AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism -- Table of Contents (April 1 2009, 296 [4])

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André Marette: New insights in covalent modifications of proteins and lipids: phosphorylation and beyond
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E579-E580, 2009. First published January 27, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00049.2009 [Full Text] [PDF]

Sigalit Boura-Halfon and Yehiel Zick: Phosphorylation of IRS proteins, insulin action, and insulin resistance
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E581-E591, 2009. First published August 26, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90437.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sarah Haas Lockie, Timo D. Müller, and Matthias H. Tschöp: Coupled with uncouplers: the curious case of lifespan
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E619-E620, 2009. First published February 10, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00060.2009 [Full Text] [PDF]

Zane B. Andrews and Tamas L. Horvath: Uncoupling protein-2 regulates lifespan in mice
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E621-E627, 2009. First published January 13, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90903.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

REVIEWS:

Joseph Avruch, Xiaomeng Long, Sara Ortiz-Vega, Joseph Rapley, Angela Papageorgiou, and Ning Dai: Amino acid regulation of TOR complex 1
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E592-E602, 2009. First published September 2, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90645.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Harinder S. Hundal and Peter M. Taylor: Amino acid transceptors: gate keepers of nutrient exchange and regulators of nutrient signaling
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E603-E613, 2009. First published January 21, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.91002.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stefan Schmidt, Hans-Georg Joost, and Annette Schürmann: GLUT8, the enigmatic intracellular hexose transporter
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E614-E618, 2009. First published January 27, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.91019.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ARTICLES:

Haiya Wu, Li Wei, Yuqian Bao, Junxi Lu, Ping Huang, Yong Liu, Weiping Jia, and Kunsan Xiang: Fenofibrate reduces serum retinol-binding protein-4 by suppressing its expression in adipose tissue
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E628-E634, 2009. First published December 16, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90526.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christine Berggreen, Amélie Gormand, Bilal Omar, Eva Degerman, and Olga Göransson: Protein kinase B activity is required for the effects of insulin on lipid metabolism in adipocytes
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E635-E646, 2009. First published January 21, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90596.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jingsong Cao, Weiqun Shen, Zhijie Chang, and Yuguang Shi: ALCAT1 is a polyglycerophospholipid acyltransferase potently regulated by adenine nucleotide and thyroid status
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E647-E653, 2009. First published December 23, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90761.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sophie S. Y. Chan, Lynette J. Schedlich, Stephen M. Twigg, and Robert C. Baxter: Inhibition of adipocyte differentiation by insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E654-E663, 2009. First published January 13, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90846.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

S. Zárate, G. Jaita, V. Zaldivar, D. B. Radl, G. Eijo, J. Ferraris, D. Pisera, and A. Seilicovich: Estrogens exert a rapid apoptotic action in anterior pituitary cells
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E664-E671, 2009. First published January 21, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90785.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kenneth G. Bensch, Justin L. Mott, Shin-Wen Chang, Polly A. Hansen, Michael A. Moxley, Kari T. Chambers, Wieke de Graaf, H. Peter Zassenhaus, and John A. Corbett: Selective mtDNA mutation accumulation results in β-cell apoptosis and diabetes development
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E672-E680, 2009. First published January 21, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90839.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]

Alex Rafacho, Tânia M. Cestari, Sebastião R. Taboga, Antonio C. Boschero, and José R. Bosqueiro: High doses of dexamethasone induce increased β-cell proliferation in pancreatic rat islets
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E681-E689, 2009. First published January 21, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90931.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kamila S. Gwiazda, Ting-Lin B. Yang, Yalin Lin, and James D. Johnson: Effects of palmitate on ER and cytosolic Ca²⁺ homeostasis in β-cells
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E690-E701, 2009. First published January 13, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90525.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Fiona A. Wilson, Joost J. G. C. van den Borne, A. Graham Calder, Niamh O'Kennedy, Grietje Holtrop, William D. Rees, and Gerald E. Lobley: Tissue methionine cycle activity and homocysteine metabolism in female rats: impact of dietary methionine and folate plus choline
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E702-E713, 2009. First published January 13, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90670.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gang-Qing Yao, Jian-Jun Wu, Shira Ovadia, Nancy Troiano, Ben Hua Sun, and Karl Insogna: Targeted overexpression of the two colony-stimulating factor-1 isoforms in osteoblasts differentially affects bone loss in ovariectomized mice
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E714-E720, 2009. First published January 13, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90631.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tsuyoshi Shimada, Nobuhiko Hiramatsu, Kunihiro Hayakawa, Shuhei Takahashi, Ayumi Kasai, Yasuhiro Tagawa, Mai Mukai, Jian Yao, Yoshiaki Fujii-Kuriyama, and Masanori Kitamura: Dual suppression of adipogenesis by cigarette smoke through activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E721-E730, 2009. First published January 13, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90829.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jimena P. Cabilla, Sonia A. Ronchetti, Silvana I. Nudler, Eliana A. Miler, Fernanda A. Quinteros, and Beatriz H. Duvilanski: Nitric oxide sensitive-guanylyl cyclase subunit expression changes during estrous cycle in anterior pituitary glands
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E731-E737, 2009. First published January 13, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90795.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Graham P. Holloway, Carley R. Benton, Kerry L. Mullen, Yuko Yoshida, Laelie A. Snook, Xiao-Xia Han, Jan F. C. Glatz, Joost J. F. P. Luiken, James Lally, David J. Dyck, and Arend Bonen: In obese rat muscle transport of palmitate is increased and is channeled to triacylglycerol storage despite an increase in mitochondrial palmitate oxidation
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E738-E747, 2009. First published January 13, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90896.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Eunsook S. Jin, A. Dean Sherry, and Craig R. Malloy: Evidence for reverse flux through pyruvate kinase in skeletal muscle
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E748-E757, 2009. First published February 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90935.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alberto O. Chavez, Dawn K. Coletta, Subhash Kamath, Douglas T. Cromack, Adriana Monroy, Franco Folli, Ralph A. DeFronzo, and Devjit Tripathy: Retinol-binding protein 4 is associated with impaired glucose tolerance but not with whole body or hepatic insulin resistance in Mexican Americans
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E758-E764, 2009. First published February 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90737.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Susan Reinwald, Richard G. Peterson, Matt R. Allen, and David B. Burr: Skeletal changes associated with the onset of type 2 diabetes in the ZDF and ZDSD rodent models
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E765-E774, 2009. First published January 21, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90937.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jarinthorn Teerapornpuntakit, Nitita Dorkkam, Kannikar Wongdee, Nateetip Krishnamra, and Narattaphol Charoenphandhu: Endurance swimming stimulates transepithelial calcium transport and alters the expression of genes related to calcium absorption in the intestine of rats
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E775-E786, 2009. First published January 27, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90904.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures and Tables]

Christian Frøsig, Carsten Roepstorff, Nina Brandt, Stine J. Maarbjerg, Jesper B. Birk, Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski, Erik A. Richter, and Bente Kiens: Reduced malonyl-CoA content in recovery from exercise correlates with improved insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in human skeletal muscle
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E787-E795, 2009. First published February 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90556.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

M'hamed Bentourkia, Sébastien Tremblay, Fabien Pifferi, Jacques Rousseau, Roger Lecomte, and Stephen Cunnane: PET study of ¹¹C-acetoacetate kinetics in rat brain during dietary treatments affecting ketosis
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E796-E801, 2009. First published January 27, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90644.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sonia Do Carmo, David Fournier, Catherine Mounier, and Eric Rassart: Human apolipoprotein D overexpression in transgenic mice induces insulin resistance and alters lipid metabolism
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E802-E811, 2009. First published January 27, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90725.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]

Woo Sik Kim, Yun Sok Lee, Seung Hun Cha, Hyun Woo Jeong, Sung Sik Choe, Mi-Ran Lee, Goo Taeg Oh, Hye-Sun Park, Ki-Up Lee, M. Daniel Lane, and Jae Bum Kim: Berberine improves lipid dysregulation in obesity by controlling central and peripheral AMPK activity
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E812-E819, 2009. First published January 27, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90710.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]

Kari E. Wong, Frances L. Szeto, Wenshuo Zhang, Honggang Ye, Juan Kong, Zhongyi Zhang, Xiao Jian Sun, and Yan Chun Li: Involvement of the vitamin D receptor in energy metabolism: regulation of uncoupling proteins
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E820-E828, 2009. First published January 27, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90763.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joseph Fomusi Ndisang and Ashok Jadhav: Heme oxygenase system enhances insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism in streptozotocin-induced diabetes
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E829-E841, 2009. First published February 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90783.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kazutaka Aoki, Junji Matsui, Naoto Kubota, Hiromu Nakajima, Keiji Iwamoto, Iseki Takamoto, Youki Tsuji, Akira Ohno, Shuuichi Mori, Kumpei Tokuyama, Koji Murakami, Tomoichiro Asano, Shinichi Aizawa, Kazuyuki Tobe, Takashi Kadowaki, and Yasuo Terauchi: Role of the liver in glucose homeostasis in PI 3-kinase p85 ${alpha}$ -deficient mice
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E842-E853, 2009. First published January 27, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90528.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marybeth Brown, Jie Ning, J. Andries Ferreira, Jennifer L. Bogener, and Dennis B. Lubahn: Estrogen receptor- ${alpha}$ and -β and aromatase knockout effects on lower limb muscle mass and contractile function in female mice
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E854-E861, 2009. First published January 27, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90696.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chongben Zhang, Mee-Sup Yoon, and Jie Chen: Amino acid-sensing mTOR signaling is involved in modulation of lipolysis by chronic insulin treatment in adipocytes
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E862-E868, 2009. First published February 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90651.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Qiu Gen Zhou, Min Zhou, Fan Fan Hou, and Xin Peng: Asymmetrical dimethylarginine triggers lipolysis and inflammatory response via induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress in cultured adipocytes
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E869-E878, 2009. First published February 10, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.91011.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sean W. Limesand, Paul J. Rozance, Laura D. Brown, and William W. Hay, Jr.: Effects of chronic hypoglycemia and euglycemic correction on lysine metabolism in fetal sheep
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E879-E887, 2009. First published February 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90832.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Milena Girotti, Marc S. Weinberg, and Robert L. Spencer: Diurnal expression of functional and clock-related genes throughout the rat HPA axis: system-wide shifts in response to a restricted feeding schedule
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E888-E897, 2009. First published February 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90946.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gabriel Paulino, Claire Barbier de la Serre, Trina A. Knotts, Pieter J. Oort, John W. Newman, Sean H. Adams, and Helen E. Raybould: Increased expression of receptors for orexigenic factors in nodose ganglion of diet-induced obese rats
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E898-E903, 2009. First published February 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90796.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Junko Goto, Fumio Otsuka, Misuzu Yamashita, Jiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Otani, Hiroko Takahashi, Tomoko Miyoshi, Yukari Mimura, Toshio Ogura, and Hirofumi Makino: Enhancement of aldosterone-induced catecholamine production by bone morphogenetic protein-4 through activating Rho and SAPK/JNK pathway in adrenomedullar cells
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E904-E916, 2009. First published February 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90840.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jun F. Tong, Xu Yan, Mei J. Zhu, Stephen P. Ford, Peter W. Nathanielsz, and Min Du: Maternal obesity downregulates myogenesis and β-catenin signaling in fetal skeletal muscle
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E917-E924, 2009. First published January 27, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90924.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sheng Zhang, Michael J. Carper, Xiaoyong Lei, W. Todd Cade, Kevin E. Yarasheski, and Sasanka Ramanadham: Protease inhibitors used in the treatment of HIV⁺ induce β-cell apoptosis via the mitochondrial pathway and compromise insulin secretion
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E925-E935, 2009. First published February 10, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90445.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael J. Riedel, Corinna Wai Kwan Lee, and Timothy J. Kieffer: Engineered glucagon-like peptide-1-producing hepatocytes lower plasma glucose levels in mice
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E936-E944, 2009. First published February 3, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90768.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Huiyun Liang, Bogdan Balas, Puntip Tantiwong, John Dube, Bret H. Goodpaster, Robert M. O'Doherty, Ralph A. DeFronzo, Arlan Richardson, Nicolas Musi, and Walter F. Ward: Whole body overexpression of PGC-1 ${alpha}$ has opposite effects on hepatic and muscle insulin sensitivity
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E945-E954, 2009. First published February 10, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90292.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hyun Woo Jeong, Kuan Chi Hsu, Joo-Won Lee, Mira Ham, Jin Young Huh, Hyun Jung Shin, Woo Sik Kim, and Jae Bum Kim: Berberine suppresses proinflammatory responses through AMPK activation in macrophages
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E955-E964, 2009. First published February 10, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90599.2008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]

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Cover: No massive apoptotic features in myocytes of bis-deficient mice. Hematoxylin and eosin staining of quadriceps femoris muscles of wild-type and bis-deficient mice. From: Youn DY, Lee DH, Lim MH, Yoon JS, Lim JH, Jung SE, Yeum CE, Park CW, Youn HJ, Lee JS, Lee SB, Ikawa M, Okabe M, Tsujimoto Y, Lee JH. Bis deficiency results in early lethality with metabolic deterioration and involution of spleen and thymus. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 295: E1349–E1357, 2008.