Does Nitric Oxide Regulate Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake during Exercise?

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn K. McConell ◽  
Bronwyn A. Kingwell
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Glucose Uptake ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake

Glucose uptake during contraction in isolated skeletal muscles from neuronal nitric oxide synthase μ knockout mice

2015 ◽  
Vol 118 (9) ◽  
pp. 1113-1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yet Hoi Hong ◽  
Tony Frugier ◽  
Xinmei Zhang ◽  
Robyn M. Murphy ◽  
Gordon S. Lynch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Nitric Oxide Synthase ◽  
Glucose Uptake ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Organ Bath ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake ◽  
Nos Inhibitor ◽  
Amp Activated Protein Kinase ◽  
Oxide Synthase

Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) significantly attenuates the increase in skeletal muscle glucose uptake during contraction/exercise, and a greater attenuation is observed in individuals with Type 2 diabetes compared with healthy individuals. Therefore, NO appears to play an important role in mediating muscle glucose uptake during contraction. In this study, we investigated the involvement of neuronal NOSμ (nNOSμ), the main NOS isoform activated during contraction, on skeletal muscle glucose uptake during ex vivo contraction. Extensor digitorum longus muscles were isolated from nNOSμ−/−and nNOSμ+/+mice. Muscles were contracted ex vivo in a temperature-controlled (30°C) organ bath with or without the presence of the NOS inhibitor NG-monomethyl-l-arginine (L-NMMA) and the NOS substrate L-arginine. Glucose uptake was determined by radioactive tracers. Skeletal muscle glucose uptake increased approximately fourfold during contraction in muscles from both nNOSμ−/−and nNOSμ+/+mice. L-NMMA significantly attenuated the increase in muscle glucose uptake during contraction in both genotypes. This attenuation was reversed by L-arginine, suggesting that L-NMMA attenuated the increase in muscle glucose uptake during contraction by inhibiting NOS and not via a nonspecific effect of the inhibitor. Low levels of NOS activity (∼4%) were detected in muscles from nNOSμ−/−mice, and there was no evidence of compensation from other NOS isoform or AMP-activated protein kinase which is also involved in mediating muscle glucose uptake during contraction. These results indicate that NO regulates skeletal muscle glucose uptake during ex vivo contraction independently of nNOSμ.

scholarly journals Skeletal muscle glucose uptake during treadmill exercise in neuronal nitric oxide synthase-μ knockout mice

2016 ◽  
Vol 310 (10) ◽  
pp. E838-E845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yet Hoi Hong ◽  
Christine Yang ◽  
Andrew C. Betik ◽  
Robert S. Lee-Young ◽  
Glenn K. McConell
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Nitric Oxide Synthase ◽  
Glucose Uptake ◽  
Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase ◽  
Glucose Levels ◽  
Blood Glucose Levels ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Contraction ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake ◽  
Oxide Synthase

Nitric oxide influences intramuscular signaling that affects skeletal muscle glucose uptake during exercise. The role of the main NO-producing enzyme isoform activated during skeletal muscle contraction, neuronal nitric oxide synthase-μ (nNOSμ), in modulating glucose uptake has not been investigated in a physiological exercise model. In this study, conscious and unrestrained chronically catheterized nNOSμ+/+ and nNOSμ−/− mice either remained at rest or ran on a treadmill at 17 m/min for 30 min. Both groups of mice demonstrated similar exercise capacity during a maximal exercise test to exhaustion (17.7 ± 0.6 vs. 15.9 ± 0.9 min for nNOSμ+/+ and nNOSμ−/−, respectively, P > 0.05). Resting and exercise blood glucose levels were comparable between the genotypes. Very low levels of NOS activity were detected in skeletal muscle from nNOSμ−/− mice, and exercise increased NOS activity only in nNOSμ+/+ mice (4.4 ± 0.3 to 5.2 ± 0.4 pmol·mg−1·min−1, P < 0.05). Exercise significantly increased glucose uptake in gastrocnemius muscle (5- to 7-fold) and, surprisingly, more so in nNOSμ−/− than in nNOSμ+/+ mice ( P < 0.05). This is in parallel with a greater increase in AMPK phosphorylation during exercise in nNOSμ−/− mice. In conclusion, nNOSμ is not essential for skeletal muscle glucose uptake during exercise, and the higher skeletal muscle glucose uptake during exercise in nNOSμ−/− mice may be due to compensatory increases in AMPK activation.

scholarly journals Passive stretch regulates skeletal muscle glucose uptake independent of nitric oxide synthase

2019 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarrod P. Kerris ◽  
Andrew C. Betik ◽  
Jinhua Li ◽  
Glenn K. McConell
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Nitric Oxide Synthase ◽  
Glucose Uptake ◽  
Signaling Pathways ◽  
Mechanical Strain ◽  
Passive Stretching ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake ◽  
Oxide Synthase ◽  
Passive Stretch

Skeletal muscle contraction increases glucose uptake via an insulin-independent mechanism. Signaling pathways arising from mechanical strain are activated during muscle contractions, and mechanical strain in the form of passive stretching stimulates glucose uptake. However, the exact mechanisms regulating stretch-stimulated glucose uptake are not known. Since nitric oxide synthase (NOS) has been implicated in the regulation of glucose uptake during ex vivo and in situ muscle contractions and during exercise, and NO is increased with stretch, we examined whether the increase in muscle glucose uptake during stretching involves NOS. We passively stretched isolated extensor digitorum longus muscles (15 min at ~100–130 mN) from control mice and mice lacking either neuronal NOSµ (nNOSµ) or endothelial NOS (eNOS) isoforms, as well as used pharmacological inhibitors of NOS. Stretch significantly increased muscle glucose uptake appoximately twofold ( P < 0.05), and this was unaffected by the presence of the NOS inhibitors NG-monomethyl-l-arginine (100 µM) or NG-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (100 µM). Similarly, stretch-stimulated glucose uptake was not attenuated by deletion of either eNOS or nNOSµ isoforms. Furthermore, stretching failed to increase skeletal muscle NOS enzymatic activity above resting levels. These data clearly demonstrate that stretch-stimulated skeletal muscle glucose uptake is not dependent on NOS. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Passive stretching is known to activate muscle glucose uptake through mechanisms that partially overlap with contraction. We report that genetic knockout of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS) or neuronal NOS or pharmacological NOS inhibition does not affect stretch-stimulated glucose uptake. Passive stretch failed to increase NOS activity above resting levels. This information is important for the study of signaling pathways that regulate stretch-stimulated glucose uptake and indicate that NOS should be excluded as a potential signaling factor in this regard.

Downstream mechanisms of nitric oxide-mediated skeletal muscle glucose uptake during contraction

2010 ◽  
Vol 299 (6) ◽  
pp. R1656-R1665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troy L. Merry ◽  
Gordon S. Lynch ◽  
Glenn K. McConell
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Glucose Uptake ◽  
P38 Mapk ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Protein S ◽  
Dependent Protein ◽  
No Signaling ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake ◽  
Nos Inhibitor

There is evidence that nitric oxide (NO) is required for the normal increases in skeletal muscle glucose uptake during contraction, but the mechanisms involved have not been elucidated. We examined whether NO regulates glucose uptake during skeletal muscle contractions via cGMP-dependent or cGMP-independent pathways. Isolated extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles from mice were stimulated to contract ex vivo, and potential NO signaling pathways were blocked by the addition of inhibitors to the incubation medium. Contraction increased ( P < 0.05) NO synthase (NOS) activity (∼40%) and dichlorofluorescein (DCF) fluorescence (a marker of oxidant levels; ∼95%), which was prevented with a NOS inhibitor NG-monomethyl-l-arginine (l-NMMA), and antioxidants [nonspecific antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine (NAC); thiol-reducing agent, DTT], respectively. l-NMMA and NAC both attenuated glucose uptake during contraction by ∼50% ( P < 0.05), and their effects were not additive. Neither the guanylate cyclase inhibitor 1 H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo-[4,3- a]quinoxalin-1-one, which prevents the formation of cGMP, the cGMP-dependent protein (PKG) inhibitor Rp-8-bromo-β-phenyl-1,N2-ethenoguanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphorothioate sodium salt nor white light, which breaks S-nitrosylated bonds, affects glucose uptake during contraction; however, DTT attenuated ( P < 0.05) contraction-stimulated glucose uptake (by 70%). NOS inhibition and antioxidant treatment reduced contraction-stimulated increases in protein S-glutathionylation and tyrosine nitration ( P < 0.05), without affecting AMPK or p38 MAPK phosphorylation. In conclusion, we provide evidence to suggest that NOS-derived oxidants regulate skeletal muscle glucose uptake during ex vivo contractions via a cGMP/PKG-, AMPK-, and p38 MAPK-independent pathway. In addition, it appears that NO and ROS may regulate skeletal muscle glucose uptake during contraction through a similar pathway.

Role of nitric oxide in skeletal muscle glucose uptake during exercise

2014 ◽  
Vol 99 (12) ◽  
pp. 1569-1573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yet Hoi Hong ◽  
Andrew C. Betik ◽  
Glenn K. McConell
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Glucose Uptake ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake

Skeletal muscle glucose uptake during contraction is regulated by nitric oxide and ROS independently of AMPK

2010 ◽  
Vol 298 (3) ◽  
pp. E577-E585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troy L. Merry ◽  
Gregory R. Steinberg ◽  
Gordon S. Lynch ◽  
Glenn K. McConell
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Glucose Uptake ◽  
Similar Extent ◽  
Independent Mechanism ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake ◽  
Nos Inhibitor ◽  
Muscle Specific Kinase ◽  
Amp Activated Protein Kinase ◽  
Oxide Synthase

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) have been implicated in the regulation of skeletal muscle glucose uptake during contraction, and there is evidence that they do so via interaction with AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). In this study, we tested the hypothesis that ROS and NO regulate skeletal muscle glucose uptake during contraction via an AMPK-independent mechanism. Isolated extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and soleus muscles from mice that expressed a muscle-specific kinase dead AMPKα2 isoform (AMPK-KD) and wild-type litter mates (WT) were stimulated to contract, and glucose uptake was measured in the presence or absence of the antioxidant N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC) or the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor NG-monomethyl-l-arginine (l-NMMA). Contraction increased AMPKα2 activity in WT but not AMPK-KD EDL muscles. However, contraction increased glucose uptake in the EDL and soleus muscles of AMPK-KD and WT mice to a similar extent. In EDL muscles, NAC and l-NMMA prevented contraction-stimulated increases in oxidant levels (dichloroflourescein fluorescence) and NOS activity, respectively, and attenuated contraction-stimulated glucose uptake in both genotypes to a similar extent. In soleus muscles of AMPK-KD and WT mice, NAC prevented contraction-stimulated glucose uptake and l-NMMA had no effect. This is likely attributed to the relative lack of neuronal NOS in the soleus muscles compared with EDL muscles. Contraction increased AMPKα Thr172 phosphorylation in EDL and soleus muscles of WT but not AMPK-KD mice, and this was not affected by NAC or l-NMMA treatment. In conclusion, ROS and NO are involved in regulating skeletal muscle glucose uptake during contraction via an AMPK-independent mechanism.

The effect of the nitric oxide donor sodium nitroprusside on glucose uptake in human primary skeletal muscle cells

Nitric Oxide ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren C. Henstridge ◽  
Brian G. Drew ◽  
Melissa F. Formosa ◽  
Alaina K. Natoli ◽  
David Cameron-Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Sodium Nitroprusside ◽  
Glucose Uptake ◽  
Muscle Cells ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Cells ◽  
Nitric Oxide Donor
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