This project focused on determining the effect of lithium on glucose uptake, glycogen synthesis, and insulin signaling proteins, protein kinase B (Akt1) and GSK-3, in isolated soleus muscle from female lean Zucker rats. We also investigated the role of the stress-activated p38 MAPK in the action of lithium to activate skeletal muscle glucose transport. In the absence of insulin, lithium (10 mM LiCl) increased basal glucose transport by 62% (p<0.05) and glycogen synthesis by 112%. Lithium did not alter phosphorylation of Akt ser473, but enhanced GSK-3β ser9 phosphorylation by 41%. Lithium further enhanced the effect of insulin on glucose transport (42%), glycogen synthesis (44%), and GSK-3ß phosphorylation (13%). Lithium increased phosphorylated p38 MAPK 31% without and 19% with insulin. Moreover, a selective p38 MAPK inhibitor, A304000, completely prevented the lithium-induced enhancement of glucose transport revealing the critical involvement of p38 MAPK phosphorylation in lithium-induced glucose transport in isolated skeletal muscle.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/193350 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Gifford, Nancy Renee |
| Contributors | Henriksen, Erik J., Henriksen, Erik J. |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Electronic Thesis |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. |
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