Diabetes 54:1459-1467, 2005
© 2005 by the American Diabetes Association, Inc.
Effects of Metformin and Rosiglitazone Treatment on Insulin Signaling and Glucose Uptake in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Type 2 DiabetesA Randomized Controlled Study
Håkan K.R. Karlsson1,
Kirsti Hällsten2,
Marie Björnholm1,
Hiroki Tsuchida1,
Alexander V. Chibalin1,
Kirsi A. Virtanen2,
Olli J. Heinonen3,
Fredrik Lönnqvist1,4,
Pirjo Nuutila2,5, and
Juleen R. Zierath1
1 Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Integrative Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
2 Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
3 Paavo Nurmi Centre, Sports and Exercise Medicine Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
4 Biovitrum, Stockholm, Sweden
5 Department of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
The effect of metformin or rosiglitazone monotherapy versus placebo on insulin signaling and gene expression in skeletal muscle of patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes was determined. A euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp, combined with skeletal muscle biopsies and glucose uptake measurements over rested and exercised muscle, was performed before and after 26 weeks of metformin (n = 9), rosiglitazone (n = 10), or placebo (n = 11) treatment. Insulin-mediated whole-body and leg muscle glucose uptake was enhanced 36 and 32%, respectively, after rosiglitazone (P < 0.01) but not after metformin or placebo treatment. Insulin increased insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1) tyrosine phosphorylation, IRS-1–associated phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase activity, and phosphorylation of Akt Ser473 and AS160, a newly described Akt substrate that plays a role in GLUT4 exocytosis, 2.3 fold before treatment. These insulin signaling parameters were unaltered after metformin, rosiglitazone, or placebo treatment. Expression of selected genes involved in glucose and fatty acid metabolism in skeletal muscle was unchanged between the treatment groups. Low-intensity acute exercise increased insulin-mediated glucose uptake but was without effect on insulin signaling. In conclusion, the insulin-sensitizing effects of rosiglitazone are independent of enhanced signaling of IRS-1/PI 3-kinase/Akt/AS160 in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Juleen R. Zierath, PhD, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Integrative Physiology, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail: juleen.zierath{at}fyfa.ki.se
Abbreviations:
DTT, dithiothreitol; FFA, free fatty acid; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; IRS-1, insulin receptor substrate 1; LPL, lipoprotein lipase; PET, positron emission tomography; PI, phosphatidylinositol; PPAR- , peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor- ; SCD, stearoyl-CoA desaturase; TZD, thiazolidinedione; UCP, uncoupling protein

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