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Effects of exercise training on glucose transport and cell surface GLUT-4 in isolated rat epitrochlearis muscle

T. H. Reynolds 4th, J. T. Brozinick Jr, M. A. Rogers and S. W. Cushman
Diabetes Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1420, USA.

The effects of exercise training on maximal glucose transport activity and cell surface GLUT-4 were examined in rat epitrochlearis muscle. Five days of swim training (2 x 3 h/day) produce a significant increase in citrate synthase activity (24.5 +/- 0.6 vs. 20.1 +/- 0.7 micromol x min(-1) x g(-1)), GLUT-4 content (22.9 +/- 0.8 vs. 17.4 +/- 0.4% GLUT-4 standard), and glycogen levels (54.3 +/- 9.4 vs. 28.6 +/- 9.4 micromol/g). Maximally, insulin-stimulated glucose transport activity and cell surface GLUT-4 are increased by 55 (1.50 +/- 0.11 vs. 0.97 +/- 0.10 micromol x ml(-1) x 20 min(-1)) and 48% [12.0 +/- 0.8 vs. 8.1 +/- 0.9 disintegrations x min(-1) (dpm) x mg(-1)], respectively, in exercise-trained epitrochlearis muscles. In contrast, hypoxia-stimulated glucose transport activity and cell surface GLUT-4 are reduced by 38 (0.78 +/- 0.08 vs.1.25 +/- 0.14 micromol x ml(-1) x 20 min(-1)) and 40% (5.7 +/- 0.9 vs. 9.4 +/- 1.2 dpm/mg), respectively, in exercise-trained epitrochlearis muscles. These results demonstrate that changes in insulin- and hypoxia-stimulated glucose transport activity after exercise training are fully accounted for by the appearance of cell surface GLUT-4 and support the concept of two intracellular pools of GLUT-4. Finally, we propose that high levels of muscle glycogen with exercise training may contribute to the decrease in hypoxia-stimulated glucose transport activity.

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