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Sparks 2016 Diabetologia

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Sparks LM, Gemmink A, Phielix E, Bosma M, Schaart G, Moonen-Kornips E, JΓΆrgensen JA, Nascimento EB, Hesselink MK, Schrauwen P, Hoeks J (2016) ANT1-mediated fatty acid-induced uncoupling as a target for improving myocellular insulin sensitivity. Diabetologia 59:1030-9.

Β» PMID: 26886198 Open Access

Sparks LM, Gemmink A, Phielix E, Bosma M, Schaart G, Moonen-Kornips E, Joergensen JA, Nascimento EB, Hesselink MK, Schrauwen P, Hoeks J (2016) Diabetologia

Abstract: Dissipating energy via mitochondrial uncoupling has been suggested to contribute to enhanced insulin sensitivity. We hypothesised that skeletal muscle mitochondria of endurance-trained athletes have increased sensitivity for fatty acid (FA)-induced uncoupling, which is driven by the mitochondrial protein adenine nucleotide translocase 1 (ANT1).

Capacity for FA-induced uncoupling was measured in endurance-trained male athletes (T) and sedentary young men (UT) in an observational study and also in isolated skeletal muscle mitochondria from Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats and C2C12 myotubes following small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated gene silencing of ANT1. Thus, fuelled by glutamate/succinate (fibres) or pyruvate (mitochondria and myotubes) and in the presence of oligomycin to block ATP synthesis, increasing levels of oleate (fibres) or palmitate (mitochondria and myotubes) were automatically titrated while respiration was monitored. Insulin sensitivity was measured by hyperinsulinaemic-euglycaemic clamp in humans and via insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in myotubes.

Skeletal muscle from the T group displayed increased sensitivity to FA-induced uncoupling (p = 0.011) compared with muscle from the UT group, and this was associated with elevated insulin sensitivity (p = 0.034). ANT1 expression was increased in T (p = 0.013). Mitochondria from ZDF rats displayed decreased sensitivity for FA-induced uncoupling (p = 0.008). This difference disappeared in the presence of the adenine nucleotide translocator inhibitor carboxyatractyloside. Partial knockdown of ANT1 in C2C12 myotubes decreased sensitivity to the FA-induced uncoupling (p = 0.008) and insulin-stimulated glucose uptake (p = 0.025) compared with controls.

Increased sensitivity to FA-induced uncoupling is associated with enhanced insulin sensitivity and is affected by ANT1 activity in skeletal muscle. FA-induced mitochondrial uncoupling may help to preserve insulin sensitivity in the face of a high supply of FAs.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: www.trialregister.nl NTR2002. β€’ Keywords: ANT1, Fatty acid-induced uncoupling, Skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity, C2C12 myotubes

β€’ O2k-Network Lab: US FL Orlando Sparks LM, NL Maastricht Schrauwen P, DE Duesseldorf Roden M


Labels: MiParea: Respiration, Comparative MiP;environmental MiP, Exercise physiology;nutrition;life style  Pathology: Diabetes 

Organism: Human, Mouse, Rat  Tissue;cell: Skeletal muscle, Other cell lines  Preparation: Permeabilized tissue, Isolated mitochondria 

Regulation: Substrate, Uncoupler  Coupling state: LEAK, OXPHOS, ET  Pathway: F, N, NS, Other combinations  HRR: Oxygraph-2k 

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