The role of Ca2+ influx for insulin-mediated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle

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Abstract

The involvement of Ca2+ in insulin-mediated glucose uptake is uncertain. We measured Ca2+ influx (as Mn2+ quenching or Ba2+ influx) and 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) uptake in single muscle fibers isolated from limbs of adult mice; 2-DG uptake was also measured in isolated whole muscles. Exposure to insulin increased the Ca2+ influx in single muscle cells. Ca2+ influx in the presence of insulin was decreased by 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB) and increased by the membrane-permeable diacylglycerol analog 1-oleyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG), agents frequently used to block and activate, respectively, nonselective cation channels. Maneuvers that decreased Ca2+ influx in the presence of insulin also decreased 2-DG uptake, whereas increased Ca2+ influx was associated with increased insulin-mediated glucose uptake in isolated single cells and whole muscles from both normal and insulin-resistant obese ob/ob mice. 2-APB and OAG affected neither basal nor hypoxia- or contraction-mediated 2-DG uptake. 2-APB did not inhibit the insulin-mediated activation of protein kinase B or extracellular signal-related kinase 1/2 in whole muscles. In conclusion, alterations in Ca2+ influx specifically modulate insulin-mediated glucose uptake in both normal and insulin-resistant skeletal muscle. Moreover, the present results indicate that Ca2+ acts late in the insulin signaling pathway, for instance, in the GLUT4 translocation to the plasma membrane. © 2006 by the American Diabetes Association.

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Lanner, J. T., Katz, A., Tavi, P., Sandström, M. E., Zhang, S. J., Wretman, C., … Westerblad, H. (2006). The role of Ca2+ influx for insulin-mediated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle. Diabetes, 55(7), 2077–2083. https://doi.org/10.2337/db05-1613

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