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Increased Lipid Availability Impairs Insulin-Stimulated ATP Synthesis in Human Skeletal Muscle

¹ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
² Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Michael Roden, MD, First Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Heinrich Collin Strasse 30, A-1140 Vienna, Austria. E-mail: michael.roden{at}meduniwien.ac.at

Abbreviations: FFA, free fatty acid; G6P, glucose-6-phosphate; IMCL, intramyocellular lipid content; MRS, magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Insulin resistance correlates with intramyocellular lipid content (IMCL) and plasma free fatty acids (FFAs) and was recently linked to mitochondrial dysfunction. We examined the underlying relationships by measuring skeletal muscle ATP synthase flux, glucose transport/phosphorylation, and IMCL in response to different plasma insulin and plasma FFA concentrations. Healthy men were studied twice during hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamps with (LIP) or without (CON) lipid infusion (plasma FFA: CON 36 vs. LIP 1,034 µmol/l, P < 0.001). ATP synthase flux, glucose-6-phosphate (G6P), and IMCL were determined before and during the clamp in calf muscle using ³¹P and ¹H magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Plasma lipid elevation resulted in 46% reduced whole-body glucose metabolism (180–360 min; P < 0.0001 vs. CON) and a 70% lower rise of G6P (P < 0.05 vs. CON) without significant changes in IMCL (LIP 117 ± 12% vs. CON 93 ± 3% of basal, P = 0.073). During the clamp, ATP synthase flux increased by 60% under control conditions (P = 0.02 vs. baseline) and was 24% lower during lipid infusion (LIP 11.0 ± 0.9 vs. CON 14.6 ± 1.2 µmol · g muscle^–1 · min^–1, P < 0.05). Physiologically increased plasma FFA concentrations reduce insulin-stimulated muscle ATP synthase flux in parallel with induction of insulin resistance.

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