Diabetes 54:2003-2011, 2005 © 2005 by the American Diabetes Association, Inc. Autocrine Action of Adiponectin on Human Fat Cells Prevents the Release of Insulin Resistance-Inducing FactorsFrom the Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, German Diabetes Center, Düsseldorf, Germany
The adipocyte hormone adiponectin is negatively correlated with obesity and insulin resistance and may exert an important antidiabetes function. In this study, primary human skeletal muscle cells were cocultured with human fat cells or incubated with adipocyte-conditioned medium in the presence or absence of the globular domain of adiponectin (gAcrp30) to analyze its capacity to restore normal insulin signaling in the muscle cells. Human skeletal muscle cells cocultured with adipocytes or treated with adipocyte-conditioned medium showed an impaired Akt and glycogen synthase kinase 3 serine phosphorylation in response to insulin. Furthermore, insulin-stimulated GLUT4 translocation was reduced by adipocyte-conditioned medium. Impaired insulin signaling was normalized upon addition of gAcrp30 to the coculture. Further, adipocyte-conditioned medium generated in the presence of gAcrp30 was unable to perturb insulin-stimulated Akt phosphorylation. Concomitant addition of gAcrp30 and adipocyte-conditioned medium to the myocytes failed to restore normal insulin action. Protein array analysis of adipocyte-conditioned medium indicated that the secretion of at least eight different cytokines was diminished in response to gAcrp30. We therefore suggest that adiponectin operates as a key regulator of adipocyte secretory function. This autocrine action may prevent the induction of skeletal muscle insulin resistance and may partly explain the antidiabetes action of this hormone.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Prof. Dr. Jürgen Eckel, German Diabetes Center, Aufm Hennekamp 65, D-40225, Düsseldorf, Germany. E-mail: eckel{at}uni-duesseldorf.de
Abbreviations: Acrp30, adipocyte complement-related protein of 30 kDa; gAcrp30, globular domain of Acrp30; GSK, glycogen synthase kinase; GRO, growth-regulated oncogene; HGF, hepatocyte growth factor; HRP, horseradish peroxidase; IGFBP, IGF-binding protein; IL, interleukin; MCP, monocyte chemotactic protein; MIP, macrophage inflammatory protein; sTNFR, soluble TNF receptor; TIMP, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase; TNF, tumor necrosis factor
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