TY - JOUR
T1 - Paradoxical changes in muscle gene expression in insulin-resistant subjects after sustained reduction in plasma free fatty acid concentration
AU - Bajaj, Mandeep
AU - Medina-Navarro, Rafael
AU - Suraamornkul, Swangjit
AU - Meyer, Christian
AU - DeFronzo, Ralph A.
AU - Mandarino, Lawrence J.
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - Lipid oversupply plays a role in developing insulin resistance in skeletal muscle, decreasing expression of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes, and increasing extracellular matrix remodeling. To determine if a decrease in plasma lipid content reverses these abnormalities, insulin-resistant subjects with a family history of type 2 diabetes had euglycemic clamps and muscle biopsies before and after acipimox treatment to suppress free fatty acids. Free fatty acids fell from 0.584 ± 0.041 to 0.252 ± 0.053 mmol/l (P < 0.001) and glucose disposal increased from 5.28 ± 0.46 to 6.31 ± 0.55 mg · kg-1 · min-1 (P < 0.05) after acipimox; intramuscular fatty acyl CoA decreased from 10.3 ± 1.9 to 4.54 ± 0.82 pmol/mg muscle (P < 0.01). Paradoxically, expression of PGC-1- and nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes decreased after acipimox, and expression of collagens I and III α-subunits (82- and 21-fold increase, respectively, P < 0.05), connective tissue growth factor (2.5-fold increase, P < 0.001), and transforming growth factor-β1 increased (2.95-fold increase, P < 0.05). Therefore, a reduction in lipid supply does not completely reverse the molecular changes associated with lipid oversupply in muscle. Changes in expression of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes do not always correlate with changes in insulin sensitivity.
AB - Lipid oversupply plays a role in developing insulin resistance in skeletal muscle, decreasing expression of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes, and increasing extracellular matrix remodeling. To determine if a decrease in plasma lipid content reverses these abnormalities, insulin-resistant subjects with a family history of type 2 diabetes had euglycemic clamps and muscle biopsies before and after acipimox treatment to suppress free fatty acids. Free fatty acids fell from 0.584 ± 0.041 to 0.252 ± 0.053 mmol/l (P < 0.001) and glucose disposal increased from 5.28 ± 0.46 to 6.31 ± 0.55 mg · kg-1 · min-1 (P < 0.05) after acipimox; intramuscular fatty acyl CoA decreased from 10.3 ± 1.9 to 4.54 ± 0.82 pmol/mg muscle (P < 0.01). Paradoxically, expression of PGC-1- and nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes decreased after acipimox, and expression of collagens I and III α-subunits (82- and 21-fold increase, respectively, P < 0.05), connective tissue growth factor (2.5-fold increase, P < 0.001), and transforming growth factor-β1 increased (2.95-fold increase, P < 0.05). Therefore, a reduction in lipid supply does not completely reverse the molecular changes associated with lipid oversupply in muscle. Changes in expression of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes do not always correlate with changes in insulin sensitivity.
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U2 - 10.2337/db06-0840
DO - 10.2337/db06-0840
M3 - Article
C2 - 17327445
AN - SCOPUS:33847347318
SN - 0012-1797
VL - 56
SP - 743
EP - 752
JO - Diabetes
JF - Diabetes
IS - 3
ER -