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- Title
Characterization of signal transduction and glucose transport in skeletal muscle from type 2 diabetic patients.
- Authors
Krook, Anna; Bjornholm, Marie; Galuska, Dana; Xin Jian Jiang; Fahlman, Roger; Myers Jr., Martin G.; Wallberg-Henriksson, Harriet; Zierath, Juleen R.; Krook, A; Björnholm, M; Galuska, D; Jiang, X J; Fahlman, R; Myers, M G Jr; Wallberg-Henriksson, H; Zierath, J R
- Abstract
We characterized metabolic and mitogenic signaling pathways in isolated skeletal muscle from well-matched type 2 diabetic and control subjects. Time course studies of the insulin receptor, insulin receptor substrate (IRS)-1/2, and phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase revealed that signal transduction through this pathway was engaged between 4 and 40 min. Insulin-stimulated (0.6-60 nmol/l) tyrosine phosphorylation of the insulin receptor beta-subunit, mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase phosphorylation, and glycogen synthase activity were not altered in type 2 diabetic subjects. In contrast, insulin-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of IRS-1 and anti-phosphotyrosine-associated PI 3-kinase activity were reduced 40-55% in type 2 diabetic subjects at high insulin concentrations (2.4 and 60 nmol/l, respectively). Impaired glucose transport activity was noted at all insulin concentrations (0.6-60 nmol/l). Aberrant protein expression cannot account for these insulin-signaling defects because expression of insulin receptor, IRS-1, IRS-2, MAP kinase, or glycogen synthase was similar between type 2 diabetic and control subjects. In skeletal muscle from type 2 diabetic subjects, IRS-1 phosphorylation, PI 3-kinase activity, and glucose transport activity were impaired, whereas insulin receptor tyrosine phosphorylation, MAP kinase phosphorylation, and glycogen synthase activity were normal. Impaired insulin signal transduction in skeletal muscle from type 2 diabetic patients may partly account for reduced insulin-stimulated glucose transport; however, additional defects are likely to play a role.
- Subjects
TYPE 2 diabetes; MUSCULOSKELETAL system; CELLULAR signal transduction
- Publication
Diabetes, 2000, Vol 49, Issue 2, p284
- ISSN
0012-1797
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.2337/diabetes.49.2.284