The antihyperglycemic agent englitazone prevents the defect in glucose transport in rats fed a high-fat diet.
The effects of englitazone in male Wistar rats fed a high-fat diet (59% of calories as fat) were compared with control rats fed a high-carbohydrate diet (69% of calories as carbohydrate) (5-15 animals per group). Insulin-stimulated (17 nmol/l) 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) uptake was inhibited 31% in adipocytes isolated from rats on the high-fat diet for 3 weeks, but englitazone (50 mg/kg for the last 7 days) normalized the response. There was a selective decrease in GLUT4 (54 +/- 5% of high-carbohydrate) in epididymal fat from rats on the high-fat diet for 3 weeks, but englitazone treatment did not reverse the defect in GLUT4 (43 +/- 8% of high-carbohydrate) or increase GLUT1 (81 +/- 12% of high-carbohydrate). Englitazone normalized oral glucose (1 g/kg body wt) intolerance and excessive (210% of high-carbohydrate) liver glycogen deposition (from [14C]glucose) caused by the high-fat diet. The high-fat diet tended to decrease insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) and phosphatidylinositol-3'-kinase (PI-3-kinase) expression in epididymal fat (26% decrease; P < 0.1). Englitazone did not reverse this decrease in IRS-1 and PI-3-kinase levels in fat from high-fat-fed rats (there was a further 25-30% decrease, P < 0.05), nor did it increase PI-3-kinase activity in 3T3-L1 adipocytes under conditions (48 h incubation) where it stimulated 2-DG uptake sixfold or enhanced insulin-stimulated 2-DG uptake. In summary, englitazone prevented the insulin resistance associated with a high-fat diet, but the mechanism of action does not involve changes in fat or muscle glucose transporter content and may not involve activation of the insulin signaling pathway via PI-3-kinase.
Department of Metabolic Diseases, Pfizer, Inc., Groton, CT 06340, USA.
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D017667:Adipocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001578:Benzopyrans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D051272:Glucose Transporter Type 1; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D008297:Male; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045162:Thiazolidinediones
D001578:Benzopyrans; D001786:Blood Glucose; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D051272:Glucose Transporter Type 1; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; C526296:Irs1 protein, rat; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; C495679:Slc2a1 protein, rat; C495694:Slc2a4 protein, rat; D013844:Thiazoles; D045162:Thiazolidinediones; D006003:Glycogen; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D005947:Glucose; C066021:englitazone