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Metabolic flexibility and insulin resistance
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Metabolic flexibility is the capacity for the organism to adapt fuel oxidation to fuel availability. The inability to modify fuel oxidation in response to changes in nutrient availability has been implicated in the accumulation of intramyocellular lipid and insulin resistance. The metabolic flexibility assessed by the ability to switch from fat to carbohydrate oxidation is usually impaired during a hyperinsulinemic clamp in insulin-resistant subjects; however, this “metabolic inflexibility” is mostly the consequence of impaired cellular glucose uptake. Indeed, after controlling for insulin-stimulated glucose disposal rate (amount of glucose available for oxidation), metabolic flexibility is not altered in obesity regardless of the presence of type 2 diabetes. To understand how intramyocellular lipids accumulate and cause insulin resistance, the assessment of metabolic flexibility to high-fat diets is more relevant than metabolic flexibility during a hyperinsulinemic clamp. An impaired capacity to upregulate muscle lipid oxidation in the face of high lipid supply may lead to increased muscle fat accumulation and insulin resistance. Surprisingly, very few studies have investigated the response to high-fat diets. In this review, we discuss the role of glucose disposal rate, adipose tissue lipid storage, and mitochondrial function on metabolic flexibility. Additionally, we emphasize the bias of using the change in respiratory quotient to calculate metabolic flexibility and propose novel approaches to assess metabolic flexibility. On the basis of current evidence, one cannot conclude that impaired metabolic flexibility is responsible for the accumulation of intramyocellular lipid and insulin resistance. We propose to study metabolic flexibility in response to high-fat diets in individuals having contrasting degree of insulin sensitivity and/or mitochondrial characteristics.
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This review argues that impaired metabolic flexibility during a hyperinsulinemic clamp in insulin-resistant subjects is largely a consequence of reduced insulin-stimulated glucose disposal, not a primary defect in fuel switching. It concludes that evidence linking impaired metabolic flexibility to intramyocellular lipid accumulation and insulin resistance is inconclusive, and calls for studies of metabolic flexibility to high-fat diets in individuals with contrasting insulin sensitivity and mitochondrial characteristics.
Key findings
- During a hyperinsulinemic clamp, the commonly reported metabolic inflexibility in insulin-resistant subjects is mostly explained by lower cellular glucose uptake: insulin-stimulated glucose disposal rate explained ∼50% of the variance in the change in respiratory quotient (ΔRQ). In quartile analysis, the insulin-sensitive group (n = 25) had about a fourfold higher glucose disposal rate, nonoxidative glucose disposal rate, and steady-state RQ than the insulin-resistant group (n = 25), but after adjustment for glucose disposal rate there was no longer any difference in nonoxidative glucose disposal rate or steady-state RQ (P > 0.44).
- The paper reports that after controlling for insulin-stimulated glucose disposal rate, metabolic flexibility is not altered in obesity regardless of type 2 diabetes, and no improvement in metabolic flexibility was observed after weight loss in type 2 diabetic individuals after controlling for glucose disposal rate.
- Evidence does not support the hypothesis that impaired mitochondrial function leads to lower metabolic flexibility to lipid; mitochondrial dysfunction may coexist with high fuel oxidation and enhanced insulin sensitivity. In one cited study, subjects with a family history of type 2 diabetes had on average 22% less mitochondrial DNA copy number, related to a higher decrease in sleeping RQ after a 3-day isoenergetic high-fat diet, but not to the change in 24-h RQ.
- The authors emphasize that using ΔRQ to calculate metabolic flexibility is biased by baseline RQ: in an illustrative example, two well-matched subjects both matched 24-h RQ to food quotient, yet one was classified as flexible (ΔRQ = −0.17) and the other as inflexible (ΔRQ = −0.07). They propose assessing the time to reach 50% of the expected change in RQ (ΔRQ50%) and studying responses to high-fat diets; based on RQ profiles, metabolically inflexible individuals could accumulate ∼200 g more fat than flexible subjects after 1 wk of a high-fat diet (60% of total energy).
Methods
- Narrative review; no primary experimental data are reported. The paper synthesizes human whole-body, skeletal muscle, and cultured myotube studies on metabolic flexibility, insulin resistance, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and family history of type 2 diabetes.
- It discusses assessment paradigms including fasting RQ, euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp, high-carbohydrate and high-fat meals/diets, and in vitro myotube substrate switching.
- Main analysis is qualitative synthesis, with illustrative calculations and tables, including a table comparing steady-state RQ between subjects with high and low insulin-stimulated glucose disposal rate.
Limitations
- Stated in paper: few studies have investigated metabolic flexibility to high-fat diets, and no studies have evaluated metabolic flexibility to lipid in subjects with contrasting degrees of insulin resistance; most studies used fasting RQ, which is not a reliable indicator of lipid oxidation capacity because it is strongly influenced by energy balance and dietary macronutrient composition.
- Stated in paper: the causal link between mitochondrial abnormalities and metabolic inflexibility/insulin resistance remains to be established, and evidence indicating mitochondrial defects as a driving factor is far from conclusive or even unavailable.
- Evident from text: as a narrative review, no systematic search or meta-analysis is described; conclusions depend on selected literature, and the paper notes that some cited comparisons failed to match groups for physical fitness, which could confound mitochondrial findings.
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“However, after adjustment for differences in glucose disposal rates, there was no longer any difference in nonoxidative glucose disposal rate and steady-state RQ between groups (Ref. [14](#r14); [Table 2](#t2)).”
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The Results report that nonoxidative glucose disposal no longer differed after adjustment for glucose disposal rate (P = 0.87), and that the difference in ΔRQ was abolished (P = 0.19). The paper defines ΔRQ as the change from fasting to steady-state RQ, but does not report the adjusted comparison as a difference in steady-state RQ itself. Its groups were participants with type 2 diabetes and obesity-matched participants without diabetes, rather than groups defined solely by insulin sensitivity. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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“Further support for these findings comes from studies in which glucose disposal rates were matched by increasing the glucose or insulin infusion rates ([27](#r27), [66](#r66)).”
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The Introduction describes studies that used hyperglycemia to match glucose disposal in people with NIDDM and controls. The Discussion says this paper likewise achieved comparable systemic glucose uptake by studying participants with NIDDM at their fasting hyperglycemia while controls remained euglycemic. This supports the glucose-based example; the sentence also cites another study for the insulin-based alternative. (LLM, conf=0.89)
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“Such muscle mitochondrial dysfunction was suggested to be an intrinsic characteristic of muscle cells, since fat oxidation in response to palmitate was lower in myotubes from insulin-resistant vs. insulin-sensitive individuals ([16](#r16), [61](#r61)).”
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The Fatty acid oxidation results report 26% lower palmitate-derived CO₂ production in myotubes from people with type 2 diabetes than in control myotubes. The paper compared diabetic and control donors, not groups classified as insulin-resistant and insulin-sensitive, and it found no significant decrease in total palmitate oxidation. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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The section “Metabolic adaptability is an intrinsic characteristic of muscle cells” reports that the increase in myotube fat oxidation after palmitate exposure was positively correlated with donors’ insulin sensitivity. Figure 4 interprets this as greater capacity to increase fat oxidation in subjects with higher insulin sensitivity. The evidence is a correlation across donors, rather than a categorical comparison of two groups; it supports the claim’s direction. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“As a consequence, data corrected for glucose disposal rate, a mechanism proximal to glucose oxidation, indicates no difference in metabolic flexibility and nonoxidative glucose disposal rate between subjects with or without type 2 diabetes and matched for body mass index, sex, and race.”
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“For instance, patients with lipodystrophy (partial or total absence of subcutaneous adipose tissue) have similar fat oxidation than control individuals when fed a eucaloric, mixed diet ([51](#r51)).”
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“However, in response to excess energy as fat, lipodystrophic subjects have higher fat oxidation compared with control individuals ([51](#r51)).”
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“Furthermore, after controlling for glucose disposal rate, no improvement in metabolic flexibility is observed after weight loss in type 2 diabetic individuals subjected to a 1-yr intensive lifestyle intervention including energy restriction and increased physical activity ([14](#r14)).”
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“In fact, fasting RQ is inversely related to metabolic flexibility to carbohydrate during a clamp ([Fig. 3*A*](#f3)).”
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“On the basis of the RQ profile for metabolically flexible and inflexible subjects shown in [Fig. 2*D*](#f2), and considering an energy intake of 2,500 kcal/day (protein intake 20% of total energy), the metabolically inflexible individuals would accumulate ∼200 g more fat than flexible subjects after 1 wk of a high-fat diet (60% of total energy).”
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“In addition, we observed that metabolic flexibility to glucose was directly related to plasma adiponectin concentration.”
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“We ([14](#r14)) recently described that insulin-stimulated glucose disposal rate is the main determinant of the change in RQ during a clamp, explaining ∼50% of its variance.”
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“Using the ΔRQ as an index of metabolic flexibility, *subject A* will be characterized as flexible (ΔRQ = −0.17) and *subject B* as inflexible (ΔRQ = −0.07).”
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“However, in response to a high-carbohydrate meal (1,000 kcal, 76% energy from carbohydrate), individuals with a family history of diabetes had a higher plasma insulin concentration and a similar increase in RQ compared with control subjects.”
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“If skeletal muscle cannot match fat oxidation to lipid uptake, fat accumulation will ensue, which in turn will cause insulin resistance.”
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“In addition, in vitro adaptability was positively related to aerobic capacity, suggesting that myotubes established from lean, fit, insulin-sensitive subjects are more metabolically flexible in response to palmitate exposure in vitro.”
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“On the other hand, such impaired mitochondrial lipid oxidation could simply be the result of reduced energy demand and not necessarily due to impaired substrate switching.”
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“Using the ΔRQ as an index of metabolic flexibility, *subject A* will be characterized as flexible (ΔRQ = −0.17) and *subject B* as inflexible (ΔRQ = −0.07).”
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“Consequently, the assessment of metabolic flexibility should take into account the differences in baseline RQ and the timing required to match 24-h RQ to FQ.”
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“Metabolic inflexibility to glucose and impaired glucose storage during a hyperinsulinemic clamp is consistently reported in insulin-resistant subjects.”
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“During postabsorptive conditions, diabetic individuals had higher RQ throughout the 6 h following the high-fat meal compared with nondiabetic subjects.”
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“Additionally, high plasma FFA concentration impairs insulin-stimulated glucose disposal rate and decreases intracellular glucose, which in turn reduces glucose oxidation and consequently enhances lipid oxidation ([2](#r2), [8](#r8)).”
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“However, metabolic flexibility also depends on the rate at which nutrients are available to the cells, the ability of adipose tissue to handle fatty acids and even the method used for its calculation (i.e., ΔRQ).”
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“Accordingly, impaired metabolic flexibility may result from both a lower stimulated RQ and/or an elevated baseline RQ.”
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“However, comparisons among obese, diabetic, and lean individuals have failed to appropriately match the groups for physical fitness, opening up the possibility that mitochondrial dysfunction may be related to lower physical activity in metabolically inflexible subjects ([45](#r45)).”
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“This is in line with the finding that high-fat diets increase mitochondrial biogenesis and fat oxidation in parallel with a decrease in insulin sensitivity ([18](#r18)), possibly as a consequence of increased partially oxidized lipid intermediates.”
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“Similarly, mice with muscle-specific PGC1α (PPARγ coactivator-1α) deletion have defective mitochondrial function (e.g., lower staining for cytochrome *c* oxidase and succinate dehydrogenase); however, they have increased metabolic rate, lower RQ, and improved insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle compared with wild-type animals ([19](#r19)).”
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“Individuals able to increase fat oxidation quickly in response to day-to-day changes in fat intake will eventually have lower muscle fat accumulation and be less prone to insulin resistance compared with slower adapters.”
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“The answer is yes, since the speed of the adaptation will probably impact the amount of lipid accumulation in the muscle and therefore impact insulin sensitivity.”
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“Since vo2max has been shown to be directly related to muscle mitochondrial density ([62](#r62), [63](#r63)), one could expect an improved metabolic flexibility in young vs. elderly individuals.”
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The switch in fuel oxidation depends on the type and amount of nutrient available for oxidation at the cellular level.
“The switch in fuel oxidation will depend on the type and amount of nutrient available for oxidation at the cellular level.”
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Increased availability of carbohydrate rapidly increases carbohydrate oxidation and suppresses lipid oxidation.
“Increased availability of carbohydrate results in a rapid increase in carbohydrate oxidation associated with concomitant suppression of lipid oxidation.”
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When dietary fat intake increases, lipid oxidation increases slowly and progressively while carbohydrate oxidation is suppressed.
“However, when dietary fat intake increases, one observes a much slower progressive increase in lipid oxidation paralleled by suppression of carbohydrate oxidation.”
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After 7–10 days, all individuals will be in equilibrium between 24-h RQ and FQ.
“since after 7–10 days it is generally expected that all individuals will be in equilibrium between 24-h RQ and FQ.”
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The ΔRQ50% is in the range of 1–2 days in response to high-carbohydrate diets and in the range of 3–5 days in response to high-fat diets.
“Such a ΔRQ50% may be in the range of 1–2 days in response to high-carbohydrate diets and in the range of 3–5 days in response to high-fat diets.”
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The adaptation of fat oxidation to high fat intake cannot take much more time than that required to deplete glycogen stores, i.e., a few days to a week.
“However, this adaptation cannot take much more time than that required to deplete the glycogen stores, i.e., a few days to a week.”
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“As such, metabolic inflexibility is at the core of the pathophysiology of insulin resistance (146).”
From Metabolic Flexibility as an Adaptation to Energy Resources and Requirements in Health and Disease (2018) · cites this paper as [146]
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“In turn, metabolically inflexible individuals fail to adapt their fuel preference to changes in carbohydrate or lipid supplies (Galgani et al, 2008).”
From Mitochondrial response to nutrient availability and its role in metabolic disease (2014) · cites this paper as Galgani et al, 2008
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“Metabolic inflexibility is defined as an impaired capacity to switch between different energy substrates and is a hallmark of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).”
From Mitochondrial response to nutrient availability and its role in metabolic disease (2014) · cites this paper as Galgani et al, 2008
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“Diverse mitochondrial parameters vary between insulin-resistant and insulin-sensitive subjects, such as mitochondrial number, structure, and function.”
From Mitochondrial response to nutrient availability and its role in metabolic disease (2014) · cites this paper as Galgani et al, 2008
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“This suggests that mitochondrial dysfunction might contribute to metabolic inflexibility and insulin resistance (Galgani et al, 2008).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Galgani, J. E., Moro, C., & Ravussin, E.
- Venue
- American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Publisher
- American Physiological Society
- Published
- 2008-11
- Volume
- 295
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- E1009-E1017
- ISSN
- 0193-1849 (ISSN-L)
- 1522-1555
- PMC
- PMC2584808
- OpenAlex
- W2168445785
- Cited by
- 532
- References
- 68
- Citations by year
- 2026: 36 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 46 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 32 · 2017: 38 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 28 · 2014: 39 · 2013: 40 · 2012: 17
- FWCI
- 1.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Universidad de Chile (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (U01AG020478)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK060412, R01-DK-60412)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Keywords
- metabolic flexibility, insulin resistance, intramyocellular lipid, glucose disposal rate, hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp, respiratory quotient, high-fat diet, mitochondrial function, fuel oxidation, type 2 diabetes, obesity
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Energy Metabolism, Humans, Insulin Resistance, Mitochondria, Obesity, Muscle, Skeletal, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Lipid Metabolism
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