Selective impairment in GLUT4 translocation to transverse tubules in skeletal muscle of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Diabetes
L DombrowskiA Marette

Abstract

We previously reported that insulin induces the translocation of GLUT4 to both the plasma membrane and the transverse tubules (T-tubules) in rat skeletal muscle (Am J Physiol 270:E667-E676, 1996). The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the insulin-resistant glucose utilization of skeletal muscle from streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats is linked to an impaired translocation of GLUT4 to the plasma membrane, the T-tubules, or both surface compartments. Whole-body insulin-mediated glucose disposal, assessed during a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp, was reduced by 48% (P < 0.01) in diabetic rats as compared with controls. Subcellular membrane fractions enriched with plasma membranes, T-tubules, or GLUT4-enriched intracellular membranes were isolated from hindlimb muscles of control and insulin-stimulated rats, and GLUT4 content was measured by Western blot analysis. In the absence of insulin (unstimulated), GLUT4 content in muscle of diabetic rats was markedly lower (by approximately 40%) in both the T-tubules and the intracellular membrane fraction as compared with controls. In contrast, the transporter protein levels were similar in the plasma membrane fraction. In skeletal muscle of control animals, the...Continue Reading

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