title: Differential effects of palmitate on glucose uptake in rat-1 fibroblasts and 3T3-L1 adipocytes.
abstract: Non-esterified fatty acids are thought to be one of the causes for insulin resistance. However, the molecular mechanism of fatty acid-induced insulin resistance is not clearly known. In this study, we first examined the effect of palmitate on insulin signaling in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. We found that 1h treatment with 1 mmol/l palmitate had no effect on insulin binding, tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptors, 185 kDa proteins and Shc, and PI3 kinase activity in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Then, the effects of palmitate on MAP kinase activity and glucose uptake in fully differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocytes were compared with those in poorly differentiated 3T3-L1 cells and in HIRc-B cells. Palmitate treatment had no effect on MAP kinase activity in fully differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocytes, while it inhibited MAP kinase in poorly differentiated 3T3-L1 cells and HIRc-B cells. Glucose transport in 3T3-L1 adipocytes treated with palmitate for 1 h, 4 h and 16 h was higher than that in control cells, but palmitate treatment caused a rightward shift of the insulin-dose responsive curve for glucose uptake in HIRc-B cells. Palmitate treatment did not significantly affect basal and insulin-stimulated GLUT4 translocation. When the cells were treated with PD98059, a specific MEK inhibitor, insulin-stimulated glucose uptake was not affected in 3T3-L1 adipocytes, while it was almost completely inhibited in HIRc-B cells. These results suggest the primary effect of palmitate on adipocytes may not involve insulin resistance of adipocytes themselves.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haruta
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D017667:Adipocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D019308:Palmitic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D019000:Phosphotyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D005947:Glucose