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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 268: E1154-E1160, 1995;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 268, Issue 6 E1154-E1160, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Differential effect of maturation on insulin- vs. contraction-stimulated glucose transport in Zucker rats

P. L. Dolan, S. G. Boyd and G. L. Dohm
Department of Biochemistry, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA.

Insulin-stimulated glucose transport has been shown to decline during maturation in lean rats. To determine whether this maturation-induced decrease occurred in the muscle of obese rats and whether the contraction-stimulated pathway for glucose transport was similarly affected, glucose transport rates were measured in insulin- and electrically stimulated skeletal muscle during hindlimb perfusion of 10- and 29-wk-old lean and obese male Zucker rats. Glucose transporter (GLUT-4) protein was also measured. Insulin-stimulated glucose transport rates were significantly decreased (36-56%) in 29-wk compared with 10-wk-old lean rats. There was no maturation-related decrease in GLUT-4. Insulin-mediated glucose transport was unaltered by maturation in skeletal muscle of obese rats. Differential effects of maturation on lean and obese rats caused the effect of obesity on maximally insulin-stimulated glucose transport to be much greater in 10- than 29-wk-old animals. Maturation had no effect on contraction-stimulated glucose transport rates in either lean or obese animals. The combined effect of maximal insulin plus contraction was not altered with maturity in lean animals but was significantly increased in 29- compared with 10-wk-old obese rats. Absence of a change in GLUT-4 content together with uncompromised contraction-stimulated glucose transport suggests that the maturation-induced decrease in insulin-stimulated glucose transport in lean rats is due to a defect in the insulin signaling pathway.


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