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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 260: E459-E463, 1991;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 260, Issue 3 E459-E463, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Decreased expression of glucose transporter in muscle from insulin-resistant patients

G. L. Dohm, C. W. Elton, J. E. Friedman, P. F. Pilch, W. J. Pories, S. M. Atkinson Jr and J. F. Caro
Department of Biochemistry, East Carolina, University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27858.

We have observed that in vitro incubated human muscle fiber strips from obese patients with or without non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) have reduced insulin-stimulated glucose transport rates compared with nonobese control patients. To investigate if the decrease in glucose transport is associated with a depletion of glucose transport protein, we performed Western blot analysis of muscle samples from nonobese control, obese nondiabetic, and obese NIDDM patients to measure the levels of the muscle-adipose tissue glucose transporter (GLUT-4) protein. Glucose transporter protein was depressed by 23% in the obese nondiabetic and 18% in the obese NIDDM group. The results were essentially the same in the rectus abdominus and vastus lateralis muscles. These data suggest that the decreased glucose transport rate observed in muscle of these obese patients with or without NIDDM may be due, at least in part, to a decreased expression of the "insulin-sensitive" (GLUT-4) glucose transporter. This alteration may play a role in the insulin resistance seen in obesity and diabetes.


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