Background: AMPK senses energetic changes and regulates glucose metabolism. Results: AMPK 2 deficiency aggravated the glucose deprivation and necrosis of the hepatocytes via increased ROS production and decreased mitophagy. Conclusion: AMPK 2 is essential for attenuation of liver injury during tumor metastasis. Significance: This is the first time to reveal the mechanism by which glucose/energy competition induced tissue damage in tumor. It is well known that tumors damage affected tissues; however, the specific mechanism underlying such damage remains elusive. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) senses energetic changes and regulates glucose metabolism. In this study, we examined the mechanisms by which AMPK promotes metabolic adaptation in the tumor-bearing liver using a murine model of colon cancer liver metastasis. Knock-out of AMPK 2 significantly enhanced tumor-induced glucose deprivation in the liver and increased the extent of liver injury and hepatocyte death. Mechanistically, we observed that AMPK 2 deficiency resulted in elevated reactive oxygen species, reduced mitophagy, and increased cell death in response to tumors or glucose deprivation in vitro. These results imply that AMPK 2 is essential for attenuation of liver injury during tumor metastasis via hepatic glucose deprivation and mitophagy-mediated inhibition of reactive oxygen species production. Therefore, AMPK 2 might represent an important therapeutic target for colon cancer metastasis-induced liver injury.