title: Inverse regulation of glucose transporter Glut4 and G-protein Gs mRNA expression in cardiac myocytes from insulin resistant rats.
abstract: The present study examined the mRNA levels of glucose transporter Glut4 and G-protein Gs alpha-subunit in isolated ventricular myocytes from lean and genetically obese (fa/fa) Zucker rats and streptozotocin-diabetic rats. In obese animals the amount of transcripts coding for Glut4 increased to 122 +/- 6% of lean controls, whereas the mRNA coding for Gs alpha-subunit decreased by 42 +/- 12%. An unaltered level of Gs mRNA was observed in insulin deficient rats. When cardiomyocytes from normal rats were treated with insulin, the Glut4 transcript level increased by 48 +/- 5%, whereas the Gs mRNA level decreased by 55 +/- 8%. The findings suggest that insulin may act as a potential regulator of Glut4 and Gs mRNA expression in the cardiac cell.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, Diabetes Research Institute, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Russ
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reinauer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eckel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011924:Rats, Zucker
chemical_list: D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D007545:Isoproterenol