title: Effects of metformin and rosiglitazone treatment on insulin signaling and glucose uptake in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled study.
abstract: The effect of metformin or rosiglitazone monotherapy versus placebo on insulin signaling and gene expression in skeletal muscle of patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes was determined. A euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp, combined with skeletal muscle biopsies and glucose uptake measurements over rested and exercised muscle, was performed before and after 26 weeks of metformin (n = 9), rosiglitazone (n = 10), or placebo (n = 11) treatment. Insulin-mediated whole-body and leg muscle glucose uptake was enhanced 36 and 32%, respectively, after rosiglitazone (P < 0.01) but not after metformin or placebo treatment. Insulin increased insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1) tyrosine phosphorylation, IRS-1-associated phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase activity, and phosphorylation of Akt Ser473 and AS160, a newly described Akt substrate that plays a role in GLUT4 exocytosis, approximately 2.3 fold before treatment. These insulin signaling parameters were unaltered after metformin, rosiglitazone, or placebo treatment. Expression of selected genes involved in glucose and fatty acid metabolism in skeletal muscle was unchanged between the treatment groups. Low-intensity acute exercise increased insulin-mediated glucose uptake but was without effect on insulin signaling. In conclusion, the insulin-sensitizing effects of rosiglitazone are independent of enhanced signaling of IRS-1/PI 3-kinase/Akt/AS160 in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Integrative Physiology, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Håkan K R
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Karlsson
authors.forename: Kirsti
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hällsten
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Björnholm
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.forename: Alexander V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Chibalin
authors.forename: Kirsi A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Virtanen
authors.forename: Olli J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Heinonen
authors.forename: Fredrik
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lönnqvist
authors.forename: Pirjo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nuutila
authors.forename: Juleen R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Zierath
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002096:C-Peptide / Q000097:blood; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007328:Insulin / Q000502:physiology*; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D008687:Metformin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D000077154:Rosiglitazone; D045162:Thiazolidinediones / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002096:C-Peptide; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D005947:Glucose; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin; D008687:Metformin; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D000077154:Rosiglitazone; D045162:Thiazolidinediones; C494918:AKT1 protein, human