title: Decline in muscle insulin-dependent and -independent glucose uptake but not GLUT-4 in 21- vs. 28-day-old rats.
abstract: The most rapid age-related decrease in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle occurs between 3 and 5 wk of age in rats. Therefore, we studied unstimulated, insulin-stimulated, and in vitro hypoxia-stimulated 2-deoxy-D-[G-3H]glucose (2-DG) uptake in isolated soleus, flexor digitorum brevis (FDB), and epitrochlearis muscles from rats at 21, 28, and 35 days of age. Age-related decrements in insulin- (approximately 40-60%) and hypoxia-stimulated (approximately 50%) 2-DG uptake occurred in all muscles, and most of the decline was evident by 28 days. Unstimulated 2-DG uptake declined significantly with advancing age in the epitrochlearis (73%) and FDB (60%) and tended to decrease in the soleus (38%). The time course and relative magnitude of these decrements were similar under unstimulated, insulin-stimulated, and hypoxic conditions. GLUT-4 protein concentration was unaltered by age in each muscle. These results indicate that a substantial age-related decrement in 2-DG uptake occurs in several limb muscles from rats at 21 vs. 28-35 days by a mechanism that is independent of GLUT-4 levels and not specific for the insulin-dependent pathway.
authors.affiliation: Biodynamics Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Cartee
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Wetter
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Guerra
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009929:Organ Size; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D007328:Insulin; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; C495694:Slc2a4 protein, rat; D006003:Glycogen; D005947:Glucose