Article
Skeletal muscle of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats exhibits reduced insulin-stimulated glucose transport and elevated levels of caveolin and flotillin.
Diabetes - 1 Sept 2001
James D J, Cairns F, Salt I P, Murphy G J, Dominiczak A F, Connell J M, Gould G W
Abstract excerpt
Insulin resistance is of major pathogenic importance in several common human disorders, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. The stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive (SHRSP) rat is a model of human insulin resistance and is characterized by reduced insulin-mediated glucose disposal and defective fatty acid metabolism in isolated adipocytes (Collison et al. [Diabetes 49:2222-2226, 2000]). In this study,...
Topics
- Animals
- Caveolin 1
- Caveolins
- Cells, Cultured
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Insulin
- Male
- Membrane Proteins
- Monosaccharide Transport Proteins
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Rats
