title: Reduced insulin-stimulated glucose transport in denervated muscle is associated with impaired Akt-alpha activation.
abstract: Insulin signaling was examined in muscle made insulin resistant by short-term (24-h) denervation. Insulin-stimulated glucose transport in vitro was reduced by 28% (P < 0.05) in denervated muscle (DEN). In control muscle (SHAM), insulin increased levels of surface-detectable GLUT-4 (i.e., translocated GLUT-4) 1.8-fold (P < 0.05), whereas DEN surface GLUT-4 was not increased by insulin (P > 0.05). Insulin treatment in vivo induced a rapid appearance of phospho[Ser(473)]Akt-alpha in SHAM 3 min after insulin injection. In DEN, phospho[Ser(473)]Akt-alpha also appeared at 3 min, but Ser(473)-phosphorylated Akt-alpha was 36% lower than in SHAM (P < 0. 05). In addition, total Akt-alpha protein in DEN was 37% lower than in SHAM (P < 0.05). Akt-alpha kinase activity was lower in DEN at two insulin levels tested: 0.1 U insulin/rat (-22%, P < 0.05) and 1 U insulin/rat (-26%, P < 0.01). These data indicate that short-term (24-h) denervation, which lowers insulin-stimulated glucose transport, is associated with decreased Akt-alpha activation and impaired insulin-stimulated GLUT-4 appearance at the muscle surface.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 Canada.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wilkes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D006614:Hindlimb; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009121:Muscle Denervation; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation / Q000378:metabolism*; D010477:Perfusion; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D051275:Glucose Transporter Type 4; D007328:Insulin; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C495694:Slc2a4 protein, rat; D003847:Deoxyglucose; C494920:Akt1 protein, rat; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D005947:Glucose