Protein Information

Name Glut 4
Synonyms GLUT 4; GLUT4; Glucose transporter 4; SLC2A4; Solute carrier family 2 member 4; Glucose transporter 4s; Solute carrier family 2 member 4s

Compound Information

Name chloroform
CAS trichloromethane

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
19744549 Kumar R, Balaji S, Uma TS, Sehgal PK: Fruit extracts of Momordica charantia potentiate glucose uptake and up-regulate Glut-4, PPAR gamma and PI3K. J Ethnopharmacol. 2009 Dec 10;126(3):533-7. Epub 2009 Sep 8.

Effects of aqueous and chloroform extracts of Momordica charantia fruit on glucose uptake and up-regulation of glucose transporter (Glut-4), peroxisome proliferator activator receptor gamma (PPAR gamma) and phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K), were investigated to show its efficacy as a hypoglycaemic agent.
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19003111 Teruya K, Yamashita M, Tominaga R, Nagira T, Shim SY, Katakura Y, Tokumaru S, Tokumaru K, Barnes D, Shirahata S: Fermented milk, Kefram-Kefir enhances glucose uptake into insulin-responsive muscle cells. Cytotechnology. 2002 Nov;40(1-3):107-16.

Water-soluble or chloroform/methanol-extracted fractions from Kefram-Kefir were examined to evaluate the glucose uptake ability of L6 myotubes.As a result, the water-soluble fraction augmented the uptake of glucose in L6 myotubes both in the presence and absence of insulin stimulation.
Considering together with the reports that PI 3-kinase is locatedin the insulin signaling pathway and the participation in the translocation of glucose transporter 4 to the cell membrane, it is suggested that the water-soluble fraction of Kefram-Kefir activates PI 3-kinase or other upstream molecules in the insulin signaling pathway, which resulted in the augmentation of glucose uptake and its specific inhibition by wortmannin.
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