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HERO ID
5211579
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Perfused hearts from Type 2 diabetic (db/db) mice show metabolic responsiveness to insulin
Author(s)
Hafstad, AD; Solevåg, GH; Severson, DL; Larsen, TS; Aasum, E
Year
2006
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology
ISSN:
0363-6135
EISSN:
1522-1539
Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
Location
BETHESDA
Volume
290
Issue
5
Page Numbers
H1763-H1769
Language
English
PMID
16327015
DOI
10.1152/ajpheart.01063.2005
Web of Science Id
WOS:000236664900008
Abstract
Diabetic (db/db) mice provide an animal model of Type 2 diabetes characterized by marked in vivo insulin resistance. The effect of insulin on myocardial metabolism has not been fully elucidated in this diabetic model. In the present study we tested the hypothesis that the metabolic response to insulin in db/db hearts will be diminished due to cardiac insulin resistance. Insulin-induced changes in glucose oxidation (GLUox) and fatty acid (FA) oxidation (FAox) were measured in isolated hearts from control and diabetic mice, perfused with both low as well as high concentration of glucose and FA: 10 mM glucose/0.5 mM palmitate and 28 mM glucose/1.1 mM palmitate. Both in the absence and presence of insulin, diabetic hearts showed decreased rates of GLUox and elevated rates of FAox. However, the insulin-induced increment in GLUox, as well as the insulin-induced decrement in FAox, was similar or even more pronounced in diabetic that in control hearts. During elevated FA and glucose supply, however, the effect of insulin was blunted in db/db hearts with respect to both FAox and GLUox. Finally, insulin-stimulated deoxyglucose uptake was markedly reduced in isolated cardiomyocytes from db/db mice, whereas glucose uptake in isolated perfused db/db hearts was clearly responsive to insulin. These results show that, despite reduced insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in isolated cardiomyocytes, isolated perfused db/db hearts are responsive to metabolic actions of insulin. These results should advocate the use of insulin therapy (glucose-insulin-potassium) in diabetic patients undergoing cardiac surgery or during reperfusion after an ischemic insult.
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