title: Using a novel coculture model to dissect the role of intramuscular lipid load on skeletal muscle insulin responsiveness under reduced estrogen conditions.
abstract: Reductions in estrogen function lead to adiposity and peripheral insulin resistance. Significant metabolic changes have been found in adipocytes and skeletal muscle with disruptions in the estrogen-signaling axis; however, it is unclear if intercellular communication exists between these tissues. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of isolated adipocytes cocultured with single adult skeletal muscle fibers (SMF) collected from control female (SHAM) and ovariectomized female (OVX) mice. In addition, a second purpose was to compare differential effects of primary adipocytes from omental and inguinal adipose depots on SMF from these same groups. OVX SMF displayed greater lipid content, impaired insulin signaling, and lower insulin-induced glucose uptake compared with SHAM SMF without coculture. In the SHAM group, regardless of the adipose depot of origin, coculture induced greater intracellular lipid content compared with control SHAM SMF. The increased lipid in the SMF was associated with impaired insulin-induced glucose uptake when adipocytes were of omental, but not inguinal, origin. Coculture of OVX SMF with omental or inguinal adipocytes resulted in higher lipid content but no further reduction in insulin-induced glucose uptake compared with control OVX SMF. The data indicate that, in the OVX condition, there is a threshold for lipid accumulation in skeletal muscle beyond which there is no further impairment in insulin responsiveness. These results also demonstrate depot-specific effects of adipocyte exposure on skeletal muscle glucose uptake and further implicate a role for increased intracellular lipid storage in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance when estrogen levels are reduced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, School of Public Health, College Park, MD 21045, USA.
authors.forename: Lindsay M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Wohlers
authors.forename: Brittany L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Powers
authors.forename: Eva R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: Espen E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Spangenburg
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D004958:Estradiol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D004958:Estradiol; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D005947:Glucose
keywords: adipocyte; ovariectomy
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