Role of AMP-activated protein kinase for regulating post-exercise insulin sensitivity

TY - CHAP

T1 - Role of AMP-activated protein kinase for regulating post-exercise insulin sensitivity

AU - Kjøbsted, Rasmus

AU - Wojtaszewski, Jørgen

AU - Treebak, Jonas Thue

N1 - CURIS 2016 NEXS 324

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - Skeletal muscle insulin resistance precedes development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). As skeletal muscle is a major sink for glucose disposal, understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in maintaining insulin sensitivity of this tissue could potentially benefit millions of people that are diagnosed with insulin resistance. Regular physical activity in both healthy and insulin-resistant individuals is recognized as the single most effective intervention to increase whole-body insulin sensitivity and thereby positively affect glucose homeostasis. A single bout of exercise has long been known to increase glucose disposal in skeletal muscle in response to physiological insulin concentrations. While this effect is identified to be restricted to the previously exercised muscle, the molecular basis for an apparent convergence between exercise- and insulin-induced signaling pathways is incompletely known. In recent years, we and others have identified the Rab GTPase-activating protein, TBC1 domain family member 4 (TBC1D4) as a target of key protein kinases in the insulin- and exercise-activated signaling pathways. Our working hypothesis is that the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is important for the ability of exercise to insulin sensitize skeletal muscle through TBC1D4. Here, we aim to provide an overview of the current available evidence linking AMPK to post-exercise insulin sensitivity.

AB - Skeletal muscle insulin resistance precedes development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). As skeletal muscle is a major sink for glucose disposal, understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in maintaining insulin sensitivity of this tissue could potentially benefit millions of people that are diagnosed with insulin resistance. Regular physical activity in both healthy and insulin-resistant individuals is recognized as the single most effective intervention to increase whole-body insulin sensitivity and thereby positively affect glucose homeostasis. A single bout of exercise has long been known to increase glucose disposal in skeletal muscle in response to physiological insulin concentrations. While this effect is identified to be restricted to the previously exercised muscle, the molecular basis for an apparent convergence between exercise- and insulin-induced signaling pathways is incompletely known. In recent years, we and others have identified the Rab GTPase-activating protein, TBC1 domain family member 4 (TBC1D4) as a target of key protein kinases in the insulin- and exercise-activated signaling pathways. Our working hypothesis is that the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is important for the ability of exercise to insulin sensitize skeletal muscle through TBC1D4. Here, we aim to provide an overview of the current available evidence linking AMPK to post-exercise insulin sensitivity.

KW - Faculty of Science

KW - AMP-activated protein kinase

KW - Exercise

KW - Skeletal muscle

KW - Glucose uptake

KW - TBC1D4

KW - AS160

KW - Insulin sensitivity

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-43589-3_5

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-43589-3_5

M3 - Book chapter

C2 - 27812978

SN - 978-3-319-43587-9

T3 - E X S

SP - 81

EP - 126

BT - AMP-activated Protein Kinase

A2 - Cordero, M D

A2 - Viollet, B

PB - Springer

ER -