磷脂酰肌醇3-激酶(PI3Ks)作为酪氨酸激酶和G蛋白偶联受体的主要下游分子,通过催化产生第二信使3,4,5-三磷酸磷脂酰肌醇(PIP3)并激活Akt、糖原合酶激酶-3(GSK-3)、Forkhead转录因子FoxO1、mTOR(mammalian target of rapamycin)等下游分子,将多种生长因子及细胞因子的信号传递到细胞内,从而对细胞增殖、分化、凋亡和葡萄糖转运等多种生物过程起重要的调节作用.PTEN(phosphatase and tensin homologue)是PI3K信号通路的重要负调节因子.本文将对PI3K-Akt信号通路在糖代谢中的作用予以简要综述.
Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) is one of the main downstream molecules of receptor tyrosine kinases and G protein-coupled receptors.Activated PI3Ks catalyzes the production of second messenger phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP3),which phosphorylates Akt.Activation of Akt plays vital roles in regulation of cell proliferation,differentiation,apoptosis,glucose transportation and metabolism via its downstream enzymes or transcriptors such as glycogen synthase kinase-3,FoxO1,and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR).The current review aims to briefly summarize and discuss the recent findings regarding the roles of PI3K-Akt signaling axis in regulation of glucose homeostasis.