Journal
CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 37, Issue 6, Pages 2288-2296Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000438584
Keywords
PGC-1 alpha; Skeletal muscle insulin resistance; Bioactive lipids; Ceramide; Diacylglycerol
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- Medical University of Bialystok [N/ST/MN/15/003/1118 (154-18703L), 12/KNOW/2013]
- NCN [2012/07/N/NZ3/01615]
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Currently, obesity is a predominant medical condition and an important risk factor for the development of several diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus. Importantly, most research has indicated lipid-induced insulin resistance in skeletal muscles is a key link between the aforementioned pathological conditions. PGC-1 alpha is a prominent regulator of myocellular energy metabolism orchestrating gene transcription programming in response to numerous environmental stimuli. Moreover, it is widely acknowledged that mitochondrial metabolism (primary metabolic target of PGC-1 alpha) disturbances are widely acknowledged contributors to type 2 diabetes development. Therefore, it seems surprising that the exact physiological contribution of PGC-1 alpha in the development of insulin resistance in skeletal muscle remains poorly understood. This review aims to reconcile these allegedly different findings by looking for a common denominator in the role(s) of PGC-1 alpha in respect to lipid-induced insulin resistance in skeletal muscle. Our scrutiny of the literature indicates that interventions at the level of PGC-1 alpha may exert beneficial effects on myocytes in respect to lipid-induced insulin resistance. The latter takes place as a result of a positive net energy balance (fatty acids oxidation surpassing their accumulation rate). Moreover, the aforementioned effects may not necessarily be limited to physically active states. They seem to occur, however, only within a physiologically observed range in muscle cells (approximately 1-fold changes in PGC-1 alpha protein expression). (C) 2015 The Author(s) Published by S. Karger AG, Basel
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