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. 2021 Jan 21;11:1932. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80563-z

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Knockdown of ADH1B yields a decrease in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake within adipocytes. Knockdown of ADH1B was performed by transfection of differentiating pre-adipocytes with ADH1B-specific pooled siRNA or non-targeting (Scramble) control siRNA. Cultured adipocytes were starved for 12 h and then treated with 1 µM insulin (+ Insulin) to stimulate uptake of exogenous 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) which is metabolized to 2-DG 6 phosphate (2-DG6P). Accumulated 2-DG6P was oxidized to generate a proportional amount of NADPH, yielding an oxidized product that was detected at OD = 412 nm. Data is presented as the mean ± s.e.m. *P < 0.05.