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Suboptimal energy balance selectively up-regulates muscle GLUT gene expression but reduces insulin-dependent glucose uptake during postnatal development

The Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB2 4AT, United Kingdom

¹Correspondence: E-mail: joy.dauncey{at}bbsrc.ac.uk

The major facilitative glucose transporters in muscle, GLUT1 (insulin-independent) and GLUT4 (insulin-dependent), are essential for normal growth and metabolism, but factors controlling their expression during postnatal development are poorly understood. We have therefore determined the role of energy status in regulating muscle GLUT gene expression and function in young, growing pigs on a high (H) or low (L) food intake (H =2L) at 35°C or 26°C. RNase protection assays revealed selective up-regulation of GLUT1 and GLUT4 by mild undernutrition 20–24 h after feeding: mRNA levels were elevated in longissimus dorsi (P<0.001) and rhomboideus (P<0.05), but not in diaphragm or cardiac muscles. Assessment of 2-deoxy-glucose uptake in a small isolated muscle, flexor carpi radialis, showed that the 26L group, which had suboptimal energy balance and the greatest GLUT4 expression, had the highest insulin-independent glucose uptake but the lowest insulin-dependent increment: 20% compared with 70% in the other groups. These novel findings are directly relevant to an understanding of mechanisms underlying the development of insulin resistance and demonstrate 1) muscle-specific up-regulation of GLUT gene expression by postnatal undernutrition that is not related simply to myofiber type, but to whole-body function; and 2) that the degree of GLUT up-regulation and the subcellular distribution and function of GLUT proteins are dependent on energy status.—Katsumata, M., Burton, K. A., Li, J., Dauncey, M. J. Suboptimal energy balance selectively up-regulates muscle GLUT gene expression but reduces insulin-dependent glucose uptake during postnatal development.

Key Words: glucose transporter • nutrition • food intake • environmental temperature

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