Molecular mechanisms of insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in adipocytes

The stimulation of muscle and adipose tissue glucose metabolism, which is ultimately responsible for bringing about post-absorptive blood glucose clearance, is the primary clinically relevant action of insulin. Insulin acts on many steps of glucose metabolism, but one of the most important effects i...

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Published inDiabetes & metabolism Vol. 28; no. 2; p. 85
Main Authors Ducluzeau, P-H, Fletcher, L M, Vidal, H, Laville, M, Tavaré, J M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published France 01.04.2002
Subjects
Adipocytes - drug effects
Adipocytes - metabolism
Adipose Tissue - drug effects
Adipose Tissue - metabolism
Animals
Biological Transport - drug effects
Glucose - metabolism
Insulin - pharmacology
Monosaccharide Transport Proteins - metabolism
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Summary:The stimulation of muscle and adipose tissue glucose metabolism, which is ultimately responsible for bringing about post-absorptive blood glucose clearance, is the primary clinically relevant action of insulin. Insulin acts on many steps of glucose metabolism, but one of the most important effects is its ability to increase the rate of cellular glucose transport. This results from the translocation of the insulin-responsive transporter isoform, GLUT4, from intra-cellular vesicular storage sites to the plasma membrane. In adipocytes, a substantial amount of cellular GLUT4 is located in a specific highly insulin-responsive storage pool, termed GLUT4 Storage Vesicles (GSVs). GLUT4 can also translocate to the plasma membrane from the recycling endosomal pool which also additionally contains the GLUT1 isoform of glucose transporter and the transferrin receptor. In this article we review the molecular mechanism by which insulin stimulates GLUT4 translocation in adipose cells, including the nature of the signaling pathways involved and the role of the cytoskeleton.
ISSN:1262-3636