Insulin-nonspecific reduction in skeletal muscle glucose transport in high-fat-fed rats

Autor: A. Y. I. Viana, Yan-Qing Han, Masaru Nagasaki, K. Koshinaka, Yoshiharu Oshida, Yuzo Sato, Masakazu Kubota
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Metabolism. 53:912-917
ISSN: 0026-0495
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2003.12.026
Popis: High-fat feeding diminishes insulin-stimulated glucose transport in skeletal muscle. However, conflicting results are reported regarding whether phosphatidylinositol (PI)-3 kinase-independent glucose transport is also impaired in insulin-resistant high-fat-fed rodents. The aim of the present study was to study whether non-insulin-dependent mechanisms for stimulation of glucose transport are defective in skeletal muscle from high-fat-fed rats. Rats were fed normal chow diet or high-fat diet for 4 weeks and isolated epitrochlearis muscles were used for measuring glucose transport. Insulin-stimulated glucose transport was significantly lower in rats fed the high-fat diet compared with chow-fed rats (P < .05). Hypoxia-stimulated glucose transport was also reduced in high-fat-fed rats (P < .05). Nevertheless, hypoxia-stimulated adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) phosphorylation (Thr172) level was not affected by high-fat feeding. Glucose transport by sodium nitroprusside stimulation was reduced in high-fat-fed rats (P < .05). Protein content of glucose transporter (GLUT)-4 and AMPK-alpha, and glycogen content were comparable between both groups. Our findings provide evidence that high-fat feeding can affect not only insulin but also non-insulin-stimulated glucose transport. A putative defect in common steps in glucose transport may play a role to account for impaired insulin-stimulated glucose transport in rats fed a high-fat diet.
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