Abstract
Nutrient excess is associated with reduced insulin sensitivity (insulin resistance) and plays a central role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. Recently, free fatty acids as well as amino acids were shown to induce insulin resistance by decreasing glucose transport / phosphorylation with subsequent impairment of glycogen synthesis in human skeletal muscle. These results do not support the traditional concept of direct substrate competition with glucose for mitochondrial oxidation but indicate that the cellular mechanisms of such lipotoxicity and “proteotoxicity” might primarily affect the insulin signaling cascade. The signaling pathways involved in nutrient dependent modulation of insulin action include protein kinase C isoforms and IκB kinase. Therefore, pharmacological modulation of these enzymes might represent a promising target for future treatment of insulin resistance. Finally, hyperglycemia which occurs late in the insulin resistance syndrome further augments insulin resistance by mechanisms summarized as glucose toxicity. Chronic hyperglycemia might lead to inhibition of lipid oxidation and thereby to accumulation of intracellular lipid metabolites. Therefore, glucotoxicity might be in part indirectly caused by lipotoxicity (glucolipotoxicity). In conclusion, different nutrients affect common metabolic pathways and thereby induce insulin resistance in humans.
Keywords: muscle, glucose transport, glycogen, insulin signal transduction
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Nutrient-Induced Insulin Resistance in Human Skeletal Muscle
Volume: 11 Issue: 7
Author(s): M. Krebs and M. Roden
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Keywords: muscle, glucose transport, glycogen, insulin signal transduction
Abstract: Nutrient excess is associated with reduced insulin sensitivity (insulin resistance) and plays a central role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. Recently, free fatty acids as well as amino acids were shown to induce insulin resistance by decreasing glucose transport / phosphorylation with subsequent impairment of glycogen synthesis in human skeletal muscle. These results do not support the traditional concept of direct substrate competition with glucose for mitochondrial oxidation but indicate that the cellular mechanisms of such lipotoxicity and “proteotoxicity” might primarily affect the insulin signaling cascade. The signaling pathways involved in nutrient dependent modulation of insulin action include protein kinase C isoforms and IκB kinase. Therefore, pharmacological modulation of these enzymes might represent a promising target for future treatment of insulin resistance. Finally, hyperglycemia which occurs late in the insulin resistance syndrome further augments insulin resistance by mechanisms summarized as glucose toxicity. Chronic hyperglycemia might lead to inhibition of lipid oxidation and thereby to accumulation of intracellular lipid metabolites. Therefore, glucotoxicity might be in part indirectly caused by lipotoxicity (glucolipotoxicity). In conclusion, different nutrients affect common metabolic pathways and thereby induce insulin resistance in humans.
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Krebs M. and Roden M., Nutrient-Induced Insulin Resistance in Human Skeletal Muscle, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2004; 11 (7) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867043455620
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