AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 265, Issue 3 E392-E401, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Regulation of glucose transporter and hexokinase II expression in tissues of diabetic rats

R. Burcelin, R. L. Printz, J. Kande, R. Assan, D. K. Granner and J. Girard
Center de Recherche sur l'Endocrinologie Moleculaire et le Developpement Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Meudon, France.

Glucose transport and phosphorylation are decreased in muscle and adipose tissue in diabetes mellitus. The glucose transporter GLUT-4 and hexokinase II (HK II) are the main isoforms of proteins involved in glucose transport and phosphorylation in insulin-sensitive tissues, adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, and heart. The molecular mechanisms responsible for the decrease of glucose transport and phosphorylation have been studied during the first 3 days after streptozotocin (STZ) administration in adult male Wistar rats. GLUT-4 mRNA and protein and HK II mRNA and enzyme activity were measured. After the injection of STZ (30 h), GLUT-4 and HK II mRNAs were decreased to 10 +/- 1 and 20 +/- 3% that found in nondiabetic rats, respectively; they remained at these low levels for 72 h. Normalization of the blood glucose level by phlorizin infusion did not restore GLUT-4 and HK II mRNA concentrations to normal. In contrast, normalization of the blood glucose level by physiological infusion of insulin resulted in a total normalization of GLUT-4 and HK II mRNA concentrations. When insulin therapy was stopped, GLUT-4 and HK II mRNA and protein concentrations fell in 6 h to 40 and 20% of control levels, respectively. Minimal changes of GLUT-4 and HK II mRNA, and of HK II activity, were observed in skeletal muscle and heart of diabetic rats. We conclude that GLUT-4 and HK II mRNA are coordinately expressed in white adipose tissue. They are rapidly affected by an acute decrease of the plasma insulin concentrations but are not modified by hyperglycemia. In contrast, skeletal muscle and heart GLUT-4 and HK II mRNA are not greatly affected by short-term diabetes.

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