Opposite regulation of insulin sensitivity by dietary lipid versus carbohydrate excess

Annemarie Lundsgaard, Kim Anker Sjøberg, Louise Dalgas Høeg, Jacob Jeppesen, Andreas Børsting Jordy, Annette Karen Lundbeck Serup, Andreas Mæchel Fritzen, Henriette Pilegaard, Lene Secher Myrmel, Lise Madsen, Jørgen Wojtaszewski, Erik Richter, Bente Kiens

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Abstract

To understand the mechanisms in lipid-induced insulin resistance, a more physiological approach is to enhance fatty acid (FA) availability through the diet. Nine healthy men ingested two hypercaloric diets (in 75% excess of habitual caloric intake) for 3 days, enriched in unsaturated FA (78 energy % [E%] fat) (UNSAT) or carbohydrates (80 E% carbohydrate) (CHO) as well as a eucaloric control diet (CON). Compared with CON, the UNSAT diet reduced whole-body and leg glucose disposal during a hyper-insulinemic-euglycemic clamp, while decreasing hepatic glucose production. In muscle, diacylglycerol (DAG) and intramyocellular triacylglycerol were increased. The accumulated DAG was sn-1,3 DAG, which is known not to activate PKC, and insulin signaling was intact. UNSAT decreased PDH-E1a protein content and increased inhibitory PDH-E1a Ser300 phosphorylation and FA oxidation. CHO increased whole-body and leg insulin sensitivity, while increasing hepatic glucose production. After CHO, muscle PDH-E1a Ser300 phosphorylation was decreased, and glucose oxidation increased. After UNSAT, but not CHO, muscle glucose-6-phosphate content was 103% higher compared with CON during the clamp. Thus, PDH-E1a expression and covalent regulation, and hence the tricarboxylic acid cycle influx of pyruvate-derived acetyl-CoA relative to b-oxidation–derived acetyl-CoA, are suggested to impact on insulin-stimulated glucose uptake. Taken together, the oxidative metabolic fluxes of glucose and FA are powerful and opposite regulators of insulin action in muscle.

Original languageEnglish
JournalDiabetes
Volume66
Issue number10
Pages (from-to)2583-2595
Number of pages13
ISSN0012-1797
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2017

Keywords

  • Journal Article

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