Switch to anabolism and
glucose metabolism

Switch to catabolism and
fat metabolism

Glucose and fatty acid uptake by liver, adipose and muscle tissue

Reaction accelerated

Reaction inhibited

Secretion of
glucose by liver and
NEFA by adipose tissue

Reaction inhibited

Reaction accelerated

Protein kinase B – phosphodiesterase

Pathways accelerated

Pathways inhibited

Glycogenesis

TAG synthesis

FA biosynthesis

cAMP cascade –
protein kinase A

Pathways inhibited

Pathways accelerated

Glycogenolysis

Lipolysis (TAG hydrolysis)

Beta-oxidation
(FA oxidation)

Gluconeogenesis

Pathway inhibited

Pathway accelerated

Glycolysis

Pathways accelerated

Pathways inhibited

Pentose Phosphate Pathway