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Vanadate treatment markedly increases glucose utilization in muscle of insulin-resistant fa/fa rats without modifying glucose transporter expression.

Abstract
The present study examined the effects of chronic treatment with vanadate on in vivo insulin-stimulated glucose uptake by various tissues of obese and insulin-resistant fa/fa rats. It further determined whether the substantial improvement induced by vanadate administration was associated with altered expression of the insulin-responsive glucose transporter (GLUT4). Since oral Na3VO4 caused decreases in food intake and body weight, vanadate-treated fa/fa rats were compared with controls, fed ad libitum, and pair-fed rats. The animals in the three groups were submitted to hyperinsulinemic clamps combined with the 2-deoxyglucose method. At similar levels of imposed hyperinsulinemia, the glucose infusion rate (milligrams per kg.min-1) required to maintain euglycemia, extremely low in controls (0.8 +/- 0.3) and pair-fed rats (1.2 +/- 0.6), was strikingly improved in vanadate-treated rats (9.5 +/- 0.3). Correspondingly, the insulin-mediated glucose utilization indices were 2- to 3-fold higher in all types of muscle in treated rats: hindlimb skeletal muscle, diaphragm, and heart. Glucose utilization remained unaffected in white adipose tissue and jejunum, whereas it was increased by mere food restriction in brown adipose tissue of pair-fed rats. The amounts of GLUT4 and GLUT4 mRNA were then measured in the insulin-sensitive tissues of the three groups of animals. Vanadate treatment induced no change in GLUT4 mRNA or GLUT4 protein levels in any of the examined tissues. It even prevented the rise in GLUT4 protein expression caused by calorie restriction in brown adipose tissue of pair-fed rats. In conclusion, chronic administration of vanadate markedly increases the insulin-mediated glucose uptake in muscle of insulin-resistant fa/fa rats without altering GLUT4 number. A functional improvement of glucose transporters due to more efficient translocation and/or increased intrinsic activity or changes in the insulin signaling pathway is, thus, likely to play a major role in the beneficial effects of vanadate.
AuthorsS M Brichard, F Assimacopoulos-Jeannet, B Jeanrenaud
JournalEndocrinology (Endocrinology) Vol. 131 Issue 1 Pg. 311-7 (Jul 1992) ISSN: 0013-7227 [Print] United States
PMID1612011 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Blood Glucose
  • Insulin
  • Monosaccharide Transport Proteins
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Vanadates
  • Receptor, Insulin
  • Glucose
Topics
  • Adipose Tissue, Brown (metabolism)
  • Animals
  • Blood Glucose (metabolism)
  • Energy Intake
  • Gene Expression (drug effects)
  • Glucose (metabolism)
  • Insulin (blood, pharmacology)
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Monosaccharide Transport Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
  • Muscles (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Obesity (metabolism)
  • RNA, Messenger (metabolism)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Zucker
  • Receptor, Insulin (metabolism)
  • Vanadates (pharmacology)

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