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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Lett. 2022 Mar 20;535:215659. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2022.215659

Figure 6. Model of AMPK role in metabolic stress and DNA damage response.

Figure 6.

When nutritional stores are low AMP levels raise activating AMPK which in turn activates the energy producing pathways of glycolysis, TCA cycle and autophagy. When DNA damage occurs AMPK integrates nutritional reserve data by stimulating H2AX foci formation and p53 induction leading to increased apoptosis when nutritional reserve is insufficient to repair the damage.