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Then, db\/db mice were treated with DNJ intravenously (20, 40 and 80 mg\u00b7kg\u22121\u00b7day\u22121) for four weeks. Blood glucose and biochemical analyses were conducted to evaluate the therapeutic effects on hyperglycemia and the related molecular mechanisms in skeletal muscle were explored. DNJ significantly reduced body weight, blood glucose and serum insulin levels. DNJ treatment also improved glucose tolerance and insulin tolerance. Moreover, although expressions of total protein kinase B (AKT), phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K), insulin receptor beta (IR-\u03b2), insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS1) and glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) in skeletal muscle were not affected, GLUT4 translocation and phosphorylation of Ser473-AKT, p85-PI3K, Tyr1361-IR-\u03b2 and Tyr612-IRS1 were significantly increased by DNJ treatment. These results indicate that DNJ significantly improved insulin sensitivity via activating insulin signaling PI3K\/AKT pathway in skeletal muscle of db\/db mice.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules201219794","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,12,9]],"date-time":"2015-12-09T07:06:30Z","timestamp":1449644790000},"page":"21700-21714","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":75,"title":["1-Deoxynojirimycin Alleviates Insulin Resistance via Activation of Insulin Signaling PI3K\/AKT Pathway in Skeletal Muscle of db\/db Mice"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Qingpu","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xuan","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cunyu","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China"},{"name":"Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, Nanjing 210023, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yunfeng","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China"},{"name":"Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, Nanjing 210023, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Guoping","family":"Peng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China"},{"name":"Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, Nanjing 210023, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,12,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"814","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jep.2011.12.025","article-title":"Antidiabetic effect of total saponins from Entada phaseoloides (L.) 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