Insulin resistance after a 72-h fast is associated with impaired AS160 phosphorylation and accumulation of lipid and glycogen in human skeletal muscle

M Vendelbo; B F F Clasen; Jonas Thue Treebak; L Møller; T Krusenstjerna-Hafstrøm; M Madsen; Thomas Svava Nielsen; Hans Stødkilde-Jørgensen; S B Pedersen; J O L Jørgensen; L J Goodyear; Jørgen Wojtaszewski; N Møller; Niels Jessen

doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00207.2011

Insulin resistance after a 72-h fast is associated with impaired AS160 phosphorylation and accumulation of lipid and glycogen in human skeletal muscle

M Vendelbo, B F F Clasen, Jonas Thue Treebak, L Møller, T Krusenstjerna-Hafstrøm, M Madsen, Thomas Svava Nielsen, Hans Stødkilde-Jørgensen, S B Pedersen, J O L Jørgensen, L J Goodyear, Jørgen Wojtaszewski, N Møller, Niels Jessen

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During fasting, human skeletal muscle depends on lipid oxidation for its energy substrate metabolism. This is associated with the development of insulin resistance and a subsequent reduction of insulin-stimulated glucose uptake. The underlying mechanisms controlling insulin action on skeletal muscle under these conditions are unresolved. In a randomized design, we investigated eight healthy subjects after a 72-h fast compared with a 10-h overnight fast. Insulin action on skeletal muscle was assessed by a hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp and by determining insulin signaling to glucose transport. In addition, substrate oxidation, skeletal muscle lipid content, regulation of glycogen synthesis, and AMPK signaling were assessed. Skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity was reduced profoundly in response to a 72-h fast and substrate oxidation shifted to predominantly lipid oxidation. This was associated with accumulation of both lipid and glycogen in skeletal muscle. Intracellular insulin signaling to glucose transport was impaired by regulation of phosphorylation at specific sites on AS160 but not TBC1D1, both key regulators of glucose uptake. In contrast, fasting did not impact phosphorylation of AMPK or insulin regulation of Akt, both of which are established upstream kinases of AS160. These findings show that insulin resistance in muscles from healthy individuals is associated with suppression of site-specific phosphorylation of AS160, without Akt or AMPK being affected. This impairment of AS160 phosphorylation, in combination with glycogen accumulation and increased intramuscular lipid content, may provide the underlying mechanisms for resistance to insulin in skeletal muscle after a prolonged fast.

Original language	English
Journal	American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism
Volume	302
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	E190-E200
Number of pages	11
ISSN	0193-1849
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00207.2011
Publication status	Published - Jan 2012

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Vendelbo, M., Clasen, B. F. F., Treebak, J. T., Møller, L., Krusenstjerna-Hafstrøm, T., Madsen, M., Nielsen, T. S., Stødkilde-Jørgensen, H., Pedersen, S. B., Jørgensen, J. O. L., Goodyear, L. J., Wojtaszewski, J., Møller, N., & Jessen, N. (2012). Insulin resistance after a 72-h fast is associated with impaired AS160 phosphorylation and accumulation of lipid and glycogen in human skeletal muscle. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism, 302(2), E190-E200. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00207.2011

Insulin resistance after a 72-h fast is associated with impaired AS160 phosphorylation and accumulation of lipid and glycogen in human skeletal muscle. / Vendelbo, M; Clasen, B F F; Treebak, Jonas Thue et al.
In: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol. 302, No. 2, 01.2012, p. E190-E200.

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Vendelbo, M, Clasen, BFF, Treebak, JT, Møller, L, Krusenstjerna-Hafstrøm, T, Madsen, M, Nielsen, TS, Stødkilde-Jørgensen, H, Pedersen, SB, Jørgensen, JOL, Goodyear, LJ, Wojtaszewski, J, Møller, N & Jessen, N 2012, 'Insulin resistance after a 72-h fast is associated with impaired AS160 phosphorylation and accumulation of lipid and glycogen in human skeletal muscle', American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism, vol. 302, no. 2, pp. E190-E200. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00207.2011

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