Gingerols of Zingiber officinale Enhance Glucose Uptake by Increasing Cell Surface GLUT4 in Cultured L6 Myotubes

Planta Medica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 78 (14) ◽  
pp. 1549-1555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiming Li ◽  
Van Tran ◽  
Colin Duke ◽  
Basil Roufogalis
2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiming Li ◽  
Van H Tran ◽  
Nooshin Koolaji ◽  
Colin Duke ◽  
Basil D Roufogalis

PURPOSE. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism of (S)-[6]-gingerol in promoting glucose uptake in L6 skeletal muscle cells. METHODS. The effect of (S)-[6]-gingerol on glucose uptake in L6 myotubes was examined using 2-[1,2-3H]-deoxy-D-glucose. Intracellular Ca2+ concentration was measured using Fluo-4. Phosphorylation of AMPKα was determined by Western blotting analysis. RESULTS. (S)-[6]-Gingerol time-dependently enhanced glucose uptake in L6 myotubes. (S)-[6]-Gingerol elevated intracellular Ca2+ concentration and subsequently induced a dose- and time-dependent enhancement of threonine172 phosphorylated AMPKα in L6 myotubes via modulation by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase. CONCLUSION. The results indicated that (S)-[6]-gingerol increased glucose uptake in L6 skeletal muscle cells by activating AMPK. (S)-[6]-gingerol, a major component of Zingiber officinale, may have potential for development as an antidiabetic agent. This article is open to POST-PUBLICATION REVIEW. Registered readers (see “For Readers”) may comment by clicking on ABSTRACT on the issue’s contents page.


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Kusumarn Noipha ◽  
Putrada Ninla-Aesong

  The potential roles of Zingiber officinale Roscoe (ginger) for treating and preventing diabetes have been investigated in both humans and experimental animals. However, the mode of its action has not yet been elucidated. This study aimed to investigate the effects of ginger extract on glucose uptake activity and its activation pathway in L6 myotubes. Cells were co-cultured for 24 h with a variable concentration of either ginger extract or 2 mM metformin or 200 nM insulin or 20 μM Troglitazone (TGZ), followed by a 10-min 2-[3H]-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) uptake. The levels of glucose transporters 1 (GLUT1) and GLUT4 protein and mRNA expression were determined. Ginger extract at 400 μg/ml significantly enhanced glucose uptake in L6 myotubes (208.03 ± 10.65% above basal value, p<0.05) after co-culture for 24 h. The ginger-enhancement of glucose uptake was inhibited by 3.5 μM cycloheximide, a protein synthesis inhibitor, 1 μM wortmannin (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (PI3 kinase) inhibitor) and 15 nM rapamycin (mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor). The enhancement of glucose transport by ginger extract at 400 μg/ml was accompanied with the increased expression of GLUT1 protein (1.60 ± 0.20, 2.03 ± 0.19, and 2.25 ± 0.35 folds of basal at 4, 8, and 24 h, respectively p<0.05) and mRNA (1.22 ± 0.96, 1.45 ± 0.93, 1.91 ± 0.75, 2.32±0.92, and 2.20 ± 0.64 folds of basal at 1, 2, 4, 8, and 24 h, respectively p<0.05) in a time-dependent manner. Z. officinale Roscoe rhizome extract increase glucose transport activity of L6 myotubes by enhancing GLUT1 expression, the results of PI3-Kinase and 5’-AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) stimulation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinji Furuzono ◽  
Tetsuya Kubota ◽  
Junki Taura ◽  
Masahiro Konishi ◽  
Asuka Naito ◽  
...  

AbstractReduced glucose uptake into the skeletal muscle is an important pathophysiological abnormality in type 2 diabetes, and is caused by impaired translocation of glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) to the skeletal muscle cell surface. Here, we show a xanthene derivative, DS20060511, induces GLUT4 translocation to the skeletal muscle cell surface, thereby stimulating glucose uptake into the tissue. DS20060511 induced GLUT4 translocation and stimulated glucose uptake into differentiated L6-myotubes and into the skeletal muscles in mice. These effects were completely abolished in GLUT4 knockout mice. Induction of GLUT4 translocation by DS20060511 was independent of the insulin signaling pathways including IRS1-Akt-AS160 phosphorylation and IRS1-Rac1-actin polymerization, eNOS pathway, and AMPK pathway. Acute and chronic DS20060511 treatment attenuated the glucose intolerance in obese diabetic mice. Taken together, DS20060511 acts as a skeletal muscle-specific GLUT4 translocation enhancer to facilitate glucose uptake. Further studies of DS20060511 may pave the way for the development of novel antidiabetic medicines.


Author(s):  
Noriyuki Natsume ◽  
Takayuki Yonezawa ◽  
Yukiko Saito ◽  
Je-Tae Woo ◽  
Toshiaki Teruya

Phytomedicine ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 434-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Anandharajan ◽  
S. Jaiganesh ◽  
N.P. Shankernarayanan ◽  
R.A. Viswakarma ◽  
A. Balakrishnan

2010 ◽  
Vol 298 (5) ◽  
pp. E1058-E1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenyan Niu ◽  
Philip J. Bilan ◽  
Shuhei Ishikura ◽  
Jonathan D. Schertzer ◽  
Ariel Contreras-Ferrat ◽  
...  

Muscle contraction stimulates glucose uptake acutely to increase energy supply, but suitable cellular models that faithfully reproduce this complex phenomenon are lacking. To this end, we have developed a cellular model of contracting C2C12 myotubes overexpressing GLUT4 with an exofacial myc-epitope tag (GLUT4 myc) and explored stimulation of GLUT4 traffic by physiologically relevant agents. Carbachol (an acetylcholine receptor agonist) induced a gain in cell surface GLUT4 myc that was mediated by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Carbachol also activated AMPK, and this response was sensitive to the contractile myosin ATPase inhibitor N-benzyl- p-toluenesulfonamide. The gain in surface GLUT4 myc elicited by carbachol or by the AMPK activator 5-amino-4-carboxamide-1 β-ribose was sensitive to chemical inhibition of AMPK activity by compound C and partially reduced by siRNA-mediated knockdown of AMPK catalytic subunits or LKB1. In addition, the carbachol-induced gain in cell surface GLUT4 myc was partially sensitive to chelation of intracellular calcium with BAPTA-AM. However, the carbachol-induced gain in cell surface GLUT4 myc was not sensitive to the CaMKK inhibitor STO-609 despite expression of both isoforms of this enzyme and a rise in cytosolic calcium by carbachol. Therefore, separate AMPK- and calcium-dependent signals contribute to mobilizing GLUT4 in response to carbachol, providing an in vitro cell model that recapitulates the two major signals whereby acute contraction regulates glucose uptake in skeletal muscle. This system will be ideal to further analyze the underlying molecular events of contraction-regulated GLUT4 traffic.


2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Miyagusuku-Cruzado ◽  
Naoki Morishita ◽  
Keiichi Fukui ◽  
Norihiko Terahara ◽  
Toshiro Matsui

2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Li ◽  
Yina Ma ◽  
Jonathan Bogan

Introduction: The adaptive metabolic regulation of glucose and fatty acid in the heart plays a critical role in limiting cardiac damage caused by ischemia and reperfusion (I/R). TUG (tether containing a UBX domain, for GLUT4) can be cleaved to mobilize glucose transporter GLUT4 from intracellular vesicles to the cell surface in skeletal muscle and adipose in response to insulin stimulation. The energy sensor AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) plays an important cardioprotective role in response to ischemic insults by modulating GLUT4 translocation. Hypothesis: TUG is one of the downstream targets of AMPK in the heart. TUG could be phosphorylated by ischemic AMPK and cleaved to dissociate with GLUT4 and increase GLUT4 translocation in the ischemic heart. Methods: In vivo regional ischemia by ligation of left anterior coronary artery and ex vivo isolated mouse heart perfusion Langendorff system were used to test the hypothesis. Results: Antithrombin (AT) is an endogenous AMPK agonist in the heart and used to define the role of TUG in regulating GLUT4 trafficking during ischemia and reperfusion in the heart. AT showed its cardioprotective function through recovering cardiac pumping function and activating AMPK. The results showed that AMPK activation by AT treatment was through LKB1 and Sesn2 complex. Furthermore, the ex vivo heart perfusion data demonstrated that AT administration significantly increase GLUT4 translocation, glucose uptake, glycolysis and glucose oxidation during ischemia and reperfusion (p<0.05 vs . vehicle). Moreover, AT treatment increased abundance of a TUG cleavage product (42 KD) in response to I/R. The TUG protein was clearly phosphorylated by activated AMPK in HL-1 cardiomyocytes. The in vivo myocardial ischemia results demonstrated that ischemic AMPK activation triggers TUG cleavage and significantly increases GLUT4 translocation to the cell surface. Moreover, an augmented interaction between AMPK and TUG was observed during ischemia. Conclusions: Cardiac AMPK activation stimulates TUG cleavage and causes the dissociation between TUG and GLUT4 in the intracellular vesicles. TUG is a critical mediator that modulates cardiac GLUT4 translocation to cell surface and enhances glucose uptake by AMPK signaling pathway.


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