PGC-1α integrates insulin signaling, mitochondrial regulation, and bioenergetic function in skeletal muscle
PGC-1α integrates insulin signaling, mitochondrial regulation, and bioenergetic function in skeletal muscle
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m800842200
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发表时间:
2008-08-15
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Sack, Michael N.
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作者:
Pagel-Langenickel, Ines;Bao, Jianjun;Sack, Michael N.
The pathophysiology underlying mitochondrial dysfunction in insulin-resistant skeletal muscle is incompletely characterized. To further delineate this we investigated the interaction between insulin signaling, mitochondrial regulation, and function in C2C12 myotubes and in skeletal muscle. In myotubes elevated insulin and glucose disrupt insulin signaling, mitochondrial biogenesis, and mitochondrial bioenergetics. The insulin-sensitizing thiazolidinedione pioglitazone restores these perturbations in parallel with induction of the mitochondrial biogenesis regulator PGC-1 alpha. Overexpression of PGC-1 alpha rescues insulin signaling and mitochondrial bioenergetics, and its silencing concordantly disrupts insulin signaling and mitochondrial bioenergetics. In primary skeletal myoblasts pioglitazone also up-regulates PGC-1 alpha expression and restores the insulin-resistant mitochondrial bioenergetic profile. In parallel, pioglitazone upregulates PGC-1 alpha in db/db mouse skeletal muscle. Interestingly, the small interfering RNA knockdown of the insulin receptor in C2C12 myotubes down-regulates PGC-1 alpha and attenuates mitochondrial bioenergetics. Concordantly, mitochondrial bioenergetics are blunted in insulin receptor knock-out mouse-derived skeletal myoblasts. Taken together these data demonstrate that elevated glucose and insulin impairs and pioglitazone restores skeletal myotube insulin signaling, mitochondrial regulation, and bioenergetics. Pioglitazone functions in part via the induction of PGC-1 alpha. Moreover, PGC-1 alpha is identified as a bidirectional regulatory link integrating insulin-signaling and mitochondrial homeostasis in skeletal muscle.