberrant mitophagy via the PINK1/Parkin pathway in fluoride-exposed neurons; NaF exposure increases PRKAA1 phosphorylation and upregulates PINK1, Parkin, TOMM-20, and Cyt C, promoting mitophagy and neuronal apoptosis. Both AMPK inhibitor (dorsomorphin) and autophagy inhibitor (3-MA) suppress NaF-induced neuronal apoptosis by restoring aberrant mitophagy. |
Rat NaF exposure model, SH-SY5Y cell model, phosphoproteomics, Western blot, pharmacological inhibition with dorsomorphin and 3-MA |
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety |
Medium |
36924562
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| 2022 |
FTO (fat mass and obesity-associated protein) stabilizes PRKAA1 mRNA by reducing m6A modification; FTO demethylation of m6A marks on PRKAA1 3'-UTR decreases YTHDF2-mediated mRNA degradation, increasing PRKAA1 protein levels and promoting gastric cancer cell growth, glycolysis, and redox balance maintenance. |
RNA immunoprecipitation for m6A, YTHDF2 interaction assay, FTO overexpression/knockdown, PRKAA1 mRNA stability assays, Western blot, extracellular flux analyzer |
Neoplasma |
Medium |
36305690
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| 2010 |
siRNA silencing of PRKAA1 in HEK293 cells increases susceptibility to methylmercury toxicity, while AMPK activator AICAR reduces methylmercury toxicity, indicating PRKAA1/AMPK activation is protective against methylmercury-induced cytotoxicity. |
siRNA knockdown in HEK293 cells, AICAR pharmacological activation, cell viability assay |
The Journal of toxicological sciences |
Low |
20686348
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| 2017 |
miR-181a targets PRKAA1 (validated by luciferase assay) in the dorsal hippocampus; after fear conditioning or object location training, miR-181a expression transiently increases while PRKAA1 expression and activity decrease; microinjection of PRKAA1 agonist AICAR or inhibitor compound C reverses the effects of miR-181a manipulation on hippocampus-dependent memory formation, placing PRKAA1 downstream of miR-181a in memory regulation. |
Luciferase reporter assay, miR-181a agomir/antagomir stereotaxic injection in mouse dorsal hippocampus, AICAR and compound C microinjection, fear conditioning and object location behavioral assays |
Scientific reports |
Medium |
28814760
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| 2024 |
Gentiacaulein inhibits glucose transport into astrocytes, increasing AMP:ATP ratio and inducing PRKAA1-mediated autophagy, which enhances amyloid-β clearance and reduces NF-κB nuclear translocation and inflammatory cytokine (TNF-α, IL-6) release; PRKAA1 knockdown reverses these effects, confirming PRKAA1 as the mediating kinase. |
Pharmacological treatment of primary astrocytes, ATP/AMP measurement, PRKAA1 siRNA knockdown, autophagy flux assays, NF-κB translocation assay, ELISA for cytokines |
Autophagy reports |
Medium |
40395536
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| 2025 |
Selective deletion of Prkaa1 (AMPKα1) in tendon progenitors causes transcriptional alterations in cell cycle regulation and ECM organization by one month, leads to significant reductions in tendon mechanical strength and upregulation of senescence markers p21 and p16 by three months, and progresses to ectopic calcification with age; tendon fibroblasts lacking AMPKα1 show altered ECM substrate adhesion, and voluntary exercise partially rescues ECM organization and reduces senescence marker expression. |
Conditional Prkaa1 knockout in tendon progenitors, RNA sequencing, mechanical testing, senescence marker immunostaining, in vitro ECM adhesion assays, voluntary exercise intervention |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
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