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DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1370693
European Journal of Endocrinology, Vol 137, Issue 6, 693-700
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Insulin sensitizer YM268 ameliorates insulin resistance by normalizing the decreased content of GLUT4 in adipose tissue of obese Zucker rats

A Shimaya, O Noshiro, R Hirayama, T Yoneta, K Niigata, and H Shikama

Pharmacology Laboratories, Institute for Drug Discovery Research, Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan.

Genetically obese Zucker rats exhibit mild hyperglycaemia and hyperinsulinaemia suggesting the existence of peripheral insulin resistance. We have examined the effects of YM268, an analogue of thiazolidinedione, on the content and translocation of a glucose transporter (GLUT4) in epididymal adipose tissue in 11-week-old obese and lean Zucker rats. The administration of YM268 at a dose of 10 mg/kg for 2 weeks ameliorated hyperglycaemia, hyperinsulinaemia, and impaired glucose tolerance after glucose load in obese rats. The GLUT4 content per fat pad in obese rats was reduced to 36% of that in lean littermates. Obese rats treated with YM268 increased GLUT4 concentrations in their fat pads from a basal value of 36% up to 191% of the level in lean rats. Furthermore, in adipocytes prepared from obese rats, an increase in the ratio of GLUT4 in plasma membrane to the total amount of GLUT4 (PM-GLUT4 ratio) induced by the submaximal concentration of insulin (0.3 nmol/l) was significantly attenuated compared with that in lean rats. But the maximum effect of insulin (3 nmol/l) was not attenuated. Meanwhile, YM268 had no significant effect on the attenuated PM-GLUT4 ratio in response to insulin in obese rats. These data suggested that one of the mechanisms by which YM268 improved insulin resistance in obese Zucker rats was to normalize the decreased GLUT4 content in the adipose tissue.


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