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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 278: E910-E916, 2000;
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Vol. 278, Issue 5, E910-E916, May 2000

Direct evidence of fiber type-dependent GLUT-4 expression in human skeletal muscle

M. Gaster, P. Poulsen, A. Handberg, H. D. Schrøder, and H. Beck-Nielsen

Departments of Pathology and of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense; and Department of Physiology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark

GLUT-4 expression in individual fibers of human skeletal muscles in younger and older adults was studied. Furthermore, the dependency of insulin-stimulated glucose uptake on fiber type distribution was investigated. Fiber type distribution was determined in cryosections of muscle biopsies from 8 younger (29 yr) and 8 older (64 yr) healthy subjects, and estimates of GLUT-4 expression in individual fibers were obtained by combining immunohistochemistry and stereology. GLUT-4 was more abundantly expressed in slow compared with fast muscle fibers in both younger (P < 0.007) and older (P < 0.001) subjects. A 25% reduction of GLUT-4 density in fast fibers (P < 0.001) and an unchanged GLUT-4 density in slow fibers were demonstrated in older compared with younger subjects. Insulin-stimulated glucose uptake rates measured by hyperinsulinemic, euglycemic clamp were not correlated with the fraction of slow fibers in the young (r = -0.45, P > 0.25) or in the elderly (r = 0.11, P > 0.75) subjects. In conclusion, in human skeletal muscle, GLUT-4 expression is fiber type dependent and decreases with age, particularly in fast muscle fibers.

aging; glucose uptake; immunohistochemistry; stereology; slow fibers


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