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AICAR and hyperosmotic stress increase insulin-stimulated glucose transport

Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri

Submitted 17 November 2004 ; accepted in final form 27 April 2005

Sensitivity of glucose transport to stimulation by insulin has been shown to occur concomitant with activation of the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in skeletal muscle, suggesting a role of AMPK in regulation of insulin action. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate a possible role of AMPK in potentiation of insulin action in muscle cells. The experimental model involved insulin-responsive C₂C₁₂ myotubes that exhibit a twofold increase in glucose transport in the presence of insulin. Treatment of myotubes with the AMPK activator 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1--D-ribofuranoside (AICAR), followed by a 2-h recovery, augmented the ability of insulin to stimulate glucose transport. Similarly, incubation in hyperosmotic medium, another AMPK-activating treatment, acted synergistically with insulin to stimulate glucose transport. Furthermore, the increase in insulin action caused by hyperosmotic stress was prevented by inclusion of compound C, an AMPK inhibitor, in hyperosmotic medium. In addition, iodotubercidin, a general kinase inhibitor that is effective against AMPK, also prevented the combined effects of insulin and hyperosmotic stress on glucose transport. The new information provided by these data is that previously reported AICAR effects on insulin action are generalizable to myotubes, hyperosmotic stress and insulin synergistically increase glucose transport, and AMPK appears to mediate potentiation of insulin action.

indinavir; adenosine 5'-monophosphate-activated protein kinase; acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase; C₂C₁₂ myotubes; wortmannin

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