Active Glycogen Synthase in the Liver Prevents High-Fat Diet-Induced Glucose Intolerance, Decreases Food Intake, and Lowers Body Weight

I López-Soldado, JJ Guinovart, J Duran - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
… that mice overexpressing protein targeting to glycogen (PTG) specifically in the liver—which
have increased glycogen … in the development of hepatic steatosis during DIO in mice [25]. …

Increasing hepatic glycogen moderates the diabetic phenotype in insulin-deficient Akita mice

I López-Soldado, JJ Guinovart, J Duran - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
… and ameliorated obesity and glucose tolerance. These effects … We crossed Akita mice with
animals overexpressing protein … /6-Ins2Akita/J) develop hyperglycemia at 3 weeks of age, and …

Muscle-specific insulin receptor overexpression protects mice from diet-induced glucose intolerance but leads to postreceptor insulin resistance

G Wang, Y Yu, W Cai, TM Batista, S Suk, HL Noh… - Diabetes, 2020 - Am Diabetes Assoc
… of IRMOE mice and is likely responsible for increased glycogen … Our study shows that
overexpression of IR specifically in … glucose intolerance and development of diabetes in mice. This …

Preclinical research in glycogen storage diseases: A comprehensive review of current animal models

A Almodóvar-Payá, M Villarreal-Salazar… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
… processes of human diseases and to develop commonly … other animals [5], Albert Sabin
used monkeys to develop the … of antibiotics are tested on animals prior to trial in humans [8,9…

Gene therapy for glycogen storage diseases

DD Koeberl, RL Koch, JA Lim… - Journal of Inherited …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
development of gene therapy for the GSDs. The abnormal accumulation of glycogen and
deficiency of glucoseoverexpression of secretable human GAA with an AAV vector in GSD IIIa …

A functional mini-GDE transgene corrects impairment in models of glycogen storage disease type III

A Gardin, J Rouillon… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
… the major technical challenge toward the development of a single … glycogen reduction in
heart and muscle of Agl –/– mice 3 … Similarly, glycogen accumulation and histological features …

Studies on glycogen storage disease type 1a animal models: a brief perspective

IO Petrova, SA Smirnikhina - Transgenic Research, 2022 - Springer
… on liver glucose-6-phosphate-deficient mice. … to develop possible treatments involving gene
therapy. Research performed using these models helped elucidate the role of glycogen and …

Androgen receptor functions in pericentral hepatocytes to decrease gluconeogenesis and avoid hyperglycemia and obesity in male mice

KW Chen, YS Chen, PJ Chen, SH Yeh - Metabolism, 2022 - Elsevier
… the development of obesity and fatty liver diseases in males. … (C) The results of intraperitoneal
glucose tolerance test (IPGTT… (E) The glycogen content in liver tissues collected from 2–4 …

miR-141/200c contributes to ethanol-mediated hepatic glycogen metabolism

M Tran, S Gilling, J Wu, L Wang, DJ Shin - Molecular Metabolism, 2024 - Elsevier
… to improved glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity during … development and progression
[29], female fertility [30], tooth … glycogen depletion, while transgenic mice overexpressing

Glycogen metabolism links glucose homeostasis to thermogenesis in adipocytes

O Keinan, JM Valentine, H Xiao, SK Mahata, SM Reilly… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
… weight loss in obese mice. Unexpectedly, we observed that glycogen synthesis and degradation
are increased in response to catecholamines, and that glycogen turnover is required to …