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Fuel selection in human skeletal muscle in insulin resistance: a reexamination.

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Kelley, D E, Mandarino, L J·2000·Diabetes

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For many years, the Randle glucose fatty acid cycle has been invoked to explain insulin resistance in skeletal muscle of patients with type 2 diabetes or obesity. Increased fat oxidation was hypothesized to reduce glucose metabolism. The results of a number of investigations have shown that artificially increasing fat oxidation by provision of excess lipid does decrease glucose oxidation in the whole body. However, results obtained with rodent or human systems that more directly examined muscle fuel selection have found that skeletal muscle in insulin resistance is accompanied by increased, rather than decreased, muscle glucose oxidation under basal conditions and decreased glucose oxidation under insulin-stimulated circumstances, producing a state of "metabolic inflexibility." Such a situation could contribute to the accumulation of triglyceride within the myocyte, as has been observed in insulin resistance. Recent knowledge of insulin receptor signaling indicates that the accumulation of lipid products in muscle can interfere with insulin signaling and produce insulin resistance. Therefore, although the Randle cycle is a valid physiological principle, it may not explain insulin resistance in skeletal muscle.

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  • Obesity is characterized by metabolic alterations that involve mitochondrial defects causing reduced oxidation in skeletal muscle.

    “Obesity is also characterized by metabolic alterations that involve mitochondrial defects causing reduced oxidation in skeletal muscle (12,13).”

    From Expression of <i>Mfn2</i>, the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy Type 2A Gene, in Human Skeletal Muscle (2005) · cites this paper as [13]

    In “Metabolic Inflexibility of Fatty Acid Utilization in Insulin Resistance” (page unavailable), the paper reports reduced skeletal-muscle lipid oxidation in obese subjects during fasting, but greater oxidation during insulin infusion. In “Mechanisms Limiting Fat Use in Human Muscle” (page unavailable), it says reduced oxidative-enzyme activity may reflect reduced mitochondrial content or function; it does not establish mitochondrial defects as the cause of reduced oxidation. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Skeletal muscle in human obesity is characterized by metabolic alterations, including insulin resistance, accumulation of intracellular triglycerides, reduced oxidation processes, and impaired glucose-induced thermogenesis.

    “Skeletal muscle in human obesity is characterized by metabolic alterations, including insulin resistance, accumulation of intracellular triglycerides, reduced oxidation processes, and impaired glucose-induced thermogenesis (36”

    From Mitofusin-2 Determines Mitochondrial Network Architecture and Mitochondrial Metabolism (2003) · cites this paper as [37]

    The sections on increased muscle lipid concentrations and metabolic inflexibility report triglyceride accumulation, insulin resistance, and reduced fasting lipid oxidation in obesity. The paper qualifies the oxidation finding by condition: muscle lipid oxidation is greater during insulin infusion than in lean subjects. Our copy does not address impaired glucose-induced thermogenesis (searched: thermogenesis and thermogenic response to glucose); the indexed passages provide no page numbers. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • The down-regulation of Mfn2 in skeletal muscle from obese subjects or obese rats together with the observation that Mfn2 promotes mitochondrial metabolism may explain some of the metabolic alterations observed during obesity, characterized by impaired muscle glucose oxidation and fatty acid oxidation.

    “The down-regulation of Mfn2 detected in skeletal muscle from obese subjects or obese rats together with the observation that Mfn2 promotes mitochondrial metabolism may explain some of the metabolic alterations observed during obesity and characterized by impaired muscle glucose oxidation and fatty acid oxidation (36-39”

    From Mitofusin-2 Determines Mitochondrial Network Architecture and Mitochondrial Metabolism (2003) · cites this paper as [37]

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  • Insulin resistance associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes is characterized by reduced oxidative capacities in skeletal muscle.

    “Interestingly, insulin resistance associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes is characterized by reduced oxidative capacities in skeletal muscle (1,9,13).”
  • During high-intensity exercise, obese individuals and patients with T2DM can increase RER to values comparable to those observed in lean individuals.

    “during high-intensity exercise, obese individuals and patients with T2DM can increase the RER to values comparable to those observed in lean individuals”

    From Effect of Exercise Training on Fat Loss—Energetic Perspectives and the Role of Improved Adipose Tissue Function and Body Fat Distribution (2021) · cites this paper as Kelley and Mandarino, 2000

    The ‘Metabolic inflexibility of fatty acid utilization in insulin resistance’ section compares leg RQ in lean, obese, and type 2 diabetic subjects during fasting and insulin infusion, not exercise. A search for high-intensity exercise and respiratory exchange ratio found no passage establishing that the groups reach comparable RER values during exercise. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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  1. Randle PJ, Garland PB, Hales CN, Newsholme EA: The glucose fatty acid cycle: its role in insulin sensitivity and the metabolic disturbances of diabetes mel- DIABETES, VOL. 49, MAY 2000 litus. Lancet i:7285-7289, 1963
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Authors
Kelley, D. E., & Mandarino, L. J.
Affiliations
University of Pittsburgh (US)
Venue
Diabetes
Published
2000-05-01
Volume
49
Issue
5
Pages
677-683
ISSN
  • 0012-1797 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-327X
OpenAlex
W2164122881
Cited by
1,017
References
72
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FWCI
1.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Diabetes (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Keywords
insulin resistance, skeletal muscle, fuel selection, Randle cycle, glucose oxidation, fat oxidation, metabolic inflexibility, type 2 diabetes, obesity, insulin signaling, insulin receptor signaling, intramyocellular triglyceride, lipid accumulation
MeSH terms
Animals, Fatty Acids, Glucose, Humans, Insulin Resistance, Muscle, Skeletal, Lipid Metabolism

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