Benzothiazole derivatives augment glucose uptake in skeletal muscle cells and stimulate insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells via AMPK activation

Autor: G. Babai-Shani, Arie Gruzman, Ella Meltzer-Mats, Guy Cohen, Olga Viskind, L. Pasternak, Jürgen Eckel, Erol Cerasi, Shlomo Sasson
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Chem. Commun.. 50:11222-11225
ISSN: 1364-548X
1359-7345
Popis: Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) has been identified as one of the major targets for antidiabetic drugs. This study describes two AMPK-activating agents 2-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylmethylthio)-6-ethoxybenzo[d]thiazole and 2-(propylthio)benzo[d]thiazol-6-ol, that increase the rate of glucose uptake in L6 myotubes and also augment glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in INS-1E β-cells and rat islets. We believe that such unique bi-functional compounds can be further used for the development of a new class of antidiabetic drugs.
Databáze: OpenAIRE