title: Troglitazone enhances glucose uptake induced by alpha-adrenoceptor stimulation via phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in rat heart.
abstract: 1. Thiazolidinedione-derived agents have been reported to act as insulin sensitizers by augmenting insulin-dependent stimulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) activity in a specific manner. It has been suggested that alpha-adrenoceptor stimulation mediates glucose uptake through PI3K in the heart. 2. To elucidate whether the thiazolidinedione-derived agent troglitazone (TRO) affects glucose uptake induced by alpha-adrenoceptor stimulation through PI3K, the rate of glucose uptake was quantified from the rate of accumulation of sugar phosphate (d[SP]/dt) using [(31)P] nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy after substitution of glucose with 2-deoxyglucose in rat perfused heart. Hearts were stimulated with 100 micromol/L phenylephrine plus 10 micromol/L propranolol (alpha-adrenoceptor stimulation), or 1 micromol/L isoproterenol plus 10 micromol/L phentolamine (beta-adrenoceptor stimulation). 3. The d[SP]/dt in the alpha- and beta-adrenoceptor-stimulated groups (0.45 +/- 0.06 and 0.42 +/- 0.04 micromol/min per g, respectively) was higher than that of the control group (0.27 +/- 0.02 micromol/min per g; P < 0.01). The addition of 2 microg/mL troglitazone to alpha-adrenoceptor stimulation augmented d[SP]/dt (0.72 +/- 0.08 micromol/min per g; P < 0.05 vs the alpha-adrenoceptor-stimulated group), which was effectively blocked by 3 micromol/L wortmannin (0.35 +/- 0.06 micromol/min per g; P < 0.01 vs troglitazone + alpha-adrenoceptor stimulation group). However, addition of troglitazone to beta-adrenoceptor stimulation did not alter d[SP]/dt (0.33 +/- 0.02 micromol/min per g; P = NS vs the beta-adrenoceptor-stimulated group). 4. These results indicate that troglitazone acutely enhances alpha-adrenoceptor stimulation on glucose uptake through a PI3K-dependent pathway, thus possibly improving glucose utilization in a catecholamine-released state.
authors.affiliation: Division of Tracer Kinetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka National Hospital, 2-1-14 Hoenzaka, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0006, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kusuoka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imahashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terakawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D002839:Chromans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D010646:Phentolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010725:Phosphocreatine / Q000378:metabolism; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000502:physiology*; D013403:Sugar Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045162:Thiazolidinediones; D013997:Time Factors; D000077288:Troglitazone; D000077191:Wortmannin
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000730:Androstadienes; D002395:Catecholamines; D002839:Chromans; D005947:Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D007545:Isoproterenol; D010646:Phentolamine; D010656:Phenylephrine; D010710:Phosphates; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010725:Phosphocreatine; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D011433:Propranolol; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D013403:Sugar Phosphates; D013844:Thiazoles; D045162:Thiazolidinediones; D000077288:Troglitazone; D000077191:Wortmannin