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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 279: E1358-E1365, 2000;
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Vol. 279, Issue 6, E1358-E1365, December 2000

Ethanol stimulates glucose uptake and translocation of GLUT-4 in H9c2 myotubes via a Ca2+-dependent mechanism

Bo Yu, Adrienne Schroeder, and Laura E. Nagy

Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106

Short-term exposure to ethanol impairs glucose homeostasis, but the effects of ethanol on individual components of the glucose disposal pathway are not known. To understand the mechanisms by which ethanol disrupts glucose homeostasis, we have investigated the direct effects of ethanol on glucose uptake and translocation of GLUT-4 in H9c2 myotubes. Short-term treatment with 12.5-50 mM ethanol increased uptake of 2-deoxyglucose by 1.8-fold in differentiated myotubes. Pretreatment of H9c2 myotubes with 100 nM wortmannin, an inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, had no effect on ethanol-induced increases in 2-deoxyglucose uptake. In contrast, preincubation with 25 µM dantrolene, an inhibitor of Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, blocked the stimulation of 2-deoxyglucose uptake by ethanol. Increased 2-deoxyglucose uptake after ethanol treatment was associated with a decrease in small intracellular GLUT-4 vesicles and an increase in GLUT-4 localized at the cell surface. In contrast, ethanol had no effect on the quantity of GLUT-1 and GLUT-3 at the plasma membrane. These data demonstrate that physiologically relevant concentrations of ethanol disrupt the trafficking of GLUT-4 in H9c2 myotubes resulting in translocation of GLUT-4 to the plasma membrane and increased glucose uptake.

skeletal muscle; glucose tolerance; insulin; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; vesicle trafficking


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