title: Plasma membrane content of insulin-regulated glucose transporter in skeletal muscle of the male Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty rat, a model of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
abstract: The male Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rat shows insulin resistance in skeletal muscle and visceral obesity. To obtain information on the mechanism of the insulin resistance in the diabetic rats, we examined the content of insulin-regulated glucose transporter (GLUT4) in skeletal muscles. The results indicate that the total content of the transporter is significantly decreased (P < 0.05) in muscles of the diabetic rats. Plasma membrane content of the GLUT4 protein in muscles of the diabetic rats was increased in the basal state as compared to control rats. Hyperinsulinemic clamps increased GLUT4 levels in the plasma membrane of control rats but failed to do so in the diabetic rats. The distribution of GLUT4 in OLETF rat is reminiscent of the characteristics of human non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Third Tokushima Institute of New Drug Research, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kawauchi-Cho, Japan. ta_sato8@research.otsuka.co.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Z W
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Man
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toide
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Asahi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D015309:Glucose Clamp Technique; D051272:Glucose Transporter Type 1; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008297:Male; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D051272:Glucose Transporter Type 1; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D007328:Insulin; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; C495677:SLC2A1 protein, human; C495692:SLC2A4 protein, human; C495694:Slc2a4 protein, rat