Destroying a protein can lower blood sugar levels
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Last Update: 2015-07-23
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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A research team from Okayama University and Kyushu University announced recently that they found in animal experiments that if they destroy a specific protein related to substance delivery in the body, they can improve insulin effect and reduce blood sugar The discovery will help to develop new drugs for diabetes When using the mice, the team noticed that there was a protein called vnut that could transport and store adenosine triphosphate into the cells' vesicles Adenosine triphosphate is a kind of nucleotide, as the "molecular currency" of energy transfer in cells, it can store and transfer chemical energy, and also plays an important role in nucleic acid synthesis The team found that adenosine triphosphate molecules can reduce the secretion of insulin or make insulin difficult to play a role If vnut gene is destroyed, vnut protein cannot be formed in the body of experimental mice It was found that adenosine triphosphate will neither accumulate in the vesicles nor release to the outside of cells, and the production of insulin will not be stopped, and the effect will be improved As a result, the blood glucose value of the experimental rats decreased, and their health status was not affected Because of the presence of the protein in the body, table Hongzhi, an associate professor at Okayama University and the leader of the research team, said: "if we can develop drugs that hinder the function of vnut, it is possible to control blood sugar."
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