An Hongying, He Ling
Divisions of Metabolism and EndocrinologyDepartment of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
Divisions of Metabolism and EndocrinologyDepartment of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
J Endocrinol. 2016 Mar;228(3):R97-106. doi: 10.1530/JOE-15-0447. Epub 2016 Jan 7.
Metformin is a first-line oral anti-diabetic agent that has been used clinically to treat patients with type 2 diabetes for over 60 years. Due to its efficacy in therapy and affordable price, metformin is taken by more than 150 million people each year. Metformin improves hyperglycemia mainly through the suppression of hepatic gluconeogenesis along with the improvement of insulin signaling. However, its mechanism of action remains partially understood and controversial, especially in regard to the role of AMPK in metformin's action and the mechanism of AMPK activation. In this review, we discuss recent advances in the understanding of metformin's suppression of hepatic glucose production and the mechanism related to the improvement of insulin signaling.
二甲双胍是一种一线口服抗糖尿病药物,已在临床上用于治疗2型糖尿病患者60多年。由于其治疗效果显著且价格亲民,每年有超过1.5亿人服用二甲双胍。二甲双胍主要通过抑制肝糖异生以及改善胰岛素信号传导来改善高血糖。然而,其作用机制仍部分未明且存在争议,特别是关于AMPK在二甲双胍作用中的作用以及AMPK激活机制。在本综述中,我们讨论了在理解二甲双胍抑制肝葡萄糖生成以及与改善胰岛素信号传导相关机制方面的最新进展。