Abscisic acid enriched fig extract promotes insulin sensitivity by decreasing systemic inflammation and activating LANCL2 in skeletal muscle

Objective.In prior reports, individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) exhibited increased insulin resistance. However, those studies were limited by either suboptimal assessment methods for insulin sensitivity or a failure to account for important determinants such as adiposity and lack of physical activity. Our objectives were to carefully assess, compare, and determine predictors of skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity in RA, accounting for adiposity and physical activity.Methods.Thirty-nine individuals with established (seropositive or erosions) and treated RA and 39 controls matched for age, sex, race, body mass index, and physical activity underwent a frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test to determine insulin sensitivity. Inflammation, body composition, and physical activity were assessed with systemic cytokine measurements, computed tomography scans, and accelerometry, respectively. Exclusions were diabetes, cardiovascular disease, medication changes within 3 months, and prednisone use over 5 mg/day. This investigation was powered to detect a clinically significant, moderate effect size for insulin sensitivity difference.Results.Despite elevated systemic inflammation [interleukin (IL)-6, IL-18, tumor necrosis factor-α; p < 0.05 for all], persons with RA were not less insulin sensitive [SIgeometric mean (SD): RA 4.0 (2.4) vs control 4.9 (2.1)*10−5min−1/(pmol/l); p = 0.39]. Except for visceral adiposity being slightly greater in controls (p = 0.03), there were no differences in body composition or physical activity. Lower insulin sensitivity was independently associated with increased abdominal and thigh adiposity, but not with cytokines, disease activity, duration, disability, or disease-modifying medication use.Conclusion.In established and treated RA, traditional risk factors, specifically excess adiposity, play more of a role in predicting skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity than do systemic inflammation or other disease-related factors.

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Effects of a Botanical Extract from Artemisia dracunculus L. on Insulin Sensitivity of Human Skeletal Muscle Cell Cultures

Planta Medica ◽

10.1055/s-0031-1273665 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 77 (05) ◽

Author(s):

P Scherp ◽

N Putluri ◽

GJ LeBlanc ◽

WT Cefalu ◽

I Kheterpal

Keyword(s):

Skeletal Muscle ◽

Insulin Sensitivity ◽

Muscle Cell ◽

Cell Cultures ◽

Human Skeletal Muscle ◽

Skeletal Muscle Cell ◽

Artemisia Dracunculus ◽

Human Skeletal Muscle Cell ◽

Botanical Extract

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Epigenetic and Metabolic Changes in Skeletal Muscle Underlying the Improvement of Insulin Sensitivity after Bariatric Surgery in Humans

Diabetes ◽

10.2337/db18-156-or ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 67 (Supplement 1) ◽

pp. 156-OR

Author(s):

SOFIYA GANCHEVA ◽

MERIEM OUNI ◽

CHRYSI KOLIAKI ◽

TOMAS JELENIK ◽

DANIEL F. MARKGRAF ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Bariatric Surgery ◽

Skeletal Muscle ◽

Insulin Sensitivity ◽

Metabolic Changes

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Macrophage PPAR gamma is required for normal skeletal muscle and hepatic insulin sensitivity and full antidiabetic effects of thiazolidinediones.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.717147862.792403066 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Ajay Chawla

Keyword(s):

Skeletal Muscle ◽

Insulin Sensitivity ◽

Ppar Gamma ◽

Hepatic Insulin Sensitivity ◽

Antidiabetic Effects

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Effect of training on insulin binding to rat skeletal muscle sarcolemmal vesicles

AJP Endocrinology and Metabolism ◽

10.1152/ajpendo.1986.250.5.e570 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 250 (5) ◽

pp. E570-E575

Author(s):

G. K. Grimditch ◽

R. J. Barnard ◽

S. A. Kaplan ◽

E. Sternlicht

Keyword(s):

Skeletal Muscle ◽

Insulin Sensitivity ◽

Exercise Training ◽

Insulin Binding ◽

Whole Body ◽

Rat Skeletal Muscle ◽

Binding Studies ◽

Muscle Enzyme ◽

Intravenous Glucose ◽

High Affinity

We examined the hypothesis that the exercise training-induced increase in skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity is mediated by adaptations in insulin binding to sarcolemmal (SL) insulin receptors. Insulin binding studies were performed on rat skeletal muscle SL isolated from control and trained rats. No significant differences were noted between groups in body weight or fat. An intravenous glucose tolerance test showed an increase in whole-body insulin sensitivity with training, and specific D-glucose transport studies on isolated SL vesicles indicated that this was due in part to adaptations in skeletal muscle. Enzyme marker analyses revealed no differences in yield, purity, or contamination of SL membranes between the two groups. Scatchard analyses indicated no significant differences in the number of insulin binding sites per milligram SL protein on the high-affinity (15.0 +/- 4.1 vs. 18.1 +/- 6.4 X 10(9)) or on the low-affinity portions (925 +/- 80 vs. 884 +/- 106 X 10(9)) of the curves. The association constants of the high-affinity (0.764 +/- 0.154 vs. 0.685 +/- 0.264 X 10(9) M-1) and of the low affinity sites (0.0096 +/- 0.0012 vs. 0.0102 +/- 0.0012 X 10(9) M-1) also were similar. These results do not support the hypothesis that the increased sensitivity to insulin after exercise training is due to changes in SL insulin receptor binding.

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Fourteen days of smoking cessation improves muscle fatigue resistance and reverses markers of systemic inflammation

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-91510-x ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mohammad Z. Darabseh ◽

Thomas M. Maden-Wilkinson ◽

George Welbourne ◽

Rob C. I. Wüst ◽

Nessar Ahmed ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Oxidative Stress ◽

Skeletal Muscle ◽

Smoking Cessation ◽

Muscle Fatigue ◽

Fatigue Resistance ◽

Systemic Inflammation ◽

Muscle Function ◽

Low Grade ◽

Skeletal Muscle Function ◽

Tnf Α

AbstractCigarette smoking has a negative effect on respiratory and skeletal muscle function and is a risk factor for various chronic diseases. To assess the effects of 14 days of smoking cessation on respiratory and skeletal muscle function, markers of inflammation and oxidative stress in humans. Spirometry, skeletal muscle function, circulating carboxyhaemoglobin levels, advanced glycation end products (AGEs), markers of oxidative stress and serum cytokines were measured in 38 non-smokers, and in 48 cigarette smokers at baseline and after 14 days of smoking cessation. Peak expiratory flow (p = 0.004) and forced expiratory volume in 1 s/forced vital capacity (p = 0.037) were lower in smokers compared to non-smokers but did not change significantly after smoking cessation. Smoking cessation increased skeletal muscle fatigue resistance (p < 0.001). Haemoglobin content, haematocrit, carboxyhaemoglobin, total AGEs, malondialdehyde, TNF-α, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6 and IL-10 (p < 0.05) levels were higher, and total antioxidant status (TAS), IL-12p70 and eosinophil numbers were lower (p < 0.05) in smokers. IL-4, IL-6, IL-10 and IL-12p70 had returned towards levels seen in non-smokers after 14 days smoking cessation (p < 0.05), and IL-2 and TNF-α showed a similar pattern but had not yet fully returned to levels seen in non-smokers. Haemoglobin, haematocrit, eosinophil count, AGEs, MDA and TAS did not significantly change with smoking cessation. Two weeks of smoking cessation was accompanied with an improved muscle fatigue resistance and a reduction in low-grade systemic inflammation in smokers.

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Exercise training prevents maturation-induced decrease in insulin sensitivity

Journal of Applied Physiology ◽

10.1152/jappl.1996.80.6.1963 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 80 (6) ◽

pp. 1963-1967 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

N. Nakai ◽

Y. Shimomura ◽

N. Ohsaki ◽

J. Sato ◽

Y. Oshida ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Skeletal Muscle ◽

Insulin Sensitivity ◽

Exercise Training ◽

Infusion Rate ◽

Glucose Transporter ◽

Euglycemic Clamp ◽

Glut 4 ◽

Hindlimb Muscle ◽

Female Wistar Rats ◽

Sensitivity Improvement

We examined the effects of exercise training initiated before maturation or after maturation on insulin sensitivity and glucose transporter GLUT-4 content in membrane fractions of skeletal muscle. Female Wistar rats (4 wk of age) were divided into sedentary and exercise-trained groups. At 12 wk of age, a subset of the trained animals (Tr) was killed along with a subset of sedentary controls (Sed). One-half of the remaining sedentary animals remained sedentary (Sed-Sed) while the other half began exercise training (Sed-Tr). The remaining rats in the original trained group continued to train (Tr-Tr). Euglycemic clamp (insulin infusion rate at 6 mU.kg body wt-1. min-1) was performed at 4, 12, and 27 wk. After euglycemic clamp in all animals except the 4-wk-old, hindlimb (gastrocnemius and part of quadriceps) muscles were removed for preparation of membrane fractions. In sedentary rats, glucose infusion rate (GIR) during euglycemic clamp was decreased from 15.9 mg.kg-1.min-1 at 4 wk of age to 9.8 mg.kg-1.min-1 at 12 wk of age and 9.1 mg.kg-1.min-1 at 27 wk of age. In exercise-trained rats, the GIR was not significantly decreased by maturation (at 12 wk) and further aging (at 27 wk). Initiation of exercise after maturation restored the GIR at 27 wk of age to the same levels as these for the corresponding exercise-trained rats. GLUT-4 content in plasma and intracellular membrane fractions of hindlimb muscle obtained just after euglycemic clamp showed the same trend as the results of GIR. These results suggest that exercise training prevented the maturation-induced decrease in insulin sensitivity. Improvement of insulin sensitivity caused by exercise training was attributed, at least in part, to the increase in insulin-sensitive GLUT-4 on the plasma membrane in skeletal muscle.

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Independent Influences of Central Fat and Skeletal Muscle Lipids on Insulin Sensitivity

Obesity Research ◽

10.1038/oby.2001.70 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 535-543 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Stuart M. Furler ◽

Ann M. Poynten ◽

Adamandia D. Kriketos ◽

Andrew J. Lowy ◽

Bronwyn A. Ellis ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Skeletal Muscle ◽

Insulin Sensitivity ◽

Central Fat ◽

Muscle Lipids

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Exercise-induced enhancement of insulin sensitivity is associated with accumulation of M2-polarized macrophages in mouse skeletal muscle

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ◽

10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.10.005 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 441 (1) ◽

pp. 36-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Shin-ichi Ikeda ◽

Yoshifumi Tamura ◽

Saori Kakehi ◽

Kageumi Takeno ◽

Minako Kawaguchi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Skeletal Muscle ◽

Insulin Sensitivity ◽

Mouse Skeletal Muscle ◽

Exercise Induced

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Prep1 Deficiency Induces Protection from Diabetes and Increased Insulin Sensitivity through a p160-Mediated Mechanism

Molecular and Cellular Biology ◽

10.1128/mcb.00117-08 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 28 (18) ◽

pp. 5634-5645 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Francesco Oriente ◽

Luis Cesar Fernandez Diaz ◽

Claudia Miele ◽

Salvatore Iovino ◽

Silvia Mori ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Skeletal Muscle ◽

Insulin Sensitivity ◽

Glucose Uptake ◽

Normal Glucose Tolerance ◽

Glucose Disposal ◽

Protein Levels ◽

Normal Glucose ◽

Enhanced Expression ◽

The Stability

ABSTRACT We have examined glucose homeostasis in mice hypomorphic for the homeotic transcription factor gene Prep1. Prep1-hypomorphic (Prep1 i / i ) mice exhibit an absolute reduction in circulating insulin levels but normal glucose tolerance. In addition, these mice exhibit protection from streptozotocin-induced diabetes and enhanced insulin sensitivity with improved glucose uptake and insulin-dependent glucose disposal by skeletal muscle. This muscle phenotype does not depend on reduced expression of the known Prep1 transcription partner, Pbx1. Instead, in Prep1 i / i muscle, we find normal Pbx1 but reduced levels of the recently identified novel Prep1 interactor p160. Consistent with this reduction, we find a muscle-selective increase in mRNA and protein levels of PGC-1α, accompanied by enhanced expression of the GLUT4 transporter, responsible for insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in muscle. Indeed, using L6 skeletal muscle cells, we induced the opposite effects by overexpressing Prep1 or p160, but not Pbx1. In vivo skeletal muscle delivery of p160 cDNA in Prep1 i / i mice also reverses the molecular phenotype. Finally, we show that Prep1 controls the stability of the p160 protein. We conclude that Prep1 controls insulin sensitivity through the p160-GLUT4 pathway.

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