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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 273: E688-E694, 1997;
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Vol. 273, Issue 4, E688-E694, October 1997

Electrical stimulation induces fiber type-specific translocation of GLUT-4 to T tubules in skeletal muscle

Denis Roy, Erlingur Jóhannsson, Arend Bonen, and André Marette

Department of Physiology and Lipid Research Unit, Laval University Hospital Research Center, Ste-Foy, Québec G1V 4G2; Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1; and Department of Anatomy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, N-0317 Oslo, Norway

Insulin and contraction independently stimulate glucose transport in skeletal muscle. Whereas insulin activates glucose transport more in muscles composed of type I and IIa fibers, electrical stimulation increases glucose transport at least as much in type IIb fiber-enriched muscles despite the fact that the latter fiber type contains less GLUT-4 glucose transporters. The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that a greater GLUT-4 translocation to the cell surface may underlie the higher contraction-stimulated glucose transport in type IIb myofibers. Leg muscles from rats were stimulated in situ at 100 Hz (200 ms) each 2 s via the sciatic nerve over a period of 20 min while the contralateral leg was kept at rest. Muscle 2-[3H]deoxy-D-glucose uptake (2-DG) was measured in separated red gastrocnemius (RG, type I and IIa fibers) and white gastrocnemius (WG, type IIb fibers) muscles. Resting 2-DG uptake was greater in RG than WG. Electrical stimulation increased 2-DG uptake over resting values similarly in WG and RG. Fractions enriched with either plasma membranes, transverse (T) tubules, triads, or GLUT-4-enriched intracellular membranes were isolated from RG and WG using a recently developed subcellular fractionation procedure. Electrical stimulation similarly increased GLUT-4 protein content in plasma membranes of RG and WG, whereas it stimulated GLUT-4 translocation more (~50%) in T tubules of WG than in RG. GLUT-4 content was not changed in triads of both muscle types. The increments in cell surface GLUT-4 protein levels were paralleled by significant reductions in the amount of the transporter in the intracellular membrane fractions of both muscle types (by 60% in RG and 56% in WG). It is concluded that electrically induced contraction stimulates GLUT-4 translocation more in T tubules of WG than RG. The physiological implications of this finding for glucose uptake by contracting RG and WG muscles is discussed.

contraction; sciatic nerve; GLUT-1; plasma membrane; triad


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